📢 We’re hiring in APPLIED MATHEMATICS at the OXFORD UNIVERSITY Mathematical Institute. We seek candidates using modern theoretical and computational methods to study physical, biological, medical and information sciences. Deadline: 28 Sept. Info: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81913 #AppliedMath

We have an open postdoc position to study phase transitions in embryos and/or biological time, broadly understood. We are looking for experimental physicists/biologists (or similar fields). If you are interested, please email or DM me. Join us! 😀

I am really happy and proud that we established the Suzanne Eaton Awards for Physics of Life! Not only because they honour an outstanding scientist and friend, Suzanne Eaton, but also because it recognizes great scientists in our field. I can’t wait to hear the awardees’ talks this Fall 🤩

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆 Introducing the inaugural Suzanne Eaton Awards for Physics of Life! We're thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients: L. Mahadevan @harvard.edu and Anna Erzberger @embl.org. 👨‍🔬Both scientists will give award lectures on 20. November, more info to follow ➡️Read our announcement here: tud.link/cjm8t2

🏆 Introducing the inaugural Suzanne Eaton Awards for Physics of Life! We're thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients: L. Mahadevan @harvard.edu and Anna Erzberger @embl.org. 👨‍🔬Both scientists will give award lectures on 20. November, more info to follow ➡️Read our announcement here: tud.link/cjm8t2

Savill, R., Villaronga Luque, A., Trani Bustos, M., Maroudas-Sacks, Y., ...., Modes, C. D., Campàs, O., & Veenvliet, J. V. (2025). SpinePy enables automated 3D spatiotemporal quantification of multicellular in vitro systems [Preprint]. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025... #EpithelialMechanics

🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.

🤔 How do stem cells determine how to respond to physical cues during development? 👨‍🔬The Doyle Lab at PoL combines approaches from biology, computer science, and engineering to understand the molecular circuits that enable mechanosignalling. Learn more👉 youtu.be/OJO2sxbYw4w

🚨One week left! Applications for our Postdoctoral Fellows Program will close on 20. May! We offer numerous benefits: ✅ 3-year funded position ✅ Core research funding to cover travel, publishing, and project costs ✅Mentorship from 2+ PoL PIs ..and much more! Apply now: tud.link/y3djda

In case you want to know more about what we do in my lab 🤓 In about 50 seconds… Thanks to Avanga for the amazing video!

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🤔How do embryos self-organize and build complex functional structures? 👨‍🔬The Campàs Lab at PoL @campaslab.bsky.social studies how physics/mechanics sculpt tissues and organs during development—from tissue fluidization to mechanochemical feedbacks. Check out our new video👉 youtu.be/iuG_fg0xEYU?...

👩‍🔬Calling all researchers! Are you interested in working on a project at Physics of Life? 🔬Our new Visitors Program will allow scientists to visit PoL for up to 6 months to pursue an interdisciplinary project, with their travel and accommodation covered. Learn more here and apply: tud.link/nasaw5

Are you interested in Physics of Life, Biological Physics or similar topics? Do you want to pursue a Master, PhD or Postdoc to do research at the interface between Biology, Physics and/or Computer Science? If so, check out the video below👇 We've got you covered 😀

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🤓🔬 Curious about a career at the interface of biology and physics? Check out our new video! Hear from an MSc student, PhD student & postdoc and learn what drew them to PoL and why we are a unique place to do interdisciplinary science. Part 1/2. Watch in full on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/I1n-F1WEn2Y?...

This will be our new home 🤩 It has been and will continue to be a lot of work to make it happen, but we are really excited about this new building for Physics of Life!

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 A huge milestone for Dresden and the wider biophysics community! 🔬The Center for the Organization of Living Matter (COLM) at TUD will become the new home of PoL, and starts construction in 2027. This new building will be purpose-built for novel and interdisciplinary collaborations!

Interested in Physics of Life? Curious about what are the scientific questions we study at @poldresden.bsky.social ? You can learn that in less than 3 min 🤩👇 Thanks to Avanga Film production for the great video 🎬

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Starting our second phase at Physics of Life Dresden full of energy! ⚡️But who are we, and what is our research about? 🎥We are releasing a series of exciting short films to answer these questions and more 🎬 Curious? Check them out🤓 Full video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHm6... Part 1/2

Excited to announce Physics of Living Matter 19! To be held in Cambridge 24-25th September 2026: www.plm-symposium.org

🇬🇧 We are looking for someone to assist with technical building operations at Physics of Life, please share! 🔬 👨‍🔬What we offer: A dynamic, international, and supportive team of scientists and admins working at the frontiers of biophysics. 🗓️Apply by 5th May. Learn more here: tud.link/rywtux

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🇩🇪🚨 #JobAlert Leite das gerne an deine Kollegen weiter! Wir suchen eine:n Techn. Mitarbeiter:in / Facharbeiter:in (m/w/d) für unser internationales Team bei Physics of Life! Bewerbt euch bis zum 05. Mai. Mehr Infos hier: tud.link/rywtux #joboffer #wearehiring #jobdestages #sachsenjobs

