In two weeks, our #qbio #Master students learned to build, from drawing to full realization, their own : confocal FCS, TIRF microscope, and optical tweezers setup ! This is hand-on #microscopy ! Interested ? Join the qbio master next year at the Montpellier University ! qbio.umontpellier.fr

At the @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social we equipped the JKP atomic force microscope, mounted on an inverted microscope, with photothermal excitation. This custom-built optical pathway focuses a laser onto the cantilever in our correlative AFM–fluorescence microscopy setup. @costaluca.bsky.social

Postdoctoral position in the team of Alessandro Barducci in the CBS, focusing on multiscale simulations of RNA-driven condensates, with applications in synthetic biology. More information : www.cbs.cnrs.fr/images/jobs/... The position is expected to start in early 2026, with some flexibility.

Excited to share our new preprint on Myxococcus xanthus! We show that two distinct motility motors can propel the same bacterial cell simultaneously, and that this dual propulsion is tunable by environmental calcium. 🧵 1/6 📄 Read it here →https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685086v1

A new preprint from our lab, from @antoinelegentil.bsky.social , on Myxococcus Xanthus motility.

Please repost. Only a few days left to apply to the “Ecole de Physique des Houches” on Fluorescence Markers for Advanced Microscopies, a WE-Heraeus seminar. Deadline October 31th. fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com #microscopy #fluorescence #superresolution

New preprint by @lavagnae.bsky.social from Barducci lab (@cbsmontpellier.bsky.social): we show how energy-consuming enzymatic reactions, like phosphorylation, regulate biomolecular condensates with complex effects on condensate stability and reactive interfaces. Any feedback welcome!

Lancement ce jour du projet d'extension de notre laboratoire. 1100m² de nouveaux espaces et 280m² rehabilités. Merci pour leur soutien à nos tutelles et nos partenaires. @inserm.fr @cnrs.fr @umontpellier.bsky.social @occitanie.bsky.social @villedemontpellier.bsky.social & l'Etat

Please share: The application for Les Houches is open (until Oct 31) fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com *This is for you, if you ever wanted to learn all about fluorescence markers & how to apply them for your biological research!* PS: no fees this year, you just need to get there, that's all!

A new book chapter on "Imaging Nuclear Envelopes Using Correlative AFM/Fluorescence Microscopy" from our team members @emiliecostes.bsky.social @chrisdoucet.bsky.social @pemcbs.bsky.social link.springer.com/protocol/10.... #NPC #AFM #fluorescence #microscopy

Our team contributed to this study : "Automated identification of honey bee pollen loads for field‐applied palynological studies" New Phytologist - nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Congrats @chrisdoucet.bsky.social & collaborators from LMGC, LIRMM, CEFE & IBMM @umontpellier.bsky.social

New paper alert from the CBS ! Picomolar bivalent inhibitors of protein kinase CK2 active against β-coronavirus replication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was a pleasure to welcome you at the CBS for your great talk on molecular condensates !

Through the BPS Ambassador program, we foster an international network of members who serve as local liaisons in their respective countries/regions. These ambassadors promote biophysics and connect global communities Apply now to serve as an ambassador! buff.ly/4hd4RZe

A great study by the team of @mickael-blaise.bsky.social that uses the Electron Microscopy facility of our institute ! Congrats !

Applications are now open for the 4th edition of the “Ecole de Physique des Houches” on Fluorescence Markers for Advanced Microscopies, a WE-Heraeus seminar. March 15th-20th 2026 Join us to learn everything you wanted to know about Fluorescent Markers for advanced microscopies.

Felicitations à Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, ancien directeur du CBS et directeur du Pole Biologie-Santé de l'Université de Montpellier, reçu mardi dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques. @umontpellier.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @inserm.fr

BPS Elections are coming up in June! Renew your membership (or join for the first time!) by May 30 in order to vote for the future of Biophysical Society! www.biophysics.org/become-a-mem...

