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Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 14d

Sarah Veatch to Receive 2026 Agnes Pockels Award in Lipids and Membrane Biophysics buff.ly/AdSMhCT

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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Patrick's paper is finally out, a label-free method to measure the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates!

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Nico Schramma @nicoschramma.bsky.social · Aug 22

Upcoming Symposium!

Physics of Adaptation and Decision making in Biology!

When: September 16
Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Join us here: www.fluidlab.nl/padm25

Speakers:
Ray Goldstein, Sujit Datta, @thomasshimizu.bsky.social, @mirnakramar.bsky.social, @blarson.bsky.social, me

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Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · Aug 22

Brand-new conference on collective behaviour! Join us to foster a community to study how interactions among the constituents trigger fascinating collective phenomena: biofilms, fish schools, tissue self-organisation, bird swarms & many more!

Thanks to amazing speakers for helping us realise this!

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Aug 21

✨ How do bird flocks form or diseases emerge?

Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒

💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · Jul 29

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond.
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Head of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organisation, and one of the world’s leading research institutions. An intergovernmental organisation of 29 Member S...

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our new paper is out!
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
#criticality #ghostcycles @mpinb.mpg.de

koch-lab.bsky.social @koch-lab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our new paper in #PRE @physreve.bsky.social‬ on how #criticality governs the response of systems with 👻 #dynamics ("ghost cycles") to external inputs compared to #slow-fast systems: journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Had a great time working with ‪@koseskalab.bsky.social‬ and Ulrike Feudel, TY! 😊

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koch-lab.bsky.social @koch-lab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our new paper in #PRE @physreve.bsky.social‬ on how #criticality governs the response of systems with 👻 #dynamics ("ghost cycles") to external inputs compared to #slow-fast systems: journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Had a great time working with ‪@koseskalab.bsky.social‬ and Ulrike Feudel, TY! 😊

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Camilla Autorino @cami-autorino.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔔 Proud to share the preprint of my PhD work in the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org ✨

“A closed feedback between tissue phase transitions and morphogen gradients drives patterning dynamics” 🐟 🔁 📶

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#devbio #biophysics

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · May 14

We are @SIAMDS25 in Denver! Visit our mini-symposium on the Role of Transient Dynamics and Switching Transitions for Natural Systems today from 5-7pm and tomorrow 8:30-10:30am. @mpinb.mpg.de

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Isabella Graf @isabellagraf.bsky.social · Apr 13

Congrats, Trevor!

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Isabella Graf @isabellagraf.bsky.social · Apr 4

Welcome, Laeschkir! :) Looking forward to doing science together!

EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Apr 4

Welcome to the DB unit, Laeschkir Würthner @lwuerthner.bsky.social! Laeschkir is a scientific officer in the Graf group @isabellagraf.bsky.social. He will use concepts from the Physic of Life Theory to better understand self-organisation in biological systems under changing environmental conditions.

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Apr 4

Welcome to the DB unit, Laeschkir Würthner @lwuerthner.bsky.social! Laeschkir is a scientific officer in the Graf group @isabellagraf.bsky.social. He will use concepts from the Physic of Life Theory to better understand self-organisation in biological systems under changing environmental conditions.

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Mar 25

Welcome to the Bluesky page of the Developmental Biology Unit at EMBL @embl.org! Follow us for updates on our research #devbio and activities

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Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · Mar 27

Are material phase transitions more than simple regulators of tissue deformability? Check our latest work uncovering that rigidity transitions can trigger cell polarity! Congratulations to @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social , @crisp-c.bsky.social and Adrián for leading this work!

Laura Rustarazo-Calvo @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · Mar 27

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social !

A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌

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Laura Rustarazo-Calvo @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social · Mar 27

🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social !

A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Mar 24

Really cool conference! Abstract submission for IntCha25 deadline: March 31st, 2025

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Isabella Graf @isabellagraf.bsky.social · Mar 24

We are organizing a conference for young researchers at the intersection between physics & biology: www.embl.org/about/info/c... @embl.org @events.embl.org @intcha.bsky.social
Please consider applying/registering -- the deadline is already in one week!

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · Mar 18

A great opportunity to join us as a #postdoc in #biophysics, statistical physics, soft matter, continuum mechanics @mpipks.bsky.social. Application deadline: 2nd of May 2025!

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · Mar 18

Our call for Postdoc Positions in Biological Physics is open! Join our exciting and stimulating environment, with a rich variety of groups to collaborate. Deadline for applications is 2nd of May!
Apply here:
www.pks.mpg.de/biological-p...

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Ale Reversi @alereversi.bsky.social · Mar 6

Only a few weeks left to apply! Join our course to network with amazing [email protected] @nordenlab.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @isabellagraf.bsky.social @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @aikmi.bsky.social

Ale Reversi @alereversi.bsky.social · Feb 13

If you are interested in integrating conceptual theory with cutting-edge experiments to understand complex living systems this course is for you #EMBLDevBio
Application deadline: 26 March
www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Mar 4

Re-posts appreciated!

We have an open PhD position w/ Prof Harold Auradou on #microswimmers/#protists in complex media! Students get to spend at least 12 months in Paris, and will receive their PhD from both Exeter and Paris-Saclay!

Apply by 31st Mar.
More details:
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

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EMBL @embl.org · Mar 3

📢 Last call for the EMBL International PhD Programme summer recruitment!

This is a fully funded PhD programme fostering creative approaches to questions in the molecular life sciences.

Join us in promoting scientific excellence throughout Europe. Apply now!

www.embl.org/about/info/e...

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Feb 26

Looking forward to the visit and interactions at @ethzurich.bsky.social tomorrow! @mpinb.mpg.de #learningcells

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Isabella Graf @isabellagraf.bsky.social · Feb 22

Interested in a PhD in Physics of Life Theory? Applications for the EMBL PhD program are still open until March 10!

EMBL @embl.org · Feb 20

EMBL International PhD Programme - summer recruitment 2025! 👀

Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.

🧪#AcademicSky #MolBiol #PhDSky #careers @ebi.embl.org

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Zechner Lab @zechnerlab.bsky.social · Feb 12

Excited to share our new work with Frank Jülicher on noise control & concentration buffering in intracellular condensates! There has been confusion about these concepts, which we aim to address in this paper.

www.cell.com/cell-systems...

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Feb 11

A visit to Heidelberg in the Spring? Yes please! Join us for the 2025 ed of this conference with a difference! So much to explore at the intersection of biology, physics and maths, help us build this community! 🤝

Send us your abstracts NOW! (check out these cryptic notes from the 2023 meeting...)

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