Exploring exotic superconductivity with many-body computations and cold-atom experiments: research by Chunhan Feng @mpipks.bsky.social and collaborators @flatironinstitute.org and @mit.edu now #published at @pnas.org. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2600303123

You are cordially invited.

How to describe nonreciprocal interactions using a Hamiltonian? Researchers @mpipks.bsky.social, @ub.edu, @icreacommunity.bsky.social have done so using a Hamiltonian embedding. Work now #published @natphys.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s41567-026-03317-0

New #preprint: "Nonlinear isotropic odd elasticity" arxiv.org/abs/2605.02476 More from the #PhD work of @zhaoshh.bsky.social: revealing some of the surprising nonlinear mechanical behaviour of active, "odd" solids. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

Many thanks @prelights.bsky.social for highlighting our recent #preprint, a great collaboration with @paveltomancak.bsky.social! doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.25.714261 Experiments, theory, a mechanical instability, what more could one ask for? @mpi-cbg.de @mpipks.bsky.social @csbdresden.bsky.social

preLights@prelights.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Friction at the tip keeps the Drosophila germ band straight against innate instabilities. #DevBio Ruoheng Li highlights a #preprint from @giuliaserafini.bsky.social & colleagues @paveltomancak.bsky.social Lab #preLight + an insightful author response 👀⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/e...

New #preprint: "Stretching and bending of (really) thick elastic plates" arxiv.org/abs/2606.01889 Yet another paper from the #PhD work of @zhaoshh.bsky.social and yet another expansion of three-dimensional elasticity for some ε≪1. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

Our paper on a Hamiltonian description of non-reciprocal interactions is out @natphys.nature.com! With Yubo Shi, Roderich Moessner, and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social Check it out, and read more in the thread below! 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hamiltonian description of non-reciprocal interactions - Nature Physics

Many active and driven systems exhibit non-reciprocal interactions, making them hard to describe with standard methods. Now a constrained Hamiltonian embedding with auxiliary variables reproduces thes...

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Ricard Alert Zenón@ricardalert.bsky.social · last yr.

New preprint! Non-reciprocal interactions don’t arise from a potential. Yet, we found a way to encode them in a Hamiltonian, which captures the phase transitions of non-reciprocal systems! With Yubo Shi, Roderich Moessner, and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social. arxiv.org/pdf/2505.05246

You are very welcome.

Looking for a #postdoc in biophysics, molecular/cell biology, biomedicine or bioengineering? The GSS program offers candidates with PhD degrees from German institutions the chance to join one of the @biohub.org partner universities for a 3 year fellowship. Applications are welcome until the 20/05!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 3mo ago

Biohub @biohub.org and @maxplanck.de, represented by @mpi-cbg.de and @mpipks.bsky.social, invite applications for the Global Science Scholars program, a three year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Germany. www.czbiohub.org/program-mpi-...

A fantastic #postdoc opportunity to join us in Dresden @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social or to join @biohub.org. Apply by the 20th of May!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 3mo ago

Biohub @biohub.org and @maxplanck.de, represented by @mpi-cbg.de and @mpipks.bsky.social, invite applications for the Global Science Scholars program, a three year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Germany. www.czbiohub.org/program-mpi-...

Our call for Postdoc Positions in Biological Physics is open! Join our exciting and stimulating environment, with a rich variety of groups to collaborate. Deadline for applications is 15th of May! Apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/biological-p...

A new call for PhD positions in the International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Dynamics and Control is open! We offer a large variety of projects in Physics & Chemistry. The deadline is the 30th of April. All the information can be found in the website: www.imprs-pks.mpg.de/application/...

Inspired by the Mpemba effect, Nicolò Beato and Gianluca Teza @mpipks.bsky.social have introduced a way to accelerate or prolong relaxation in open quantum systems using "spectral filtering" via unitary transformations. Now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1103/4frd-ck2z

The Division of Biological Physics @mpipks.bsky.social seeks a Research Group Leader in #biophysics, #softmatter physics, or related areas. (Further particulars in the ad.) Apply by the 3rd of April 2026 at pks.mpg.de/bprgl to join us in Dresden!

You have a background in math/physics/computer science/ML and are looking for an interdisciplinary postdoc fellowship in life sciences with free choice of host groups? Then join us at the CSBD as an ELBE postdoc! The application deadline is the 13 of March

How does an elastic line buckle within a curved surface? The answer, by @zhaoshh.bsky.social and @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social, has now been #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s

New preprint! Do you like ocean waves? We found similar waves on bacterial colonies! We found that this collective behavior, known as rippling, is nothing but surface waves on an active nematic. @princeton.edu @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Delighted to announce “Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges”, will now take place on 6–10 October 2025 at @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday. We hope you will join us. www.pks.mpg.de/haam26

Now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: the answer to the question that Euler did not solve three hundred years ago*. @zhaoshh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s * Possible reasons include not having access to Mathematica and predating Riemann (in the non-ecological sense).

Pierre Haas@lepuslapis.bsky.social · last yr.

New #preprint: "Euler buckling on curved surfaces" arxiv.org/abs/2503.04303 @zhaoshh.bsky.social and I ask the question that Euler left open: How does an elastic line buckle within a (general) curved surface? @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

Congratulations! Prof. Igor Herbut (Simon Fraser University) awarded the "Physik-Preis Dresden 2025“

Research by N. Beato, P. Patil, @marinbukov.bsky.social now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social @physrevx.bsky.social: numerical and analytical tools adapted from statistical physics reveal phase transitions in quantum control landscapes. doi.org/10.1103/dqvj-p6fq doi.org/10.1103/27nn-cb3t

The call for our 2026 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow26 Deadline is the 21st of November

Fully funded summer #internships in #biophysics @mpipks.bsky.social for Bachelor's and Master's students! Apply by the 30th of November 2025: www.pks.mpg.de/biophys-inte...

We welcome @fbrauns.bsky.social as a new group leader @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 10mo ago

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...

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

Pierre Haas@lepuslapis.bsky.social · last yr.

New #preprint: "Geometry of T1 transitions in epithelia" now available at arxiv.org/abs/2504.16765, using (a lot of) classical Euclidean geometry to understand the mechanics of isolated cell neighbour exchanges in epithelia. @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social

A new call for the ELBE Visiting faculty program is now open! No matter if you are junior or senior faculty, if you work on math/physics/computer science/ML applied to life sciences, you are welcome to submit an application to come and collaborate with the groups at CSBD! Deadline is November 30th.

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize

Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.

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IG Nobel Prize in #Physics 2025 to @mpipks.bsky.social researchers for elucidating the phase behaviour of cacio e pepe sauce. The work highlights how physics can also be applied to solve daily-life problems! nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0

Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research

The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.

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Passive morphogenesis of the gut: work by @zhaoshh.bsky.social @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social and collaborators at Princeton University, @flatironinstitute.org now #published @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122

Very honored to receive this prize from the Spanish Physical Society! Thanks a lot to all my collaborators, who make this possible!

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems@mpipks.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Congratulations to @ricardalert.bsky.social on being awarded the "Young Investigator Prize in Theoretical Physics” by the Spanish Royal Academy of Physics and the BBVA Foundation! The award is in recognition of his contributions to biological physics. www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...