Congrats to Kelly for her beautiful Janus image in that was among the first 3 in the scientific image contest cfaed.tu-dresden.de/media-commun...

Sad to hear that Jane Goodell, a pioneering primatologist, has died. She was one of the first to study primates in their natural habitat, live with them and truly trying to understand their connection to us humans. To me she has been a great source of inspiration. We truly lost a great person! 🧪

Great to see my interview on Optics&Photonics News got published now You can learn more about my own career choices, how I navigated academic and industrial environments and how a changing mindset opened up new opportunities for me. Thanks Rachel for sharing my story! @optica-opn.org #ECR 🧪💡

With social media site Bluesky growing in popularity among academics, a new study has revealed how it measures up against X when it comes to sharing and promoting scientific research.

We have extended our deadline. There are still some spots available! We highly encourage Bachelor, Master and PhDs to join. We left plenty of space for informal discussion between sessions, have several poster sessions and a dedicated career night! Register today! Link below #optofluidix2025

We have a phenomenal line up of experts to share their latest research! Day 1: ▪️Lailai Zhu (NU Singapore): Intelligent µfluidics 🌀& µbots 🤖 via Machine Learning ▪️Petra Paiè (Politecnico Milano): Bridging µfluidics 🌀 & microscopy 🔬 ▪️Giovanni Volpe (U Gothenburg): Deep Learning for Soft Matter 🦠

⏳ Last chance! Submit your abstract for our #conference OptoFluidiX 2025 (Sept 16–18, Leipzig) by Aug 14. Join top researchers + career session for young scientists. Details 👇 Topic: #Optofluidics, uniting #optics 💡, #microfluidics 🌀& #nanotech 🤖 for breakthroughs in #lifesciences. 🧪 Hope 2cu!

In case you missed my latest paper coming out, have a look 👀

It's out & hot 🔥 Not only because it just went online but since we show that engineered heat patterns are super effective in manipulating fluid flows & particles. If you work in microfluidics, or need reconfigurable environments in your experiments, give it a read! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪💡

Can robots in a swarm act like the cells of an organism? Thanks to Sedeer El-Showk for the new article in @nature.com, which highlights the work of a number of research groups, including our own, on how “Robots demonstrate principles of collective intelligence”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

You can now see my recorded presentation of our recent work on reconfigurable #Optofluidics on my website. It will give you a brief overview of how you can leverage heat 🔥 to let particle ☄️follow predefined paths in #microfluidics 🚿 activematter.research.st/posts/4106-o... 🧪💡⚛️

Very happy to have seen so many people from the general public having a look at our #photonic and #activematter experiments @ #longnightofscience @unileipzig.bsky.social We made slimy monsters 👾, cats 🐈 appear&disappear, 🌈 and propel mini rafts in water driven by soap 🧼 #scienceoutreach 🧪💡

It you are interested in anything related to biological physics or physical biology, have a look at this webinar series @bppbseminar.bsky.social Topics are super broad so there will be sth of your interest! Highly recommended! 🧬🔬🧪

🧪 Registration for #OptofluidiX 2025 is still open! 🌊✨ Join top experts presenting the frontiers of optofluidics. Designed for early career researchers — with interactive sessions & career opportunities. 👥 Limited spots – secure yours now: 🔗 home.uni-leipzig.de/~physik/site...

I'm excited to announce a conference that I have co-organized #OptoFluidiX2025 Join us to explore the latest in optofluidics research and have the opportunity to present your work! Register here: 📅 Sept 16–18, 2025 📍 Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany #optofluidics #microfluidics #optics

My last days @ETH came to an end. Very grateful for the opportunity to drive new research frontiers at @quidantsnsl.bsky.social Big thanks to @rquidant.bsky.social for the opportunity and the @snf-fns.ch for support me with a fellowship. On to new projects @unileipzig.bsky.social

Seit dem Dürrejahr 2018 ist der deutsche Wald eine CO2-Quelle, weil mehr abstirbt und verrottet als nachwächst.

A great group by F Cichos in Leipzig 🇩🇪 is looking for a motivated PhD student to work on novel techniques in thermofluidics incl. manipulation w #plasmonics 🌕, #qdots, and #ML A collaboration between @unileipzig.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social Apply here 👇

Hey Photonics folks 💡 🔬 if you know someone looking for a Master of Science Program to join, ours "Lasers and Photonics" accepts applications for one more week* *Non-EU deadline: May 15th EU-deadline: July 15th More info: www.lap.rub.de Directly to application portal: www.lap-application.rub.de

I'm excited to announce a conference that I have co-organized #OptoFluidiX2025 Join us to explore the latest in optofluidics research and have the opportunity to present your work! Register here: 📅 Sept 16–18, 2025 📍 Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany #optofluidics #microfluidics #optics

🎉 Attending Optica Biophotonics Congress in Coronado? Join us for an in-person panel on ML & AI in Biophotonics! 🗓️ April 21 | 🕡 6:45 PM | 📍 Loews Coronado (Britannia Room) With experts from JHU, CZ Biohub, U. of Oklahoma & more! RSVP: Link down @optica.org @opticaltrapping.bsky.social

