IDPSeminars is back TOMORROW (Thursday May 7th)! Come see Matt Parker and Maria Hondele speak! 1 pm EST / 7 pm EU - sign up with the link from our homepage idpseminars.com

PhD's & postdocs: dont miss the GRS partner conference, organized by @qmsmith.bsky.social & #AlbaGómez-Segalàs with lots of interaction opportunities and career mentorship: ⏰ June 27-28, 2026 🌍 Swiss Alpes (✈️ Geneva) ✅ APPLY now: deadline May 30. www.grc.org/single-molec...

Don't miss the #GordonConference on 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆-𝒎𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, organized by #KevinWelsher & me: ⏰ June 28 - July 3, 2026 🌍 in the Swiss Alpes (✈️ Geneva) ✅ APPLY now: deadline May 31. We're 75% booked: register today & be there! 🙌 🕳️ 🧬🧪🧫 🔬🟩🟥🟩🟥🏋️‍♀️💥🪤 🍩 ... you get it... 😁

Download a Protein Domains Poster from PDB-101 This poster highlights common arrangements of secondary structure elements in protein domains as defined by CATH.

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Last call for these 2 different #PhD positions in #nanopore tech: 🗓️ apply by March 15 to join our team at the nano-dynamics group at @unibas.ch Switzerland. Follow the guidelines online: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/

Exciting news: Our RNA community in @uniregensburg.bsky.social is set to grow! We are opening a Junior Group Leader position in RNA biochemistry / ribonucleases / RNA stability. A great opportunity to start your own team within our collaborative RNA network. Details & application 👇

Coordinated call for applications for three (!) thematically related professorships (cell physiology, molecular genetics, and biochemistry) at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany) (thread)

Where are you on the blueSky-map? bluesky-map.theo.io

#scientists, take a second to fully appreciate the @pdbeurope.bsky.social and @rcsbpdb.bsky.social and imagine live without them.

What a unique experience to lecture at #SeniorenUni @unibas.ch today – freely translated title: Molecules in gallop – getting 'personal' with the molecules of life. We filled the big aula 2x with 55+ers up to >80y-olds plus 100more online! All of them so genuinely curious! Truly touching! 🤝...

Great to see our Science Review on emerging multiplexed single-molecule methods that use libraries to link sequence to dynamics. A fun collaborative writing project! From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Unheard of. @msf.ca #DoctorsWithoutBorders

We had a little celebration last week. 😊 #Already5y ...time flies!

WE ARE #HIRING: [reposting=👌 🙏 ] 2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭: 1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping. 2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics. More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/

Good morning #FRET friends, Good news: #FRET is on track!

Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The SNSF is considering restrictions for its Project funding. Goal: to ensure the quality of evaluation & stable success rates despite an increasing number of applications and limited funding. The final decision will be made in January 2026. 👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R #research #science

Travelling back from #Paris 🚄, where #EllynRedheuil defended her PhD at @espciparispsl.bsky.social. Inspired by our #DyeCycling approach, Ellyn did impressive pioneer's work on single-biomarker detection using @quantum-si.bsky.social's protein sequencing platform!

Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push https://aje.io/7xi4oe

Thrilled to announce the successful import of the Dutch🇳🇱 Santa Claus tradition into Switzerland🇨🇭: So much fun with this creative team! 🎅😃 Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!

@dpgphysik.bsky.social are you kidding me? 😃 ...and the list goes on...🎓

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My 1st #DiesAcademicus at @unibas.ch – once per year 🎓gowns, flags, colours & speeches, and about the biggest banquet I've ever seen. www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

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🚨 Last week to submit your abstract! LS2 Annual Meeting 2026: 📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10) Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking. 🔗 Abstracts due Nov 16: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...

Join us for a #postdoc through a #MarieCurie fellowship via the 2026 call. Eligible candidates are invited to reach out with a tentative project idea. Happy to support you! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...?

I recently wrote a 1page "Highlight" article for the Swiss Journal @chimiajournal.bsky.social about the #single-molecule perspective on biomolecular dynamics and experiments: Beyond 3D Structures: New Ways to Study Biomolecular Gymnastics www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...

Early rise for me today (3:45 😱) to get in time to our #Nanopore consortium meeting with #GiovanniMaglia & @ceesdekker.bsky.social groups at Amsterdam airport. So curious about their newest results! 🤩 We approached in style: ✈️ flying over Dutch (modern) windmills... Beautiful – even for train fans.

Single-molecule friends! The prelim. program of next year's sm- #Gordon conference in Switzerland is online: www.grc.org/single-molec... It'll be 3x fantastic: science, people, place in the alps ⛰️. Kevin & I hope to see you all next June: Have a look, tell your friends, and register!

"If it needs to be fast..." says this lift ad... 🤭 Have a good weekend you all! seen at: www.srf.ch/static/cms/i...

Wow, @natnano.nature.com is down? 🤔

🚀 Got cool science to share? Join the Young Scientists’ Satellite in Zürich 🇨🇭 on Feb 10, 2026 to: *Talk about your research *Chat about AI & science comms *Win prizes & meet mentors ▶️ Find out more → annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/special...

Rush! The application deadline for this #PhD or #Postdoc opportunity in my group is TODAY! #smFRET #DyeCycling #nano-photonics & Co

4 days left to apply for this #PhD position on #nanopore trapping at @unibas.ch in Switzerland🇨🇭:

Great times at the Annual Event of the @nanoscience.ch: What a place, what a crowd, what an interdisciplinarity! Fascinating...! 😀

Wow: 7 ERC-StG for @unibas! Congrats to all recepients in- & outside #Basel!

🎓 New PhD projects in #nanobiology, #nanochemistry & #nanophysics at the SNI PhD School! Apply now to join our #interdisciplinary community. 🧪 📌 Info: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung... @unibas.ch @biozentrum.unibas.ch @eth-bsse.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @scisonja.bsky.social #nanoscience

A new one to me: a protein structure board game. You can download a PDF, and print out the parts, or play online ⬇️ (Age 10+)

Happy Swiss National Day! 🇨🇭 with phenomenal fireworks above the Rhine in Basel. A day to be thankful for the unearned privilege of freedom, safety, welfare, and the stable democracy. 🤝🤝🤝

💥 We have 3 positions open in my lab in Basel, Switzerland🇨🇭: #nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech. Please share broadly, thank you!🤝 schmid.chemie.unibas.ch

#smFRET for the win! What can be more convincing than seeing proteins in action. (Here through DNA-labelling.)

#smFRET-lovers! Imagine, you got nice burst data with freely diffusing molecules 🙌🔬 BUT 1) Immobilization does not work🧲🤬 2) Transitions are longer than diffusion time, but shorter than frametime of your TIRF⏱️ Solution: try ABEL-trap!💕 📜bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.22.666123

Fantastic to see: 657'291 ppl saw the #EURO2025 in one of the 8 stadiums in Switzerland. #newRECORD

Congrats #England!! ⚽ #EURO2025 Thanks for the show throughout the tournament #Spain!

Let's go! #EURO2025 #Basel One last game – I'll miss it. :)

All set for the final in Basel 📍⚽️ adidasfootball || #adidasNTF

📍 The final location 😍 #WEURO2025