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Luca Costa

@costaluca.bsky.social

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CNRS Scientist I develop advanced AFMs integrated with fluorescence and X-ray microscopies and spectroscopies. My research focuses on liquid interfaces and biophysical properties, especially the mechanics of membranes and biomolecular condensates

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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ESAB 2026 is opening ! Registration is now available for the second edition of the European South Atlantic Biophysical conference. https://lnkd.in/dKuMGaUM #ESAB2026 GDR Imabio International Union of...

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Integrative Biophysics of Membranes @CBS Montpellier @membranesbiophy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Looking forward for new developments in our team ! Exciting projects in perspective from @rbquast.bsky.social, @chrisdoucet.bsky.social , @emmanuelmargeat.bsky.social , @costaluca.bsky.social The Luminosa includes 3color smFRET, PIE-FCCS, FLIMbee for fast FLIM & time resolved SMLM

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We are hiring a 2-year postdoctoral researcher to join our Membrane Biophysics team at the CBS in Montpellier. Join us to reinvent Atomic Force Microscopy to image the most common interface on our planet: the surface of water @membranesbiophy.bsky.social @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social

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Andreas Santamaria @andreassantamaria.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

At the @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social we equipped the JKP atomic force microscope, mounted on an inverted microscope, with photothermal excitation. This custom-built optical pathway focuses a laser onto the cantilever in our correlative AFM–fluorescence microscopy setup. @costaluca.bsky.social

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Center for Structural Biology (CBS Montpellier) @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Felicitations à Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, ancien directeur du CBS et directeur du Pole Biologie-Santé de l'Université de Montpellier, reçu mardi dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques. @umontpellier.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @inserm.fr

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The next conference of the French Microscopy Society will be in Toulouse!

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Exciting X-Ray meeting in Montpellier!! www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/sites/defaul...

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Center for Structural Biology (CBS Montpellier) @cbsmontpellier.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Join the qbio Master’s Program in Montpellier, France : Quantitative Biology: Molecular Mechanisms of Living Systems Q&A Session on Monday, February 10! This curriculum blends biology, physics, bioinformatics, and quantitative methods to tackle biological challenges. qbio.umontpellier.fr

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qBio – Quantitative Biology Master Montpellier

At the crossroads of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Informatics, qbio is the graduate program destined for students interested in studying Biology with a quantitative perspective founded on transdisc...

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Excellent initiative! AFM multiparametric characterization of LLPS in plants: Trends in Plant Science www.cell.com/trends/plant... #AFM #condensates #LLPS

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AFM multiparametric characterization of LLPS in plants

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays a crucial role in cellular processes. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is notable for multiparametric imaging of LLPS condensates, enabling investigation of th...

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Exciting Postdoctoral Opportunity in X-Ray Fluorescence and Ptychography (and In-Situ Atomic Force Microscopy) at Elettra www.elettra.eu/about/career...

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Lavora con noi - Sincrotrone Trieste

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Correlative Atomic Force Microscopy and X-Ray fluorescence at TwinMic beamline, Elettra synchrotron #AFM #XRF #X-Ray

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Luca Costa @costaluca.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

At the Center for Structural Biology we use correlative Atomic Force and Fluorescence Microscopies to evaluate surface tension and viscosity of biomolecular condensates www.cell.com/biophysj/ful... www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... #AFM #FluorescenceMicroscopy #BiomolecularCondensates #biophysics

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Quantifying surface tension and viscosity in biomolecular condensates by FRAP-ID

Many proteins with intrinsically disordered regions undergo liquid-liquid phase separation under specific conditions in vitro and in vivo. These complex biopolymers form a metastable phase with distin...

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