Precision, teamwork, and a sharp eye! Not just for experiments, but for #pumpkins too! 🎃🔬 We held a pumpkin carving #competition at MPI of Biophysics, and the results were impressive! Swipe through to find out who took home the 🏆! #CarvingConnections #HalloweenSpirit

SNDing proteins into the membrane! Our new publication from @melaniemcdowell.bsky.social ’s group identifies the SND3 protein as a new route for membrane protein insertion! 🍄 📘 Read more here: www.mpg.de/25599408/102... Image: Louise Duever.

Prof. Hartmut Michel's group @mpibp.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc in structural bioenergetics. See the link for more detail.👇

Have you registered to the next EMBO Practical Course on In-situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET? 🧊 Join us in Frankfurt for hands-on training on cryo-techniques and networking with experts! 🔗 Apply by Dec 8, 2025: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-... 📍 Frankfurt | 📆 April 12–20, 2026

Heartfelt congratulations to @ralfsteinhilper.bsky.social @bjmurphylab.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD thesis with summa cum laude! 👏💪🏆 For his doctoral research, Ralf used anaerobic sample preparation to study redox enzymes by single-particle cryo-EM.🔬 #phdlife #biophysics #excellence

Deep learning-based interpolation using cryoTIGER developed by the authors in this new Communications Biology manuscript enhances cryoET reconstructions. @mpibp.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @jpkreysing.bsky.social @sergiocruzleon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Fantastic new work from our researchers! Check out their work on 🐯 cryoTIGER for cryoET 🐯

Our Green Yard Sale at the MPI of Biophysics was a great success! 💚 Organized by our Sustainability Group, it promoted Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle while donating the profits to Klimaschutzinitiative-Riedberg e.V. 🌿♻️ #Sustainability #GreenYardSale #MPIBiophysics

🎉 Congratulations to our postdoc @sergiocruzleon.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 Theory & Computation Postdoctoral Research Award from the Biophysical Society! 🎉 Sergio will present his work at the Theory & Computation subgroup Symposium during the 2026 Biophysical Society meeting.

Our colleagues laced up their running shoes for this year’s “Lauf für mehr Zeit” charity run 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️.
 It was the perfect opportunity to combine fitness, team spirit, and supporting a meaningful cause—all in one day! 💙 A big thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to making a difference. ✨

And what better way to wrap up the day than with a poster session? Our current #imprs_cbp students shared their work and a beer or two while discussing science at the @mpibp.bsky.social 🍺 #phdlife #gradschool

We’re excited to welcome our new faculty member, Till Stephan! He shared his group's research on mitochondrial architecture using fluorescence nanoscopy. @goetheuni.bsky.social #imprs_cbp

Amazing week learning and discussing science! Thank you Florian Wilfling, Till Stephan and Alexandra Stolz for joining us! Looking forward to our last day on Monday! #imprs_cbp #phdlife

We welcome our new faculty member Ramachandra Bhaskara! His group uses simulations and modeling to study complex biological systems at the interface of biology, physics, and data science. #imprs #imprs_cbp @goetheuni.bsky.social

Another day full of science at the #imprs_cbp symposium! We heard from Eszter Lodinski on bacterial proteins linked to antibiotic resistance and Inga Hänelt on membrane transport proteins. @goetheuni.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social

In the afternoon we dove into the computational world. From cryo-ET data processing with Beata Turonova to molecular simulations by Ramachandra Bhaskara, Gerhard Hummer, and Jürgen Köfinger. @goetheuni.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social #imprs #imprs_cbp

That’s a wrap! Thanks to all speakers and participants for joining us on this week’s cellular biophysics journey. See you at next year’s #imprs_cbp symposium! 🎊✨

We followed with a day packed with CryoEM! We heard about the cryoEM from Werner Kühlbrandt, STEM-EELs from Bonnie Murphy and CryoET from Martin Beck.

