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We combine soft matter physics, biophysics and cell biology to uncover physical principles of cellular organization @ Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden

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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Lipids build the membranes of all cells, but identifying their precise functions is extremely challenging. Here’s our attempt to change that: How to find and understand lipid-protein interactions, by Katelyn Cook & company. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Congratulations!!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Congratulations Agnes!
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TUD | Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) @biotec-tud.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Welcome Prof. Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy! New Professor of Systems Biology and Protein Evolution & joint group leader at BIOTEC @tudresden.bsky.social & CASUS. She focuses on disordered proteins - ones that lack a fixed 3D structure - yet play essential roles. Read more ➡️ tud.link/784yv9 #CMCBnews
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Sachsen bindet Spitzenforscherin im Bereich der Bioinformatik: Prof. Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy verstärkt das BIOTEC und CASUS
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🏆 Introducing the inaugural Suzanne Eaton Awards for Physics of Life! We're thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients: L. Mahadevan @harvard.edu and Anna Erzberger @embl.org. 👨‍🔬Both scientists will give award lectures on 20. November, more info to follow ➡️Read our announcement here: tud.link/cjm8t2
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It was an honor to introduce @alisonkickuth.bsky.social during the Otto Hahn medal ceremony from the @maxplanck.de in recognition for her amazing PhD, where she discovered a new mechanism for unilateral cytokinesis (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Congratulations Dr Uršič for the amazing defense!!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Congratulations Simon!
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I deleted the previous post because it had a typo. If you could share, that would be great!
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨One week left! Applications for our Postdoctoral Fellows Program will close on 20. May! We offer numerous benefits: ✅ 3-year funded position ✅ Core research funding to cover travel, publishing, and project costs ✅Mentorship from 2+ PoL PIs ..and much more! Apply now: tud.link/y3djda
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Institut Curie @institutcurie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Registration for the Cell Biology and Cancer course at Institut Curie is now open! Explore how biological forms emerge across scales, from intracellular organization to tissues. 📅 November 16th-20th, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Deadline: September 10th, 2026 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/cours/biolog...
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congratulations Pau!!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Congratulations for this beautiful story!!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Very proud of Joana Vidigueira from the lab, who won one of the DIGS-ILS Fellow Awards 2026! www.digs-ils.phd/news/2025/06...
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DIGS-ILS Fellow Awards 2026
Awards given to five DIGS-ILS PhD candidates
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Every PI
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🚀 Are you planning to secure funding to start your own research group? (e.g. ERC, Emmy Noether, etc). 👨‍🔬Physics of Life can host you, and offers numerous benefits! We are launching a new Program to host and support third-party funded junior groups. Check out the details here: tud.link/xayd8s
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Lisa Heinke @lisaheinke.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Check out my newest Research highlight on work by @brugueslab.bsky.social on how the cytoplasm of early embryos retains its partitioning prior to cellularisation - and what workarounds different species have developed against an inherent cytoskeletal instability!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Congrats!!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Really nice highlight of our recent paper on cytoplasmic partitioning by physical instabilities!
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Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
We are #Hiring! Our lab is looking for a LabTech/Lab Manager! Take a look to our research here! physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-gro... Drop a line if you are interested to know more details! #labtech #labtechnician #biology #labtechnicians #labmanager #labwork #Xenopus #zebrafish #devbiol
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’ is from Jan Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social & Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social where they discuss the microscopy & microrheology techniques that they used in their research dissecting the mechanics of cytokinesis. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/10/i...
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Imaging spotlight - How to divide without a ring: a mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis - FocalPlane
Imaging spotlight - How to divide without a ring: a mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis - News
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John Lees @johnlees.bacpop.org · 30/01/2026
We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
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Research Group Leader
Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Really excited to share our new paper in @nature.com! We uncovered how a physical instability of the cytoplasm coupled with the cell cycle drives cytoplasmic partitioning in early embryos #zebrafish #drosophila. Read more in this🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🎉Exciting findings out today in Nature @nature.com from the PoL group of Jan Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social! The authors describe a new mechanism driving cell division during early development in #zebrafish, fundamentally altering our view of the process. Read the press release: tud.link/2s3bxj
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Today was Alison Kickuth's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social last day in the lab. We are very sad to see her go but very excited about what is coming next for her at Cambridge LMB. Alison is amazing and we will miss her a lot! We also celebrated her accepted paper which should come out really soon.
