Meroz Lab
@merozlab.bsky.social
Physics of plant computation and behavior @ Tel Aviv University.
Art-science - and all that jazz..🌱🔬🧪💻📸🌼
https://www.merozlab.com/
Art-science - and all that jazz..🌱🔬🧪💻📸🌼
https://www.merozlab.com/
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We’re hiring! 🚨
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’re hiring! 🚨
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
Assistant Professor (TT) in Theoretical or Computational Biological Physics @univmiami.bsky.social 😀
Come build the future of interdisciplinary biophysics with us!
Apply by Dec 15 → tinyurl.com/5n9bk836
#Biophysics #PhysicsJobs #AcademicJobs #UMiami
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Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 azrielifoundation.org/azrieli-fell...
Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 - The Azrieli Foundation
azrielifoundation.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Call for Applications for the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship-2026-27 azrielifoundation.org/azrieli-fell...
New paper!💡 Amir Ohad developed this nifty setup to measure weak forces generated by freely moving plants, based on the deflection of a pendulum (straw from the cafeteria 😎), which does not require any tethering of the plant: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Plant-obstacle interactions here we come!
Plant-obstacle interactions here we come!
November 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
New paper!💡 Amir Ohad developed this nifty setup to measure weak forces generated by freely moving plants, based on the deflection of a pendulum (straw from the cafeteria 😎), which does not require any tethering of the plant: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Plant-obstacle interactions here we come!
Plant-obstacle interactions here we come!
I can what this all day.
Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I can what this all day.
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הכנתי לסטודנטים כמה הדגמות של ויזואליזציה של פונקציות מרוכבות למי שבעניין
yohai.github.io/complex
yohai.github.io/complex
Visualization of complex functions | Yohai Bar-Sinai research group
YBS research group in Tel-Aviv University
yohai.github.io
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
הכנתי לסטודנטים כמה הדגמות של ויזואליזציה של פונקציות מרוכבות למי שבעניין
yohai.github.io/complex
yohai.github.io/complex
💡Best way to learn electronics and ARDUINO for lab work?
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
💡Best way to learn electronics and ARDUINO for lab work?
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!
🎨In an artist’s studio of course!
Inspired by her amazing work, students (and some brave PIs) joined artist & friend Liat Segal in her studio for a workshop on the basics.
Thanks @biosofttau.bsky.social for help funding!
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September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
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I'm really looking forward to hosting this @metagov.bsky.social seminar on the governance of bees, fireflies, and plants with my colleage @oritpeleg.bsky.social: luma.com/pzbp4zq1
Seminar: Governance Among Plants & Insects with Dr. Orit Peleg · Zoom · Luma
Dr. Orit Peleg seeks to understand the behavior of disordered living systems by merging tools from physics, biology, engineering, and computer science. At the…
luma.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm really looking forward to hosting this @metagov.bsky.social seminar on the governance of bees, fireflies, and plants with my colleage @oritpeleg.bsky.social: luma.com/pzbp4zq1
Surface tension wins when there’s no gravity! I love this video
This is what happens when you wring out a wet towel while floating in space.
Credit: CSA/NASA
Credit: CSA/NASA
September 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Surface tension wins when there’s no gravity! I love this video
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Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋
The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize
Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.
www.the-scientist.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋
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New Episode!
What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? How do you tell your parents when you are ready to come out? Dr Gabriella Gall is here to tell us all about her research into the world of egg communication.
www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-b...
What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? How do you tell your parents when you are ready to come out? Dr Gabriella Gall is here to tell us all about her research into the world of egg communication.
www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-b...
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New Episode!
What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? How do you tell your parents when you are ready to come out? Dr Gabriella Gall is here to tell us all about her research into the world of egg communication.
www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-b...
What is it like being inside an egg? Can you feel your sibling eggs nearby? How do you tell your parents when you are ready to come out? Dr Gabriella Gall is here to tell us all about her research into the world of egg communication.
www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-b...
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Join my team for a PhD in Learning in living adaptive networks (Theory). Apply by October 7th through www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/qmb
August 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Join my team for a PhD in Learning in living adaptive networks (Theory). Apply by October 7th through www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/qmb
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In the last couple of months I helped biodesigner Chris Bellamy in a collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen to make a bioluminescent dress for Paris Haute Couture week.
And the outcome was absolutely stunning!!!!
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
And the outcome was absolutely stunning!!!!
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
Physics meets fashion: a bioluminescent dress
A very special look was presented earlier this week by fashion designer Iris van Herpen at the Paris Haute Couture Week. The garment: a bioluminescent dress, created from 125 million living algae. Bio...
www.uva.nl
July 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In the last couple of months I helped biodesigner Chris Bellamy in a collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen to make a bioluminescent dress for Paris Haute Couture week.
And the outcome was absolutely stunning!!!!
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
And the outcome was absolutely stunning!!!!
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
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Is cognition a universal feature of the living world? How can we define it? Is a nervous system needed? If so, why? If not, why not? Check this fascinating @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue led by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social & co. on Basal Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Is cognition a universal feature of the living world? How can we define it? Is a nervous system needed? If so, why? If not, why not? Check this fascinating @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue led by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social & co. on Basal Cognition royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Mechanical interactions between plants and surroundings plays a huge role in understanding how plants negotiate their environment - but measuring low forces of free plants is hard!
In this preprint Amir Ohad presents a new sensor - using a drinking straw!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
In this preprint Amir Ohad presents a new sensor - using a drinking straw!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
June 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Mechanical interactions between plants and surroundings plays a huge role in understanding how plants negotiate their environment - but measuring low forces of free plants is hard!
In this preprint Amir Ohad presents a new sensor - using a drinking straw!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
In this preprint Amir Ohad presents a new sensor - using a drinking straw!
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Science-cooking aficionados 🍩
Last week I had a fun conversation with Foodie Shaul Amsterdamski about my course “Physics of Living Systems - Lab & Kitchen”, which includes live demos by chefs :)
Last few minutes of his show “Close to the Plate”: www.kan.org.il/content/kan/...
Last week I had a fun conversation with Foodie Shaul Amsterdamski about my course “Physics of Living Systems - Lab & Kitchen”, which includes live demos by chefs :)
Last few minutes of his show “Close to the Plate”: www.kan.org.il/content/kan/...
מזון לנשמה
הפעם ספיישל מיוחד שעוסק בחיבור בין אוכל לבריאות הנפש. בתוכנית שאול מדבר עם איילת ברק, שעוסקת בטיפול בבישול, דוריאל רימר מנכ"לית עמותת "ונטעת" שמחליפה בטון בצמחייה במודל של "עיר יער" ויוטקה הרשטיין שהס...
www.kan.org.il
May 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Science-cooking aficionados 🍩
Last week I had a fun conversation with Foodie Shaul Amsterdamski about my course “Physics of Living Systems - Lab & Kitchen”, which includes live demos by chefs :)
Last few minutes of his show “Close to the Plate”: www.kan.org.il/content/kan/...
Last week I had a fun conversation with Foodie Shaul Amsterdamski about my course “Physics of Living Systems - Lab & Kitchen”, which includes live demos by chefs :)
Last few minutes of his show “Close to the Plate”: www.kan.org.il/content/kan/...
Roses are spectacular in so many ways..
This week in Science, researchers delve into the #mathematics that shapes growing rose petals. 🌹
Explore our latest issue—featuring a new print design: scim.ag/42DasUT
Explore our latest issue—featuring a new print design: scim.ag/42DasUT
May 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Roses are spectacular in so many ways..
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It's dandelion season — but there’s more than meets the eye... 👀
🔦 Under UV light they reveal a hidden bullseye🌸
Visit us at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see more flowers with hidden UV patterns
#RHSChelsea #GreenSTEM #Dandelions #Pollinators #Bumblebees #Spring
@cambridgeuni.bsky.social
🔦 Under UV light they reveal a hidden bullseye🌸
Visit us at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see more flowers with hidden UV patterns
#RHSChelsea #GreenSTEM #Dandelions #Pollinators #Bumblebees #Spring
@cambridgeuni.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's dandelion season — but there’s more than meets the eye... 👀
🔦 Under UV light they reveal a hidden bullseye🌸
Visit us at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see more flowers with hidden UV patterns
#RHSChelsea #GreenSTEM #Dandelions #Pollinators #Bumblebees #Spring
@cambridgeuni.bsky.social
🔦 Under UV light they reveal a hidden bullseye🌸
Visit us at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see more flowers with hidden UV patterns
#RHSChelsea #GreenSTEM #Dandelions #Pollinators #Bumblebees #Spring
@cambridgeuni.bsky.social
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Supposedly left-handed DNA reverses hair damage in 4 minutes.
April 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Supposedly left-handed DNA reverses hair damage in 4 minutes.
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Seriously this is not gender equality … this is wealthy women doing what all wealthy people do, spending obscene amounts of money on nothing that advances women, humanity or helps anyone at all.
A crew of six women, including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos's fiancé Lauren Sanchez, is set to blast off today on an 11-minute Blue Origin flight.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Seriously this is not gender equality … this is wealthy women doing what all wealthy people do, spending obscene amounts of money on nothing that advances women, humanity or helps anyone at all.
FYI anyone interested in connections between art and science...
"Automorphy" is a new exhibition at Jerusalem Science Museum, focusing on "self design in nature, science and architecture". Cool talks on opening night May 6!
"Automorphy" is a new exhibition at Jerusalem Science Museum, focusing on "self design in nature, science and architecture". Cool talks on opening night May 6!
April 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
FYI anyone interested in connections between art and science...
"Automorphy" is a new exhibition at Jerusalem Science Museum, focusing on "self design in nature, science and architecture". Cool talks on opening night May 6!
"Automorphy" is a new exhibition at Jerusalem Science Museum, focusing on "self design in nature, science and architecture". Cool talks on opening night May 6!
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so anyway, here's a creepy stick person made of an electroactive hydrogel walking back and forth through an electric field...
#softrobotics
Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
#softrobotics
Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
March 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
so anyway, here's a creepy stick person made of an electroactive hydrogel walking back and forth through an electric field...
#softrobotics
Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
#softrobotics
Video from this paper doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
I absolutely love this video
Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.
March 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I absolutely love this video