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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · 24d

What a pleasure to collaborate with Laura #Schaedel and her team at @uni-saarland.de to study #microtubule damage and repair under mechanical load.

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you all for coming to @bcube-tud.bsky.social and #Dresden last week. You all made Engineering Life 2025 #25EngLife a most interesting and fun event. #Mechanical #forces in Biology rule!!!

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just started our @bcube-tud.bsky.social - organized Engineering Life 2025 #25EngLife conference in #Dresden! Excited to have everybody around!

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Few spots left on our @bcube-tud.bsky.social organised hashtag #Symposium:
Engineering Life 2025: Origin and Function of Mechanical Forces in Biology ⚙️🧬

📆 September 1-3, 2025
📍 Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden

Register now (Deadline 31 July 2025): engineering-life-dresden.de

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TUD | B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering @bcube-tud.bsky.social · Jun 25

Happy to be part of the Dresden Science Night at the CMCB!

The B CUBE was well-represented with @schlierflab.bsky.social, @stefandiezlab.bsky.social, @jamessaenz.bsky.social group as well as Kröger and Politi groups!

🙏🏻 Big thanks to everyone taking part in the event!

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TUD | B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering @bcube-tud.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our recent B CUBE Day brought the B CUBEes together!

A guest lecture 🧠, workshops on AI 🤖, statistics 📊, and scientific storytelling 🎤, a scavenger hunt 🔍, and a barbecue 🍔 - a day full of engagement, information, and fun.

..and an annual group photo 👇

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Big congratulation to @schneiderlab.bsky.social Well deserved, René!!!

René Schneider @schneiderlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

I am honored to be one of four recipients of the Potsdam Graduate School's Supervisor Award 2025. Good supervision needs to be valued more highly in academia. Thank you, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘇 and 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻, for being role models to me and others. I hope that those I supervise will carry on this spirit.

Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · May 23

Proud and excited to be part of „Physics of Life“ @poldresden.bsky.social, one of the excellence clusters funded at @tudresden.bsky.social for another 7 years 🎉

TU Dresden @tudresden.bsky.social · May 22

Outstanding success: 🎉 #TUDresden shines with 5 Clusters of Excellence. @dfg.de & @wissenschaftsrat.de announced that decision today. TUD has impressively proven its claim to be a top university for the 21st century.
ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...

Picture of the PIs of TUD's Clusters of Excellence and Cluster of Excellence Initiatives beeing happy.

Picture of TUD's Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger during the announcement of the funding decision of the DFG.

Picture of cheering guests in the ballroom of the Rectorate Building.

Picture of TUD's Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger and cheering guests in the ballroom of the Rectorate Building.

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TUD | Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) @cmcb-tud.bsky.social · Apr 22

Good news: there will be 3 scholarships available for Physics of Life MSc students starting in 2025!

✅ €300/month for 1 year
✅ No separate application—admitted students are automatically considered.

Apply now ➡️ tud.link/vejrmx

#Biophysics #PhysicsofLife #StudyinGermany #Masters #Biology

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Ulrich Schwarz @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social · Mar 31

Registration has started for the conference "Emerging Trends in the Physics of the Cell" in memoriam of Erich Sackmann at TU Munich from October 15-18 2025 www.cpa.tum.de/cpa/conferen...

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Mar 29

🥳 Huge congratulations to Henry Carey-Morgan for receiving his PhD at @tudresden.bsky.social ! 🎓

His thesis on "Motor Proteins and Microtubules as Molecular Explorers" sheds new light on the fascinating world of molecular bioengineering. All the best for his future! #PhD @bcube-tud.bsky.social

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚀 Excited to share our latest work, now out in #NanoLetters!
We show how to encode up to 4 bits of information onto gliding #microtubules using patterned photobleaching as fluorescent barcodes. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....
🧠💡 Big thanks to the team!

#MolecularRobotics #SyntheticBiology

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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · Mar 13

Scientists, please share!🔬

Explore living systems through a physics lens. The #Biophysics MSc at @cmcb-tud.bsky.social opens applications on 1st April 🗓️ Taught entirely in English, with no tuition fees!

