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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1/3: How do microbes power carbon capture? ⚡️ In our new study, Bonnie Murphy @bjmurphylab.bsky.social and Seigo Shima @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social explored the different molecular solutions to capturing carbon dioxide using electron bifurcation. 📓 Read more about our work here: s.gwdg.de/9e3Blu

3D representation of a complex molecular structure with distinct colored segments and blue arrows indicating electron-transfer pathways

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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Weil’s so schön war: Noch ein kleiner Videorückblick aufs #ScienceFestival! 🎬 Vor knapp einer Woche gab’s auf dem Roßmarkt Wissenschaft zum Anfassen und Entdecken. Danke an alle, die mitgemacht, gefragt, gestaunt und erklärt haben! 🔬 #Frankfurt #FrankfurtAlliance

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Day 1 of the Symposium on Cellular Biophysics 2026 is a wrap! 🥳🔬 Huge thanks to faculty members @idikic.bsky.social and @heilemannlab.bsky.social for two fantastic opening talks on cellular homeostasis and super-resolution microscopy. Photos by Louise Duever. #IMPRS_CBP #phdlife

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SBGrid Consortium @sbgrid.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Our software webinar series will resume in October with Beata Turoňová, Group Leader at the @mpibp.bsky.social, introducing cryoCAT. Until then, you can catch up on webinars you missed from our last series on the SBGrid YouTube channel. More here: buff.ly/p1w3J7S #SBGrid #Webinars

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Join us at the annual IMPRS-CBP Symposium (Sep 21–25 at @mpibp.bsky.social )! 🧬 A week of faculty talk series + featured lectures in welcoming of new PhD cohort. For registration and program details here: imprs-cbp.mpg.de/symposium-on...

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Why do leukemia patients stop responding to venetoclax, a precision drug that blocks cancer cells' ability to escape cell death? 🩸 Our new study in Advanced Science reveals resistance isn't one-size-fits-all 🧵 📝 Learn more: www.biophys.mpg.de/2925331/rese...

Microscopic illustration of a cell with numerous surface extensions floating in a fluid environment. Image generated using AI.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

How do 2 meters of DNA fit inside a nucleus you can barely see? 🧬 Our new study mapped individual nucleosomes inside human cells.

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SCALE - SubCellular Architecture of LifE @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🚀 We're hiring! Join the founding Digital Twin Team at the SCALE Cluster of Excellence @goetheuni.bsky.social Apply by: 31 August 2026 For more information: scale-frankfurt.org/wp-content/u... Full position description: scale-frankfurt.org/wp-content/u... Descriptions below 🧵:

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🌈 What does it mean to be queer in science today? Join our panel with four LGBTQIA+ scientists sharing their journeys, insights, and truths in academia! 📅 July 15, 2026 | 1:00–5:30 PM | MPI Biophysics, Lecture Hall 🍕+Beer & Pizza after by PhD Reps! #LGBTQIAinScience #QueerInSTEM #ScienceForAll

Flyer for Max Planck Diversity Career Talk “Pride in Research” on July 15, 2026, featuring LGBTQIA+ scientists and a pizza & beer hour event.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Scorching heat, eager minds: Postdoc @emmabelcher96.bsky.social shared her scientific journey with students from Friedrich-Dessauer High School—lab life, salaries, pros & cons, all while keeping them hooked, despite the sweltering weather. Inspiring the next generation, one talk at a time.💡🔬

Emma Belcher presents a slide titled “Day in the Life: What Does a Scientist Do?” The slide outlines the following steps: read papers, plan experiments, do experiments, analyze data, present results, publish papers, and apply for funding.

High school students sit at desks facing Emma Belcher, who is presenting a slideshow in a classroom with large windows, lowered blinds, and wooden chairs.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

1/3: We are excited to share a new study by Maarten Tuijtel from @becklab.bsky.social, published in eLife. 🔬 🎉 The work addresses a key question in cryo-electron tomography: how to best distribute the limited electron dose across a tilt series while balancing angular sampling and image quality. 💥

Cryo-EM images showing sample structures at tilt increments from 1 to 10 degrees, with resolution patterns and measured values in nanometers.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

1/3: We are proud to share that the recent work by postdocs Karen Palacio-Rodriguez and Sergio Cruz-León, from Gerhard Hummer’s department, was selected as one of the Editors’ Highlights in Nature Communications! 🎉 👏 Open-access paper: 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Now it's @jpkreysing.bsky.social 's turn! 🎓🎉 Congratulations Jan Philipp on defending your PhD thesis, "Capturing Functional States in Situ with Cryo-Electron Tomography" in the @becklab.bsky.social lab! We're very excited to see more IMPRS-CBP #PhDs graduate🎓✨ #imprs_cbp #PhDlife #CryoET

Four men standing indoors; one is wearing a decorated graduation cap held by a man beside him, celebrating a succesful thesis defence.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

How do you do quantum physics ⚛ when sign language ☝️ lacks the words? Kudos to Ingo Barth, the first deaf German to earn a chemistry PhD, broke barriers as a physics student and research leader—then created Sign2MINT, a STEM sign language lexicon with 5,000+ signs, empowering Deaf scientists. 💪💪💪

Ingo Barth giving a presentation in front of a blackboard in German Sign Language with a bust and pedestal labeled “Max Planck“ beside him.

