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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📣 I am super thrilled to announce that during “Emerging Science Week” the MSAF subgroup of the Biophysical Society will run a webinar with three awesome speakers on “Lipids Feeling the World.” More info, including how you sign up, is contained in the ALT text of the image! Please share widely! 🧪

Lipids form the compartments that organize life. While doing so, they interact with an incredible variety of other molecules and supramolecular structures—things that touch the membrane on either side, are embedded inside, or simply want to get through. What are the chemical and biophysical principles that shape such interactions? How have biomembranes evolved to become such versatile interfaces to the world? In this webinar we will hear from three scientists who have examined questions of this kind from different directions, focusing on different molecules, and using different tools.

Speakers:

(1) Janice Robertson, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University St. Louis, USA
(2) Luca Monticelli, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, INSERM, Lyon, France
(3) Rumiana Dimova, Biophysics Lab, Max-Planck-Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

Here’s the link to register:

https://my.biophysics.org/Events/Calendar-Of-Events/Meeting-Home-Page?meetingid=4ea7bbbf-b695-f111-8075-6045bdff16f4

Attention: you’ll be asked to sign in or create an account. That’s just to keep track and send you an access link. YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO BE OR BECOME A BPS MEMBER!

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 31/08/2026

NIH's Aug 2026 proposal would scrap exact scores and percentiles for three broad bins (top = top 25%). With funding rates at 5% or lower, too much then rides on administrative discretion. It devalues peer review and is a deterrent to engage. Tell NIH before Oct 13. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Let's do it! Let's complain!

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Damian Dudka @damiandudka.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My lab just opened at Lehigh University - we study the origins, mechanisms, and impacts of the rapid evolution of the chromosome segregation machinery. I'm looking for 2 team members (postdoc and lab tech) who are passionate about evolution and cell division! See the opportunities at dudkalab.me.

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Dudka Lab — Home

The Dudka Lab at Lehigh University studies how rapid evolution of chromosome segregation machinery impacts health, fertility, and disease.

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hey, All! We've got less than a week (July 13) to submit comments to the Federal Register opposing horrible OMB rules allowing political appointees to terminate US scientific & medical research. This BPS link and my earlier links make it EASY to write your letter. I submitted mine! Let's do this!

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hey, Friends! We've got 3 weeks to submit comments to the Federal Register opposing horrible OMB rules allowing political appointees to terminate US scientific & medical research. Resources in this thread make it EASY to write your letter. I also drafted letters for busy friends & family to submit 🧵

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you were a party apparatchik who wanted to funnel millions of dollars of public money from what had been open, transparent medical research, to give you your friends or maybe the nephew of the a party donor, this is the kind of policy you would enact. There is no legitimate reason for secrecy.

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Zheng Shi @zs-biophys.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Profile Description updated! P.S., we are still looking for a postdoc😀

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Lovely pictures taken by Sawako Yamashiro at University of Kyoto showing flow transport of transmembrane proteins on cells!

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Time sensitive: this is the last day to submit comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management's clearcutting of Oregon's ancient forests. This is a tool that educates you on just how diabolical it is, and it helps you submit your comment. morethanjustparks.com/oregon-old-g...

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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests

There's a kind of forest in western Oregon that you feel before you understand. The BLM just gave the timber industry permission to tear it all down.

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Leonhard Möckl @lmoeckl.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🚨 PhD position 🚨 Fully funded PhD position at the intersection of super-resolution microscopy, glycobiology, and biomedicine! The position is part of a Doctoral Network. All information: www.glycocalyx.org Apply here: tinyurl.com/yc35dajz Spread the word!

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Home | GLYCOCALYX

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Wow - I am definitely telling my research group about this one! @ibudin.bsky.social, @mejohnson81.bsky.social, and Cecilia Leal will discuss membrane bending in a way "accessible to undergraduate students interested in biochemistry and biophysics as well as specialists in the field."

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Yes! It's amazing! I have wondered what would happen if anyone did this. In particular, I wonder if the chlamy-vesicles are near any surface, and whether they can still get anywhere if they are not

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Join Xerces & help protect fireflies! 🪲💡 Job Title: Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Firefly Specialist 🌎Location: Remote (IA, IL, MO preferred. Will consider AR, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, WI) 💲Compensation: $65,998/yr 📅Apply by: Mar 5 Learn more & apply at xerces.org/jobs

“We’re Hiring! Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Firefly Specialist”

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Biophysical Journal @biophysj.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Cells vs. the flow! In Dong-hun Lee et al. 2025, KG1a blood-cell “kayakers” paddle upstream against shear like pros—using stronger traction forces under flow than at rest. Think tiny rowers gripping ICAM-1 oars and powering against the current!

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Measuring the traction forces of upstream-migrating hematopoietic-like KG1a cells under shear flow

Cell migration is critical to leukocyte function, enabling leukocytes to patrol tissues and respond to inflammatory cues. Upstream migration is a distinct form of cell motility that enables…

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Justin Taraska @taraska.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My lab in the NIH Intramural Program (Bethesda, MD) will be recruiting postdoctoral fellows over the next year with flexible start dates. We work on nanoscale cellular imaging of the plasma membrane and related organelles. Please reach out if you’re interested. www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdp-053...

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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

NIH funding is like pizza 🍕. Usually, the NIH gives many researchers a slice of the pie, but this year they decided to just give a few researchers the whole pie. The data show that, disproportionately, early career researchers went hungry. We need Congress to stop NIH multi-year funding mandates.

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Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We are delighted to announce the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2026 (SOMC26), taking place in Glasgow from 21st July – 30th July 2026! Please find more details at shorturl.at/xmUiZ and apply at shorturl.at/MxTlI. Deadline 16 January 2026.

