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Research team @nadlerlab.bsky.social @hzdr.bsky.social & EPFL with first author Kristin Böhlig develops probes to vizualize transport of ether lipids in the cell. Publication in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
New toolkit to study ether lipids
Research team develops probes to vizualize transport of ether lipids in the cell.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Research team @nadlerlab.bsky.social @hzdr.bsky.social & EPFL with first author Kristin Böhlig develops probes to vizualize transport of ether lipids in the cell. Publication in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
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Imaging an imaging system...
Happy to show our @asi-imaging.bsky.social single-objective light sheet microscope at @mpi-cbg.de to artist in residency Carolyn Kirschner and film maker Andy Gibbs
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Happy to show our @asi-imaging.bsky.social single-objective light sheet microscope at @mpi-cbg.de to artist in residency Carolyn Kirschner and film maker Andy Gibbs
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November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Imaging an imaging system...
Happy to show our @asi-imaging.bsky.social single-objective light sheet microscope at @mpi-cbg.de to artist in residency Carolyn Kirschner and film maker Andy Gibbs
tu-dresden.de/kustodie/pro...
Happy to show our @asi-imaging.bsky.social single-objective light sheet microscope at @mpi-cbg.de to artist in residency Carolyn Kirschner and film maker Andy Gibbs
tu-dresden.de/kustodie/pro...
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Very much looking forward to Marino's visit! Everyone is welcome!
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week Wednesday for a talk by Marino Zerial, director at @humantechnopole.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ November 12
🕓 2 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43768...
Join us next week Wednesday for a talk by Marino Zerial, director at @humantechnopole.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ November 12
🕓 2 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43768...
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Very much looking forward to Marino's visit! Everyone is welcome!
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
The heron is back at the institute pond @mpi-cbg.de.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The heron is back at the institute pond @mpi-cbg.de.
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Our call for ELBE Visiting Faculty at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden is live with deadline 30 November: www.csbdresden.de/join-us/as-a... Please visit us during your sabbatical!
@mpi-cbg.de @math-mpicbg.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
@mpi-cbg.de @math-mpicbg.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
As a Visiting Faculty
© 2025 CSBD
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October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Our call for ELBE Visiting Faculty at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden is live with deadline 30 November: www.csbdresden.de/join-us/as-a... Please visit us during your sabbatical!
@mpi-cbg.de @math-mpicbg.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
@mpi-cbg.de @math-mpicbg.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social
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Greeted this morning with the blackboard of math discussion— looks like algebra, topology and data— during tea yesterday @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Greeted this morning with the blackboard of math discussion— looks like algebra, topology and data— during tea yesterday @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Modeling spatial point patterns from noisy, incomplete experimental data just got easier! Great work by @domsturm.bsky.social for sparse, noise-robust model inference of point processes 🤩 @tudresden.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de Preprint out now: arxiv.org/abs/2510.25550
Robust variable selection for spatial point processes observed with noise
We propose a method for variable selection in the intensity function of spatial point processes that combines sparsity-promoting estimation with noise-robust model selection. As high-resolution spatia...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Modeling spatial point patterns from noisy, incomplete experimental data just got easier! Great work by @domsturm.bsky.social for sparse, noise-robust model inference of point processes 🤩 @tudresden.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de Preprint out now: arxiv.org/abs/2510.25550
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🎓New in the lab! Meet Anna Kristin - the 11th grade secondary school student from manos-dresden.de, who will be learning about #protein analysis and proteomics in our lab @mpi-cbg.de . We are happy to support the interest of young people in analytical and biological sciences!
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🎓New in the lab! Meet Anna Kristin - the 11th grade secondary school student from manos-dresden.de, who will be learning about #protein analysis and proteomics in our lab @mpi-cbg.de . We are happy to support the interest of young people in analytical and biological sciences!
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Congratulations to our PhD student David @rnadavid.bsky.social for his successful defense of his PhD thesis! @mpi-cbg.de imprs.mpi-cbg.de
As you see the lab was very creative with his hat! David gave his insights on the nucleocapsid protein and even better arranged a great buffet for celebrations!
As you see the lab was very creative with his hat! David gave his insights on the nucleocapsid protein and even better arranged a great buffet for celebrations!
