Kai Schuchmann received three awards for his PhD: from the German Society for General and Applied Microbiology, The Freunde und Förderer der Goethe Universität Frankfurt and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Congratulations!

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Beate Averhoff was re-elected as treasurer of the German Society for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM).

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Mirko Basen received his first DFG grant. Congratulations!

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A new european consortium (OBAC) funded by ERA-Net Industrial Biotechnology to  overcome energetic barriers in acetogenic CO2 conversion. Director: Volker Müller

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Anja Wiechmann joined the group as Postdoc in the subgroup "Genetics and metabolic engineering of acetogens". Welcome!

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Beate Averhoff successfully re-newed her DFG project on structure and function of DNA translocator from Thermus thermophilus. Funding for three more years! Congratulations!

The first international conference on the molecular basis of infection by Acinetobacter baumannii in Frankfurt, 2-3 March 2017

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