Welcome, Tony Hyman! EMBL welcomes its new Director General, Tony Hyman, as he takes up the mandate of leading EMBL's six sites. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

Join us! 😃

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚀 Are you planning to secure funding to start your own research group? (e.g. ERC, Emmy Noether, etc). 👨‍🔬Physics of Life can host you, and offers numerous benefits! We are launching a new Program to host and support third-party funded junior groups. Check out the details here: tud.link/xayd8s

🚀 Are you planning to secure funding to start your own research group? (e.g. ERC, Emmy Noether, etc). 👨‍🔬Physics of Life can host you, and offers numerous benefits! We are launching a new Program to host and support third-party funded junior groups. Check out the details here: tud.link/xayd8s

If you are interested in doing a postdoc of quantitative biology, biological physics or similar areas… we got you covered 😃 👇🏻

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨Attention #postdocs! Applications for our Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program open on April 1. 👩‍🔬Are you an early career researcher interested in working at the interface of biology & physics? We offer a 3+ year position, generous resources, and mentoring opportunities! Apply: tud.link/y3djda

🚨Attention #postdocs! Applications for our Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program open on April 1. 👩‍🔬Are you an early career researcher interested in working at the interface of biology & physics? We offer a 3+ year position, generous resources, and mentoring opportunities! Apply: tud.link/y3djda

Congratualtions to our Physics of Life @poldresden.bsky.social members Elias Barriga ( @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social ), Jesse Veenvliet ( @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social ) and Frank Jülicher for getting an HFSP grant each! Not bad! 🤩👏

Human Frontier Science Program@hfspo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Attention scientists from all over the world🙃 The 2026 #HFSPResearchGrants are out! 🥳 117 scientists from 31 countries will pursue bold, interdisciplinary research, from #neuroscience to #ecology and beyond! 🧪 Are you one of the new #HFSPAwardees? 🔗https://bit.ly/4uGmMQ3 #sts #HFSP

If you are at the APS Global Physics Summit and are interested in Biological Physics, stop by our booth and learn more about Physics of Life! #APSsummit26 #APSMarchMeeting @apsphysics.bsky.social

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 5mo ago

👩‍🔬 14,000+ physicists, one global meeting. We are super excited to be part of the #APS Global Physics Summit in Denver this week! 🧬 Curious about biophysics research at PoL? Learn more about us at the 🇩🇪 Research in Germany booth #2220. 📅 Wed: 10:00–17:00 📅 Thu: 10:00–13:00 📸 Katja Lesser

International Congress in Biological Physics, Genova, Italy, 28 June to 3 July 2026. URGENT: submission deadline 25 March. Session topics, plenary and invited speakers: www.icbp2026.org IUPAP Physics of Life medal awarded at meeting. Spread the word - and act quickly to submit your work.

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We proudly invite experts in biological physics worldwide to the International Conference on Biological Physics 2026 (ICBP 2026) in the magnificent Italian city of Genoa from June 28 to July 5, 2026

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🎉 And that's a wrap! Thanks to everyone who visited our #conference booth at the DPG Spring meeting @dpgphysik.bsky.social, hosted this year at none other than @tudresden.bsky.social! 🧑‍🔬We greeted researchers and industry experts alike, showcasing our new flyers, booklets, and microscopy data in VR!

PoL is at the DPG @dpgphysik.bsky.social spring meeting in Dresden. Visit us in Tent C until Thursday afternoon! Special thanks to the @brugueslab.bsky.social for the cool data on our Apple Vision Pro devices! Come check it out 🤓🎉

We are #Hiring! Our lab is looking for a LabTech/Lab Manager! Take a look to our research here! physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-gro... Drop a line if you are interested to know more details! #labtech #labtechnician #biology #labtechnicians #labmanager #labwork #Xenopus #zebrafish #devbiol

Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨 AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐 In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!? 20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers 🗓️ June 4-18 2026 ✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️ 🔁 pls!! www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis

Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,

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Congratulations to Marie, a MSc student working in our lab, who did this beautiful and creative composition of zebrafish embryos to make a fish 🐟🤩 Bravo Marie!

Physics of Life Dresden@poldresden.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Onto the next submission from our annual Photo Competition! 📸 👩‍🔬🔬©️ This #microscopy image was captured by Marie Jagemann, a 'Physics of Life' MSc student 🔍 Caption: Early zebrafish embryos forming the shape of an adult fish.

Features new works from Stankunas Lab @uoregon.bsky.social, Ruprecht Lab @crg.eu & @campaslab.bsky.social (albeit mammals this time 😉)

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 8mo ago

ICYMI, our #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane, highlighting the latest research using #microscopy to answer questions in #biology. As always, send us any recommendations for preprints that we've missed: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/12/m...