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Hiren Joshi @glyco.me · 09/10/2025

employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!

employment.ku.dk

Postdoc at the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Is there a hashtag for STEM internships? Merck is accepting applications for internships in cell biology and assay development, immunogenicity, protein metabolism, biostatistics, vaccine communications, DMPK, and discovery and process chemistry.

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social

Faculty Position in Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
We are seeking an outstanding integrative physiologist (broadly
defined) for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to join
our faculty in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell
Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), UC Davis. Our
department is a highly integrated group of faculty studying molecular,
cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological mechanisms of health
and disease. The candidate should have an active research program
that focuses on interdisciplinary physiology research using state-of-
the-art approaches. We welcome research which diversifies our
expertise, and/or that which complements existing strengths in
gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems as well as developmental biology. Candidates are expected
to expand access to education and provide opportunities in research
for students, trainees, and the community across various life and
professional experiences.
• Candidates must possess a PhD and postdoctoral experience in
physiology or a related field.
• Aptitude/experience in teaching broad-based physiology or
functional anatomy to professional or graduate students.
• Experience with grant writing.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills, and a demonstrated ability to work
cooperatively and collegially within a diverse
community.

Sunrise at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 05/11/2025

great news for abortion rights in Pennsylvania

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Janaki Ammal was born 128 years ago today! A legend of botanical genetics, she studied how polyploidy plays into the resilience of agricultural crops, compiled a sprawling chromosomal atlas of plants, and fought for the preservation of India's natural legacy. tinyurl.com/2j9hxmjb #WomenInSTEM

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Janaki Ammal And the Fight for India’s Botanical Future.

Caste. Race. Gender. These were the three categories that, in early twentieth century Madras, combined to determine the boundaries of an individual’s potential. Being of an undesirable categorizat...

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Dimitris Vavylonis @dvavylonis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The Lehigh Physics Dept is accepting MS/PhD applications for Fall 26. I am recruiting students for our biophysics group! We cover several areas of physics. Check out the virtual info session on Nov 19, as well as two free application weeks (Nov 3-8 and Dec 1-6)! physicsgraduate.lehigh.edu

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MS and PhD Graduate Program | Physics

This is the dedicated graduate program website of the Physics Department at Lehigh University, providing information to students interested in pursuing ...

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Falk Schneider @faldalf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Interested in more basic research? Also offering a project with Munehiro Asally at the School of Life Sciences. Probing molecular diffusion in living cells in vivo and in vitro Apply through the same program #MIBTP warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

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Application

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Falk Schneider @faldalf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🚨 #PhD Opportunities 🚨 🧵 How does plasma membrane structure underpin tissue development? Let’s find out! Opportunity to do a PhD with me, co-supervised by Darius Koester, at Warwick. Fully funded studentship by #MIBTP. 🔬✨🐟 More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Interested? Reach out!

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This is amazing work. There is actually a switch we can flip to eliminate the gender gap in physics education!

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience! We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961

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Brandeis University, Biology Department

Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This is the most frightening thing I've seen all October

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Dimitris Vavylonis @dvavylonis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We invite abstracts for “Physics of the Cytoskeleton” at the 2026 APS Global Summit in Denver. Join speakers Margaret Gardel @squishycell.bsky.social (Univ of Chicago) and Colm Kelleher (Syracuse)! This is @aps-dbio.bsky.social and @apsdsoft.bsky.social Session 04.01.03 with deadline Oct 23, 2025.

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Oh I see. So we are all comb jellies!

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

There is an opening for a faculty position in biophysics at Carnegie Mellon... and the accompanying, VERY Markus Deserno thread full of delight in nature and physics succinctly demonstrates what an awesome colleague you will have!

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Thank you, @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social! This announcement makes me proud to be a member

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Major cool membrane conference coming up next week! The Biomembrane Days 2025, organized by an amazing team from the MPI for Colloids and Interface Science @mpici.bsky.social: Rumy Dimova (@dimovalab.bsky.social), Helge Ewers, and Thomas Weikl. I'm so very much looking forward to attending! 🤩 🧪

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Biomembrane Days 2025

Membranes form the intricately shaped compartments of life. The Biomembrane Days are a triannual workshop that highlights recent advances in understanding the morphology and molecular organization of ...

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!) jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

The protests in Nepal, and the governments violent repression of them, are an increasingly important story right now. @globalvoices.org has reporting from Nepal on the "Nepo Kid" movement, including what the "international media" are getting wrong

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Gen Z stands up to expose corruption in Nepal

Youth-led demonstrations against corruption erupted throughout Nepal on Monday September 8, 2025, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 350 injuries.

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I am so excited for everyone to see this! Dr. Sreeja Sasidharan, legendary postdoc, recently showed that flow moves proteins sideways through a glass-supported lipid bilayer. We wanted to see if this could happen on the surface of living cells! AND IT CAN

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Aurelia @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

A Friday night bioRxiv surprise! I need to get some movies ready

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The Biochemistry Dept at the University of Washington has 2 open positions at the Asst/Assoc Prof level! Please apply and come be my colleague in Seattle! Great science, great students, great collaborations, and a lovely city

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Muhlenberg College is looking to hire two people in the registrar's office. Please share with anyone who may be interested! muhlenberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MuhlenbergCa...

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Career Portal

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions. Descriptions and links in the following two posts.

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Ben Stottrup @benstottrup.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Just sharing some of the cool stuff happening in the School of Natural Sciences at Augsburg University. We have a corpse flower about to bloom. Check out the update over on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DL-ak0W...

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