Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
@aharmendariz.bsky.social
Postdoc @PoLDresden & @MPI-CBG
PhD @EMBL
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PhD @EMBL
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Pinned
Charge distribution of the coating brush drives interchromosome attraction
RNA bridges between charged regions on chromosome surfaces drive long-range attraction and clustering, revealing a condensate-like mechanism tunable by charge patterns.
journals.aps.org
Happy to see this wonderful story out in @prxlife.bsky.social !!! 🧼🧬⚡
Thanks @vsorichetti.bsky.social , Paul Robin, @ivnpla.bsky.social , Šaric & Cuylen Labs for this wonderful collaboration!!!
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Thanks @vsorichetti.bsky.social , Paul Robin, @ivnpla.bsky.social , Šaric & Cuylen Labs for this wonderful collaboration!!!
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
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CD-CODE 2.0 is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social 🤩
CD-CODE 2.0 stores #biomolecular #condensates and their #protein and nucleic acid components and now includes repository of 🦠 infectious condensates, 💊 condensate-modulating compounds, and 🩺 condensatopathies
👀 doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
CD-CODE 2.0 stores #biomolecular #condensates and their #protein and nucleic acid components and now includes repository of 🦠 infectious condensates, 💊 condensate-modulating compounds, and 🩺 condensatopathies
👀 doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
CD-CODE 2.0 is now published in @narjournal.bsky.social 🤩
CD-CODE 2.0 stores #biomolecular #condensates and their #protein and nucleic acid components and now includes repository of 🦠 infectious condensates, 💊 condensate-modulating compounds, and 🩺 condensatopathies
👀 doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
CD-CODE 2.0 stores #biomolecular #condensates and their #protein and nucleic acid components and now includes repository of 🦠 infectious condensates, 💊 condensate-modulating compounds, and 🩺 condensatopathies
👀 doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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How to tackle emerging questions in cellular organisation, adaptation, and robustness? Join #EESPhaseSeparation! 🧬🦠
Bringing together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries in condensate biology.
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
📅 19 – 22 May 2026
Bringing together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries in condensate biology.
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
📅 19 – 22 May 2026
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How to tackle emerging questions in cellular organisation, adaptation, and robustness? Join #EESPhaseSeparation! 🧬🦠
Bringing together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries in condensate biology.
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
📅 19 – 22 May 2026
Bringing together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries in condensate biology.
Submit your abstract by 10 Feb: s.embl.org/ees26-08-bl
📅 19 – 22 May 2026
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Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
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October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains
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doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
October 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
Species-specific basal fluidization shapes early forebrain development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680907v1
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Species-specific basal fluidization shapes early forebrain development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680907v1
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New Review! #devbiol #bioelectricity #CellBiology #tissueregeneration
In our new @annualreviews.bsky.social piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
In our new @annualreviews.bsky.social piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Bioelectricity in Morphogenesis
Bioelectricity is likely as old as life itself. From the moment the first proto-cell was enclosed in a lipid bilayer, a membrane potential arose. Thus, one can expect that bioelectrical activities inf...
www.annualreviews.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New Review! #devbiol #bioelectricity #CellBiology #tissueregeneration
In our new @annualreviews.bsky.social piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
In our new @annualreviews.bsky.social piece, we explore how bioelectricity is generated, sensed & translated into responses that sculpt tissues, guide growth & enable tissue regeneration.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Our call for PhD students within our International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology is open! Apply until October 28th. We are looking forward hearing from you! imprs.mpi-cbg.de
September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our call for PhD students within our International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology is open! Apply until October 28th. We are looking forward hearing from you! imprs.mpi-cbg.de
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Anthony Hyman @mpi-cbg.de @hymanlab.bsky.social recognized as a Clarivate @clarivateag.bsky.social Citation Laureate 2025. He is one of the 2025 Laureates in the field of chemistry, together with Clifford Brangwynne @brangwynnelab.bsky.social and Michael K. Rosen. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Anthony Hyman recognized as a Citation Laureate 2025
Clarivate unveils Citation Laureates 2025 - a distinguished group of 22 researchers
www.mpi-cbg.de
September 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Anthony Hyman @mpi-cbg.de @hymanlab.bsky.social recognized as a Clarivate @clarivateag.bsky.social Citation Laureate 2025. He is one of the 2025 Laureates in the field of chemistry, together with Clifford Brangwynne @brangwynnelab.bsky.social and Michael K. Rosen. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
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Open Call for Expressions of Interest: become a Max Planck Director & redefine what’s possible in science! We offer scientific independence, long-term stable funding & exceptional infrastructure. Lead your own department & open new frontiers of research. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 → www.mpg.de/directors
Directors
The Max Planck Society offers Directors a unique platform for groundbreaking research and leadership in diverse scientific fields.
www.mpg.de
September 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Open Call for Expressions of Interest: become a Max Planck Director & redefine what’s possible in science! We offer scientific independence, long-term stable funding & exceptional infrastructure. Lead your own department & open new frontiers of research. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 → www.mpg.de/directors
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Research Associate (100%)
Starting from 1 November 2025 or as per agreement
Group @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
@unibas.ch
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#job #research #biology #microbiology #science #basel #recruiting #career
Starting from 1 November 2025 or as per agreement
Group @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
@unibas.ch
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#job #research #biology #microbiology #science #basel #recruiting #career
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Research Associate (100%)
Starting from 1 November 2025 or as per agreement
Group @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
@unibas.ch
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#job #research #biology #microbiology #science #basel #recruiting #career
Starting from 1 November 2025 or as per agreement
Group @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
@unibas.ch
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#job #research #biology #microbiology #science #basel #recruiting #career
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Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
It is! You might enjoy this infographic explaining how the source properties are encoded in a signal
📊: ligo.org/wp-content/u...
