BioSoft@TAU

Stepping beyond the lab at the BioSoft Retreat.
We enjoyed student-led lectures, shared creativity through a music workshop, lively poster discussions, and a refreshing field trip.
Special shout-out to @yairshokef.bsky.social , Head of BioSoft, @telavivreview.bsky.social, for making it possible.

#BioSoft Seminar @telavivuni.bsky.social
🎙️ Prof. Sidney Redner (Santa Fe Institute)
📅 Feb 25, 2026
📍 Ornstein Bldg., Room 111
First-passage processes: exit times, disorder, chemoreception, “worst” graphs & the shapes of first-passage paths.
A must for stochastic & complex systems fans!

BioSoft @telavivuni.bsky.social is proud to highlight Prof. @roybeckbarkai.bsky.social participation in the German–Turkish–Israeli workshop at DESY, which advances international scientific cooperation.
The initiative to build a SAXS beamline at SESAME in Jordan will strengthen cross-border research.

American Physical Society & Physical Review Letters featured recent research by Prof. @yairshokef.bsky.social,head of BioSoft, @telavivuni.bsky.social.
The work explores mechanical systems based on geometric frustration, from knotted loops to mechanical computation.Congrats on this achievement!🎉

✨ Highlights from the BioSoft Mini-Symposium ✨
Great discussions celebrating the 2025 @telavivuni.bsky.social International Prize in Biophysics.
Guest lecture by Dr. Arvind Murugan (University of Chicago): "Embodied Learning & Computation in Physical Systems."
Thanks to everyone who joined!
#BioSoft

This week at @biosofttau.bsky.social , aSpecial Mini-Symposium!
We’re honoring the 2025 @telavivuni.bsky.social International Prize in Biophysics.
Featuring Prof. Arvind Murugan (@ucstonecenter.bsky.social )
Wed, Jan 14|11:00–13:00|Kaplun 118, Tel Aviv University
Join us!

#BioSoft Seminar
Jan 7 | 11:00| Kaplun #118
Dr. Ivan Terterov (WIZ)
Correlation functions for stochastic processes with biased observations
Single-molecule FRET, photon detection & recovering true dynamics from biased data. Students & researchers welcome!
#TAU #Biophysics #SingleMolecule #FRET

Congrats to Michael Faran PhD student at Prof. Gili Biskers lab on his new paper! 🎉
Introducing the Stochastic Landscape Method,coarse-graining nonequilibrium dynamics from a single 1D signal, with 7–8 orders lower computational cost.
@telavivuni.bsky.social
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

🧬🔬 #BioSoft Seminar Tel-Aviv University
Dec 31 | 11:00 | Kaplun #118
Prof. Michael Elbaum (WIZ)
Rethinking cryo-electron tomography: from imaging to diffraction and back
Cryo-EM, tomography, STEM & 3D cellular context — students & researchers welcome!

We proudly congratulate Prof. @lampellab.bsky.social on receiving the IVS–Excellence Early-Career Award for Research.
A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding research and impact.
👏🌟

#BioSoft Seminar
📅Dec 17 | 11:00
📍Kaplun #118, Tel aviv University
🎙️Prof. Amir Ayali
"From insect motion & locomotion to bio-inspired technological innovations"
Students, postdocs & faculty welcome!
Insect-inspired design, collective motion & swarm robotics. Don’t miss it!
#TAU #Research #Seminar

Call for Nominations! 🌟
The 2026 Tel Aviv University International Prize in Biophysics is now open. Since 2006, the prize honors outstanding contributions in biophysics.
Award: $100,000
Deadline: Jan 15, 2026
🔗 More info: english.tau.ac.il/TAU_biophysics

Send in your nominations!

🧠 #BioSoft Seminar TAU
Dec 3 | 11:00 | Kaplun #118
Prof. David Lukatsky (BGU)
“Design Principles of Protein–DNA Recognition Specificity in Embryonic Stem Cells”
Insights into TF–DNA binding, GC-content, and the role of c-Myc in reshaping genomic regulation.
Dont Miss It!!

🧠🔬 #BioSoft Seminar TAU

📅 Nov 26 | 11:00
📍 Kaplun #118
🎙️ Jonathan Karin @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social
“Interacting Agents in Biology: Spectral Methods for Cellular Systems & Swarm Configurations”

scRNA-seq signal disentangling, spectral methods, GSP, and swarm modeling — don’t miss it!

