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The Center for Physics and Chemistry of Living Systems at Tel Aviv University https://www.biosoft.sites.tau.ac.il
American Physical Society & Physical Review Letters featured recent research by Prof. @yairshokef.bsky.social,head of BioSoft, @telavivuni.bsky.social.
The work explores mechanical systems based on geometric frustration, from knotted loops to mechanical computation.Congrats on this achievement!🎉
From knotted LEGO loops, via sequential yield buckling for shock absorbtion, to mechanical computation using frustrated loops... @physicsmagazine.bsky.social featured our paper with Tomer Sigalov, undergraduate student at Tel Aviv University and Wenfeng Liu and Corentin Coulais, University Amsterdam
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
✨ Highlights from the BioSoft Mini-Symposium ✨
Great discussions celebrating the 2025 @telavivuni.bsky.social International Prize in Biophysics.
Guest lecture by Dr. Arvind Murugan (University of Chicago): "Embodied Learning & Computation in Physical Systems."
Thanks to everyone who joined!
#BioSoft
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This week at @biosofttau.bsky.social , aSpecial Mini-Symposium!
We’re honoring the 2025 @telavivuni.bsky.social International Prize in Biophysics.
Featuring Prof. Arvind Murugan (@ucstonecenter.bsky.social )
Wed, Jan 14|11:00–13:00|Kaplun 118, Tel Aviv University
Join us!
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
#BioSoft Seminar
Jan 7 | 11:00| Kaplun #118
Dr. Ivan Terterov (WIZ)
Correlation functions for stochastic processes with biased observations
Single-molecule FRET, photon detection & recovering true dynamics from biased data. Students & researchers welcome!
#TAU #Biophysics #SingleMolecule #FRET
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Congrats to Michael Faran PhD student at Prof. Gili Biskers lab on his new paper! 🎉
Introducing the Stochastic Landscape Method,coarse-graining nonequilibrium dynamics from a single 1D signal, with 7–8 orders lower computational cost.
@telavivuni.bsky.social
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
🧬🔬 #BioSoft Seminar Tel-Aviv University
Dec 31 | 11:00 | Kaplun #118
Prof. Michael Elbaum (WIZ)
Rethinking cryo-electron tomography: from imaging to diffraction and back
Cryo-EM, tomography, STEM & 3D cellular context — students & researchers welcome!
December 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We proudly congratulate Prof. @lampellab.bsky.social on receiving the IVS–Excellence Early-Career Award for Research.
A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding research and impact.
👏🌟
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#BioSoft Seminar
📅Dec 17 | 11:00
📍Kaplun #118, Tel aviv University
🎙️Prof. Amir Ayali
"From insect motion & locomotion to bio-inspired technological innovations"
Students, postdocs & faculty welcome!
Insect-inspired design, collective motion & swarm robotics. Don’t miss it!
#TAU #Research #Seminar
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Call for Nominations! 🌟
The 2026 Tel Aviv University International Prize in Biophysics is now open. Since 2006, the prize honors outstanding contributions in biophysics.
Award: $100,000
Deadline: Jan 15, 2026
🔗 More info: english.tau.ac.il/TAU_biophysics

Send in your nominations!
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🧠 #BioSoft Seminar TAU
Dec 3 | 11:00 | Kaplun #118
Prof. David Lukatsky (BGU)
“Design Principles of Protein–DNA Recognition Specificity in Embryonic Stem Cells”
Insights into TF–DNA binding, GC-content, and the role of c-Myc in reshaping genomic regulation.
Dont Miss It!!
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🧠🔬 #BioSoft Seminar TAU

📅 Nov 26 | 11:00
📍 Kaplun #118
🎙️ Jonathan Karin @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social
“Interacting Agents in Biology: Spectral Methods for Cellular Systems & Swarm Configurations”

scRNA-seq signal disentangling, spectral methods, GSP, and swarm modeling — don’t miss it!
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🧠🔍 #BioSoft Seminar @ Tel Aviv University

📅 Nov 19, 2025
📍 Kaplun #118
🎙️ Tommer D. Keidar (TAU)
“Stochastic & Adaptive Resetting: Optimizing Search Strategies & Designing Non-Equilibrium Steady-States”

Don’t miss insights into stochastic processes & complex systems!
#TAU #Biophysics
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🧬🧠 #BioSoft Seminar Tel Aviv University!

