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Markus Deserno

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Theoretical and computational biophysicist at Carnegie Mellon University. Loves lipid membranes, music, and art. (he/him) 🇩🇪🇺🇸

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 16d

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! 🧪

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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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

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 13h

Boom! Master class. 👏

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 13h

Couldn’t have said it better me.

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 15h

Today I suppose they’d switch to fabric that dissolves upon washing.

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 15h

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!!
President DJT
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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 15h

Whenever you think they cannot sink any lower, they prove you wrong.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 17h

Well played 👏

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 18h

So the show was—darkly lit? 🤔

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 18h

True. Except this isn’t passive voice. There are many more grammatical shenanigans besides passive voice that can hide actors. Here it’s the fact that agency is attributed to a bill. Or, more importantly, that a US law is imagined to compel Canadians to do something.

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 18h

Punctuation saves lives.

RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is burning, people!

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 18h

I initially overlooked the comma. 😑

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20h

Is Jason Bourne in it?

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 20h

Rumor has it he wanted Albert Speer to design it, who unfortunately was not available.

Is Trump Building A Triumphal Arch? Here’s What We Know As President Teases Monument

Trump posted a drawing of the arch in a wordless Truth Social post overnight Friday.

www.forbes.com

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 1d

We clearly need blackboard advocacy groups.

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 1d

They are in mine. 🤷🏼‍♂️
And I got all the Hagoromo to use them properly! 😉

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not like they’re illegal to buy. 😉

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s not.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

Heads up, Yinzers...

Ryan Deto @ryandeto.bsky.social · 3d

NEW - The feds are seeking Pittsburgh office space for an unspecified law enforcement agency expansion in the region. Reporting from WaPo and NPR indicate that ICE is behind the request as part of a 10,000 officer nationwide expansion www.axios.com/local/pittsb...

Feds quietly plan Pittsburgh office for unspecified law enforcement

NPR and the Washington Post both reported last month that the office space request is being made on behalf of ICE.

www.axios.com

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 2d

I like the ones that can be quickly solved by “one weird trick”.

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 3d

OK now you’re just making stuff up.

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 3d

For a split second I thought it’s Europe at night. 😂

Congrats!!! 🎉

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 3d

Bromantic throuples are so wholesome. 😇

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 4d

With a 10-foot seat post?

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 4d

Aah, that word. “Older.” It burns. 🥲

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 4d

To me, this story always had a different lesson: he showed that insects clearly don’t fly the way we thought they do. They don’t fly like planes, as most birds do, exploiting aerodynamic lift. Their flight is much more akin to helicopters, blowing air down.

Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 4d

Enshittification?