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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 1d

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Thermodynamic dissipation constrains metabolic versatility of unicellular growth - Nature Communications

To what degree do the laws of thermodynamics constrain biological function? This work shows that the amount of free energy dissipated by microbes during growth imposes tight constraints on the versatility of their metabolism.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 1d

Jonathan Rodenfels @mpi-cbg.de, Pablo Sartori @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, and Tommaso Cossetto identified two thermodynamic rules governing the growth and energy utilization of single-celled organisms. Publication in @nature.com Communications. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Cracking organisms’ energy code

Researchers define rules governing how growing microorganisms use energy efficiently

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 2d

We welcome Fridtjof Brauns as new group leader for "Living and Morphing Matter Theory" @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de! He is interested in self-organization in living systems. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

New group leader for Living and Morphing Matter Theory

Fridtjof Brauns joins the MPIPKS and the MPI-CBG.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 6d

Are you interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis?" Apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...

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MOSAIC Group / Sbalzarini Lab @mosaicgroup.bsky.social · 7d

🤩👍🏼💪🏼 Meet #TopoSPAM - a high-performance simulation platform for biological morphogenesis with a friendly Python interface. @tudresden.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Solve both continuous and discrete active mechanics! Released today: arxiv.org/abs/2509.24905

TopoSPAM: Topology grounded Simulation Platform for morphogenesis and biological Active Matter

We present a topology grounded, multiscale simulation platform for morphogenesis and biological active matter. Morphogenesis and biological active matter represent keystone problems in biology with ad...

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Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena @emergencediep.bsky.social · 7d

Tomorrow’s DIEP seminar at 11am is given by Pierre Haas
@lepuslapis.bsky.social, group leader at @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!
🌿Pierre will tell us about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis.
🧐More info and registration: ias.uva.nl/content/even...

Examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis - Institute for Advanced Study IAS

In this edition of the DIEP seminar series, Pierre Haas from Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems will be giving a talk about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis. His...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 7d

Congratulations to Christiane Iserman, an Alumnus of the @hymanlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, who is starting at @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social as a research group leader! 🥳

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 7d

Wir freuen uns, drei weitere Nachswuchsgruppenleiter:innen in unserem HUMAN-Programm zu begrüßen! 🎉
Christiane Iserman, Jakob Wirbel und Sampurna Chakrabarti @amapruns.bsky.social nehmen heute die Arbeit in ihren neuen Gruppen auf. Herzlich willkommen am HZI und alles Gute!

Collage mit Portraits von Christiane Iserman, Jakob Wirbel und Sampurna Chakrabarti

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 8d

We are looking for a technical assistant in molecular biology – genome stability, DNA replication and repair for the future @mpi-cbg.de research group leader Nagaraja Chappidi, who will start in January 2026. Application details: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5942753...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 8d

Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 by the Schering Stiftung for Agnes Toth-Petroczy @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social. She receives the award for her work on the evolution, diversity, and function of proteins. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

New Perspectives on the Hidden World of Proteins

 Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 goes to Agnes Toth-Petroczy

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 13d

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

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brangwynnelab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social · 18d

A tremendous honor! Thrilled & humbled to receive 2025 Keio Medical Science Prize for launching LLPS #phaseseparation field (= #softmatter + #cellbio) w collaborators esp @HymanLab. & Congrats to Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social. www.princeton.edu/news/2025/09...
#KeioMedicalSciencePrize

Bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne wins Keio Medical Science Prize

Japan’s Keio University awards the prize annually to honor contributions in medicine and life sciences. Brangwynne is being recognized for groundbreaking work that has opened up a new field of cell bi...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 13d

Anthony Hyman @mpi-cbg.de @hymanlab.bsky.social recognized as a Clarivate @clarivateag.bsky.social Citation Laureate 2025. He is one of the 2025 Laureates in the field of chemistry, together with Clifford Brangwynne @brangwynnelab.bsky.social and Michael K. Rosen. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Anthony Hyman recognized as a Citation Laureate 2025

