Integrative Biophysics of Membranes @CBS Montpellier

The President’s Symposium at #bps2026 serves to empower biophysicists to tell stories that build public confidence in science. Speakers will discuss perspectives on the crisis in US investment in science, and approaches for conveying the value of research to human health and prosperity

#art 🎨 | Quand l’art devient expérimental & que chaque spectateur devient 🧑‍🔬.
A l'occasion du spectacle 'Architectures vivantes’ du @museeorsay.bsky.social qui aura lieu les 24 et 25 janvier prochains, @manuelthery.bsky.social, directeur scientifique du projet revient sur cette expérimentation en 📽️

Join us in Montpellier in June 2026 for the second edition of the European South Atlantic Biophysical conference
#ESAB2026

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

Watch Robert Quast @rbquast.bsky.social from our Team presenting our work on single molecule #FRET on #GPCR in the first FBI Connect webainar !

The replay of the 1st edition of FBI Connect is now available!◀️

In this webinar, we welcomed Robert Quast from the CBS in Montpellier. He presented his latest project and an unique multicolor smFRET technique to study GPCR dynamics!

🔗Watch it here: youtu.be/pgU_3VhMutk

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

A new postdoctoral position offered in our team !

Picture of a student's made TIRF microscope

Picture of a student's made optical tweezers microscope

Picture of a student's made confocal FCS microscope

In two weeks, our #qbio #Master students learned to build, from drawing to full realization, their own : confocal FCS, TIRF microscope, and optical tweezers setup ! This is hand-on #microscopy !
Interested ? Join the qbio master next year at the Montpellier University !
qbio.umontpellier.fr

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

Postdoctoral position in the team of Alessandro Barducci in the CBS, focusing on multiscale simulations of RNA-driven condensates, with applications in synthetic biology.

More information :
www.cbs.cnrs.fr/images/jobs/...
The position is expected to start in early 2026, with some flexibility.

Excited to share our new preprint on Myxococcus xanthus!
We show that two distinct motility motors can propel the same bacterial cell simultaneously, and that this dual propulsion is tunable by environmental calcium. 🧵 1/6

📄 Read it here →https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685086v1

Last call for Les Houches! Apply now or never! ;) (ok, in 2 years again then) and share with your friends.

Please repost. Only a few days left to apply to the “Ecole de Physique des Houches” on Fluorescence Markers for Advanced Microscopies, a WE-Heraeus seminar. Deadline October 31th.
fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com
#microscopy #fluorescence #superresolution

#ExpertsCNRS 🔎 Journalistes, en lien avec le #NobelPrize de médecine, le bureau de presse du @cnrs.fr vous propose des scientifiques pouvant vous éclairer sur les travaux des lauréats.

Si vous êtes intéressés :
📞📩 cnrs.fr/fr/contacts

Lancement ce jour du projet d'extension de notre laboratoire. 1100m² de nouveaux espaces et 280m² rehabilités.
Merci pour leur soutien à nos tutelles et nos partenaires.
@inserm.fr @cnrs.fr @umontpellier.bsky.social
@occitanie.bsky.social @villedemontpellier.bsky.social
& l'Etat

We organize this week the 11th European Conference on Tetraspanins

French-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar "Fluorescence markers for advanced microscopy : From photophysics to biology - 2026" March 15-20 2026, Les Houches, France

Please share: The application for Les Houches is open (until Oct 31)

fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com

*This is for you, if you ever wanted to learn all about fluorescence markers & how to apply them for your biological research!*

PS: no fees this year, you just need to get there, that's all!

Automated identification of honey bee pollen loads for field‐applied palynological studies In a changing world, it is crucial to characterise communities and their evolution over time. Because social insect pollinators forage on flowering plants around the colony, the nest potentially con.....

Our team contributed to this study :
"Automated identification of honey bee pollen loads for field‐applied palynological studies"
New Phytologist - nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Congrats @chrisdoucet.bsky.social & collaborators from LMGC, LIRMM, CEFE & IBMM @umontpellier.bsky.social

Imaging Nuclear Envelopes Using Correlative AFM/Fluorescence Microscopy The nuclear envelope (NE) is the hallmark of eukaryotic cells. It is a complex structure composed of two concentric lipid bilayers separated by a 50 nm lumen. While the outer nuclear membrane is ...

A new book chapter on
"Imaging Nuclear Envelopes Using Correlative AFM/Fluorescence Microscopy"
from our team members
@emiliecostes.bsky.social @chrisdoucet.bsky.social @pemcbs.bsky.social
link.springer.com/protocol/10....
#NPC #AFM #fluorescence #microscopy

Congratulations to Pierre Emmanuel, co-head of our IBM team ! 🤩

A new paper from the CBS !
Exploring RNA destabilization mechanisms in biomolecular condensates through atomistic simulations | PNAS
from : @matbocca.bsky.social @betterwithchem.bsky.social & colleagues.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A new study from our Team is just published !
Advanced protein engineering + 3 colors single molecule FRET on metabotropic glutamate receptors.
#smFRET #GPCR #fluorescencefriday #clickchemistry

It was our pleasure to host you :-) . We are glad you enjoyed your stay !

Today is THE day!
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MiFoBio 2025 🔬

Pre-register now on the @gdrimabio.bsky.social website

Hello (bluesky) world!
We are WONDER 🧬, an organization aimed at female PhD students, early and late career researchers within DNA Nanotechnology and related fields 😊🧬

Follow us here to stay updated and sign up to our mailing list (link in bio) to never miss out on any news🧬

Please welcome Wonder on Bluesky !
Founded by two postdocs from our lab ☺️ @anjelicakucinic.bsky.social & @juliefinkel.bsky.social

New paper alert from our team ! Post-doctoral work from Rishi Vishwakarma, now at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

Congratulation to Emilie Costes from our team. her project "Detection of Nuclear Pore Complexes with shape variability imaged by DNA PAINT" has been selected for Phase 2 by @ai4life.bsky.social
@emiliecostes.bsky.social

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...

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