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APS DSNP @aps-dsnp.bsky.social · 8d

📌 Join us for the next klogW seminar on October 21st at 12PM EST (register below) by Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social on "Emergence and Self-organization in Biological Systems".
Registration link:
apsphysics.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · Aug 13

WORK!

I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects:

- Nanopore protein sequencing
- Archaeal CDV cell division
- Microfluidics for synthetic cells
- Nuclear Pore Complex
- Origami mimics of peroxisomes

Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

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Marc A. Marti-Renom @mamartirenom.bsky.social · Aug 14

do not think twice. Apply. 👇🏼

Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · Aug 13

WORK!

I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects:

- Nanopore protein sequencing
- Archaeal CDV cell division
- Microfluidics for synthetic cells
- Nuclear Pore Complex
- Origami mimics of peroxisomes

Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Interested in learning about #intelligent #active #matter? We have three open spots for presenting a poster at an international conference close to Munich. Please send an email to [email protected] before Friday noon (25.7) iam.physik.lmu.de

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Ulrich Schwarz @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣Book alert📣

Finally out with Cambridge University Press: the book by Udo Seifert on "Stochastic thermodynamics". It comprehensively covers many topics, from an introduction to statistical physics to many special subjects such as reaction networks and active particles. Highly recommended 👍👍👍

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 28

I am a theoretical physicist working in biological physics.

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 28

I am a theoretical physicist at LMU Munich.

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 24

We present a theory explaining how the thymic medulla acquires its morphology. Our model shows that key interactions—thymocyte chemotaxis, selection, and signaling to epithelial cells—are sufficient to generate the observed spatial organization.
| PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Basic interactions responsible for thymus function explain the convoluted medulla shape | PNAS

The thymus is one of the most important organs of the immune system. It is responsible for both the production of T cells and the prevention of the...

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Exakt!

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 23

One of the best spots in Austria!

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 14

It was a fantastic visit in Heidelberg!

Ulrich Schwarz @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social · Jun 14

Inspiring talk by Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social sky.social‬ in the Heidelberg physics colloquium yesterday. And a great introduction to their latest paper on Min oscillations in @natphys.nature.com https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02878-w

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LMU München @lmumuenchen.bsky.social · Jun 5

#LMUMunich expands its network of international collaborations with top-class universities.🤝🌐 The new partnership with #StellenboschUniversity offers LMU faculty and researchers excellent joint research opportunities and new scientific perspectives on the African continent. 🌍 Find out more here:

LMU and Stellenbosch University launch strategic partnership

The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (LMU) expands its network of international collaborations with top-class universities. A research fund for 2025 has been set up together with Stellenbosch ...

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Jun 3

💧🌀 Active matter meets interface physics!
We show how conserved active emulsions form traveling interfacial waves and self-propelling liquid gears, powered by non-reciprocal chemical interactions.
🎥 Gears & belts in motion👇
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2505.20028
#ActiveMatter #PhaseSeparation #PatternFormation

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · May 29

Just out in Nature Physics: Research Briefing (with Suckjoon Jun) on how Min protein oscillations in E. coli remain robust. The secret? A conformational switch that buffers change, and a fresh look at an old system through a physicist’s lens.
📘 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#patternformation

Robust Min protein oscillations revealed in living bacterial cells - Nature Physics

Bacteria can sustain spatial protein oscillations for a remarkably wide range of protein concentrations. The robustness arises from a conformational switch of a key protein between latent versus activ...

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Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · May 27

Research Briefing article with Erwin Frey (@physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social) is also out in Nature Physics.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Map of Germany with the Clusters of Excellence

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · May 9

My lecture “Nonequilibrium Field Theories and Stochastic Dynamics” is now on YouTube!
Here a short film on my teaching philosophy.
Watch lectures here: www.youtube.com/@PhysicsOfLi...

#Physics #Biophysics #StochasticDynamics #NonequilibriumPhysics #SoftMatter #TheoreticalPhysics #ScienceEducation

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Max Planck School Matter to Life @mattertolife.bsky.social · May 9

Wanted to learn more on "Nonequlibrium Field Theories and Stochastic Dynamics". Now you can from the expert himself! @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social. Prof Erwin Frey's lecture series is now available!
www.youtube.com/@physicsofli...

PhysicsOfLifeLMU

The official YouTube account of the Erwin Frey Group focuses on statistical and biological physics.

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LMU München @lmumuenchen.bsky.social · May 7

How do bacteria keep their internal patterns stable despite fluctuating protein concentrations? A team led by #LMU biophysicist Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social & @junlab.bsky.social found that MinE proteins act as a buffer by switching between active and latent states.

Biological patterns: stability through protein reservoirs

Biophysicists figure out how bacteria form robust patterns despite changing environmental conditions and fluctuating protein concentrations.

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · May 6

New in Nature Physics! In a great collaboration with @junlab.bsky.social and my students Henrik Weyer & @lwuerthner.bsky.social, we show how Min proteins in E. coli self-organize into robust, efficient patterns ensuring accurate cell division across conditions.
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Suckjoon Jun’s lab at UCSD @junlab.bsky.social · May 5

Our paper on the E. coli Min system in vivo with @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social & Judy Kim (UCSD) has been published in Nature Physics today. Tight integration of experiment and theory, and physiology and biophysics. Incredible perseverance of our young students. rdcu.be/ekIpO

Robust and resource-optimal dynamic pattern formation of Min proteins in vivo

Nature Physics - Oscillatory Min protein patterns prevent abnormal bacterial cell division. Now it is shown that Min pattern formation is resource efficient and involves wavelength-invariant...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Apr 22

In an open letter of support to the President of @harvard.edu, Max Planck President Patrick Cramer @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de has expressed his full support of the University in its stance against demands by the Trump administration to change its policies in order to retain federal funding.

A photo of Max Planck President Patrick Cramer and the words: "Threats to science anywhere are threat to science everywhere".

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Apr 17

Congratulations to Mehran Kardar of @MIT and Yoshiki Kuramoto of @kyotou_news on receiving the @IUPAP_physics Boltzmann Medal — the highest honor in #StatisticalPhysics 🏅

🔗 go.aps.org/4jCqbsR

Physical Review congratulates the 2025 Boltzmann Medalists

Mehran Kardar and Yoshiki Kuramoto will be awarded the prestigious Boltzmann Medal during the StatPhys29 Conference in Florence, Italy.

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Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thrilled to be featured in The New York Times! @nytimes.com

Fantastic piece by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social on our discovery of the role of physical forces in evolution! With insightful comments from @wcratcliff.bsky.social!

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Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social · Apr 15

Wow!

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