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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The results, published in @natcellbio.nature.com, show how the protein DRP1 scans the surface of mitochondria to finds the right place to cut 🔬 💻 #Microscopy #NatureCellBiology 📄 Read the full study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Congratulations on the fantastic work Prof. García Sáez and Dr. Ros (@office-garcia.bsky.social ) for your work in collaboration with the University of Cologne! Read the full publication here 🔗: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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MLKL activity requires a splicing-regulated, druggable intramolecular interaction

Necroptosis is an inflammatory form of regulated cell death implicated in a range of human pathologies, whose execution depends on the poorly understo…

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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

Silhouette of a hand holding an orange protein model, superimposed over a faint skull-like shape in the background. The composition evokes a Hamlet-like existential scene.

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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics @mpibp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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

Abstract representation of a cell undergoing ferroptosis with a central blue shape, encircled by green dots, and outer red membrane resembling petals.
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IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics @imprs-cbp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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! 🇿🇼

The photo shows a smiling Noemi Iwicki in a lab coat, with the laboratory in the background. She holds a colourful printout of the African continent and points to Zimbabwe.

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