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
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Lionel Christiaen, PhD (he/him/his) @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants|ERC erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
The ERC Plus Grants are a new funding scheme to support outstanding principal investigators with bold ideas and a vision for transformative research that goes beyond the scope o
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 19/11/2025
🙌 Hello from #EESNucleus. The organisers Simone Köhler, Patrick Lusk, Thomas Quail, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Karo Wolkersdorfer are welcoming all participants to the four day symposium in Heidelberg.
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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
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Campàs Lab @campaslab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩 We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species ➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Another successful Brugues lab retreat. Starting out with a great art workshop! and ending in a group hug!
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🚨 #WeAreHiring a facility manager to lead our state-of-the-art research infrastructure at PoL! 🔬 Please share with your scientific network. What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive environment at the frontiers of biophysics. Curious? Apply here: tud.link/g4j5qy 🗓️Deadline: Nov 5.
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We hire! The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities. More details here: cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
So sorry to hear this… Jochen was such an amazing person, always full of positivity. He will be sorely missed. My condolences to his family and close ones.
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🚨Attention image analysts, with expertise in programming and image/data science software! We are #hiring another scientific role at PoL to support our interdisciplinary research team. Please share with your network! 👨‍🔬 🔬 🗓Deadline: September 19th Apply here: tud.link/vj1kv9 #imageanalysis #jobad
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are #hiring for two scientific support roles at PoL - in light microscopy and biophysics instrumentation. Please share with your network! 👨‍🔬 🔬 Are you an expert in either of these areas? We would love to hear from you! The deadline for both roles is September 18th. 🗓️ Apply here: tud.link/vj1kv9
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Patrick's paper is finally out, a label-free method to measure the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates!
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A label-free method for measuring the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates - Nature Chemistry
Biomolecular condensates are made of multiple components but current techniques cannot capture their complex composition quantitatively. Now it has been shown that the dense-phase binodal point defini...
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Martin Loose @nartimsoole.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
We are looking for a Master’s student to join a project on in vitro reconstitution of signaling networks in pathogen–host interactions: combine protein biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy & image analysis. Deadline: September 15. Find out more and apply here: ist.ac.at/en/job/maste...
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Master Thesis Position – Loose Research Group
Our Group The Loose lab at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is looking for a highly motivated Master student to join our research on the in vitro reconstitution of signaling n...
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Biophysical Paris @parisseminar.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
training.institut-curie.org/courses/mult...
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Derivery Lab - MRC LMB @deriverylab.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring a Research Assistant – no PhD needed! Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes. Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired 🧫🔬 Apply now 👉 www.nature.com/naturecareer... #STEMCareers #ResearchJobs
A picture of 3 rows of people on steps at the MRC LMB. From left to right - top row: Akaash, Vic, Lara - Middle row: Kerrie, Manu, Paddy - bottom row: Meg  and Julie
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Big news 🎉 We are excited to announce the new TUD graduate school "Biomolecular Condensates: From Physics to Biological Functions", with 12 members from PoL! Through this school, we will train a new generation of scientists working on #condensates at the interphase between theory and experiments 🤓⤵️
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Amazing defense by @alisonkickuth.bsky.social! Congratulations on the beautiful thesis!
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We did it! Very happy to be part of this team, it was a lot of work but all worth it! Stay tuned for what will come next!
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We're thrilled to announce that our Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg.de ! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🎉👏 We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life! #biophysics #dfg
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Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Remember this :) #masterprogram #studyabroad #erasmus
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations Rita, amazing!
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Scientists, please share!🔬 Explore living systems through a physics lens. The #Biophysics MSc at @cmcb-tud.bsky.social opens applications on 1st April 🗓️ Taught entirely in English, with no tuition fees! Learn more: physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/career-educa... #Physics #Masters #MSc #FreeTuition
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Congratulations! It was fun to help a little bit on this great story!
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