Rita Mateus
@ritamateus.bsky.social
Group Leader @MPI-CBG and @POL, TU-Dresden. Dev Biologist mixing it up w/ Physics. Want to know how organs grow! also obsessed with structural colors | ritamateus.com
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Rita Mateus
@ritamateus.bsky.social
· Sep 1
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
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Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
(From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
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If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.
I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support
I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support
October 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.
I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support
I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support
Last week it was a week of much needed celebration 🍾🥳 how best to do it than a pizza party with shark piñatas!! #somuchfun #proudPI #papersparty
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Last week it was a week of much needed celebration 🍾🥳 how best to do it than a pizza party with shark piñatas!! #somuchfun #proudPI #papersparty
We will be taking phD students this round!! Apply to our @mpi-cbg.de phD programme and #growwithus
Our call for PhD students within our International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology is open! Apply until October 28th. We are looking forward hearing from you! imprs.mpi-cbg.de
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We will be taking phD students this round!! Apply to our @mpi-cbg.de phD programme and #growwithus
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Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋
The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize
Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.
www.the-scientist.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋
We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
The first paper of our lab is finally out, and I feel very proud and grateful to our wonderful team! @Jannik Rothkegel, @Sylvia Kaufmann, @Michaela Wilsch-Braueninger, @Catarina Lopes <3
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Purine Molecular Interactions Determine Anisotropic Shape of Zebrafish Biogenic Crystals
Many organisms self-organize crystals for vision, pigmentation, or storage. In zebrafish, iridophores produce anisotropic crystals in iridosomes. Using imaging and genetic tools, crystal growth is sh...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The first paper of our lab is finally out, and I feel very proud and grateful to our wonderful team! @Jannik Rothkegel, @Sylvia Kaufmann, @Michaela Wilsch-Braueninger, @Catarina Lopes <3
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
August 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Hot off the press!!! Proudly presenting our lab's new review on how do cells communicate to control organ size :) We focus specially on dynamic connections that operate at different timescales to regulate organ growth and morphogenesis. #devbio #SizeandShape www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Start-Shape-Stop: Cell communication mechanisms controlling organ size
Accurate growth control is critical for the achievement of proportional organs during animal development and repair processes. Either extra or deficie…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Hot off the press!!! Proudly presenting our lab's new review on how do cells communicate to control organ size :) We focus specially on dynamic connections that operate at different timescales to regulate organ growth and morphogenesis. #devbio #SizeandShape www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A reminder in these hard times. #sciencestrong
February 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A reminder in these hard times. #sciencestrong
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Thirty-six institute staff members in nine tems participated in the REWE Team Challenge Dresden on Wednesday evening, May 28. Congratulations to all participants! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
MPI-CBG participates in Dresden 5K running event
Nine teams ran REWE Team Challenge Dresden 2025
www.mpi-cbg.de
June 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Thirty-six institute staff members in nine tems participated in the REWE Team Challenge Dresden on Wednesday evening, May 28. Congratulations to all participants! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
So much fun and Fishful Thinking while running 5km 😊🏃♀️ #ReweTeamChallenge2025 @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So much fun and Fishful Thinking while running 5km 😊🏃♀️ #ReweTeamChallenge2025 @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
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We're thrilled to announce that our Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg.de ! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🎉👏
We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life!
#biophysics #dfg
We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life!
#biophysics #dfg
May 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We're thrilled to announce that our Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg.de ! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🎉👏
We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life!
#biophysics #dfg
We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life!
#biophysics #dfg
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Outstanding success: 🎉 #TUDresden shines with 5 Clusters of Excellence. @dfg.de & @wissenschaftsrat.de announced that decision today. TUD has impressively proven its claim to be a top university for the 21st century.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
May 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Outstanding success: 🎉 #TUDresden shines with 5 Clusters of Excellence. @dfg.de & @wissenschaftsrat.de announced that decision today. TUD has impressively proven its claim to be a top university for the 21st century.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
It was a fantastic day, thank you so much for the invitation :)
Today @ritamateus.bsky.social will be talking about fish regeneration and the forces that guide it @eth-bsse.bsky.social #zebrafish
May 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It was a fantastic day, thank you so much for the invitation :)
Think biosensors that give absolute measurement values! So happy this is out :) congrats to everyone involved, especially @sascha-kuhn.bsky.social and @nadlerlab.bsky.social
Meet GEQO: Genetically-encoded biosensors for absolute small-molecule quantification in single cells brought to you by @sascha-kuhn.bsky.social. For simple absolute quantification of your favourite small molecule or ion, head on over to @bioarxiv and read our new preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
May 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Think biosensors that give absolute measurement values! So happy this is out :) congrats to everyone involved, especially @sascha-kuhn.bsky.social and @nadlerlab.bsky.social
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Want to learn more about the taught 'Physics of Life' MSc? Then check out the testimony from a PoL student below! Deadline for applications this year is 31st May.
