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Account of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden; tweets by Pablo Pérez, Uta Gneisse, and Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social.
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How does an elastic line buckle within a curved surface? The answer, by @zhaoshh.bsky.social and @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social, has now been #published @physrevlett.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
How does an elastic line buckle within a curved surface? The answer, by @zhaoshh.bsky.social and @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social, has now been #published @physrevlett.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
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New preprint! Do you like ocean waves? We found similar waves on bacterial colonies! We found that this collective behavior, known as rippling, is nothing but surface waves on an active nematic. @princeton.edu @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New preprint! Do you like ocean waves? We found similar waves on bacterial colonies! We found that this collective behavior, known as rippling, is nothing but surface waves on an active nematic. @princeton.edu @mpipks.bsky.social @ub.edu @icreacommunity.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Delighted to announce “Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges”, will now take place on 6–10 October 2025 at @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday. We hope you will join us.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Delighted to announce “Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges”, will now take place on 6–10 October 2025 at @mpipks.bsky.social, on the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday. We hope you will join us.
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
www.pks.mpg.de/haam26
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Now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: the answer to the question that Euler did not solve three hundred years ago*. @zhaoshh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
* Possible reasons include not having access to Mathematica and predating Riemann (in the non-ecological sense).
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
* Possible reasons include not having access to Mathematica and predating Riemann (in the non-ecological sense).
New #preprint: "Euler buckling on curved surfaces" arxiv.org/abs/2503.04303
@zhaoshh.bsky.social and I ask the question that Euler left open: How does an elastic line buckle within a (general) curved surface?
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
@zhaoshh.bsky.social and I ask the question that Euler left open: How does an elastic line buckle within a (general) curved surface?
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social: the answer to the question that Euler did not solve three hundred years ago*. @zhaoshh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
* Possible reasons include not having access to Mathematica and predating Riemann (in the non-ecological sense).
doi.org/10.1103/63py-ph5s
* Possible reasons include not having access to Mathematica and predating Riemann (in the non-ecological sense).
Congratulations!
Prof. Igor Herbut (Simon Fraser University) awarded the "Physik-Preis Dresden 2025“
Prof. Igor Herbut (Simon Fraser University) awarded the "Physik-Preis Dresden 2025“
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Congratulations!
Prof. Igor Herbut (Simon Fraser University) awarded the "Physik-Preis Dresden 2025“
Prof. Igor Herbut (Simon Fraser University) awarded the "Physik-Preis Dresden 2025“
Research by N. Beato, P. Patil, @marinbukov.bsky.social now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social @physrevx.bsky.social: numerical and analytical tools adapted from statistical physics reveal phase transitions in quantum control landscapes.
doi.org/10.1103/dqvj-p6fq
doi.org/10.1103/27nn-cb3t
doi.org/10.1103/dqvj-p6fq
doi.org/10.1103/27nn-cb3t
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Research by N. Beato, P. Patil, @marinbukov.bsky.social now #published @physrevlett.bsky.social @physrevx.bsky.social: numerical and analytical tools adapted from statistical physics reveal phase transitions in quantum control landscapes.
doi.org/10.1103/dqvj-p6fq
doi.org/10.1103/27nn-cb3t
doi.org/10.1103/dqvj-p6fq
doi.org/10.1103/27nn-cb3t
The call for our 2026 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow26
Deadline is the 21st of November
Deadline is the 21st of November
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The call for our 2026 Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow26
Deadline is the 21st of November
Deadline is the 21st of November
Fully funded summer #internships in #biophysics @mpipks.bsky.social for Bachelor's and Master's students!
Apply by the 30th of November 2025: www.pks.mpg.de/biophys-inte...
Apply by the 30th of November 2025: www.pks.mpg.de/biophys-inte...
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fully funded summer #internships in #biophysics @mpipks.bsky.social for Bachelor's and Master's students!
Apply by the 30th of November 2025: www.pks.mpg.de/biophys-inte...
Apply by the 30th of November 2025: www.pks.mpg.de/biophys-inte...