Learn more: physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/career-educa...

#Physics #Masters #MSc #FreeTuition

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

Happy to announce that our new work on studying how gliding diatoms modulate the curvature of their paths is now on #bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Great work in collaboration with @nic-poulsen.bsky.social on a nucleation grant by @poldresden.bsky.social

#OpenScience #Preprints #diatom

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Mar 19

Delighted to see our work on #diatom motility published in @pnas.org !🎉
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

These abundant single-celled algae are responsible for a significant portion of the air we breathe yet often overlooked. Here we show how how diatom (raphe) shape impacts their gliding function... 1/3

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TUD | B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering @bcube-tud.bsky.social · Mar 18

Save the Date:
Engineering Life 2025 #Symposium: Origin and Function of Mechanical Forces in Biology ⚙️🧬

📆 September 1-3, 2025
📍 Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden

Register now ➡️ eveeno.com/106937286

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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · Mar 4

A fantastic collaboration between PoL members @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and @friedrich-group.bsky.social published now in @naturephysics.bsky.social - well done to all involved! 🎉🤓

Check out the official CMCB press release below:

TUD | B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering @bcube-tud.bsky.social · Mar 4

⁉️ How can cilia beat rhythmically?

The Diez Lab @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and @friedrich-group.bsky.social at @poldresden.bsky.social found a twisting motion during cilia beats that might play a key role in coordinating their tiny molecular motors! 🌀⚙️

Read more ➡️ tud.link/wr8ze9

#CMCBnews

Verborgene Verdrillung: Forschende enthüllen die geheime Bewegung von Zilien

Spermien bewegen sich fort, indem sie ihre Geißel rhythmisch schlagen. Ähnliche Geißeln, bekannt als Zilien, finden sich auch in Zellen der Lunge und des Gehirns, wo sie Flüssigkeit durch das Gewebe …

tud.link

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TUD | B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering @bcube-tud.bsky.social · Mar 4

⁉️ How can cilia beat rhythmically?

The Diez Lab @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and @friedrich-group.bsky.social at @poldresden.bsky.social found a twisting motion during cilia beats that might play a key role in coordinating their tiny molecular motors! 🌀⚙️

Read more ➡️ tud.link/wr8ze9

#CMCBnews

Verborgene Verdrillung: Forschende enthüllen die geheime Bewegung von Zilien

Spermien bewegen sich fort, indem sie ihre Geißel rhythmisch schlagen. Ähnliche Geißeln, bekannt als Zilien, finden sich auch in Zellen der Lunge und des Gehirns, wo sie Flüssigkeit durch das Gewebe …

tud.link

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Feb 5

Great collaboration with @gaiapigino.bsky.social at @mpicbg.bsky.social and @humantechnopole.bsky.social 😊

TUD | B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering @bcube-tud.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚥 The Diez lab @stefandiezlab.bsky.social found that posttranslational modifications of tubulin regulate intraflagellar transport in cilia, helping to separate forward and reverse trains, preventing crashes and traffic jams!
Published @naturecomms.bsky.social

Read more ➡️ tud.link/v4khqh

#CMCBnews

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Jan 28

Such a fun project and great teamwork with @gaiapigino.bsky.social. Thanks to all involved.

Human Technopole @humantechnopole.bsky.social · Jan 28

🔬Our @gaiapigino.bsky.social & @stefandiezlab.bsky.social from @tudresden.bsky.social reveal how the "tubulin code" regulates bidirectional IFT train movement in #cilia

📰Funded by @ercresearch.bsky.social and @poldresden.bsky.social, in @naturecomms.bsky.social

humantechnopole.it/en/news/the-...

The "tubulin code" in control of molecular train logistics in cilia - Human Technopole

By developing a sophisticated in vitro system coupled with advanced imaging techniques and CRISPR genome editing, an international team of researchers from Human Technopole (Italy) and the TUD Dresden...

humantechnopole.it

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