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...

Have you heard of ferroptosis? 💥 This is the iron-driven, propagating form of cell death! Our Membrane Dynamics Department (@office-garcia.bsky.social) has developed an optical tool to trigger and control it. 🔗Find out more: www.biophys.mpg.de/2857694/shining-a-new-light-on-ferroptosis?c=2011019

📣 Job alert! Our partner group, the Dioscuri Centre for Modeling of Posttranslational Modifications is seeking a talented individual in the field of #ComputationalBiophysics. Apply ✏️✅! #AssistantProfessor 👉 www.biophys.mpg.de/2858196/Post...

Working towards #GenderEquality 👩‍🔬🧪 20 curious students joined our Girls’ Day to explore DNA 🧬, electron microscopy 🔬, and the science behind chocolate ice cream 🍦😋 #GirlsDay #WomenInSTEM

Congratulations to IMPRS-CBP student Noemi Iwicki on being selected for the Max Planck Society’s ARTEMIS program! 👏 It supports early-career researchers through bilateral mentorship between MPIs and African institutions. 🌍 🎓🧪 Noemi is looking forward to meeting Taona Emmah Mudhluli from Zimbabwe! 🇿🇼

Organizing guest seminars lets you shape discussions and build connections. 💡 IMPRS-CBP student Ada Rivero hosted two and, despite the workload, found it rewarding. ➡️ Read about her favorite moments from the latest talk. #phdlife #networking #womeninscience #biophysics #cellbiology

🎉 🥳 Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪🔬 Achieving gender equality in science requires efforts from all of us, from the top to the bottom of an organization. Each of us can contribute in our daily lives to making science more diverse and equitable. How do you contribute?

Thank you for 423 applications!!! 🥳 Our faculty will now carefully evaluate all applications. Interview invitations will be sent out in end-March! We are already looking forward 😊! Keeping our fingers crossed for all applicants🤞 #thankyou #imprs #imprs_cbp #imprs2impress

Autophagy ♻️ can't happen without PI3KC3-C1, a protein complex that initiates the cell’s cleanup by phosphorylating lipids 🧪 Congrats to the @lazaroulab.bsky.social, @hummerlab.bsky.social & @hurleylab.bsky.social labs on their new publication!

🎓Last chance! Tomorrow’s the final day to #apply for our #gradschool. If you’ve been working hard on your application, #submit it now! 🚀 Don’t miss this opportunity for a transformative academic journey! 😀 Apply by February 7th! 👉 imprs-cbp.mpg.de/call-for-app... #apply #phdposition #biophysics