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Our lab in a nutshell! :)

“the academic community is enormously heterogeneous and it’s almost impossible to keep everyone happy” Never a truer word said in this analysis of downstream consequences of openness by @jacoates.bsky.social ripplingideas.org/2026/06/26/t...

I wanted to like QED's new 1% preprint ranking. I really did. But the more I looked at the data, the more uncomfortable it made me. Here is my full peer review. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

In our latest editorial @amjeve.uk & I take on the dreaded impact factor Like Monday mornings no one likes them but you can't ignore them & they keep coming around However there are things we should all do as authors, reviewers & editors journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Join #MSc Physics of Life @tudresden.bsky.social and help shape the future of #Biophysics! Learn from the world-class scientists of the CMCB and @poldresden.bsky.social More about the program ➡️ tud.link/3wz553 Don't miss the testimonials from our graduates ⤵️ #studyinGermany #MastersProgram

Just finished (or finishing) your phD in the US? Come join our lab :) Dresden is a great place to live and we will support your scientific independence! apply until May 20th!!! 👇

Really generous package, I'm happy to discuss opportunities and clarify doubts :) Dresden is a great place to live, and scientifically amazing!

🧪 To celebrate the #InternationalWomensDay we highlight two HFSP-supported projects led by international teams of women pushing the frontiers of life science! 💪 🔬 Spatial translation during development 💎 Intracellular metabolic crystals 🔗zurl.co/rPPsF & zurl.co/ICmaG#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #sts #HFSP

This will be a really cool meeting!👇

New paper alert!🤩Super proud that our story led by superstar postdocs @liujinghui.bsky.social and @nerlielisa.bsky.social is finally out! We found how electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth!!! A thread 🧵https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec0687

Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1. Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)

We're in love with this cover image! 🧡 Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...

zSwim, the zebrafish lab management software we’ve been developing is now officially listed in Duke OT&C’s technology portfolio! We’re launching an official Duke pilot in March 2026 at the new Ze-Core facility! If you’re in the zebrafish community, check it out! otc.duke.edu/technologies...

#Researchers ! If you have doubts and fears about how to become a group leader, you should not miss this podcast. 🙏 Tag a scientist in need 🎧 : Listen to what Jonathan Weitzman and I experienced : thelonelypipette.buzzsprout.com/1356877/epis...

Super exciting to be part of of this Research Training Group to train the next generation of material biologists :) We are already actively recruiting PhD students! Join our joint project with @jamessaenz.bsky.social !!!

Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back. I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

When you arrive to the lab and have flowers waiting for you, you know you have the best lab team ever!!!☺ so grateful!!! #big40 #bestTeam

Last week it was a week of much needed celebration 🍾🥳 how best to do it than a pizza party with shark piñatas!! #somuchfun #proudPI #papersparty

Big congratulations to Vinita Kini, our most recent MSc graduate!!! What a great job, I'm a #proudPI

We will be taking phD students this round!! Apply to our @mpi-cbg.de phD programme and #growwithus

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇

The first paper of our lab is finally out, and I feel very proud and grateful to our wonderful team! @Jannik Rothkegel, @Sylvia Kaufmann, @Michaela Wilsch-Braueninger, @Catarina Lopes <3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Why would anyone want to be a scientist? Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Hot off the press!!! Proudly presenting our lab's new review on how do cells communicate to control organ size :) We focus specially on dynamic connections that operate at different timescales to regulate organ growth and morphogenesis. #devbio #SizeandShape www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A reminder in these hard times. #sciencestrong

Thirty-six institute staff members in nine tems participated in the REWE Team Challenge Dresden on Wednesday evening, May 28. Congratulations to all participants! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

So much fun and Fishful Thinking while running 5km 😊🏃‍♀️ #ReweTeamChallenge2025 @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social

We're thrilled to announce that our Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg.de ! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🎉👏 We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life! #biophysics #dfg

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...

It was a fantastic day, thank you so much for the invitation :)

Think biosensors that give absolute measurement values! So happy this is out :) congrats to everyone involved, especially @sascha-kuhn.bsky.social and @nadlerlab.bsky.social

Want to learn more about the taught 'Physics of Life' MSc? Then check out the testimony from a PoL student below! Deadline for applications this year is 31st May.

This will be a great meeting!! Join us :)

Super proud of superstar postdocs @nerlielisa.bsky.social and @liujinghui.bsky.social for our lab's most recent preprint! We uncover how wound-induced electrical currents are generated and transmitted in tissues, triggering proliferation, essential for organ #regeneration #bioelectricity #QBio 👇

Had a wonderful time at the Physics of Life Conference in Harrogate, UK with lots of great science and insightful talks like the one from @nerlielisa.bsky.social Thanks @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social for organizing and the poster price :-)

🎉Congratulations to PoL PI and group leader at @mpi-cbg.de Rita Mateus @ritamateus.bsky.social and collaborators for being awarded a HFSP Early Career Grant! Their project is titled 'MetaCrystal: Metabolic principles of intracellular crystallization'. Learn more on our website: tud.link/y56cmr

Super excited for the future!!! Thank you HFSP and my incredible colleagues @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social for making this happen :) Postdocs wanted!!! #lipidtime #devbio #crystals

HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social Early Career Grant Award for @ritamateus.bsky.social and collaborators to uncover crystal formation inside cells. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Extremely grateful to @hfspo.bsky.social and super excited to set this project in motion together with the incredibly talented @ritamateus.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social Zebrafish hide a secret: lipid membranes shaping the crystals behind their stunning structural colors. How? Stay tuned! #HFSP

speakers past and present please help spread the word! @koseskalab.bsky.social @karenalim.bsky.social @isabellagraf.bsky.social @virginieuhlmann.bsky.social @merozlab.bsky.social @ritamateus.bsky.social who have I missed on bsky??

🎉 Our Master’s programs are accredited until 2032! 🧬 Regenerative Biology and Medicine 🔬 Molecular Bioengineering 🌌 Physics of Life ✅ The programs went through internal quality check at TU Dresden and passed with flying colors! Applications open April 1! More info ➡️ tud.link/ynf76g #Masters #MSc

Deadline is soon! Can't recommend enough :)

For the dev bio crowd : there is a call for junior group leader at Institut Pasteur in Paris and one of the axis covered is related to development. Come and join us in this exciting place and become one of our colleague @devstempasteur.bsky.social Please RT !! research.pasteur.fr/fr/call/call...

Our lab's first preprint!!! Could not be prouder 😀 fantastic work of master (yes Master!) student Jannik Rothkegel, liaising with our superb team @SylviaK_DD and Michaela Wilsch-Brauninger! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are looking for a Fish Unit Team Lead. Come and join our team: www.mpi-cbg.de/join-us/open...

More is more. More is different. Theoriticians out there, join us :) Happy to answer questions, just DM or email me.