#La_vie_est_belle est aux jardins suspendus du Havre!! MRI est présent au festival Photo Nature!! Tout est monté, tout est prêt pour le 23 mai!! @addictosciences.bsky.social‬

A new paper from the CBS ! Structural and Functional Characterization of the 28 kDa Structured Core of BmSA1, the Major Surface Antigen of Babesia Microti onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A new paper from the CBS ! Exploring RNA destabilization mechanisms in biomolecular condensates through atomistic simulations | PNAS from : @matbocca.bsky.social @betterwithchem.bsky.social & colleagues. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New paper alerts from the CBS ! Triple Labeling Resolves a GPCR Intermediate State by Using Three-Color Single Molecule FRET

Please welcome Wonder on Bluesky ! Founded by two postdocs from our lab ☺️ @anjelicakucinic.bsky.social & @juliefinkel.bsky.social

Hello (bluesky) world! We are WONDER 🧬, an organization aimed at female PhD students, early and late career researchers within DNA Nanotechnology and related fields 😊🧬 Follow us here to stay updated and sign up to our mailing list (link in bio) to never miss out on any news🧬

New paper from our lab ! Single-stranded DNA drives σ subunit loading onto mycobacterial RNA polymerase to unlock initiation-competent conformations

#virology #softmatter #microbiology #physics #fluidmechanics Join our colleagues from the CBS and other institutes from Montpellier, who organize the 1st international workshop on #biophysics of airborne infection.

Introducing the CBS Montpellier starter pack, to follow current and formers CBS members on Bluesky go.bsky.app/G682pvP @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @inserm.fr @umontpellier.bsky.social

New paper from our lab ! Cryo-EM structure and regulation of human NAD kinase | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New paper from our lab A two-in-one expression construct for biophysical and structural studies of the human pregnane X receptor ligand-binding domain, a pharmaceutical and environmental target doi.org/10.1107/S205...

Our lab, @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social , stands up for science. #StandUpforScience

#standupforscience Campus Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France @standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social

#StandUpforScience au @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social #StandForScience_Montpellier.

Join the qbio Master’s Program in Montpellier, France : Quantitative Biology: Molecular Mechanisms of Living Systems Q&A Session on Monday, February 10! This curriculum blends biology, physics, bioinformatics, and quantitative methods to tackle biological challenges. qbio.umontpellier.fr

📌 Our colleagues from GDR Imabio are organizing their biannual workshop: #MiFoBio2025 This year’s event will take place from October 10th to 16th, 2025 🍁 Check below for more details! ⤵️

Follow the team from our institute "Integrative Biophysics of Membranes". They just joined Bluesky ! @membranesbiophy.bsky.social

New paper alert from our lab @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social

It is official! The fourth edidtion of our winter school on "Fluorescence markers for advanced microscopy" will take place on March 15-20 2026 in Les Houches, in the french Alps. fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com Selection of participants will start in 2025. Signup on the website to be informed.

Vendredi 22 novembre 2024, retrouvez @quentin_boussau du @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social sur @radio_campus_Montpellier #Du_Labo_à_la_Radio une initiative du @collegedoctoral-lr.bsky.social

Congratulations to Ashley Nord, from CBS, who recieved on friday the Bronze Medal of the CNRS, the highest recognition awarded by CNRS at this career level 🍾🥇 www.inp.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/... You can find more about the PhysMechBio team from @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social here : www.physmechbio.com

Our lab is now on bluesky ! @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social

New preprint of @vamshigade.bsky.social from Weis's group (ETH Zürich) in collaboration with Alessandro Barducci (@cbsmontpellier.bsky.social). It's been a pleasure to participate in this fantastic work!

Messina, O., Raynal, F., Gurgo, J., Fiche, J. B., Pancaldi, V., Nollmann, M. (2023). 3D chromatin interactions involving Drosophila insulators are infrequent but preferential and arise before TADs and transcription. Nat Commun, 14(1):6678 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check our new preprint ! Triple orthogonal labeling of a GPCR with 2 unnatural aminoacids + 1 SNAP-Tag for 3 color #smFRET. We resolve a new intermediate in the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 2. #GPCR #clickchemistry #singlemolecules www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New preprint of the team of Alessandro Barducci from Matteo Boccalini with Giovanni Bussi and Lisa Berezovska now on @biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social -> Atomistic MD simulations used to study the destabilization of RNA in biomolecular condensates. Any feedback is appreciated!

I see more and more life science institutes/departments joining the party. I have put together a starter pack. Please let me know if you see others that could be added. go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ

Hello Bluesky ! Introducing the Centre de Biologie Structurale (CBS), a research lab of around 150 people, located in Montpellier, South of France 🔆. Our 12 teams develop and use new technologies in structural biology, single molecule biophysics and synthetic biology to tackle biological questions.