Computational biophysicist @ University of Würzburg (Germany) and @ Institut Pasteur (France). Machine Biophotonics Lab (Würzburg). Imaging and Modeling Unit (Paris). Translational imaging, deep learning for biology, drug discovery. ** hiring postdocs **https://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3mv6o26r6hk2aCan you tell how an antibiotic kills bacteria just by watching them under a regular microscope — without any dyes ? Yes, it turns out, at least if you are a deep neural net.10 Sep 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6o26r6hk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3mokdhrzbr22bOpen postdoc position in the Imaging and Modeling Unit at Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Mickaël Cohen of IBPC (Paris, France). High-throughput imaging and deep learning to analyze mitochondrial morphology and understand genetic bases of cellular respiration. Please spread the word.18 Jun 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokdhrzbr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3mn4qzwyzjc2dOne week left to apply. Help us find new antimicrobials and understand the inner workings of bacteria – as a technical assistant in the Machine Biophotonics and Nanoscale Bacteriology labs at the Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum, University of Würzburg – See details below (in German). Please spread the word. https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/rvz/jobs/stellenangebote/31 May 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn4qzwyzjc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3m6674fegks24We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany. Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment. https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12849063 Please spread the word.21 Nov 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6674fegks24https://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3m6cqkfi56s2tRecently out: “Uniform dynamics of cohesin-mediated loop extrusion in living human cells”. In this study led by brilliant former PhD student Thomas Sabaté we use live cell microscopy and polymer simulations to characterize how DNA loops and TADs form in human cells by cohesin-driven extrusion. (1/4)23 Nov 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cqkfi56s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3m6674fegks24We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany. Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment. https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12849063 Please spread the word.21 Nov 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6674fegks24https://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3m2i37jtdak2b** Now seeking postdocs ** Join our interdisciplinary and transnational team in Würzburg (Germany) or Paris (France) to drive projects in translational biology and antibiotic drug discovery. Backgrounds in computational biology, AI, physics, or microbiology are all welcome. Please spread the word.05 Oct 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2i37jtdak2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3ltcfwstgh22agreat collaboration with the team of Arnaud Fontanet and Laurent Coudeville, spearheaded by Gaston Bizel-Bizellot, Simon Galmiche and Benoît Lelandais, with help from Tiffany Charmet and enabled by a grant from Sanofi. #llm #nlp #epidemiology #covid-19 @pasteur.fr ‬@uni-wuerzburg.de 3/306 Jul 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcfwstgh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3ltcfsatqck2aWe took advantage of an online survey conducted during the Covid-19 crisis (ComCor), which yielded a data set of millions of words, with ground-truth labels for each individual. We propose that like-minded methods may speed up our understanding of future pandemics and public health responses. 2/n06 Jul 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcfsatqck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3ltcfpc43mc2jFinally out, our paper on natural language processing for epidemiology: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60762-w We show how large language models can help determine circumstances of pathogen transmission by extracting epidemiologically relevant information from free text. 1/n06 Jul 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcfpc43mc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3llqltfpkd22xPlease spread the word or apply with a motivation letter, CV and the contact details of three references. You can also approach us in person at the “AI in Drug Discovery and Biomedicine” in Barcelona until tomorrow.01 Apr 2025 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqltfpkd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3llqlsaq47c2xWe are now looking for postdocs or PhD students with expertise in : - metabolomics (Boneca team) - chemical biology and medicinal chemistry (Brönstrup team) - computational biology, AI, physics or related fields (Zimmer team).01 Apr 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqlsaq47c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3llqlqebmv22xAI4AMR is a collaboration between the labs of Ivo Boneca (microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris), Mark Brönstrup (chemistry, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig) & Christophe Zimmer (computational biology, Univ. of Würzburg and Institut Pasteur).01 Apr 2025 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqlqebmv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chzimmer.bsky.social/post/3llqlj3fbcc2xBuilding an AI pipeline to accelerate antibiotic drug discovery (before the Sagrada Familia is completed) Today is the official start of our ERC Synergy project (AI4AMR) on building an AI-based pipeline to help find new antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria.01 Apr 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:5d74bq5hf4c74dmptntjmcio/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqlj3fbcc2x