Radost Waszkiewicz
@radostwaszkiewicz.bsky.social
Humboldt Fellow · Uni Potsdam · Institute of Physics PAS
PhD - Uni Warsaw; MA - Uni Cambridge
Modelling timescales and lengthscales in: disordered proteins, marine snow, espresso, river networks, democratic backsliding
radostw.github.io
PhD - Uni Warsaw; MA - Uni Cambridge
Modelling timescales and lengthscales in: disordered proteins, marine snow, espresso, river networks, democratic backsliding
radostw.github.io
✨☕️✨ Espresso fresh from our Warsaw lab.
As you brew, the coffee puck bends, swells, and dissolves, quietly shaping pressure, flow, and what ends up in your cup.
Preprint on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.21528
As you brew, the coffee puck bends, swells, and dissolves, quietly shaping pressure, flow, and what ends up in your cup.
Preprint on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.21528
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
✨☕️✨ Espresso fresh from our Warsaw lab.
As you brew, the coffee puck bends, swells, and dissolves, quietly shaping pressure, flow, and what ends up in your cup.
Preprint on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.21528
As you brew, the coffee puck bends, swells, and dissolves, quietly shaping pressure, flow, and what ends up in your cup.
Preprint on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.21528
Is this a program targeted at the people who can afford 9k/year fees but not the 38k/year fees?
Without student loans it changes very little for EU citizens and quite a lot for UK citizens. What a lopsided deal :(
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Without student loans it changes very little for EU citizens and quite a lot for UK citizens. What a lopsided deal :(
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Is this a program targeted at the people who can afford 9k/year fees but not the 38k/year fees?
Without student loans it changes very little for EU citizens and quite a lot for UK citizens. What a lopsided deal :(
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Without student loans it changes very little for EU citizens and quite a lot for UK citizens. What a lopsided deal :(
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
In the December issue of the popular science magazine Delta you can read our article about water pressure inside trees, and why it's related to a XVII cent. debate about quicksilver.
(published in Polish, machine translation works ok)
deltami.edu.pl/2025/12/drze...
(published in Polish, machine translation works ok)
deltami.edu.pl/2025/12/drze...
Drzewo, jakie jest, każdy widzi - Delta
deltami.edu.pl
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
In the December issue of the popular science magazine Delta you can read our article about water pressure inside trees, and why it's related to a XVII cent. debate about quicksilver.
(published in Polish, machine translation works ok)
deltami.edu.pl/2025/12/drze...
(published in Polish, machine translation works ok)
deltami.edu.pl/2025/12/drze...
Progressive coalition partner (Lewica) was trying to get ahead of the ruling with legal adjustments (civil partnership), but was shut down by the conservative-agrarian coalition partner (PSL).
Now Poland is made to look foolish by the EU - either we legislate under duress or we ignore the ruling.
Now Poland is made to look foolish by the EU - either we legislate under duress or we ignore the ruling.
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
EU court orders Poland to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other member states
notesfrompoland.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Progressive coalition partner (Lewica) was trying to get ahead of the ruling with legal adjustments (civil partnership), but was shut down by the conservative-agrarian coalition partner (PSL).
Now Poland is made to look foolish by the EU - either we legislate under duress or we ignore the ruling.
Now Poland is made to look foolish by the EU - either we legislate under duress or we ignore the ruling.
Tomorrow at 10:15 Colloquium on Complex and Biological Systems in Potsdam, Jan Turczynowicz will present our latest research on marine snow.
If you're interested in biophysics, marine systems, or fluid mechanics feel free to join 😊
www.uni-potsdam.de/en/biophysik...
@complexityup.bsky.social
If you're interested in biophysics, marine systems, or fluid mechanics feel free to join 😊
www.uni-potsdam.de/en/biophysik...
@complexityup.bsky.social
Colloquium on Complex and Biological Systems
www.uni-potsdam.de
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Tomorrow at 10:15 Colloquium on Complex and Biological Systems in Potsdam, Jan Turczynowicz will present our latest research on marine snow.
If you're interested in biophysics, marine systems, or fluid mechanics feel free to join 😊
www.uni-potsdam.de/en/biophysik...