This morning we travelled into the fascinating world of neurons and synapses with @erin-schuman.bsky.social. We learnt how protein synthesis takes place in neuronal dendrites. 🧠 @mpibrain.bsky.social #imprs_cbp #gradschool #brain

What do we do in case of conflicts at work? We heard from Ulrike Trojahn and Andreas Münch about conflict reporting and management at our institute! #imprs #imprs_cbp #ombudsperson #gradschool

We ended the day with a fun twist: the @MPIbp #openscience Ambassadors taught reproducibility using LEGO! Thanks to @UniGlasgow for sharing their #openresources. eprints.gla.ac.uk/196477/

We love science communication! Thanks to Melek Özdemir for presenting the @MPIbp comms team’s projects. Want to share your work? IMPRS-CBP offers training in communication.

Ever thougth about pulling a protein apart? Nina Morgner shared how her group uses native mass spectrometry to explore protein structure. #imprs #MassSpec @goetheuni.bsky.social

A productive morning with Profs. Dötsch, García-Sáez and Helfrich! We learnt about transcription factors, cellular death and biosynthetic pathways. All before lunch time! #sciencemorning #gradschool @mpibp.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social

Great session with Melanie McDowell today! She shared exciting insights into how proteins find their way into the ER. #imprs #imprs_cbp #phd #gradschool #biophysics

We had a great start of the #IMPRS Symposium on Cellular Biophysics to welcome our new students. Thank you for your fascinating talks Michaela Müller-McNicoll, Bernhard Hampölz and Christian Münch 👏 #imprs_cbp #phd #biophysics

Do you know IMPRS-CBP? We're the International Max Planck Research School on Cellular Biophysics. Since 2021 we train the next generation of PhD students in biophysics together with @maxplanck.de @mpibp.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social & @fias.bsky.social #imprs #imprs_cbp

We're very excited to welcome the new generation of #IMPRS students during our Symposium on Cellular Biophysics 🧪 This morning, we heard spokespersons Volker Dötsch and Martin Beck, and coordinator Pamela Ornelas, introduce the doctoral program to the new students! #imprs_cbp #biophysics #gradschool

We’re looking forward to the IMPRS-CBP Symposium on Cellular Biophysics at the @mpibp.bsky.social ! Join us on Sept 15–22 for a week+ of talks from our faculty as we welcome our new students! 🧑‍🎓Learn more here: imprs-cbp.mpg.de/symposium-on...

My PhD paper is in press @cellpress.bsky.social and now online: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...! Contents: weird #NPCs in yeast and flies, #CLEM, in situ #cryoET and more! Made possible by the amazing @becklab.bsky.social team at @mpibp.bsky.social and collaborators! #TeamTomo

We’re hosting the @embo.org Practical Course on In-situ structural biology by CryoFIB and CryoET in April 2026! 🧬❄️ You can expect hands-on training, cutting-edge methods, and a chance to work alongside leading experts in structural biology. 🔗 Apply by Dec 8, 2025: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-...

Science came to life at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics during the 2025 Night of Science of @goetheuni.bsky.social! 🌙✨

👏 Congrats to Schara Safarian on his nomination for the Paul Ehrlich & Ludwig Darmstaedter Early Career Award—Germany’s top honor for young life science researchers! 🎉 Hear his talk on Sept 15: 👉 goethe-university-frankfurt.de/150458316/Ea... #Biophysics #EarlyCareerAward #ScientificExcellence

From India to Germany: Pratima Verma and Deepshikha Ghosh shared their journeys as international scientists with 30 students at Friedrich Dessauer Gymnasium and offered insights into biophysics, skills & career paths in research. 🧪 #scienceforall #scienceoutreach #biophysics #imprs2impress

AI for Cryo-ET 🌟 Our new paper presents a deep-learning framework that cleans up faulty tilt series in a more automated, precise and powerful way! 💪 Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔬 Check out our new article on the mitochondrial TOM complex! Researchers from the Structural Biology Department have resolved a high-resolution structure of the main entry point for proteins into mitochondria. 🚪 🤩 Read more: www.biophys.mpg.de/2876415/tom-main-gate-into-mitochondria?c=2011019

