There is an opening for a faculty position in biophysics at Carnegie Mellon... and the accompanying, VERY Markus Deserno thread full of delight in nature and physics succinctly demonstrates what an awesome colleague you will have!

Thank you, @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social! This announcement makes me proud to be a member

Wooooo! Yay for SARAH!

Major cool membrane conference coming up next week! The Biomembrane Days 2025, organized by an amazing team from the MPI for Colloids and Interface Science @mpici.bsky.social: Rumy Dimova (@dimovalab.bsky.social), Helge Ewers, and Thomas Weikl. I'm so very much looking forward to attending! 🤩 🧪

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

The protests in Nepal, and the governments violent repression of them, are an increasingly important story right now. @globalvoices.org has reporting from Nepal on the "Nepo Kid" movement, including what the "international media" are getting wrong

Good news!

I am so excited for everyone to see this! Dr. Sreeja Sasidharan, legendary postdoc, recently showed that flow moves proteins sideways through a glass-supported lipid bilayer. We wanted to see if this could happen on the surface of living cells! AND IT CAN

A Friday night bioRxiv surprise! I need to get some movies ready

The Biochemistry Dept at the University of Washington has 2 open positions at the Asst/Assoc Prof level! Please apply and come be my colleague in Seattle! Great science, great students, great collaborations, and a lovely city

Muhlenberg College is looking to hire two people in the registrar's office. Please share with anyone who may be interested! muhlenberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MuhlenbergCa...

I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts.

Just sharing some of the cool stuff happening in the School of Natural Sciences at Augsburg University. We have a corpse flower about to bloom. Check out the update over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DL-ak0W...

I estimate that with he money incinerated in this oopsie we could have funded at least 300 typical NSF awards, or about 1000 years worth of good science.

I wanted to show support for these brave public servants and to allow others, including the scientific community, to join me. In partnership with @standupforscience.bsky.social‬, we have a way for you to do that... www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

We are looking for a postdoc to study biomolecular condensates and/or mechanosensitive membrane proteins. Please help spread the news 🙏 sites.rutgers.edu/shi-lab/look...

🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc: Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela... Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).

The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23. Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 6/n

this is such good news. i think it is also an opportunity for democrats to state forthrightly that when they win power again everyone responsible for this crime will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and will face the american people to answer for their lawlessness

Called my representatives this morning! Using 5calls.org lowers the activation barrier for sure.

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If you train people in ImageJ, Fiji, whatever, even if it isn't your day job, please let us know, and please share this post! Thanks a ton, we really appreciate it. (2/2) forms.gle/C8dUpg8qZkbD... #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis

Bioimaging and bioimage analysis friends, some help if you have 2-3 mins; for a paper, we're trying to estimate the number of biologists trained in open source software or tools in the last ~5 years. (1/2) #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis

Still going. Listen in. www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

FYI Cory Booker is still talking. Here’s the live feed on YouTube if y’all wanna watch (or just check if he’s still on the floor): www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx... He’s quickly approaching segregationist Strom Thurmond’s 24-hr filibuster record. About 71,000 ppl are watching live right now.

I know it's crazy timing, nuts but Michigan Biophysics is hiring on the tenure track! App deadline is May 15. Join our interdisciplinary community. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Jorg, I am sad that U.S. (and global) scientists will miss the opportunity to hear your latest biophysics results. Of course, I completely understand your decision and wish you well. Many people are doing all we can to prevent further deterioration of U.S. science... I just hope it is enough

every person involved in this needs to be in prison

META stole your works to train AI. Here's the database. If they stole from me they probably stole from you too www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

GOOD

ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time. S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.* short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵 legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

🚨PA colleagues: "Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania." "If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC Get out your Other Support and share that info!

The #BlackInBiophysics Symposium at #BPS2025 highlighted #BlackExcellence in broad areas of biophysics research. We congratulate Drs. Alaji Bah, Breann Brown, Oleta Johnson, and Wade Zeno for their outstanding work. You inspire us! #RepresentationMatters @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

Don’t fall into the trap of normalizing any of this with this sort of language that we’ve seen from so many universities, falsely equating the current situation with other presidential transitions This is unprecedented, unconscionable, and deliberately disruptive. Have the backbone to say that.

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

If you wanted the United States to completely cede the biotech, agbiotech, and pharmaceutical sectors to Europe and Asia, this is exactly how you'd go about it.

I'm always saying it's never too early to learn about the plasma membrane

Wowwww this looks amazing!

Made a mean meme for no good reason…

We are delighted to announce the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 (SOMC25), taking place in Glasgow from 23rd July – 1st August 2025. No previous experience in microscopy necessary! Please find more details at shorturl.at/98lXJ, deadline 17 January 2025.

Awesome paper by @kaytrue.bsky.social and co that answers the age old question: are two lipids enough (for liquid membrane domains)? Answer is yes, with interesting caveats www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Hurray! Today Sreeja’s beautiful experiments are finally published: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jm9E1SPT7... Cell membranes contain a lot of proteins. How big are they, and what shape? How far do they stick up? Sreeja measures protein size and shape using flow:

The Lehigh Physics Department has a search for an Assistant Professor in quantum physics that complements or enhances programs in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO), or condensed matter. Please spread the word. jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/2050248...

I am ALSO happy and I love this picture!

Very fitting that both Kandice and Ilya @leventallab.bsky.social were recognized by this year’s Avanti Award from the Biophysical Society. They are the whole package: delightful results and delightful people. (Photo posted with permission)