Come and join us at B CUBE (TU Dresden) as group leader - great environment, lots of Molecular Bioengineering from biochemistry to biophysics around and looking forward to support you in setting up your own research team. Details 👇 datashare.tu-dresden.de/s/XtAFtSy25H.... Deadline 21 May 2026.
Great honor that our recent work on Spastin recognizing microtubule lattice defects was picked for the Biomedical Picture of the Day.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
How can #diatoms move and turn so fast in their glass-like shells?
A team at B CUBE led by Dr. Poulsen @nic-poulsen.bsky.social and Prof. Diez @stefandiezlab.bsky.social has cracked the code: they steer by shifting the contact point with the surface ⚙️
Read our news ➡️ tud.link/zc6u4q
#CMCBnews
🥳 Excited to share our #diatom work out in @pnas.org. In a great collaboration with @nic-poulsen.bsky.social and @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social we show that diatoms modulate the curvature of their paths by dynamic switching of their cell–substrate contact sites.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2506122123
What a pleasure to collaborate with Laura #Schaedel and her team at @uni-saarland.de to study #microtubule damage and repair under mechanical load.
Thank you all for coming to @bcube-tud.bsky.social and #Dresden last week. You all made Engineering Life 2025 #25EngLife a most interesting and fun event. #Mechanical #forces in Biology rule!!!
Just started our @bcube-tud.bsky.social - organized Engineering Life 2025 #25EngLife conference in #Dresden! Excited to have everybody around!
Few spots left on our @bcube-tud.bsky.social organised hashtag #Symposium:
Engineering Life 2025: Origin and Function of Mechanical Forces in Biology ⚙️🧬
📆 September 1-3, 2025
📍 Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden
Register now (Deadline 31 July 2025): engineering-life-dresden.de
Happy to be part of the Dresden Science Night at the CMCB!
The B CUBE was well-represented with @schlierflab.bsky.social, @stefandiezlab.bsky.social, @jamessaenz.bsky.social group as well as Kröger and Politi groups!
🙏🏻 Big thanks to everyone taking part in the event!
Our recent B CUBE Day brought the B CUBEes together!
A guest lecture 🧠, workshops on AI 🤖, statistics 📊, and scientific storytelling 🎤, a scavenger hunt 🔍, and a barbecue 🍔 - a day full of engagement, information, and fun.
..and an annual group photo 👇
Big congratulation to @schneiderlab.bsky.social Well deserved, René!!!
Proud and excited to be part of „Physics of Life“ @poldresden.bsky.social, one of the excellence clusters funded at @tudresden.bsky.social for another 7 years 🎉
Good news: there will be 3 scholarships available for Physics of Life MSc students starting in 2025!
✅ €300/month for 1 year
✅ No separate application—admitted students are automatically considered.
Apply now ➡️ tud.link/vejrmx
#Biophysics #PhysicsofLife #StudyinGermany #Masters #Biology
Registration has started for the conference "Emerging Trends in the Physics of the Cell" in memoriam of Erich Sackmann at TU Munich from October 15-18 2025 www.cpa.tum.de/cpa/conferen...
🥳 Huge congratulations to Henry Carey-Morgan for receiving his PhD at @tudresden.bsky.social ! 🎓
His thesis on "Motor Proteins and Microtubules as Molecular Explorers" sheds new light on the fascinating world of molecular bioengineering. All the best for his future! #PhD @bcube-tud.bsky.social
🚀 Excited to share our latest work, now out in #NanoLetters!
We show how to encode up to 4 bits of information onto gliding #microtubules using patterned photobleaching as fluorescent barcodes. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....
🧠💡 Big thanks to the team!
#MolecularRobotics #SyntheticBiology
Scientists, please share!🔬
Explore living systems through a physics lens. The #Biophysics MSc at @cmcb-tud.bsky.social opens applications on 1st April 🗓️ Taught entirely in English, with no tuition fees!
Learn more: physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/career-educa...
#Physics #Masters #MSc #FreeTuition
Happy to announce that our new work on studying how gliding diatoms modulate the curvature of their paths is now on #bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Great work in collaboration with @nic-poulsen.bsky.social on a nucleation grant by @poldresden.bsky.social
#OpenScience #Preprints #diatom
Delighted to see our work on #diatom motility published in @pnas.org !🎉
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
These abundant single-celled algae are responsible for a significant portion of the air we breathe yet often overlooked. Here we show how how diatom (raphe) shape impacts their gliding function... 1/3
Save the Date:
Engineering Life 2025 #Symposium: Origin and Function of Mechanical Forces in Biology ⚙️🧬
📆 September 1-3, 2025
📍 Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden
Register now ➡️ eveeno.com/106937286
A fantastic collaboration between PoL members @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and @friedrich-group.bsky.social published now in @naturephysics.bsky.social - well done to all involved! 🎉🤓
Check out the official CMCB press release below:
⁉️ How can cilia beat rhythmically?
The Diez Lab @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and @friedrich-group.bsky.social at @poldresden.bsky.social found a twisting motion during cilia beats that might play a key role in coordinating their tiny molecular motors! 🌀⚙️
Read more ➡️ tud.link/wr8ze9
#CMCBnews
Great collaboration with @gaiapigino.bsky.social at @mpicbg.bsky.social and @humantechnopole.bsky.social 😊
Such a fun project and great teamwork with @gaiapigino.bsky.social. Thanks to all involved.
