DBIO Members! Interested in getting involved by serving on a committee as an ad hoc member or running for elected office? There are so many great ways to get involved with and contribute to DBIO and your community! Please fill out this survey by Aug 23: forms.aps.org/t/cX3pj7G9X4us

Have you ever wondered what an APS Fellow is? APS Fellows have made exceptional contributions to physics, as recognized by their professional peers. DBIO-nominated Fellows have made these advances to biological physics through significant research, service, or pedagogy.

Do you know about the Delbruck Prize? The Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics is the highest APS honor in our field and recognizes outstanding achievement in biological physics research.

Do you know about the Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics? It recognizes doctoral thesis research of outstanding quality and achievement in any area of experimental, computational, engineering, or theoretical biological physics.

#Cytoskeleton is expanding its Editorial Board and invites applications from established researchers in cell biology and related fields. Associate Professor rank or higher. Deadline: April 1, 2026 Apply: forms.office.com/r/Yvr4RxBTHb

🚨 #Cytoskeleton is looking for new Editorial Board members! Application is simple: just your name, institution, and area of expertise. Applicants must be Associate Professor or higher. Apply here: forms.office.com/r/Yvr4RxBTHb

The Lehigh Physics Dept is accepting MS/PhD applications for Fall 26. I am recruiting students for our biophysics group! We cover several areas of physics. Check out the virtual info session on Nov 19, as well as two free application weeks (Nov 3-8 and Dec 1-6)! physicsgraduate.lehigh.edu

Abstract deadline extended to Oct 31!

Dimitris Vavylonis@dvavylonis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We invite abstracts for “Physics of the Cytoskeleton” at the 2026 APS Global Summit in Denver. Join speakers Margaret Gardel @squishycell.bsky.social (Univ of Chicago) and Colm Kelleher (Syracuse)! This is @aps-dbio.bsky.social and @apsdsoft.bsky.social Session 04.01.03 with deadline Oct 23, 2025.

We invite abstracts for “Physics of the Cytoskeleton” at the 2026 APS Global Summit in Denver. Join speakers Margaret Gardel @squishycell.bsky.social (Univ of Chicago) and Colm Kelleher (Syracuse)! This is @aps-dbio.bsky.social and @apsdsoft.bsky.social Session 04.01.03 with deadline Oct 23, 2025.

Just posted (bioRxiv): A novel #mechanobiology model revealing how #immune #Tcells combine a #nucleus as a #piston, an #uropod, and #microenvironment to power #amoeboid #cellmigration in #cellconfinement via a hydraulic cell engine. #CellBiophysics #ImmuneMigration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thrilled to be featured in The New York Times! @nytimes.com Fantastic piece by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social on our discovery of the role of physical forces in evolution! With insightful comments from @wcratcliff.bsky.social!

There are a few more days to apply to the biophysics summer school in Crete! Deadline is extended to April 15.

Dimitris Vavylonis@dvavylonis.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are announcing the 2nd biophysics summer school in Rethymno, Crete, Greece for undergraduates, MS and PhD students. Please forward to anyone interested! biophysics.materials.uoc.gr Lecturers include: Meredith Betterton, Michael Layden, Surya Maddu, Carl Modes, Tassos Pavlopoulos, Stas Shvartsman

Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required. Please Repost 🙏 thanks !

The Atlantic story on the situation at NIH is sobering. We are so screwed. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Inside the Collapse at NIH

Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

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🚨🚨Please repost!! 📢📢 Still time to submit short talk abstract for EindPBS2025! Five themes this year: • Mechanobiology • Protein pattern formation • 4D Genome • Stochastic biology • Biohydrodynamics bit.ly/EdinPBS2025

🚨PA colleagues: "Senator Fetterman wants to hear from you about how the federal funding freeze is affecting Pennsylvania." "If your project has been impacted, please fill out our constituent impact form:" forms.office.com/g/mFv2JAPxpC Get out your Other Support and share that info!

We are announcing the 2nd biophysics summer school in Rethymno, Crete, Greece for undergraduates, MS and PhD students. Please forward to anyone interested! biophysics.materials.uoc.gr Lecturers include: Meredith Betterton, Michael Layden, Surya Maddu, Carl Modes, Tassos Pavlopoulos, Stas Shvartsman

From random gliding to ordered patterns. The movie starts with microtubules gliding on a minus-end directed molecular motor. Then, @bhagyanaths.bsky.social added a plus-end directed motor (magenta) to induce this polarity sorting and ordering process. more details here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

YEARLY RECAP. Today we have the August 2024 issue of #CYTOSKELETON @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social. This #SpecialIssue on the #PHYSICS OF THE CYTOSKELETON was a huge hit when it came out! Loaded with #openaccess papers.Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19493592... @dvavylonis.bsky.social

The NSF summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Physics at Lehigh University invites student applications. We have faculty mentors in many areas, including biophysics and computational physics. Application deadline: Feb 3, 2025 physics.cas.lehigh.edu/undergraduat...

🚨The deadline to apply for Lehigh University’s Biological Sciences PhD program is just a few weeks away! Are you (or do you know) an amazing undergrad, post-bac, or master’s student passionate about science & ready to thrive in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment? Apply here!👉bit.ly/3VwZL29

Please join two sessions of the 8th Frontiers in Cytokinesis Subgroup on Sunday Dec 15 at #cellbio2024!

Do you want to learn more about RNA targeting to the midbody? Check out my student's Katie Vaeth talk in CellBio 2024 meeting in San Diego. She will talk in Cytokinesis session on December 15th, 5:00pm, room 29C. plan.core-apps.com/ascbembo2024...

what a dynamic steady state! how does assembly match exactly the disassembly rate? how does it distribute in space without rupturing the cell in multiple pieces? fascinating movie!

Andy Moore@aaandmoore.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is a movie of actin filaments in a cultured cell. I like watching it and I hope you do to.

Couldn't find one so made a quick physics of life list, enjoy! go.bsky.app/EA2VsDN

Starting a theoretical biophysics starter pack, feel free to (self-) nominate, I’ll keep updating this in the next days/weeks! go.bsky.app/RMF7jUK

I thought of a sneaky way to find my people on this thing. Self-identify and I will add you... See you at APS-DFD! go.bsky.app/8Njfprh

Structural response of microtubule and actin cytoskeletons to direct intracellular load rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Reconstitution of Arp2/3-nucleated actin assembly with proteins CP, V-1, and CARMIL. Mooren, Olivia L. et al. Current Biology, Volume 34, Issue 22, 5173 - 5186.e4 www.cell.com/current-biol... Open access due to WashU agreement w/ Elsevier, fyi.

Reconstitution of Arp2/3-nucleated actin assembly with proteins CP, V-1, and CARMIL

Mooren et al. show that membrane-bound CARMIL activates capping protein (CP) by dissociating CP from V-1, thereby promoting actin polymerization nucleated by Arp2/3. The activity of CP is a critical d...

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