📊: ligo.org/wp-content/u...
September 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It is! You might enjoy this infographic explaining how the source properties are encoded in a signal
📊: ligo.org/wp-content/u...
📊: ligo.org/wp-content/u...
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Our Autumn PhD call is OPEN!
20+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Cell & Chromosome biology + more 👉 www.vbcphd.at
Apply by 10 Oct 2025
20+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Cell & Chromosome biology + more 👉 www.vbcphd.at
Apply by 10 Oct 2025
September 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our Autumn PhD call is OPEN!
20+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Cell & Chromosome biology + more 👉 www.vbcphd.at
Apply by 10 Oct 2025
20+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Cell & Chromosome biology + more 👉 www.vbcphd.at
Apply by 10 Oct 2025
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Join EMBL AI!
We have ambitious plans to transform life sciences research through AI.
Interested in using ML/AI to solve complex interdisciplinary challenges?
We’re looking for two senior leaders based at EMBL Heidelberg👇
We have ambitious plans to transform life sciences research through AI.
Interested in using ML/AI to solve complex interdisciplinary challenges?
We’re looking for two senior leaders based at EMBL Heidelberg👇
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Join EMBL AI!
We have ambitious plans to transform life sciences research through AI.
Interested in using ML/AI to solve complex interdisciplinary challenges?
We’re looking for two senior leaders based at EMBL Heidelberg👇
We have ambitious plans to transform life sciences research through AI.
Interested in using ML/AI to solve complex interdisciplinary challenges?
We’re looking for two senior leaders based at EMBL Heidelberg👇
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
Hydrophobic interactions of FG-nucleoporins are required for dilating nuclear membrane pores into selective transport channels after mitosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674396v1
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hydrophobic interactions of FG-nucleoporins are required for dilating nuclear membrane pores into selective transport channels after mitosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.674396v1
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The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Have a look at what our campus has to offer: www.vbcphd.at
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
Looking forward to discussing our little active droplet theories with students!
Can tiny droplets hold clues to the origin of life? 🙌
The MtL Lecture Series continues with a talk on “Droplets Come to Life” by MtL Fellow David Zwicker @zwickergroup.bsky.social from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization! 🎉
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The MtL Lecture Series continues with a talk on “Droplets Come to Life” by MtL Fellow David Zwicker @zwickergroup.bsky.social from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization! 🎉
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Looking forward to discussing our little active droplet theories with students!
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
New findings out today in Nature Chemistry from the Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social at PoL, alongside colleagues at @mpi-cbg.de and the IPF Dresden 🧪 The authors have discovered a new method to identify the molecular makeup of biomolecular condensates
Read our press release here: tud.link/ajwtaz
Read our press release here: tud.link/ajwtaz
Life’s Tiny Droplets: A Novel Method Revealing Biological Condensate Composition
Groundbreaking findings published in Nature Chemistry by researchers at PoL, IPF, and MPI-CBG highlight how the makeup of multi-component condensates can be measured.
tud.link
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New findings out today in Nature Chemistry from the Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social at PoL, alongside colleagues at @mpi-cbg.de and the IPF Dresden 🧪 The authors have discovered a new method to identify the molecular makeup of biomolecular condensates
Read our press release here: tud.link/ajwtaz
Read our press release here: tud.link/ajwtaz
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
Patrick's paper is finally out, a label-free method to measure the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates!
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Patrick's paper is finally out, a label-free method to measure the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates!
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We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇
Reposted by Alberto Hernandez-Armendariz
Maybe boiling-hot planets aren’t uninhabitable after all? The search for extraterrestrial life often focuses on planets that could have liquid water, but nonevaporating ionic liquids could also host the processes of life. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Maybe boiling-hot planets aren’t uninhabitable after all? The search for extraterrestrial life often focuses on planets that could have liquid water, but nonevaporating ionic liquids could also host the processes of life. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happy to see this wonderful story out in @prxlife.bsky.social !!! 🧼🧬⚡
Thanks @vsorichetti.bsky.social , Paul Robin, @ivnpla.bsky.social , Šaric & Cuylen Labs for this wonderful collaboration!!!
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Thanks @vsorichetti.bsky.social , Paul Robin, @ivnpla.bsky.social , Šaric & Cuylen Labs for this wonderful collaboration!!!
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Charge distribution of the coating brush drives interchromosome attraction
RNA bridges between charged regions on chromosome surfaces drive long-range attraction and clustering, revealing a condensate-like mechanism tunable by charge patterns.
journals.aps.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Happy to see this wonderful story out in @prxlife.bsky.social !!! 🧼🧬⚡
Thanks @vsorichetti.bsky.social , Paul Robin, @ivnpla.bsky.social , Šaric & Cuylen Labs for this wonderful collaboration!!!
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Thanks @vsorichetti.bsky.social , Paul Robin, @ivnpla.bsky.social , Šaric & Cuylen Labs for this wonderful collaboration!!!
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...