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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · 4d

Great week at #ISMC2025 in Crete 🇬🇷! First conf for us as @softbiocol.bsky.social group, presenting talks, posters & bringing home 2 #PosterPrizes 🏆. Honored to give a #Keynote on #JanusActiveVesicles 🧫. Thanks to the organizers & great to see friends from #ETHZürich! #SoftMatter #ActiveMatter

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · 19d

I take enormous pleasure interacting with this stimulating community and sharing our experimental designs of bioinspired out of equilibrium systems.

Many thanks to Rosalba, Matteo and Alessandro for putting together the workshop, and inviting me to present.

CECAM @cecamevents.bsky.social · 22d

Day 2 of the workshop “Statistical physics of living systems”!
Felix Ritort (University of Barcelona) opened today’s program with a talk on “Hetaomics for life”, followed by Shigeyuki Komura (Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) who spoke on “Information swimmers”.

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · 28d

An army of crocheted GUVs just joined the group! Emotional support for tough vesicle experiments. We know working with GUVs can be non-trivial. The backup is welcome ;)

Thanks, Ana Cazorla, for this thoughtful present! Amazing student ideas!
#SoftMatter #LabLife #lipidvesicles

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you! :)

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's a pleasure to formally be part of the lab. For many more years of good science & fun! An amazing place to be!🥳

Congrats also to @auroredupin.bsky.social for the CNRS position. So great to have you with us

@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

www.crpp.cnrs.fr/nos-deux-rec...

Nos deux recrues 2025! - CRPP

Laura Alvarez Frances a été recrutée en juin 2025 en tant que Maitre de Conférence Université de Bordeaux. Elle était sur une chaire UB depuis quelques années et a obtenu sa titularisation ! Aurore Du...

www.crpp.cnrs.fr

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is fantastic research and even better outreach!!

Bhamla Lab @ Georgia Tech @bhamlalab.bsky.social · Aug 23

Check out our comic illustrated by
@jordancollver.bsky.social and @rikworth.bsky.social , colors by @owenwattsdraws.bsky.social .

-- find the full comic and more here
bhamla.gatech.edu/project-blog...

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Bhamla Lab @ Georgia Tech @bhamlalab.bsky.social · Aug 23

How do tiny ripple bugs surf raging rivers? Check out our new work in @science.org

Work led by Victor Ortega-Jimenez, Dongjin Kim, Sunny Kumar, Changhwan Kim, Je-Sung Koh, and Saad Bhamla - a collaboration between UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, and Ajou University.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ultrafast elastocapillary fans control agile maneuvering in ripple bugs and robots

Rhagovelia ripple bugs use specialized middle-leg fans with a flat-ribbon architecture to navigate the surfaces of fast-moving streams. We show that the fan’s directional stiffness enables fast, passi...

www.science.org

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thanks, Laura!!🥰

Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Aug 10

Our recent article "Run and tumble dynamics of active Janus vesicles" in @softmatter.rsc.org has been featured on the cover of the journal.

Check out the published article: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Congrats to Vivien Willems for this nice work!

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jul 21

We love our science and its artistic side! Check our group website to see the various pictures taken in our group @softbiocol.bsky.social
@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎨🔬 In our lab, science meets art! From vibrant colors to stunning shapes, our experiments are as beautiful as they are fascinating. Because science is art!

✨ Check out our gallery of images captured by the team:
www.softbiocoll.com

#SciArt #SoftMatter #Microscopy #SyntheticCells #ActiveMatter

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jun 30

@syncelleu.bsky.social

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jun 24

A new chapter begins as Associate Professor!

Thanks to all the people involved, my local mentors (@baretjc.bsky.social ‬and H.Kellay), former supervisors (special mention to Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces w/ to Lucio Isa), collaborators, my colleagues at CRPP and friends

SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol.bsky.social · Jun 24

Last weekend, we gathered to beat the heat with a lovely picnic, and to celebrate the recent tenure of our group leader @lauraal.bsky.social
Here’s to many more exciting years of science and friendship with you and those yet to join!
#softmatter @univbordeaux.bsky.social @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jun 19

@univbordeaux.bsky.social @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social

Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jun 19

New prepint w/ @demianlevis.bsky.social
@natxopago.bsky.social L. Isa and E.Sesé-Sansa.
We study active binary mixtures to unveil how two populations of active colloids with different motilities interact with each other.