Ingo Barth presents his research topic “Ionization of degenerate valence orbitals” with scientific diagrams to an attentive audience in a lecture room setting.

Sign language interpreters Renata Melka and Claudia Straub seated in the audience, one holding and reading papers.

Ingo Barth presenting “Illustrations of STEM signs”.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Komm’ am 12. Juni auf die Night of Science✨! Erlebe, wie aus Stickstoff leckeres Eis🍦wird und welche Aufgaben verschiedene Proteine in unserem Körper übernehmen! Erfahre in Vorträgen und bei einer Elektronenmikroskopie-Tour 🔬 mehr über unsere Forschung! Infos: 👉 www.biophys.mpg.de/de/night-of-...

Eine Waffel mit Wolke vor blauem Hintergrund, Night of Science, 12. Juni, 2026.

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Murphy Lab @bjmurphylab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We had a great time having Michael Elbaum from the Weizmann Institute visit our institute (@mpibp.bsky.social)! Had an insightful seminar and a fun time at the Krios doing STEM 🔬 Our Krios is upside down according to material scientists so instead of turning our microscope, we turned ourselves!

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

What does a postdoc do in their “free” time? Spoiler: They don’t have any. But when Marcel Heinz does sneak in a few minutes between tasks, he’s busy building a free, no-registration chemical sketcher—kudos for this valuable contribution to the community! 👉 Check out his project: www.bondcraft.net

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

That’s a wrap on our @embo.org #cryoFIB & #cryoET course! It was an incredible week of hands-on learning, collaboration, and shared expertise, made possible by dedicated organizers, incredible trainers, and an engaged group of participants.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We are having a very hands-on week at the @embo.org #cryoFIB & #cryoET course 🔬 Our participants are learning about sample vitrification, lamella milling, FLM, lift-out, data acquisition and more! We are learning by doing, troubleshooting, and sharing expertise across labs. 🧪

Three female researchers discuss data displayed on dual monitors in a microscopy workspace with keyboards, mouse, and electronic equipment on the desk.

Two female researchers working at a computer displaying a 3D scientific visualization on a large curved monitor in a modern office.

Two young researchers examining an object with tweezers in a lab setting near a sink and hygiene supplies.

Group of participants in a lab setting reviewing microscopy images on computer screens and looking at printed diagrams during a practical course.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Participants shared their work and ideas in our poster session at the @embo.org Practical Course on “In-situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET” at our institute! It was a great chance to connect, discuss, and get new perspectives on #cryoFIB and #cryoET. 🌍

Three young researchers—two women and one man—stand in front of a poster at a poster session, holding drinks and smiling as they chat. Other people stand in the background.

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Two female researchers at the poster session are standing in front of a poster board, holding drinks and chatting, whilst other people stand in the background.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We’ve kicked off our @embo.org Practical Course on #cryoFIB & #cryoET! Participants from around the world are joining us this week for hands-on training, from lamella milling to tomogram reconstruction 🔬

Male bald speaker in blue shirt giving a presentation on early days of tomographic imaging in the 1980s, featuring Walter Hoppe and technical diagrams.

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Female researcher presenting colorful microscopic images at Max Planck Institute for Biophysics during the EMBO Practical Course on “In-situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET”.

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thinking of applying to IMPRS-CBP? 👣 Here’s a quick look at our application process to guide you along the way. 🗓️ Deadline: March 11 Apply here 👉 imprs-cbp.mpg.de/call-for-app... #gradschool @mpibp.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Interested in how membrane proteins are born? Our First IMPRSsion video introduces the McDowell Group and their research (@melaniemcdowell.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social). Watch it on our YouTube channel and apply to IMPRS-CBP: youtu.be/rigtICb6yco?... #imprs_cbp #phd #membraneproteins #biophysics

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Why should you join our #gradschool? Check out our 10 #keyfeatures and find out how we support you during your #phdjourney! Apply by March 11! imprs-cbp.mpg.de/key-features