We welcome Fridtjof Brauns as new group leader for "Living and Morphing Matter Theory" @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de! He is interested in self-organization in living systems. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
New group leader for Living and Morphing Matter Theory
Fridtjof Brauns joins the MPIPKS and the MPI-CBG.
www.mpi-cbg.de
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Now #published as a Letter @physreve.bsky.social: "Geometry of T1 transitions in epithelia" doi.org/10.1103/kdnb-bxdx
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Now #published as a Letter @physreve.bsky.social: "Geometry of T1 transitions in epithelia" doi.org/10.1103/kdnb-bxdx
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
My first single-author paper deploys a silly amount of Olympiad geometry on a fundamental biophysics problem, summarised in the attached thread!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
A new call for the ELBE Visiting faculty program is now open! No matter if you are junior or senior faculty, if you work on math/physics/computer science/ML applied to life sciences, you are welcome to submit an application to come and collaborate with the groups at CSBD! Deadline is November 30th.
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A new call for the ELBE Visiting faculty program is now open! No matter if you are junior or senior faculty, if you work on math/physics/computer science/ML applied to life sciences, you are welcome to submit an application to come and collaborate with the groups at CSBD! Deadline is November 30th.
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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!😋
IG Nobel Prize in #Physics 2025 to @mpipks.bsky.social researchers for elucidating the phase behaviour of cacio e pepe sauce. The work highlights how physics can also be applied to solve daily-life problems!
nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0
nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0
Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research
The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.
nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
IG Nobel Prize in #Physics 2025 to @mpipks.bsky.social researchers for elucidating the phase behaviour of cacio e pepe sauce. The work highlights how physics can also be applied to solve daily-life problems!
nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0
nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03045-0
Passive morphogenesis of the gut: work by @zhaoshh.bsky.social @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social and collaborators at Princeton University, @flatironinstitute.org now #published @pnas.org:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Passive morphogenesis of the gut: work by @zhaoshh.bsky.social @lepuslapis.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social and collaborators at Princeton University, @flatironinstitute.org now #published @pnas.org:
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505160122
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Very honored to receive this prize from the Spanish Physical Society! Thanks a lot to all my collaborators, who make this possible!
Congratulations to @ricardalert.bsky.social on being awarded the "Young Investigator Prize in Theoretical Physics” by the Spanish Royal Academy of Physics and the BBVA Foundation! The award is in recognition of his contributions to biological physics.
www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...
www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...
Fallados los Premios de Física RSEF-Fundación BBVA 2025
Conoce a las personas galardonadas en los ámbitos de investigación, las enseñanzas secundaria y universitaria, la innovación, la tecnología y la divulgación
www.fbbva.es
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Very honored to receive this prize from the Spanish Physical Society! Thanks a lot to all my collaborators, who make this possible!
Congratulations to @ricardalert.bsky.social on being awarded the "Young Investigator Prize in Theoretical Physics” by the Spanish Royal Academy of Physics and the BBVA Foundation! The award is in recognition of his contributions to biological physics.
www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...
www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...
Fallados los Premios de Física RSEF-Fundación BBVA 2025
Conoce a las personas galardonadas en los ámbitos de investigación, las enseñanzas secundaria y universitaria, la innovación, la tecnología y la divulgación
www.fbbva.es
September 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Congratulations to @ricardalert.bsky.social on being awarded the "Young Investigator Prize in Theoretical Physics” by the Spanish Royal Academy of Physics and the BBVA Foundation! The award is in recognition of his contributions to biological physics.
www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...
www.fbbva.es/noticias/fal...
Bacteria are surrounded by water! New work @natphys.nature.com by @ricardalert.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social & collaborators @ Princeton University shows that water capillary forces organise bacterial colonies into gas, nematic streams, and droplet states.
nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02965-y
nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02965-y
September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bacteria are surrounded by water! New work @natphys.nature.com by @ricardalert.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social & collaborators @ Princeton University shows that water capillary forces organise bacterial colonies into gas, nematic streams, and droplet states.
nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02965-y
nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02965-y
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New #preprint: "Control of lumen morphology by lateral and basal cell surfaces", a great #biophysics collaboration with Chandraniva Guha Ray, @markusmukenhirn.bsky.social, Alf Honigmann @biotec-tud.bsky.social @poldresden.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04316
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04316
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
September 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New #preprint: "Control of lumen morphology by lateral and basal cell surfaces", a great #biophysics collaboration with Chandraniva Guha Ray, @markusmukenhirn.bsky.social, Alf Honigmann @biotec-tud.bsky.social @poldresden.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04316
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04316
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Another #preprint: "Elasticity and plasticity of epithelial gap closure", from the #PhD work of Maryam Setoudeh:
arxiv.org/abs/2509.05110
This one required a lot of (I think) beautiful #mechanics!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2509.05110
This one required a lot of (I think) beautiful #mechanics!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Another #preprint: "Elasticity and plasticity of epithelial gap closure", from the #PhD work of Maryam Setoudeh:
arxiv.org/abs/2509.05110
This one required a lot of (I think) beautiful #mechanics!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2509.05110
This one required a lot of (I think) beautiful #mechanics!
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
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Another look at the drosophila wing! Frank Julicher @mpipks.bsky.social looks at how the wing forms within the pupal phase of morphogenesis. He discussed the physics underlying a hexatic crystalline order found in the wing epithelium that is controlled by cell size heterogeneity. #MBIMPG2025
September 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Another look at the drosophila wing! Frank Julicher @mpipks.bsky.social looks at how the wing forms within the pupal phase of morphogenesis. He discussed the physics underlying a hexatic crystalline order found in the wing epithelium that is controlled by cell size heterogeneity. #MBIMPG2025
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Paper alert!🧪
We derive a theory that underpins interface resistance with a physical foundation and look at how it changes droplet growth and recovery kinetics! Awesome collab with @bosste.bsky.social Tyler Harmon @hymanlab.bsky.social @m-pol.bsky.social and Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social 1/4
We derive a theory that underpins interface resistance with a physical foundation and look at how it changes droplet growth and recovery kinetics! Awesome collab with @bosste.bsky.social Tyler Harmon @hymanlab.bsky.social @m-pol.bsky.social and Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social 1/4
Transport kinetics across interfaces between coexisting liquid phases
elifesciences.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Paper alert!🧪
We derive a theory that underpins interface resistance with a physical foundation and look at how it changes droplet growth and recovery kinetics! Awesome collab with @bosste.bsky.social Tyler Harmon @hymanlab.bsky.social @m-pol.bsky.social and Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social 1/4
We derive a theory that underpins interface resistance with a physical foundation and look at how it changes droplet growth and recovery kinetics! Awesome collab with @bosste.bsky.social Tyler Harmon @hymanlab.bsky.social @m-pol.bsky.social and Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social 1/4
Multiple PhD positions available! A new call of our International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Dynamics and Control is now open. We offer a large variety of projects in Physics and Chemistry. Application deadline is October 31st www.imprs-pks.mpg.de/application/...
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Multiple PhD positions available! A new call of our International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Dynamics and Control is now open. We offer a large variety of projects in Physics and Chemistry. Application deadline is October 31st www.imprs-pks.mpg.de/application/...
#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu for Alexander Wietek @mpipks.bsky.social and his project "MoNiKa: Strong correlation physics in Moiré, Nickelate and Kagome superconductors" - many congratulations!
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu for Alexander Wietek @mpipks.bsky.social and his project "MoNiKa: Strong correlation physics in Moiré, Nickelate and Kagome superconductors" - many congratulations!
#Quantum geometry + Floquet theory = unlocking time crystals, topology, and exotic phases in #physics: work by Paul Schindler and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social now #published @physrevx.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1103/7l91-gw77
doi.org/10.1103/7l91-gw77
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#Quantum geometry + Floquet theory = unlocking time crystals, topology, and exotic phases in #physics: work by Paul Schindler and @marinbukov.bsky.social @mpipks.bsky.social now #published @physrevx.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1103/7l91-gw77
doi.org/10.1103/7l91-gw77
Activity-enhanced elasticity in entangled polymer solutions: research by Christina Kurzthaler @mpipks.bsky.social and collaborators @hhu.de @tuda.bsky.social now published @natcomms.nature.com!
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60210-9
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60210-9
June 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Activity-enhanced elasticity in entangled polymer solutions: research by Christina Kurzthaler @mpipks.bsky.social and collaborators @hhu.de @tuda.bsky.social now published @natcomms.nature.com!
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60210-9
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60210-9