Thanks for the great work!🥳

arxiv.org/abs/2506.15188

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you so much to the @cpjfrance.bsky.social
for this Portrait! Very happy to be part of this program as a Chair Junior MdC!
@univbordeaux.bsky.social
@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social

CPJ Network France 🌐 @cpjfrance.bsky.social · Jun 6

#CPJ Portrait: Laura ALVAREZ✨
Want to know more about Laura?
Check out here 👇 wp.me/PgdKM0-7k 🔍 @lauraal.bsky.social @softbiocol.bsky.social 😍

Laura ALVAREZ

📝 Short CV Assistant Professor – Junior Chair, Tenure Track, University of Bordeaux (2025–present)Group Leader of the Soft BioColloids group, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal&nb…

wp.me

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Jun 4

Discover more about our group members!

SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol.bsky.social · Jun 4

SoftBioColloids group portraits! 🗒️
We will be posting portraits of our group members, so you get to know a bit more about the people driving the science in the group.

We start with the portrait of Vivien Willems👇
More info softbiocoll.com

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · May 26

New publication from our group @softbiocol.bsky.social
led by Vivien Willems.
Check the group Twitter thread about it below👇
A step forward on active soft microsystems
Thanks to all the colleagues who made this happen!
@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
@univbordeaux.bsky.social

SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol.bsky.social · May 26

Publication Alert!🎉
🚀🧪 New paper out! @softmatter.rsc.org @rsc.org

We show that Janus lipid vesicles can self-propel under AC electric fields, exhibiting run-and-tumble dynamics—just like bacteria, but driven by membrane-phase behavior.
👉 Read here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · May 20

What a great evening together! A small family inside and outside the lab!
Thanks to all the group members for making my PI experience so amazing :) 🥳

SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol.bsky.social · May 20

The active softies of the group met some weeks ago to spend a nice evening together and enjoy some international delicacies!🧀🍷
What a blessing being surrounded by these amazing humans!
If you want to know more about us, check the news on our website :)

softbiocoll.com/general-5

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · May 6

New group article led by J. Fojo in @softmatter.rsc.org @rsc.org on 2D percolated networks of colloidal rods!
This article forms part of the collection in honour of our collegue Stefan Egelhaaf.
Thank to eveyone who made it possible!
@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

SoftBio Colloids Lab @softbiocol.bsky.social · May 5

Publication Alert!📢
Check our new article by José in collab with C. Fernandez-Rico, L. Rodriguez-Arco M. Dijkstra R. Subert & M. Lopez.
We engineering reversible 2D rod percolated networks!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#SoftMatter #Colloids
@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Apr 14

It was a pleasrue to have @asciortino.bsky.social with us last week at @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
Thanks for showing us the beauty of soft interface driven out-of-equilibrium :) - and the best explanation on nematic defects ever!

J.-C. B. @baretjc.bsky.social · Apr 11

Today we have a seminar by Alfredo Scortino from the CytoMorpholab, invited by @lauraal.bsky.social

Minimal cytoskeleton for Syn Cell !

@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social

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Giovanni Volpe @giovannivolpe.bsky.social · Mar 12

In our latest preprint, we introduce GAUDI!

GAUDI is an unsupervised geometric deep learning framework for analyzing complex graph-structured data.

Work by Mirja Granfors, Jesús Pineda, @cmanzo.bsky.social @joana-b-pereira.bsky.social Blanca Zufiria Gerbolés

👉 arxiv.org/abs/2503.05560

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Mar 11

Synetic Cell MC Doctoral Network PhD offer alert!📌 at @kgoepfrich.bsky.social
group in Heidelberg!
If you are interested in RNA origami, synthetic cells, & membranes, contact Kerstin with a CV and a transcript of your records!
More info goepfrichgroup.de
& sigsyncell.crpp.cnrs.fr

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Mar 5

When you look at the audience trying to guess who your reviewer might be

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Giovanni Volpe @giovannivolpe.bsky.social · Feb 17

Happy to share our Nature Reviews Physics roadmap on how machine learning is transforming our understanding of glassy dynamics! ✨

👉Shout out to Gerhard Jung for his fantastic job on this project!

www.linkedin.com/posts/gvolpe...

Giovanni Volpe on LinkedIn: Roadmap on machine learning glassy dynamics - Nature Reviews Physics

Our latest publication, "Roadmap on Machine Learning Glassy Dynamics," published in Nature Reviews Physics! 🎉 In this work, we explore how machine…

www.linkedin.com

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Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Feb 12

Moitísimas grazas por este post tan bonito!!!
Os mantendrei ao tanto do que pasa cos nósos foguetes;)

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