👉 More information and application details: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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#ExperimentalBiophysics #Biophysics #AcademicJobs @pol-kuleuven.bsky.social
The KULeuven Department of Physics and Astronomy is recruiting a new faculty member as Research Professor in Experimental Biophysics. The candidate is expected to develop and apply innovative experimental techniques to study the structure and behavior of living systems from a physics perspective.
🏅 2026 IUPAP Medal for the Physics of Life
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), through its Commission on Biological Physics (C6), is pleased to announce that Dr. Uri Alon is the recipient of the 2026 IUPAP Medal for the Physics of Life iupap.org/who-we-are/i...
If you’re in the London area, don’t miss this seminar at
Kings College Tomorrow, Monday 9 Feb. at 12:30
"DNA topology: from DNA supercoiling to the organization of interphase chromosomes" by Midas Segers presenting recent work from our KU Leuven group
mathsbiscuit.uk/dhd/maths.ev...
#chromatin
Our new preprint on SMCHD1! We’ve shown SMCHD1’s ATPase activity is critical for function in vivo, and excitingly a new DNA binding domain neighbouring the ATPase domain activates the enzymatic function, which is important for normal chromatin binding.
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💡 We are hiring! #PhD position in #Nanotechnology exploring DNA origami nanoactuators for molecular diagnostics 🧬
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/yc3a2cs7
KU Leuven awards an honorary doctorate to physicist Raymond E. Goldstein in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to the Physics of Life, a field that uncovers the fundamental physical principles shaping living systems
youtu.be/qQXnUPU2iAU
The 2024 Physics Nobel Prize is often portrayed as a "prize for AI". In this article I explain the connection with Physics. It is a translation of an article appeared in dutch in www.tijdschriftkarakter.be - @karakterasl.bsky.social
ecarlon.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/p...
If you happen to be in Seoul tomorrow Dec. 3 don't miss this seminar at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
"Chromatin structure from high resolution microscopy: Scaling laws and microphase separation" by Midas Segers (KU Leuven)
www.kias.re.kr/kias/activit...
🎉Our group has been awarded a prestigious #FIS grant! #RNAScale - Exploring RNA Dynamics across Scales: From Base Pairs to Viral Genomes 👉 www.bussilab.org/fis3
We will soon open postdoctoral positions across several components of the project! An expression-of-interest form is already online.
In this project, we will investigate chromosome architecture by integrating theoretical modelling, numerical simulations, and the analysis of experimental data.
An exciting journey ahead — I look forward to our collaboration.
#statistical_physics #polymers #chromatin #MD_simulations
Congratulations to Giandomenico Vanore on being awarded a PhD Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
He will conduct his doctoral research under my supervision on the project “Understanding the structure of interphase chromosomes.”
#statistical_physics #polymers #chromatin #MD_simulations
Working on biosensors? Don’t miss this MDPI webinar introducing thermal biosensing via the heat-transfer method (HTM) — a simple yet powerful way to detect biomolecular interactions and monitor cells.
Pioneers of HTM will share their insights!
#Biosensors #HTM
More info: sciforum.net/event/Sensor...
🧬 Seminar Alert!
Join us next Friday 17 Oct. for “Mechanics, Dynamics and Shape in Oocytes” by Dr. Bart Vos — a deep dive into how physical forces and cell mechanics shape early development.
Discover the emerging field of mechanobiology, where physics meets life.
Interest in pursuing a PhD/postdoctoral position in experimental Condensed Matter Physics with applications to biological systems? Don’t miss this opportunity from the "Small Biosystems Lab" felixritortlab.com UBarcelona which combines statistical physics with single-molecule experimental techniques
New preprint! With Takahiro Sakaue we studied an active polymer dynamics focusing on the mean-square displacement of a monomer. We show that the MSD can be described by a simple compounding formula linking an isolated monomer MSD with tension propagation along the chain -
arxiv.org/abs/2510.07949
Traveling back after an exciting three days meeting of the MeChaNiSM Doctoral Network @mechanism-network.bsky.social - Thanks to all students, PIs and supporting staff for these intense days of scientific discussions about our projects on DNA/RNA mechanics. www.chalmers.se/en/projects/...
New preprint out! We investigate DNA kinks using biased all-atom MD simulations, in collaboration with Arianna Fassino and Aderik Voorspoels @aderikvoorspoels.bsky.social, as part of the EU-funded Doctoral Network MeChaNiSM @mechanism-network.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📢Seminar 11 September at 12h, Faculty of Science, Seminar Room Module 5
@cienciasuam.bsky.social @uam.es
Enrico Carlon @ecarlon.bsky.social from KU Leuven
will talk about DNA mechanics beyond the twistable wormlike chain. See you there!
ifimac.uam.es/ifimac-semin...
Applicants wanted 5:
Open position for PhD Student Studying Vitro Single-molecule Transport Across Peroxisome Mimics
careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Ph...
Interesting paper by Tony Lemos and Harold Kim. DNA minicircles adopt a specific inside-out orientation. Previously predicted, now this effect has been observed in atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiments!
arxiv.org/abs/2508.15091
Palazzo Franchetti. Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
Enjoying this workshop on the Statistical Mechanics of polymers in Venice these days...
Great program and organization!
userswww.pd.infn.it/~orlandin/Ve...
New preprint! Collaboration with Andrea Bonato, Sergey Kitaev, Davide Marenduzzo and Enzo Orlandini
arxiv.org/abs/2507.00520
Collaboration with Midas Segers @pol-kuleuven.bsky.social, Enrico Skoruppa and Helmut Schiessel @poldresden.bsky.social (4/4)
In these experiments a single DNA molecule is attached to a solid surface and to a bead which is pulled and rotated by magnetic fields. Our paper develops a theory of multiplectonemes formation in stretched and twisted DNA, which is in excellent agreement with simulations. (3/4)
Plectonemes are supercoiled structures that form when DNA is overwound (or underwound). They help DNA fit in tight space and play an important role in gene regulation. The figure illustrates plectonemes forming in DNA under torque and tension as in magnetic tweezers in vitro experiments. (2/4)
Very happy that our latest publication "Statistical mechanics of multiplectoneme phases in DNA" doi.org/10.1103/Phys... was selected as Editors' Suggestion. These suggestions list "a small number of papers that the editors and referees find of particular interest, importance, or clarity". (1/4)
A 3 year ERC-funded post-doc position in the Broedersz group of @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Topic: Statistical physics of Chromosomes
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...
Exciting news! PoL@KUL invites you to the inaugural lecture of the International Francqui Professor 2024-25, Prof. Davide Marenduzzo (U. of Edinburgh) on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 in Leuven:
Biophysical principles of chromosome organisation
Info and registration:
fys.kuleuven.be/english/coll...
Welcome to Arianna Fassino who has recently joined our group to start a PhD project on simulations of Nucleic Acids Mechanics. The project is part of a EU-Marie Skłodowska Curie Doctoral Network “MeChaNiSM” Mechanical Characterization of Nucleic acids - www.chalmers.se/en/projects/...
