Felix Rico
@felixrico.bsky.social
Physicist, professor at DyNaMo @dynamo-lab.bsky.social, U1325 @univ-amu.fr @Inserm.fr - Interested in the mechanics of molecules and cells
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Our new work is out!
HS-AFM × MD -->> new insights into multivalent TF–ribosome interactions.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
HS-AFM × MD -->> new insights into multivalent TF–ribosome interactions.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Multivalent Interactions between Chaperone and Ribosome-Nascent Chain Complex Revealed by High-Speed AFM and MD Simulations
Trigger Factor (TF) is a primary ATP-independent molecular chaperone in bacteria that engages nascent polypeptide chains emerging from the ribosomal exit tunnel to assist their folding. However, the r...
pubs.acs.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Our new work is out!
HS-AFM × MD -->> new insights into multivalent TF–ribosome interactions.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
HS-AFM × MD -->> new insights into multivalent TF–ribosome interactions.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Reposted by Felix Rico
The CENTURI PhD Call 2026 is still ongoing. Applications are open until the end of the month, on January 28th!
Visit centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/ to apply.
#PHD #CENTURI
Visit centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/ to apply.
#PHD #CENTURI
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The CENTURI PhD Call 2026 is still ongoing. Applications are open until the end of the month, on January 28th!
Visit centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/ to apply.
#PHD #CENTURI
Visit centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/ to apply.
#PHD #CENTURI
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A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers.
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🔬 #Mifobio2025
@felixrico.bsky.social's lecture is online !
🎤 "Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues"
📹 👉 youtu.be/4X8LiAKMsKg
#AtomicForceMicroscopy
@felixrico.bsky.social's lecture is online !
🎤 "Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues"
📹 👉 youtu.be/4X8LiAKMsKg
#AtomicForceMicroscopy
Felix RICO : mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues.
YouTube video by GDR Imabio - CNRS
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🔬 #Mifobio2025
@felixrico.bsky.social's lecture is online !
🎤 "Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues"
📹 👉 youtu.be/4X8LiAKMsKg
#AtomicForceMicroscopy
@felixrico.bsky.social's lecture is online !
🎤 "Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues"
📹 👉 youtu.be/4X8LiAKMsKg
#AtomicForceMicroscopy
Reposted by Felix Rico
This week, we had a wonderful consortium meeting of the XXL project @agencerecherche.bsky.social in the iconic Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier in Marseille, thanks to our awesome coordinator Mauro Modesti.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This week, we had a wonderful consortium meeting of the XXL project @agencerecherche.bsky.social in the iconic Cité Radieuse by Le Corbusier in Marseille, thanks to our awesome coordinator Mauro Modesti.
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🦠 A new study reveals how poroelasticity—fluid flow through interstitial spaces—bridges tissue architecture and mechanics, offering new insight into organ behavior and disease progression. 🔗 Journal of Biosciences: bit.ly/3WJWsF1. @yogiboi.bsky.social @felixrico.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🦠 A new study reveals how poroelasticity—fluid flow through interstitial spaces—bridges tissue architecture and mechanics, offering new insight into organ behavior and disease progression. 🔗 Journal of Biosciences: bit.ly/3WJWsF1. @yogiboi.bsky.social @felixrico.bsky.social
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DyNaMo was at the Fête de la Science this October... Thanks to all the participants ( @ismahene-mes.bsky.social @yfok.bsky.social @yogiboi.bsky.social ). @insermpacacorse.bsky.social #FDSSUD #FDS2025
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
DyNaMo was at the Fête de la Science this October... Thanks to all the participants ( @ismahene-mes.bsky.social @yfok.bsky.social @yogiboi.bsky.social ). @insermpacacorse.bsky.social #FDSSUD #FDS2025
Happy to share our commentary "Length and time scales bridge poroelasticity and tissue architecture" in collaboration with Ramray Bhat from IISC Bangalore
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@yogiboi.bsky.social @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
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@yogiboi.bsky.social @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
Length and time scales bridge poroelasticity and tissue architecture
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October 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy to share our commentary "Length and time scales bridge poroelasticity and tissue architecture" in collaboration with Ramray Bhat from IISC Bangalore
rdcu.be/eMJp1
@yogiboi.bsky.social @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eMJp1
@yogiboi.bsky.social @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
What's behind that dune? #mifobio2025
October 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
What's behind that dune? #mifobio2025
The next generation of microscopists gets organised around the Young scientist network GDR Imabio @gdr-imabio-ysn.bsky.social #mifobio2025 @gdrimabio.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The next generation of microscopists gets organised around the Young scientist network GDR Imabio @gdr-imabio-ysn.bsky.social #mifobio2025 @gdrimabio.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications
Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Let's explore the #Mifobio2025 programme !
👉 "Focus On” : “Molecular interaction and Mechanosensing using Atomic Force Microscopy”
✨ We are delighted to welcome @felixrico.bsky.social
🎤 Lecture : Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues.
👉 imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRimabio
👉 "Focus On” : “Molecular interaction and Mechanosensing using Atomic Force Microscopy”
✨ We are delighted to welcome @felixrico.bsky.social
🎤 Lecture : Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues.
👉 imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRimabio
October 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Let's explore the #Mifobio2025 programme !
👉 "Focus On” : “Molecular interaction and Mechanosensing using Atomic Force Microscopy”
✨ We are delighted to welcome @felixrico.bsky.social
🎤 Lecture : Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues.
👉 imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRimabio
👉 "Focus On” : “Molecular interaction and Mechanosensing using Atomic Force Microscopy”
✨ We are delighted to welcome @felixrico.bsky.social
🎤 Lecture : Mechanical mapping by atomic force microscopy. From cells and tissues.
👉 imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRimabio
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🔬For 22 years, we have been organizing #Mifobio "Functional Microscopy for Biology" the @cnrs.fr thematic school.
🎓 Courses, Seminars, Round Tables, Workshops. The overall theme concerns #biological_imaging in its most interdisciplinary aspects.
👉 Program: imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRImaBio #Mifobio2025
🎓 Courses, Seminars, Round Tables, Workshops. The overall theme concerns #biological_imaging in its most interdisciplinary aspects.
👉 Program: imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRImaBio #Mifobio2025
October 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🔬For 22 years, we have been organizing #Mifobio "Functional Microscopy for Biology" the @cnrs.fr thematic school.
🎓 Courses, Seminars, Round Tables, Workshops. The overall theme concerns #biological_imaging in its most interdisciplinary aspects.
👉 Program: imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRImaBio #Mifobio2025
🎓 Courses, Seminars, Round Tables, Workshops. The overall theme concerns #biological_imaging in its most interdisciplinary aspects.
👉 Program: imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRImaBio #Mifobio2025
I am very sad after learning that Jochen Guck passed away. We have lost a giant. Jochen, I will really miss you.
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I am very sad after learning that Jochen Guck passed away. We have lost a giant. Jochen, I will really miss you.
Crossing the beautiful British countryside on my way to Sheffield for the 15th #AFMBioMed summer school organised by
@alicepyne.bsky.social and Jamie Hobbs. All the way by train from Marseille 🤓🚂 @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
afmbiomed.org/summer-schoo...
@alicepyne.bsky.social and Jamie Hobbs. All the way by train from Marseille 🤓🚂 @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
afmbiomed.org/summer-schoo...
September 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Crossing the beautiful British countryside on my way to Sheffield for the 15th #AFMBioMed summer school organised by
@alicepyne.bsky.social and Jamie Hobbs. All the way by train from Marseille 🤓🚂 @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
afmbiomed.org/summer-schoo...
@alicepyne.bsky.social and Jamie Hobbs. All the way by train from Marseille 🤓🚂 @dynamo-lab.bsky.social
afmbiomed.org/summer-schoo...
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The #25EngLife conference is over and it was great, including the talks by @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, @bladoux.bsky.social and @routierlab.bsky.social. Many thanks to @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and the other organizers🙏🏻
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The #25EngLife conference is over and it was great, including the talks by @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, @bladoux.bsky.social and @routierlab.bsky.social. Many thanks to @stefandiezlab.bsky.social and the other organizers🙏🏻
Excellent talks and excellent discussions at #25EngLife with @ismahene-mes.bsky.social 😊
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Excellent talks and excellent discussions at #25EngLife with @ismahene-mes.bsky.social 😊
Congratulations to the poster prize winners of the #25EngLife Thank you again for the organisation. It's been a fantastic meeting!
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Congratulations to the poster prize winners of the #25EngLife Thank you again for the organisation. It's been a fantastic meeting!
Closing #25EngLife with the beautiful work on Shaping organs through plant tissue mechanics by @routierlab.bsky.social Very smart image/data analysis!
September 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Closing #25EngLife with the beautiful work on Shaping organs through plant tissue mechanics by @routierlab.bsky.social Very smart image/data analysis!
Great work by @bernaozkale.bsky.social on nano robotic microgels for mechanically guiding stem cells differentiation #25EngLife
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Great work by @bernaozkale.bsky.social on nano robotic microgels for mechanically guiding stem cells differentiation #25EngLife
Fantastic work presented by Lucia Baldauf from @gcharras.bsky.social on force sensors for living tissues 🤯 Looking forward to the upcoming ... #25EngLife
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Fantastic work presented by Lucia Baldauf from @gcharras.bsky.social on force sensors for living tissues 🤯 Looking forward to the upcoming ... #25EngLife
Last day of #25EngLife starts with a beautiful story by Sergi Garcia-Manyes
September 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Last day of #25EngLife starts with a beautiful story by Sergi Garcia-Manyes
We close the day at #25EngLife with an inspiring talk by @frankschnorrer.bsky.social Titin rules!
September 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We close the day at #25EngLife with an inspiring talk by @frankschnorrer.bsky.social Titin rules!
Continuing with an injustement talk by @bladoux.bsky.social on scribe nematics of muscle cells #25EngLife
September 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Continuing with an injustement talk by @bladoux.bsky.social on scribe nematics of muscle cells #25EngLife