As allergy season is upon us, for those who suffer there is increasing evidence on their causes and the impact on climate change predicting a dire future with longer and more intense pollen exposure. #climatecrisis

You have the chance tomorrow 4pm to listen to me show our latest results on #optofluidics. In short, how can we provide effective, tunable and reconfigurable micromanipulation tools to the #softmatter and #lifescience communities. 🧪💡⚛️ umsystem.zoom.us/j/9639632045... ID 963 9632 0455 Passcode bppb

Very happy to see that our lab has reached the Gold 🥇 certification of #LEAF 🍃 for our efforts to become a more sustainable lab environment. @quidantsnsl.bsky.social #greenlabs #sustainability

Apparently under the US new rules our latest preprint wouldn’t be allowed given it talks about „barriers“ Nevermind that this is just an optofluidic one 😅

Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.

What?! They are closing Skype in May. In my community we are still actively using it as it is less clunky than Teams and much more reliable. Will be missing it….

Bei der Bundestagswahl geht es um viel: nicht weniger als die Zukunftschancen unserer Kinder & Enkel. Die Welt ist in einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, eine katastrophale 3-Grad-Welt zu verhindern. Was auf dem Spiel steht hier nochmal kurz aus erster Forscherhand erklärt. ▶️ youtu.be/M6NWcKb5QBs?...

Happy to see my first book chapter being printed! #activecolloids There is something simply valuable when you actually hold it in your hand. #postdoclife

Have nissed this end of last year. Simplifying the admin load sounds like a truly progressive move forward.

Strong signal of ETH on current rollbacks in #DEI

Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw... List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

Strange to see that large non-profit organizations which had DEI as one of their most valued programs and initiatives are shutting their websites on these issues down… IMO erasing and diminishing their effort over the last decades and the ppl who were standing behind this

Unbedingt anhören! www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-angst-de...

Who is going to attend #BiophotonicsCongress this year in San Diego? Hope to see you there! 👋 For all members of the technical group on Optical Trapping and Manipulation, stay tuned as we are planning some exciting events for you. @opticaltrapping.bsky.social @optica.bsky.social

Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X. 1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.

Tiktok has been banned in the US on the grounds that China could use it "to manipulate and control Americans by spreading propaganda and misinformation." In other words, China *might* do exactly what Elon Musk *has done* with X. It's a blatant double standard.

Aus meiner Sicht war dies schon lange überfällig. Kommt doch zu #Bluesky 👋 „Wegen Elon Musk - Mehr als 50 deutschsprachige Hochschulen und Forschungsorganisationen wollen sich von der Onlineplattform X zurückziehen. „

Really cool work by the @kreysinglab.bsky.social Have a look there.

When science becomes delicious 🍝 How to make the best Cacio e Pepe pasta sauce. Only thing apparently missing is a time variable which in effect determines temperatures but could be more practical to relate to. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.00536

Just got an invite to review for a journal I haven’t hear before: Qeios Although I am usually declined to deny a review for a journal or publisher I don’t know this one in principle seems intriguing as there is no editor, no publishing costs etc. anybody heard of them before?

Great to see that our book is finally out in RSC Soft Matter Series on Active Colloids If you want to learn more about how active colloids move and can be designed, this is a great starting point. @wuspal.bsky.social @jsimmchen.bsky.social @WeiWang #softmatter #activematter 🧪⚛️💡

#HelloWorld Bluesky account is set up, ready for new activities in 2025. Follow this account on novel optical trapping and manipulation techniques to biological problems. 🧪⚛️💡@optica.bsky.social #opticaltrapping #opticaltweezers #photonics #optics

Great to see that the lab has made it to Bluesky too! 🙌 @rquidant.bsky.social

I am creating a list of users who are part of the Technical Group „Optical Trapping and Manipulation in molecular and biology“ of @optica.bsky.social If you are part of that please let me know so I can add you to it. 🧪⚛️💡 #opticalcommunity #trapping #opticaltweezers

To all #students applying for small projects within research groups. Don’t compose your email entirely based on ChatGPT a) it creates redundant, empty phrases that have no meaning whatsoever b) it doesn’t explain why you are interested in the project and what your skills sets are

Guide to Applying and Interviewing for Assistant Professor Positions (US- and engr/physical-science-centric) Due to the magic of LLMs, it only took a few minutes to reformat my long tweet-thread from 2022 into a blog post. For extra credit, it is hosted on atproto, the protocol behind bluesky:

Came across this review of optical manipulation techniques💡that describes a single commercial platform of (former) Berkeley Lights, effectively advertising such device in a scientific journal. This can’t be right? Right? 1/2 🧵 #optics #photonics #micromachines

Many ppl don’t realize that using ChatGPT or similar LLM consumes an incredible amount of energy per query. Up to 25x than a standard google search. 🍃 🧑‍💻 #greenlabs #sustainability #greencomputing