Erdinc Sezgin

Thanks Sarah for the inspiration :))

A photo of Lynmarie Thompson, the president of the Biophysical Society, awarding a plaque to Erdinc Sezgin. They are both smiling.

Congratulations to @sciezgin.bsky.social for being honored with the 2026 Early Independent Career award from the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social!

copyright Palina Nepachalovich of ZML Dresden

Ups we did it again! Please mark your calender. EMBO Workshop “Lipid Code to Life”, taking place September 7–11, 2026, in Dresden, organized by Maria Fedorova, @lipid.bsky.social, Valerie O'Donnell, @holthuislab.bsky.social and @molcellbiophys-lab.bsky.social 🥳 Retweets = lipidlove

Registration now open for the '3rd Annual Danish Workshop on Advanced Molecular Simulation'

Join us in beautiful Aarhus for a 2-day workshop on biomolecular simulations!
9-10 December 2025

Link for registration: aias.au.dk/events/show/...

Call for Papers: Lipids and Lipidation | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog This Special Issue in _ACS Chemical Biology_ will highlight the latest advancements and perspectives in the chemical biology of lipids and lipidation. Submit your manuscript by May 31, 2026.

#ACSChemBio and #Biochemistry invite submissions to a special issue on Lipids and Lipidation guest edited by @chembiobryan.bsky.social and me! Find details in the #CallforPapers and submit your exciting findings to one of these journals by May 31, 2026. axial.acs.org/chemical-bio... #lipidtime

Lipids are back :) congrats team!

Lipid imaging on the cover of @nature.com! Great times for lipid cell biology indeed. And a fantastic recognition of all the hard work by the team, especially Juan M. Iglesias-Artola and Kristin Böhlig (who made the cover). Link to article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The last edition in Lisbon was incredible! I’m sure this one will be nothing short of that!

Registration open: 77. Mosbacher Kolloquium "More than lipidic barriers - New horizons in membrane biology" from March 25-28, 2026
lnkd.in/dgsW4c3

Scientific Organizers: Britta Brügger, Robert Ernst, André Nadler, Christian Ungermann
Early registration & poster abstracts until January 31, 2026

I hope this Nobel Prize gets people talking meaningfully about our amazing immune systems and the importance of basic research to human health (and funding basic research).

I am also glad young women get to see that women can not only work at this level, but that those who do can get recognized.

Cell Physics community is missing Jochen Guck deeply.. He was a very kind and generous person, one of the most creative minds, and always ready to help everyone in the field.. He inspired many of us.. He will always be missed..

Get your Zoster vaccine! @naturemedicine.bsky.social
A consistent relationship of VZV reactivation with dementia in 100M US adults after controlling for nearly 400 measured characteristics, with zoster vaccines reducing risk of dementia in dose-dependent manner
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great talk from @sciezgin.bsky.social (aka komsu) at the #BiomembraneDays25 on correlating biophysical properties like packing and hydration to biomatkers for disease

@sciezgin.bsky.social will kick off the second morning session! #BiomembraneDays2025

Molecular basis for the regulation of membrane proteins through preferential lipid solvation - Nature Chemical Biology Static protein structures can capture the association of lipids, but it is unclear whether the association is due to lipids acting as long-lived ligands or the solvation of preferred lipids around the protein. A computational-experimental framework has now shown that for the protein CLC-ec1, it is the change in lipid solvation energies that drives dimerization, with preferred lipids around the protein modulating this driving force.

Are the lipids associated with static protein structures there as long-lived ligands or an effect of preferential solvation? This computational-experimental framework shows the way! #lipidtime #compchem

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So flattering! Thanks @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social for this deeply meaningful award! All credit goes to my lab members and collaborators.
@scilifelab.se @ki.se

Pretty sure everyone has seen it already, but if you are also late like me, here is an excellent lipidtime paper by @nadlerlab.bsky.social and Co. One step closer to understanding the spatiotemporal lipid diversity in cells!

Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Previous preprint is now published in RSC Chemical Biology.
If you are interested in plasma membrane labeling, see the paper! 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

🧪 Job alert 🔊 we are hiring a Research Assistant - join the Simões Group at DPAG-IDRM @ox.ac.uk supporting #cardiovascular development and regeneration research, working with #zebrafish and #human stem cell systems: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxforddpag.bsky.social @idrm.ox.ac.uk (1/4)

Image showing three covers of Journal of Cell Science

Journal of Cell Science is published by a not-for-profit charitable organisation (@biologists.bsky.social)
that exists to benefit science, not shareholders. We provide Travelling Fellowships, Training Grants, support for ECRs and more.
For details, visit: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...

@leventallab.bsky.social kicking off the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social conference on membrane complexity…looking forward to an awesome week exploring membrane complexity! #BPSmembranecomplexity

Amazing first session at #BPSmembranecomplexity !! So much fantastic new science in studies of complex membranes.

Big thx to our sponsors for making this possible!!
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@pubs.acs.org
@embo.org
@febspress.bsky.social
@biologists.bsky.social
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New PI alert! It was the last week for Jan
@jan-schlegel.bsky.social in the lab! Sad to see him leave, but very proud that he is on his way to realising his dreams! His lab will work on fundamentals of host-pathogen interactions.
Fig1: his first day and Fig2: his last day at @scilifelab.se @ki.se

The secret life of RNA and lipids There is no life without RNA or lipids. But could there be life with only RNA and lipids? The discovery that RNA can catalyse reactions in addition to encoding information opened new directions for...

Hot off the press, our latest review of RNA-lipid interactions -> The secret life of RNA and lipids: "There is no life without RNA or lipids. But could there be life with only RNA and lipids?" @tcjea.bsky.social @bcube-tud.bsky.social be-tud.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

- A postdoc to work on cancer extravasation (4-year project).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).

Sheathless Elasto‐Inertial Focusing of Sub‐25 Nm Particles in Straight Microchannels High-aspect-ratio microchannels with elasto-inertial microfluidics effectively focus sub-micron particles without a sheath flow. This enables precise manipulation of biological nanoparticles like lip...

New paper alert: Focusing nanoscale particles in microchannels..
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Open Call: Max Planck Director in Biological Artificial Intelligence Expressions of interest or nominations to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence at MPI-CBG.

Here's a job at my institute that just opened up: Max Planck Director in Biological AI. This is an amazing opportunity -
www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

KI to recruit junior researchers with a focus on excellence On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility. As one of Europe’s leading medical universities, KI offe...

Save the date! On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility news.ki.se/ki-to-recruit-junior-researchers-with-a-focus-on-excellence

Amazing news Andrey!! Looking forward to the outcome of this project !!!