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Come visit our @mpibp.bsky.social booth at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social #bps2026 meeting in San Francisco! We’re looking forward to chat about our research, PhD opportunities, and international career paths! 🥳 We’d love to connect and take your #cellfie! 🦠 Find us in booth 630! #imprs #imprs_cbp

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Ready to TANGO? 💃 In our new publication, Beata Turoňová & Markus Schreiber (@ms314.bsky.social, @becklab.bsky.social) present TANGO: the first cryoET framework to analyze the relation between particle positions and orientations 🪩 All in a single user-friendly package! #CryoET #OpenScience

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🎉 💪 🔬 🦠 🧬 We take this day as an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the women at our institute—representing all women and girls in science—whom we have honored over the past year in our article series:

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Der Arbeitsalltag der technischen Assistentinnen Angela Burkart und Eva Kaindl an unserem Institut ist geprägt von Vielfalt, regelmäßig neuen Themen und dem kreativen Austausch mit den Forschenden. In ihrem Interview gewähren sie spannende Einblicke in ihren Arbeitsalltag! 👉 tinyurl.com/462cp48b

Angela und Eva tragen weiße Laborkittel und stehen Rücken an Rücken in einem modernen Labor. Beide lächeln und strecken jeweils mit beiden Händen ein wissenschaftliches Gerät in die Höhe, das wie eine Pistole aussieht. Die Szene wirkt wie ein Agentenfilm-Plakat. Im Hintergrund sind Laboreinrichtungen und Arbeitsflächen zu sehen.

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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🌟 PhD positions at IMPRS-CBP! Applications open from Jan 23 – Mar 11. Fully funded PhDs in cellular biophysics at @mpibp.bsky.social , @goetheuni.bsky.social l and @unimainz.bsky.social . 👉 imprs-cbp.mpg.de #phd #biophysics #imprs_cbp

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

We are celebrating 99 publications in 2025! 🎉 We would like to thank the members of our institute for your passion and expertise, your mutual support, and your perseverance! 💪 We look forward to making new discoveries in 2026! We wish everyone a joyful season and a successful start to the New Year!

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

From #GrantWriting to #Grant: Learn from Els Kuipers’ Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship application journey in securing a prestigious fellowship and the vital role of effective grant writing for researchers: 👉 www.biophys.mpg.de/2895578/mari... @wilflinglab.bsky.social #MSCA

Els Kuiper smiles into the camera while holding a flask filled with chocolate coins and bills in one hand.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Vault particles, a 40-year cell biology mystery, associate with membranes at the nuclear envelope and ER—revealing a new functional axis for these conserved complexes @kgeissler.bsky.social @yuningwang.bsky.social @jpkreysing.bsky.social @Becklab.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Did you know we’re hosting the EMBO Practical Course on Cryo-FIB & Cryo-ET in April 2026? ❄️ We invite early career researchers and facility scientists to join us in Frankfurt and meet the leading experts in cryo-FIB/SEM and cryo-ET! 🔗 Apply by Dec 8: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-...

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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 26/11/2025

Our next #DiscoverySeminar features the guest speaker Prof. Martin Beck from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social. Join his lecture on "Nuclear pores as guardians of the genome".

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

There’s a communications team behind every breakthrough, ensuring the world hears about it. Here are some photos from our team retreat! 📸🎉

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Proud to share that, according to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2025 ranking, our Director Gerhard Hummer is among the world’s most frequently cited scientists. 👏 The ranking recognizes about 6,600 researchers worldwide who are among the top 1% most cited in their fields over the past decade.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Scientists making waves! 🌊 At this year’s Frankfurt Museumsuferfest, our team swapped pipettes for paddles and crushed the Dragon Boat Race! 🐉🚣 #Museumsuferfest #DragonBoatRace

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Jenny Sachweh @jennysachweh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Great work of @deglushk.bsky.social from my PhD lab @mpibp.bsky.social on how to get more information out of all the membranes you see in cryoET data!

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Murphy Lab @bjmurphylab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Exciting week in Frankfurt! Our CEOS energy filter and ASI Timepix3 are installed and we're looking forward to running the first tests :) #CryoEM #timepix #REELanalysis #4DSTEM @mpibp.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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.

Structure of the ribosome-bound SND3 translocon complex from the heat-tolerant fungus Chaetomium thermophilum. The SND3 translocon inserts proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane as they are produced by the ribosome.

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Tsai-Hsuan Weng @thweng.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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

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Postdoctoral researcher in structural bioenergetics (m/w/d)

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

Bonnie Murphy and Ralf Steinhilper stand together, smiling at the camera. Ralf is wearing a creatively handcrafted doctor’s hat.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🎉 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.

Photo of Sergio Cruz and text: Sergio Cruz-León receives the 2026 Theory & Computation Postdoctoral Research Award

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