#LivingArchitectures
Congratulations @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social and all Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab for their poetic vision of the microscopic level.
#LivingArchitectures
Congratulations @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social and all Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab for their poetic vision of the microscopic level.
Diagram of field LED perturbations of fireflies, showing entrainment patterns and a phase response curve linking phase delay/advance to relative timing.
β¨ New preprint from the lab on firefly synchronization, led by Owen Martin (freshly Dr. Martin!), with Nataliya Nechyporenko and Kaushik Jayaram.
Our measured firefly phase-response curves reveal excitatory and inhibitory timing rules that facilitate population synchrony β¨
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Job alertπ¨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. π±Reposts are appreciated!
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
Artist+friend Liat Segal and I gave a fun talk at TRANSMEET Art+Science Festival (www.transmeet-festival.org ) "Artβscience collaborations: Generators of new ideas and serendipitous events"
(based on our paper bit.ly/4ohpuHu)
After all, both artists & scientists are driven by asking questions
It's funny how in space all intuition about basic stuff - like water - goes out the window
20.11.2025 08:05 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Weβre hiring! π¨
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social π
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 β tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 azrielifoundation.org/azrieli-fell...
09.11.2025 08:29 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
New paper!π‘ Amir Ohad developed this nifty setup to measure weak forces generated by freely moving plants, based on the deflection of a pendulum (straw from the cafeteria π), which does not require any tethering of the plant: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Plant-obstacle interactions here we come!
I can what this all day.
01.11.2025 11:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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yohai.github.io/complex
π‘Best way to learn electronics and ARDUINO for lab work?
π¨In an artistβs 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!
Come fly with us, let's fly, let's fly away.
Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74169
Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics Location: Pittsburgh, PA Open Date: Sep 19, 2025 Description The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area. More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360
I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! π§ͺ
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
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I'm really looking forward to hosting this @metagov.bsky.social seminar on the governance of bees, fireflies, and plants with my colleage @oritpeleg.bsky.social: luma.com/pzbp4zq1
27.09.2025 21:43 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1Surface tension wins when thereβs no gravity! I love this video
21.09.2025 12:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this yearβs Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of heartsβ€οΈfor cracking the science of perfect pasta !πKudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!π
19.09.2025 12:40 β π 64 π 17 π¬ 0 π 4
New Episode!
What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? How do you tell your parents when you are ready to come out? Dr Gabriella Gall is here to tell us all about her research into the world of egg communication.
www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-b...
Join my team for a PhD in Learning in living adaptive networks (Theory). Apply by October 7th through www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/qmb
31.08.2025 05:46 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
In the last couple of months I helped biodesigner Chris Bellamy in a collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen to make a bioluminescent dress for Paris Haute Couture week.
And the outcome was absolutely stunning!!!!
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
Research in the lab..
09.06.2025 14:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Is cognition a universal feature of the living world? How can we define it? Is a nervous system needed? If so, why? If not, why not? Check this fascinating @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue led by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social & co. on Basal Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
11.01.2025 10:44 β π 82 π 29 π¬ 3 π 3
Mechanical interactions between plants and surroundings plays a huge role in understanding how plants negotiate their environment - but measuring low forces of free plants is hard!
In this preprint Amir Ohad presents a new sensor - using a drinking straw!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Science-cooking aficionados π©
Last week I had a fun conversation with Foodie Shaul Amsterdamski about my course βPhysics of Living Systems - Lab & Kitchenβ, which includes live demos by chefs :)
Last few minutes of his show βClose to the Plateβ: www.kan.org.il/content/kan/...
Roses are spectacular in so many ways..
01.05.2025 20:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's dandelion season β but thereβs more than meets the eye... π
π¦ Under UV light they reveal a hidden bullseyeπΈ
Visit us at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see more flowers with hidden UV patterns
#RHSChelsea #GreenSTEM #Dandelions #Pollinators #Bumblebees #Spring
@cambridgeuni.bsky.social
Supposedly left-handed DNA reverses hair damage in 4 minutes.
14.04.2025 21:06 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Seriously this is not gender equality β¦ this is wealthy women doing what all wealthy people do, spending obscene amounts of money on nothing that advances women, humanity or helps anyone at all.
14.04.2025 13:45 β π 1706 π 405 π¬ 59 π 19
FYI anyone interested in connections between art and science...
"Automorphy" is a new exhibition at Jerusalem Science Museum, focusing on "self design in nature, science and architecture". Cool talks on opening night May 6!
Χ©ΧͺΧΧͺΧ Χ€Χ’Χ ΧΧΧ¨Χ ΧΧͺΧΧ¨Χ‘ , ΧΧ€Χ ΧΧ!
30.03.2025 18:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
so anyway, here's a creepy stick person made of an electroactive hydrogel walking back and forth through an electric field...
#softrobotics
Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