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student David @rnadavid.bsky.social for his successful defense of his PhD thesis! @mpi-cbg.de imprs.mpi-cbg.de
As you see the lab was very creative with his hat! David gave his insights on the nucleocapsid protein and even better arranged a great buffet for celebrations!
As you see the lab was very creative with his hat! David gave his insights on the nucleocapsid protein and even better arranged a great buffet for celebrations!
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How to turn toxic waste into fuel?
A #tungsten-containing #enzyme plays a key role in the production of #ethanol from #carbonmonoxide, a long-awaited piece of the #metabolic puzzle of #Clostridium autoethanogenum
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Pic by @sc-eye-nce.bsky.social
A #tungsten-containing #enzyme plays a key role in the production of #ethanol from #carbonmonoxide, a long-awaited piece of the #metabolic puzzle of #Clostridium autoethanogenum
@natureportfolio.nature.com @mpi-cbg.de @maxplanck.de
Pic by @sc-eye-nce.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
How to turn toxic waste into fuel?
A #tungsten-containing #enzyme plays a key role in the production of #ethanol from #carbonmonoxide, a long-awaited piece of the #metabolic puzzle of #Clostridium autoethanogenum
@natureportfolio.nature.com @mpi-cbg.de @maxplanck.de
Pic by @sc-eye-nce.bsky.social
A #tungsten-containing #enzyme plays a key role in the production of #ethanol from #carbonmonoxide, a long-awaited piece of the #metabolic puzzle of #Clostridium autoethanogenum
@natureportfolio.nature.com @mpi-cbg.de @maxplanck.de
Pic by @sc-eye-nce.bsky.social
We are looking for a Technical Assistant (m/f/d) in RNA and Translational Control in Zebrafish Development in the future
@mpi-cbg.de group of Madalena Reimão Pinto. Apply until Nov. 10: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6019856...
@mpi-cbg.de group of Madalena Reimão Pinto. Apply until Nov. 10: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6019856...
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are looking for a Technical Assistant (m/f/d) in RNA and Translational Control in Zebrafish Development in the future
@mpi-cbg.de group of Madalena Reimão Pinto. Apply until Nov. 10: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6019856...
@mpi-cbg.de group of Madalena Reimão Pinto. Apply until Nov. 10: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6019856...
The new @mpi-cbg.de research group leader Daniela Egas Santander is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Applied Topology for Biology. Apply until November 16th here: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6002777...
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The new @mpi-cbg.de research group leader Daniela Egas Santander is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in Applied Topology for Biology. Apply until November 16th here: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6002777...
With her research group, “Algebraic Topology and Networks in Biology,” Daniela Egas Santander joins @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social. Welcome, Daniela! 🎉 @math-mpicbg.bsky.social www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
October 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
With her research group, “Algebraic Topology and Networks in Biology,” Daniela Egas Santander joins @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social. Welcome, Daniela! 🎉 @math-mpicbg.bsky.social www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
If you are interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of Genome Stability" and "Functional Genomics of Proteome Remodelling," apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If you are interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of Genome Stability" and "Functional Genomics of Proteome Remodelling," apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...
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Now #published as a Letter @physreve.bsky.social: "Geometry of T1 transitions in epithelia" doi.org/10.1103/kdnb-bxdx
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Now #published as a Letter @physreve.bsky.social: "Geometry of T1 transitions in epithelia" doi.org/10.1103/kdnb-bxdx
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Very much looking forward to hosting @stephangrill.bsky.social from @mpi-cbg.de ! 🥳
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Next week, Stephan Grill @stephangrill.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, will give a talk on "Chiral Morphogenesis" - kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43511...
Next week, Stephan Grill @stephangrill.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, will give a talk on "Chiral Morphogenesis" - kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43511...
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Very much looking forward to hosting @stephangrill.bsky.social from @mpi-cbg.de ! 🥳
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
The @cmcb-tud.bsky.social , @poldresden.bsky.social, @mpi-cbg.de, and the scientific community of Dresden would like to express the deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of Jochen Guck. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The @cmcb-tud.bsky.social , @poldresden.bsky.social, @mpi-cbg.de, and the scientific community of Dresden would like to express the deepest sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of Jochen Guck. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Jonathan Rodenfels @mpi-cbg.de, Pablo Sartori @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, and Tommaso Cossetto identified two thermodynamic rules governing the growth and energy utilization of single-celled organisms. Publication in @nature.com Communications. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Cracking organisms’ energy code
Researchers define rules governing how growing microorganisms use energy efficiently
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October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Jonathan Rodenfels @mpi-cbg.de, Pablo Sartori @gimmfoundation.bsky.social, and Tommaso Cossetto identified two thermodynamic rules governing the growth and energy utilization of single-celled organisms. Publication in @nature.com Communications. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
We welcome Fridtjof Brauns as new group leader for "Living and Morphing Matter Theory" @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de! He is interested in self-organization in living systems. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
New group leader for Living and Morphing Matter Theory
Fridtjof Brauns joins the MPIPKS and the MPI-CBG.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We welcome Fridtjof Brauns as new group leader for "Living and Morphing Matter Theory" @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de! He is interested in self-organization in living systems. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Are you interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis?" Apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...
October 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Are you interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis?" Apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...
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🤩👍🏼💪🏼 Meet #TopoSPAM - a high-performance simulation platform for biological morphogenesis with a friendly Python interface. @tudresden.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Solve both continuous and discrete active mechanics! Released today: arxiv.org/abs/2509.24905
TopoSPAM: Topology grounded Simulation Platform for morphogenesis and biological Active Matter
We present a topology grounded, multiscale simulation platform for morphogenesis and biological active matter. Morphogenesis and biological active matter represent keystone problems in biology with ad...
arxiv.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🤩👍🏼💪🏼 Meet #TopoSPAM - a high-performance simulation platform for biological morphogenesis with a friendly Python interface. @tudresden.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de. Solve both continuous and discrete active mechanics! Released today: arxiv.org/abs/2509.24905
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Tomorrow’s DIEP seminar at 11am is given by Pierre Haas
@lepuslapis.bsky.social, group leader at @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!
🌿Pierre will tell us about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis.
🧐More info and registration: ias.uva.nl/content/even...
@lepuslapis.bsky.social, group leader at @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!
🌿Pierre will tell us about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis.
🧐More info and registration: ias.uva.nl/content/even...
Examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis - Institute for Advanced Study IAS
In this edition of the DIEP seminar series, Pierre Haas from Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems will be giving a talk about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis. His...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Tomorrow’s DIEP seminar at 11am is given by Pierre Haas
@lepuslapis.bsky.social, group leader at @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!
🌿Pierre will tell us about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis.
🧐More info and registration: ias.uva.nl/content/even...
@lepuslapis.bsky.social, group leader at @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!
🌿Pierre will tell us about examples of emergence in ecology and morphogenesis.
🧐More info and registration: ias.uva.nl/content/even...
Congratulations to Christiane Iserman, an Alumnus of the @hymanlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, who is starting at @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social as a research group leader! 🥳
Wir freuen uns, drei weitere Nachswuchsgruppenleiter:innen in unserem HUMAN-Programm zu begrüßen! 🎉
Christiane Iserman, Jakob Wirbel und Sampurna Chakrabarti @amapruns.bsky.social nehmen heute die Arbeit in ihren neuen Gruppen auf. Herzlich willkommen am HZI und alles Gute!
Christiane Iserman, Jakob Wirbel und Sampurna Chakrabarti @amapruns.bsky.social nehmen heute die Arbeit in ihren neuen Gruppen auf. Herzlich willkommen am HZI und alles Gute!
October 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Congratulations to Christiane Iserman, an Alumnus of the @hymanlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, who is starting at @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social as a research group leader! 🥳
We are looking for a technical assistant in molecular biology – genome stability, DNA replication and repair for the future @mpi-cbg.de research group leader Nagaraja Chappidi, who will start in January 2026. Application details: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5942753...
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We are looking for a technical assistant in molecular biology – genome stability, DNA replication and repair for the future @mpi-cbg.de research group leader Nagaraja Chappidi, who will start in January 2026. Application details: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5942753...
Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 by the Schering Stiftung for Agnes Toth-Petroczy @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social. She receives the award for her work on the evolution, diversity, and function of proteins. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
New Perspectives on the Hidden World of Proteins
Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 goes to Agnes Toth-Petroczy
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September 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Schering Young Investigator Award 2025 by the Schering Stiftung for Agnes Toth-Petroczy @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social. She receives the award for her work on the evolution, diversity, and function of proteins. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...