@complexityup.bsky.social
If you're interested in biophysics, marine systems, or fluid mechanics feel free to join 😊
www.uni-potsdam.de/en/biophysik...
@complexityup.bsky.social
Reposted by Radost Waszkiewicz
Great dissection of where the world stands on climate 10 years after Paris: better than ever; worse than needed.
Start here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But lemme quibble a bit with the CO₂ₑ emissions pathways painted here.
A quick 🧵
Start here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But lemme quibble a bit with the CO₂ₑ emissions pathways painted here.
A quick 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Great dissection of where the world stands on climate 10 years after Paris: better than ever; worse than needed.
Start here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But lemme quibble a bit with the CO₂ₑ emissions pathways painted here.
A quick 🧵
Start here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
But lemme quibble a bit with the CO₂ₑ emissions pathways painted here.
A quick 🧵
Reposted by Radost Waszkiewicz
Today we celebrate the birthday of not one, but two amazing women in science! 🤗🎉Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867), who discovered #radium & #polonium & pioneered #radioactivity, & Lise Meitner (1878), whose brilliance uncovered the physics behind #nuclearfission. Happy birthday, trailblazers! ✨
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today we celebrate the birthday of not one, but two amazing women in science! 🤗🎉Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867), who discovered #radium & #polonium & pioneered #radioactivity, & Lise Meitner (1878), whose brilliance uncovered the physics behind #nuclearfission. Happy birthday, trailblazers! ✨
Elon is fundamentally misunderstanding Wikipedia. It's not a dataset, it's a village. Its rules and inhabitants change and this is what makes it resilient.
If you'd like a longform version of this argument, start with this article
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
If you'd like a longform version of this argument, start with this article
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
October 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon is fundamentally misunderstanding Wikipedia. It's not a dataset, it's a village. Its rules and inhabitants change and this is what makes it resilient.
If you'd like a longform version of this argument, start with this article
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
If you'd like a longform version of this argument, start with this article
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Happy to present our work on motherhood penalties at the Humboldt Award Winners' forum in Bonn :)
preprint:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@humboldt-foundation.de @honoratabogusz.bsky.social
preprint:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@humboldt-foundation.de @honoratabogusz.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy to present our work on motherhood penalties at the Humboldt Award Winners' forum in Bonn :)
preprint:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@humboldt-foundation.de @honoratabogusz.bsky.social
preprint:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@humboldt-foundation.de @honoratabogusz.bsky.social
Our work is now published (open access) in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 🥳
Read more for applications of polymeric models in the field of disordered proteins.
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Read more for applications of polymeric models in the field of disordered proteins.
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Electrostatic Collapse of Intrinsically Disordered Acid-Rich Protein Is Sensitive to Counterion Valency
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) respond sensitively to their ionic environment, yet the mechanisms driving ion-induced conformational changes remain incompletely understood. Here, we investig...
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our work is now published (open access) in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 🥳
Read more for applications of polymeric models in the field of disordered proteins.
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Read more for applications of polymeric models in the field of disordered proteins.
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Reposted by Radost Waszkiewicz
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We have a new Oberbürgermeisterin in Potsdam!
No seat is "a safe seat" when you parachute a candidate and follow it up with a campaign of disrespect. Hopefully SPD will learn something from this 70-to-30 outcome and loss of a office they held for 35 years.
No seat is "a safe seat" when you parachute a candidate and follow it up with a campaign of disrespect. Hopefully SPD will learn something from this 70-to-30 outcome and loss of a office they held for 35 years.
Potsdam und Frankfurt (Oder): Parteilose gewinnen Oberbürgermeisterämter
35 Jahre lang haben im Potsdamer Rathaus die Sozialdemokraten regiert. Bei der Stichwahl hat sich nun die parteilose Kandidatin Noosha Aubel durchgesetzt. Einen Erfolg gegen die AfD verbuchte die SPD ...
www.spiegel.de
October 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We have a new Oberbürgermeisterin in Potsdam!
No seat is "a safe seat" when you parachute a candidate and follow it up with a campaign of disrespect. Hopefully SPD will learn something from this 70-to-30 outcome and loss of a office they held for 35 years.
