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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 2d

1/ We’re delighted to hear that our Reviewing Editor, Shimon Sakaguchi, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine today alongside colleagues Fred Ramsdell and Mary Brunkell: www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks a lot and thanks for being such an important part of the journey 😊

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Sam, looking forward to visiting you guys in Augsburg again!

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 13d

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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 13d

Im französischen Fernsehen haben sie den CSU-Chef Markus Söder analysiert - als "Gastro-Populisten". Und manchmal hilft der Blick von außen, um eine PR-Strategie besser zu verstehen. Sehenswert!

Quelle:
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

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Ricard Alert Zenón @ricardalert.bsky.social · 17d

Warm goodbye to Dresden's @mpipks.bsky.social, my scientific home for the past 4 years. It's been amazing to start my group here! Thanks to the Max Planck Society, group members and everyone at the institute! Looking forward to the new chapter in Barcelona @ub.edu

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Giacomo Bartolucci (he) @gbart.bsky.social · 19d

Still can't believe this: WE WON THE IG NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

With painted cows and a perfect pasta sauce, ‘Ig Nobel’ winners claim glory

Some of the world’s most imaginative scientific minds have been celebrated at the Ig Nobel awards, which recognize discoveries that make people “laugh, then think.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 20d

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

“Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 20d

Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.

arstechnica.com

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 20d

Amazing!!! 🧪 The 2025 Ig Nobel prize goes to scientists from the @mpipks.bsky.social for discovering a bullet proof version to make the classic pasta alla cacio e pepe! Including a deep understanding of the pasta sauce in terms of phase separation physics 😃
Congrats @gbart.bsky.social et al!
Links👇

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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations to the Fritz Lipmann Lecturer Michael Rosen (Dallas) by the GBM president Harald Kolmar.

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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 20d

GBM Compact Focus on Condensate Biology is opened by Edward Lemke. Looking forward to a great meeting!

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Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh man, I am so excited and happy to have been given this huge opportunity by the @erc.europa.eu It is by no exaggeration - a dream come true.
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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · Sep 4

🥳 Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu!

With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠

#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG

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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · Sep 4

🥳 Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu!

With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠

#CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks André, I’ll send you a draft of the experimental work soon 😊

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jul 26

A C. elegans model for a human disease

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 22d

This was my first paper with the new @elife.bsky.social model. Have to say, while I don't agree with all the reviewers' comments the new process is awesome. We can directly reply to their concerns and it'll be obvious what changed between revisions when we upload the revised version :) 4/4

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 22d

We find that in a continuous model this arises through either a potential barrier (e.g. through electrostatics) or a trough in mobility, both of which have been experimentally observed! Stay tuned for our experimental work to link theory and experiments :) 3/4

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 22d

Resistance arises across phase boundaries if the chemical potentials are not required to be continuous. This slows droplet growth and (as shown previously by @brangwynnelab.bsky.social and Jun Zhang) exchange kinetics. 2/4

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Lars Hubatsch @larshubatsch.bsky.social · 22d

Paper alert!🧪
We derive a theory that underpins interface resistance with a physical foundation and look at how it changes droplet growth and recovery kinetics! Awesome collab with @bosste.bsky.social Tyler Harmon @hymanlab.bsky.social @m-pol.bsky.social and Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social 1/4

Transport kinetics across interfaces between coexisting liquid phases

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

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Julia Pfanzelter @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social · Jul 21

What started with many quail eggs and put me on stage in a chicken suit has now resulted in a preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Microsurgery with human eye-lashes, laser ablations, great analysis and insightful theory from @neipel.bsky.social told us more about avian L/R symmetry breaking.

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Jonas Neipel @neipel.bsky.social · Jul 20

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I am excited to finally share our work on avian left/right symmetry breaking with you. We reveal a tissue-scale active torque dipole generated at the Hensen’s node, thanks to crazy experiments by Julia @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social and some analysis by me.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

An active torque dipole across tissue layers drives avian left-right symmetry breaking

Unlike in mice, frogs, and fish, left-right (L/R) body axis formation in avian embryos does not arise from the chiral beat of cilia. Instead, a counter-clockwise tissue rotation around Hensen′ node, t...

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Julia Pfanzelter @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social · Jul 20

Here is what I have been up to in the lab of @stephangrill.bsky.social together with @neipel.bsky.social and many others.
Intrigued by avian left right symmetry breaking we found that a tissue-scale active torque drives chiral flow and requires mechanical coupling to the underlying tissue.

Jonas Neipel @neipel.bsky.social · Jul 20

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I am excited to finally share our work on avian left/right symmetry breaking with you. We reveal a tissue-scale active torque dipole generated at the Hensen’s node, thanks to crazy experiments by Julia @juliapfanzelter.bsky.social and some analysis by me.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

An active torque dipole across tissue layers drives avian left-right symmetry breaking

Unlike in mice, frogs, and fish, left-right (L/R) body axis formation in avian embryos does not arise from the chiral beat of cilia. Instead, a counter-clockwise tissue rotation around Hensen′ node, t...

doi.org

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