Clarivate unveils Citation Laureates 2025 - a distinguished group of 22 researchers

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations @philipschoene.bsky.social on defending his Master’s thesis on the supremacy of mechanics in Hydra regeneration from aggregates of dissociated cells. Expertly guided by @anaisbailles.bsky.social. #experiment and #theory #LoPaTs @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social #stuffthatmatters

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Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems @mpipks.bsky.social · 19d

Passive morphogenesis of the gut: work by @zhaoshh.bsky.social @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social and collaborators at Princeton University, @flatironinstitute.org now #published @pnas.org:

doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 19d

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A model for boundary-driven tissue morphogenesis | PNAS

Tissue deformations during morphogenesis can be active, driven by internal processes, or passive, resulting from stresses applied at their boundari...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 19d

Peer pressure shapes the gut: latest publication in @pnas.org by @lepuslapis.bsky.social, @zhaoshh.bsky.social from @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social with colleagues from @flatironinstitute.org and Princeton University. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Peer pressure shapes the gut

International research team develops mechanical model to explain the shaping of the fruit fly hindgut by forces from neighbouring tissues

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 22d

Meet Daxiao Sun, a shared postdoc in the lab of Alf Honigmann @biotec-tud.bsky.social and @hymanlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Happy #PostdocAppreciationWeek! 🎉 Video by Magdalena Gonciarz @cmcb-tud.bsky.social

TUD | Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) @biotec-tud.bsky.social · 22d

It's #PostdocAppreciationWeek! 🥳

We're celebrating our postdocs. Meet Daxiao Sun - postdoc in Honigmann lab at BIOTEC and Hyman lab @mpi-cbg.de

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#NPAW2025 #PAWde #WeLovePostdocs

Postdoc Appreciation Week: Meet Dr. Daxiao Sun

YouTube video by Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering

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TU Dresden @tudresden.bsky.social · 22d

Die @leopoldina.org ehrt Prof. Kai Simons mit der Cothenius-Medaille für sein wissenschaftliches Lebenswerk. 🏅 Simons gehörte zu den Gründungsdirektoren des @mpi-cbg.de. In dieser Funktion trug er entscheidend dazu bei, dass sich #Dresden als Standort der #Biotechnologie etablieren konnte.

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V4SDB @v4sdb.bsky.social · Sep 5

And we start with an invited talk on Formation and Remodeling of Tubular Networks in the Pancreas and in Organoids given by Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de!
#V4SDB2025 #developmentalbiology #evodevo

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 23d

Congratulations! We are happy to have you around!! 🥳

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yesterday me and my lab celebrated #20years @mpi-cbg.de. There is a lot to say about that but the pictures from the event tell it better. Thanks city of #Dresden for the nice fireworks. That was unexpected. 10 more years or so? #LoPaTs 💕

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 27d

Hydra are ~basically~ immortal.

Shred 50 of the lil guys to bits and pack their cells in a blob, and that blob will grow into a new Hydra... albeit with a few extra heads!

This week's post is a Q&A @anaisbailles.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de about the physics of how Hydra coax order from chaos.🧪⚛️

Hydra are a cosmos in a cuvette

Anaïs Bailles on astrophysics and immortal animals

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Math for Science at MPI-CBG @math-mpicbg.bsky.social · 26d

Lior Pachter @lpachter.bsky.social from CalTech visited us this week - a real interdisciplinarian, spanning fields from algebraic statistics & geometry to computational biology. Here he is highlighting the confounding of biological signal & technical noise in single cell genomics data. @mpi-cbg.de

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 26d

📣 New preprint! We present SpinePy, a modular framework that enables automated 3D spatiotemporal quantification of #gastruloids & other multicellular in vitro systems. Spearheaded by @cryaaa.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Check out his thread 👇 & the paper:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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