🏊‍♀️💦Need to cool off? No problem with July’s “Tool of the Month": The swim bag. It holds a lot and everything stays dry when you jump into the Rhine after work or studying (don't forget to follow security advices). nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch @baselstadt.bsky.social #nanoscience

Tool of the Month: The Swim Bag – Perfect for Basel’s Summer!

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👏 Un grand merci à tou·te·s les intervenant·e·s pour leurs contributions inspirantes, notamment les conférenciers : @broichhagenj.bsky.social @fmp-berlin.de @glembockyte.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social Pablo Rivera Fuentes @chem.uzh.ch @scisonja.bsky.social @unibas.ch

IDPSeminars is back TOMORROW (Thursday May 7th)! Come see Matt Parker and Maria Hondele speak! 1 pm EST / 7 pm EU - sign up with the link from our homepage idpseminars.com

PhD's & postdocs: dont miss the GRS partner conference, organized by @qmsmith.bsky.social & #AlbaGómez-Segalàs with lots of interaction opportunities and career mentorship: ⏰ June 27-28, 2026 🌍 Swiss Alpes (✈️ Geneva) ✅ APPLY now: deadline May 30. www.grc.org/single-molec...

Sonja Schmid@scisonja.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Don't miss the #GordonConference on 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆-𝒎𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, organized by #KevinWelsher & me: ⏰ June 28 - July 3, 2026 🌍 in the Swiss Alpes (✈️ Geneva) ✅ APPLY now: deadline May 31. We're 75% booked: register today & be there! 🙌 🕳️ 🧬🧪🧫 🔬🟩🟥🟩🟥🏋️‍♀️💥🪤 🍩 ... you get it... 😁

Don't miss the #GordonConference on 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆-𝒎𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, organized by #KevinWelsher & me: ⏰ June 28 - July 3, 2026 🌍 in the Swiss Alpes (✈️ Geneva) ✅ APPLY now: deadline May 31. We're 75% booked: register today & be there! 🙌 🕳️ 🧬🧪🧫 🔬🟩🟥🟩🟥🏋️‍♀️💥🪤 🍩 ... you get it... 😁

Download a Protein Domains Poster from PDB-101 This poster highlights common arrangements of secondary structure elements in protein domains as defined by CATH.

PDB101: Learn: Flyers, Posters, & Calendars: Posters: Folding of Protein Domains

This poster highlights common arrangements of secondary structure elements in protein domains as defined using the CATH classification scheme.

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Don't miss! 👇

Quentin Smith@qmsmith.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 3 DAYS remaining until the Abstract Deadline on 22nd March 2026! 🔬 We’re calling all early career researchers to apply as soon as possible to be considered for an oral presentation! 🔗 www.grc.org/single-molec... #biology #biophysics #single-molecule #microscopy #ECR

Last call for these 2 different #PhD positions in #nanopore tech: 🗓️ apply by March 15 to join our team at the nano-dynamics group at @unibas.ch Switzerland. Follow the guidelines online: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/

Sonja Schmid@scisonja.bsky.social · 6mo ago

WE ARE #HIRING: [reposting=👌 🙏 ] 2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭: 1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping. 2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics. More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/

Exciting news: Our RNA community in @uniregensburg.bsky.social is set to grow! We are opening a Junior Group Leader position in RNA biochemistry / ribonucleases / RNA stability. A great opportunity to start your own team within our collaborative RNA network. Details & application 👇

karriere.uni-regensburg.de/jobposting/2...

Coordinated call for applications for three (!) thematically related professorships (cell physiology, molecular genetics, and biochemistry) at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (Germany) (thread)

Where are you on the blueSky-map? bluesky-map.theo.io

Theo Sanderson@theo.io · 6mo ago

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

#scientists, take a second to fully appreciate the @pdbeurope.bsky.social and @rcsbpdb.bsky.social and imagine live without them.

Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe)@pdbeurope.bsky.social · 6mo ago

By 2028, all 4-character PDB IDs will be exhausted. After that, all new entries will receive extended IDs: 12 characters total, formatted as pdb_ + 8 alphanumeric characters (pdb_1000axyz) Test it from PDB Beta Archive Read more: www.wwpdb.org/news/news?ye...

What a unique experience to lecture at #SeniorenUni @unibas.ch today – freely translated title: Molecules in gallop – getting 'personal' with the molecules of life. We filled the big aula 2x with 55+ers up to >80y-olds plus 100more online! All of them so genuinely curious! Truly touching! 🤝...

Great to see our Science Review on emerging multiplexed single-molecule methods that use libraries to link sequence to dynamics. A fun collaborative writing project! From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity

Biological function is fundamentally determined by nucleic acid and protein sequence. Beyond encoding genetic information, nucleic acids also display complex physicochemical parameters that shape stru...

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Unheard of. @msf.ca #DoctorsWithoutBorders

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 6mo ago

Israel says it will ban MSF from operating in Gaza https://aje.news/13btyf

We had a little celebration last week. 😊 #Already5y ...time flies!

WE ARE #HIRING: [reposting=👌 🙏 ] 2 funded positions for #nanopore related projects @unibas.ch 🇨🇭: 1️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping. 2️⃣ #PhD Candidate in Microplastic Detection Using Micropores and Microfluidics. More info: schmid.chemie.unibas.ch/en/join-us-1/

Good morning #FRET friends, Good news: #FRET is on track!

Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance

Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...

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The SNSF is considering restrictions for its Project funding. Goal: to ensure the quality of evaluation & stable success rates despite an increasing number of applications and limited funding. The final decision will be made in January 2026. 👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R #research #science

Project funding restrictions envisaged

The SNSF is responding to increased demand from researchers in order to ensure evaluation quality and stabilise success rates.

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Travelling back from #Paris 🚄, where #EllynRedheuil defended her PhD at @espciparispsl.bsky.social. Inspired by our #DyeCycling approach, Ellyn did impressive pioneer's work on single-biomarker detection using @quantum-si.bsky.social's protein sequencing platform!

Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push https://aje.io/7xi4oe

Thrilled to announce the successful import of the Dutch🇳🇱 Santa Claus tradition into Switzerland🇨🇭: So much fun with this creative team! 🎅😃 Sad to see team members leave – but also happy to welcome new ones: Bye Ben & David! Welcome Bastien, Antonella & Julius!!

@dpgphysik.bsky.social are you kidding me? 😃 ...and the list goes on...🎓

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Der Postillon 📯@der-postillon.com · 8mo ago

Damit man sich für "Merci" revanchieren kann: Storck bringt "De rien"-Schokolade auf den Markt www.der-postillon.com/2023/12/de-r...

My 1st #DiesAcademicus at @unibas.ch – once per year 🎓gowns, flags, colours & speeches, and about the biggest banquet I've ever seen. www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

Seven honorary doctorates and one honorary councillor at the University of Basel’s Dies academicus 2025

At the Dies academicus 2025, the University of Basel honored leading figures from the fields of art, science and society. In addition to awarding seven honorary doctorates and numerous prizes, an hono...

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Lower success rate in each case in 🇨🇭 compared to 🇪🇺:

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)@snsf.ch · 8mo ago

How did the SNSF's transitional measures differ from European calls? Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals. 👉 sohub.io/z9hz

What??

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 9mo ago

According to a lawsuit, participants would be flown from Italy to Bosnia where they would pay to shoot people.

🚨 Last week to submit your abstract! LS2 Annual Meeting 2026: 📍 Zürich | 🗓 Feb 11–12 (YSS: Feb 10) Join us for keynotes by Sarah-Maria Fendt, Heidi McBride & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz + 11 symposia, poster session, & networking. 🔗 Abstracts due Nov 16: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/registr...