📅 Nov 12, 2025 | 11:00
📍 Kaplun #118
🎙️ Prof. Michal Sharon (Weizmann Institute)
“Expanding the Proteasome Paradigm: Uncovering the Independent Roles of the 20S Core Complex in Degradation”

Don’t miss it! #TAU #Proteomics #Biochemistry #Research
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🧠🤖 #BioSoft Seminar Alert!

Next week at Tel-Aviv Uni,
Daniel Riveline (CNRS)
“Collective Effects & Curie Principle in Biological Cells: Experiments & Theory”
Dive into how cells behave collectively & the theory behind it!

#CellBiology #Biophysics #Research #TAU
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by BioSoft@TAU
💡Best way to learn electronics and ARDUINO for lab work?
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧠🤖 BioSoft Seminar — This Wednesday!
📅 Oct 29, 2025 | 🕚 11:00
📍 Kaplun #118, Tel Aviv University

🎙️ Prof. Benedetto Allotta (Univ. of Florence)
🦾 “Enhancing Hand Functions through Wearable Robotics: the MDM Lab Journey”
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🌟 Upcoming #BioSoftSeminar 🌟
Join us Sun, Oct 19 | 16:00 | TAU (Kaplun 118)

Explore how self-assembling peptides & the QTY code are reshaping biomolecular design with Prof. Shuguang Zhang (MIT).

🧬 Where chemistry meets innovation!

#ProteinDesign #QTYCode #BiotechInnovation
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🚀 Meet the @barakhirshberg.bsky.social Lab
From enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics to bridging physics & ML, they’re redefining how we study complex systems.

🔬 Curious how stochastic resetting speeds up protein folding or even AI training?

#MolecularDynamics #Physics @telavivuni.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
👏 Big congrats to our very own @barakhirshberg.bsky.social on winning the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize! 🏆
Well-deserved recognition for amazing research and an inspiring team. 🚀
#Science #Chemistry
What an unexpected and pleasant surprise is receiving the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize. Thank you!
Would have never happened without my amazing students and incredible department and colleagues.
@biosofttau.bsky.social
Congrats also to Graham!
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🔬 Meet the Bisker Lab at Tel Aviv University!
From nanosensors to protein folding, they're pushing boundaries in biophysics and nanotech.

#Science #Nanotech #Biophysics #MeetTheLab #Biosoft
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Reposted by BioSoft@TAU
I'm very proud to receive the @acscomp.bsky.social OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry!
Thank you also to Rob Paton and Zoe Cournia.
Congrats Josh, Tibor and Denise, my fellow recipients 🥳
@biosofttau.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎉 Save the Date: Sept 9, 2025 🎉
We’re celebrating 80 years of brilliance in fluid mechanics & electrokinetics!
Join us for a full-day colloquium honoring Prof. Touvia Miloh

Top minds. Cutting-edge science. And a legacy worth celebrating.

#BioSoftTAU #Science #Electrokinetics #TAU
August 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🎉 Thank you for joining BioSoft Day #6 at TAU!
A day full of inspiring talks, posters, and scientific exchange.
👏 Congrats to our poster prize winners!
📍 See you next year at BioSoft Day #7!
#BioSoftDay #Biophysics #SoftMatter
July 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📅 Reminder: BioSoft Day #6 is happening on July 21, 2025, at the Steinhardt Museum, Tel Aviv University (09:00–17:00)!
Join us for a full day of exciting talks, poster sessions, and scientific exchange.
🔗 www.biosoft.sites.tau.ac.il/biosoftday2025
July 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Congratulations to @yairshokef.bsky.social , Chaviva Sirote-Katz, Tamás Kálmán, Naomi Spiro, Ofri Palti, Yotam Feldman, and Guy Cohen on the publication of two papers in Physical Review Research.
Outstanding work by an exceptional team!

Read here: journals.aps.org/prresearch/c...

#Metamaterials
July 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM