BioSoft@TAU
@biosofttau.bsky.social
The Center for Physics and Chemistry of Living Systems at Tel Aviv University https://www.biosoft.sites.tau.ac.il
#BioSoft Seminar @telavivuni.bsky.social by Prof. Tsevi Beatus (@hebrewuniversity.bsky.social) will talk about "Tiny Wings, Big Feat: Instability and Control in Flying Insects" June 10 | 11:00 | Kaplun 118 Students, postdocs, and faculty are welcome. #TAU #Biophysics #Biomechanics
#BioSoft Seminar Today @telavivuni.bsky.social 🎙️ Prof. Matan Mussel (University of Haifa) 📍 Kaplun 118 🕚 Today | 11:00 "From action potentials to computing with sound pulses" exploring biophysics, nonlinear dynamics & neural-inspired computation. Students, postdocs & faculty welcome!
Last week’s BioSoft Outstanding Student’s Scientific Achievement Award Mini Symposium featured excellent talks by Alex Abbey, Mattan Gelvan, Inbar Yosibash, Shirel Veretnik, Yoav Dan, Tomer Keidar, and Uri Bertocchi. Congratulations to the 2026 award recipients: Mattan Gelvan and Tomer D. Keidar 👏
Join us tomorrow at the BioSoft Seminar & Outstanding Student Scientific Achievement Award Finalists Mini Symposium! A fantastic lineup of student talks featuring exciting new research from our outstanding finalists. May 20, 2026 11:00–13:00 Kaplun 118 Pizza & discussions after
Thank you to Prof. Sharona Gordon(University of Washington) for an inspiring #BioSoft seminar at @telavivuni.bsky.social! A fascinating talk on using time-resolved tmFRET to uncover protein dynamics, conformational states & membrane protein energetics. Thanks to everyone who joined the discussion!
#BioSoft Weekly Seminar at @telavivuni.bsky.social 🎙️ Prof. Sharona Gordon (University of Washington) 📅 Apr 29 | 11:00 📍 Kaplun 118 Exploring protein allostery with time-resolved tmFRET—uncovering dynamics, energetics & conformational states in membrane proteins. Join us!
New preprint 🌱 Segment plants in time-series images using foundation model SAM2 - without training a model 🪩. Magician Alex Abbey! 💡SAP works across species, scales, and even z-stacks. From single cells to whole plants→ quantitative growth & dynamics . tinyurl.com/3raedtvm @biosofttau.bsky.social
BioSoft, @telavivuni.bsky.social, congratulates the 2026 Laureates of the Tel Aviv University International Prize in Biophysics: Prof. Arup Chakraborty (MIT), Prof. James J. Collins (MIT), and Prof. Ned Wingreen (Princeton) for their groundbreaking contributions advancing modern biophysics.
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!🎉
Yair Shokef@yairshokef.bsky.social · 10mo agoFrom knotted LEGO loops, via sequential yield buckling for shock absorbtion, to mechanical computation using frustrated loops... @physicsmagazine.bsky.social featured our paper with Tomer Sigalov, undergraduate student at Tel Aviv University and Wenfeng Liu and Corentin Coulais, University Amsterdam
✨ 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. 👏🌟
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
Barak Hirshberg@barakhirshberg.bsky.social · last yr.What an unexpected and pleasant surprise is receiving the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize. Thank you! Would have never happened without my amazing students and incredible department and colleagues. @biosofttau.bsky.social Congrats also to Graham!