🎥 We’re on YouTube! 🎥
Want to hear what studying at the CMCB is really like?
Check out our Master's testimonials – all organized in playlists, with short and long videos waiting for you! 🎓✨
🔔 Subscribe now!
#CMCB #YouTube #StudentLife #Masters #LifeSciences #TUDresden #StudyInGermany #MSc
Want to hear what studying at the CMCB is really like?
Check out our Master's testimonials – all organized in playlists, with short and long videos waiting for you! 🎓✨
🔔 Subscribe now!
#CMCB #YouTube #StudentLife #Masters #LifeSciences #TUDresden #StudyInGermany #MSc
Why Master's in Physics of Life? Alumni Testimonials: Hamza Shafiq
YouTube video by Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering
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May 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Want to learn more about the taught 'Physics of Life' MSc? Then check out the testimony from a PoL student below! Deadline for applications this year is 31st May.
This will be a great meeting!! Join us :)
Interested in Developmental Mechanics??? We are organizing a mechanobiology workshop in Baeza, Spain, October 21-23, 2025. Come join us (and please help us spread the word)!!!
April 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This will be a great meeting!! Join us :)
Super proud of superstar postdocs @nerlielisa.bsky.social and @liujinghui.bsky.social for our lab's most recent preprint! We uncover how wound-induced electrical currents are generated and transmitted in tissues, triggering proliferation, essential for organ #regeneration #bioelectricity #QBio 👇
How can organs regenerate fast? Bioelectricity helps -- by coupling sub-second electrical injury signals to regenerative proliferation.
First preprint from my potsdoc :D with @liujinghui.bsky.social @ritamateus.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de and collaborators @mpipks.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
First preprint from my potsdoc :D with @liujinghui.bsky.social @ritamateus.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de and collaborators @mpipks.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Super proud of superstar postdocs @nerlielisa.bsky.social and @liujinghui.bsky.social for our lab's most recent preprint! We uncover how wound-induced electrical currents are generated and transmitted in tissues, triggering proliferation, essential for organ #regeneration #bioelectricity #QBio 👇
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Had a wonderful time at the Physics of Life Conference in Harrogate, UK with lots of great science and insightful talks like the one from @nerlielisa.bsky.social
Thanks @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social for organizing and the poster price :-)
Thanks @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social for organizing and the poster price :-)
March 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Had a wonderful time at the Physics of Life Conference in Harrogate, UK with lots of great science and insightful talks like the one from @nerlielisa.bsky.social
Thanks @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social for organizing and the poster price :-)
Thanks @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social for organizing and the poster price :-)
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🎉Congratulations to PoL PI and group leader at @mpi-cbg.de Rita Mateus @ritamateus.bsky.social and collaborators for being awarded a HFSP Early Career Grant!
Their project is titled 'MetaCrystal: Metabolic principles of intracellular crystallization'. Learn more on our website: tud.link/y56cmr
Their project is titled 'MetaCrystal: Metabolic principles of intracellular crystallization'. Learn more on our website: tud.link/y56cmr
April 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🎉Congratulations to PoL PI and group leader at @mpi-cbg.de Rita Mateus @ritamateus.bsky.social and collaborators for being awarded a HFSP Early Career Grant!
Their project is titled 'MetaCrystal: Metabolic principles of intracellular crystallization'. Learn more on our website: tud.link/y56cmr
Their project is titled 'MetaCrystal: Metabolic principles of intracellular crystallization'. Learn more on our website: tud.link/y56cmr
Super excited for the future!!! Thank you HFSP and my incredible colleagues @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social for making this happen :) Postdocs wanted!!! #lipidtime #devbio #crystals
🥳Congratulations to the 104 pioneering scientists from 30 nations awarded 2025 #HFSPResearchGrants! 🎉Your frontier research is shaping the future of #LifeSciences! 🌍🔬🧪
🏆 Meet the awardees & their projects: www.hfsp.org/bookletRG202...
#ScienceDiplomacy #HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
🏆 Meet the awardees & their projects: www.hfsp.org/bookletRG202...
#ScienceDiplomacy #HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
April 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Super excited for the future!!! Thank you HFSP and my incredible colleagues @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social for making this happen :) Postdocs wanted!!! #lipidtime #devbio #crystals
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HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social Early Career Grant Award for @ritamateus.bsky.social and collaborators to uncover crystal formation inside cells. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Funding to Uncover Crystal Formation Inside Cells
HFSP Early Career Grant Award for Rita Mateus and collaborators
www.mpi-cbg.de
April 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social Early Career Grant Award for @ritamateus.bsky.social and collaborators to uncover crystal formation inside cells. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...