Proud to share our first lab pre-print: “SND3 is the membrane insertase within a fungal multipass translocon” where @tzujingyang.bsky.social solved the structure of a ribosome-associated SND3-translocon complex involved in ER membrane protein insertion ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Sixteen of our Institute’s colleagues, along with colleagues from the MPI for Legal History & Legal Theory, joined this year’s 5.6-kilometre #jpmcc2025, challenging themselves and encouraging others! It was great to meet colleagues in a different setting and join over 64,000 runners! #teamspirit

🏆 The SCALE-it Best PhD Award 2025 celebrated groundbreaking doctoral research shaping the future of science! From interdisciplinary innovation to pioneering methods & major scientific contributions — we honored early-career researchers pushing the boundaries:🧵

Big congratulations to Dr. Lea Dietrich @lea-dietrich.bsky.social for receiving the Otto Hahn Medal from the @maxplanck.de for her research on mitochondrial architecture! 🏅 A brilliant young scientist and a great role model 💪

🎉 Neues @dfg.de-Graduiertenkolleg an der #GoetheUni: „Ästhetik der Demokratie“ erforscht, wie #Demokratie sinnlich erfahrbar wird. Zugleich wird das Kolleg zu Bildgebung in den #Lebenswissenschaften (iMOL) für 4,5 Jahre verlängert. | Weitere Infos: tinygu.de/dfg-graduier...

Puzzled 🧩 how glycans 🍬influence protein life? With @rommiee.bsky.social @rocovino.bsky.social, Attilio Vargiu and Giorgio Colombo we made @cecamevents.bsky.social event that will clear things out for you! tinyurl.com/x7ajbzn9 Deadline 30.06! (look at the lineup...) @ncn.gov.pl @mpibp.bsky.social

Congratulations to our director Ana García-Sáez for receiving an ERC Advanced Grant! 📣 Her work on mitochondrial membranes continues to push the frontiers of biophysics and cell biology 🧬 #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu @office-garcia.bsky.social

Warm congratulations to @zoliviapg.bsky.social and @huaipengxing.bsky.social for this recognition of their fantastic doctoral work 🥳

@scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social has been selected as a @dfg.de Cluster of Excellence! We’re proud to be part of this exciting initiative to understand the architecture of life at the molecular level 🎉 #ClustersOfExcellence #SCALEcluster 📖: www.biophys.mpg.de/2868034/scale-excellence-cluster?c=2011019

🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled: SCALE has been selected as a DFG Excellence Cluster! A huge thank you to our incredible team—this would not have been possible without your dedication and talent. 🙌 @dfg.de #ClustersOfExcellence #SCALEcluster 🧵

Komm’ am 13. Juni bei uns vorbei während der #nightofscience✨! Erlebe, wie aus Stickstoff leckeres Eis🍦wird, wie unsere Zellen und unsere DNA 🧬 aussehen, und mach’ mit bei unserem Parkour des Lebens! 👉 www.biophys.mpg.de/en/night-of-... 👉: nightofscience.de #biophysik

Balancing Life and Death 🧬💀 Check out our latest work on the cell’s executioner protein, MLKL! In its two forms, this protein is the switch from life to necroptotic death. Read more here 🔗: www.biophys.mpg.de/en/news

Get yourself a supervisor with whom you can laugh! …So this happened two days ago… Incredibly grateful for all the fun and support over the years with @bjmurphylab.bsky.social and all the great people at @mpibp.bsky.social 🎓

Congratulations Reiya Taniguchi on the fantastic study of nuclear pore stability linked to Nup133! 🍩 Check out this fantastic study of the @becklab.bsky.social , @vdoye.bsky.social lab and Georg-Kräusslich! www.nature.com/articles/s41...