🧠🔍 #BioSoft Seminar @ Tel Aviv University

📅 Nov 19, 2025
📍 Kaplun #118
🎙️ Tommer D. Keidar (TAU)
“Stochastic & Adaptive Resetting: Optimizing Search Strategies & Designing Non-Equilibrium Steady-States”

Don’t miss insights into stochastic processes & complex systems!
#TAU #Biophysics

🧬🧠 #BioSoft Seminar Tel Aviv University!

📅 Nov 12, 2025 | 11:00
📍 Kaplun #118
🎙️ Prof. Michal Sharon (Weizmann Institute)
“Expanding the Proteasome Paradigm: Uncovering the Independent Roles of the 20S Core Complex in Degradation”

Don’t miss it! #TAU #Proteomics #Biochemistry #Research

🧠🤖 #BioSoft Seminar Alert!

Next week at Tel-Aviv Uni,
Daniel Riveline (CNRS)
“Collective Effects & Curie Principle in Biological Cells: Experiments & Theory”
Dive into how cells behave collectively & the theory behind it!

#CellBiology #Biophysics #Research #TAU

💡Best way to learn electronics and ARDUINO for lab work?
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!

🧠🤖 BioSoft Seminar — This Wednesday!
📅 Oct 29, 2025 | 🕚 11:00
📍 Kaplun #118, Tel Aviv University

🎙️ Prof. Benedetto Allotta (Univ. of Florence)
🦾 “Enhancing Hand Functions through Wearable Robotics: the MDM Lab Journey”

🌟 Upcoming #BioSoftSeminar 🌟
Join us Sun, Oct 19 | 16:00 | TAU (Kaplun 118)

Explore how self-assembling peptides & the QTY code are reshaping biomolecular design with Prof. Shuguang Zhang (MIT).

🧬 Where chemistry meets innovation!

#ProteinDesign #QTYCode #BiotechInnovation

🚀 Meet the @barakhirshberg.bsky.social Lab
From enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics to bridging physics & ML, they’re redefining how we study complex systems.

🔬 Curious how stochastic resetting speeds up protein folding or even AI training?

#MolecularDynamics #Physics @telavivuni.bsky.social

👏 Big congrats to our very own @barakhirshberg.bsky.social on winning the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize! 🏆
Well-deserved recognition for amazing research and an inspiring team. 🚀
#Science #Chemistry

🔬 Meet the Bisker Lab at Tel Aviv University!
From nanosensors to protein folding, they're pushing boundaries in biophysics and nanotech.

#Science #Nanotech #Biophysics #MeetTheLab #Biosoft

I'm very proud to receive the @acscomp.bsky.social OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry!
Thank you also to Rob Paton and Zoe Cournia.
Congrats Josh, Tibor and Denise, my fellow recipients 🥳
@biosofttau.bsky.social

well-deserved recognition! 👏

🎉 Save the Date: Sept 9, 2025 🎉
We’re celebrating 80 years of brilliance in fluid mechanics & electrokinetics!
Join us for a full-day colloquium honoring Prof. Touvia Miloh

Top minds. Cutting-edge science. And a legacy worth celebrating.

#BioSoftTAU #Science #Electrokinetics #TAU

🎉 Thank you for joining BioSoft Day #6 at TAU!
A day full of inspiring talks, posters, and scientific exchange.
👏 Congrats to our poster prize winners!
📍 See you next year at BioSoft Day #7!
#BioSoftDay #Biophysics #SoftMatter

📅 Reminder: BioSoft Day #6 is happening on July 21, 2025, at the Steinhardt Museum, Tel Aviv University (09:00–17:00)!
Join us for a full day of exciting talks, poster sessions, and scientific exchange.
🔗 www.biosoft.sites.tau.ac.il/biosoftday2025

Congratulations to @yairshokef.bsky.social , Chaviva Sirote-Katz, Tamás Kálmán, Naomi Spiro, Ofri Palti, Yotam Feldman, and Guy Cohen on the publication of two papers in Physical Review Research.
Outstanding work by an exceptional team!

Read here: journals.aps.org/prresearch/c...

#Metamaterials

Our two sister papers on combinatorial metamaterials published today in @physrevresearch.bsky.social, a result of a fantastic SKCM2 collaboration with Chaviva Sirote-Katz at Tel Aviv and Tamás Kálmán at Tokyo shokef.tau.ac.il