No seat is "a safe seat" when you parachute a candidate and follow it up with a campaign of disrespect. Hopefully SPD will learn something from this 70-to-30 outcome and loss of a office they held for 35 years.
Many cool talks at Warsaw Soft Matter Day.
Great to see the local community getting together, planting seeds for many more collaborations :)
Great to see the local community getting together, planting seeds for many more collaborations :)
October 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Many cool talks at Warsaw Soft Matter Day.
Great to see the local community getting together, planting seeds for many more collaborations :)
Great to see the local community getting together, planting seeds for many more collaborations :)
Nobel prize winner's offline hike with his wife interrupted.
Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains
Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains
Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husband
Out on a digital detox in the western US backcountry, scientist Fred Ramsdell was startled when his wife let out a yell. He feared she had spotted a grizzly bear, only to discover a far better surprise – he had won the Nobel prize in medicine.
The Nobel committee had been unable to reach the immunologist, whose phone was on airplane mode as he was on a hiking and camping trip, but finally got through to the couple early on Tuesday morning, Swedish time. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Nobel prize winner's offline hike with his wife interrupted.
Had a very enjoyable (and productive!) time at a group retreat of @complexityup.bsky.social, especially since it was in the middle of the famous Elbsandstein climbing region.
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Had a very enjoyable (and productive!) time at a group retreat of @complexityup.bsky.social, especially since it was in the middle of the famous Elbsandstein climbing region.
Our work "Electrostatic Collapse of Intrinsically Disordered Acid-Rich Protein Is Sensitive to Counterion Valency" which shows how to detect specific protein-cation interactions just got accepted in J. of Physical Chemistry Letters! 🎉
Preprint on biorxiv:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@acs.org
Preprint on biorxiv:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@acs.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our work "Electrostatic Collapse of Intrinsically Disordered Acid-Rich Protein Is Sensitive to Counterion Valency" which shows how to detect specific protein-cation interactions just got accepted in J. of Physical Chemistry Letters! 🎉
Preprint on biorxiv:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@acs.org
Preprint on biorxiv:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@acs.org
Many thanks to Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS) Science Club for organising a networking BBQ with this excellent view of the whole city. 🙂
@unipotsdam.bsky.social
@unipotsdam.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Many thanks to Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS) Science Club for organising a networking BBQ with this excellent view of the whole city. 🙂
@unipotsdam.bsky.social
@unipotsdam.bsky.social
Reposted by Radost Waszkiewicz
On Sunday, 7 September 2025, a total #lunareclipse will take place in the evening hours and can be observed for the most parts of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Enjoy watching the sky! 🔭😍 (The next total lunar eclipse will not take place until New Year's Eve 2028/29)
September 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On Sunday, 7 September 2025, a total #lunareclipse will take place in the evening hours and can be observed for the most parts of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Enjoy watching the sky! 🔭😍 (The next total lunar eclipse will not take place until New Year's Eve 2028/29)
What do espresso, marine snow, and disordered proteins have in common?
See the connections in our projects and many more at Warsaw Soft Matter Day mini-conference on 10th October!
📢 Speaker registration deadline: this Friday!
👉 sites.google.com/view/warsaw-...
See the connections in our projects and many more at Warsaw Soft Matter Day mini-conference on 10th October!
📢 Speaker registration deadline: this Friday!
👉 sites.google.com/view/warsaw-...
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What do espresso, marine snow, and disordered proteins have in common?
See the connections in our projects and many more at Warsaw Soft Matter Day mini-conference on 10th October!
📢 Speaker registration deadline: this Friday!
👉 sites.google.com/view/warsaw-...
See the connections in our projects and many more at Warsaw Soft Matter Day mini-conference on 10th October!
📢 Speaker registration deadline: this Friday!
👉 sites.google.com/view/warsaw-...
Starting my Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Potsdam! Excited for new collaborations in @karowiesner.bsky.social group.
@humboldt-foundation.de @unipotsdam.bsky.social
@humboldt-foundation.de @unipotsdam.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Starting my Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Potsdam! Excited for new collaborations in @karowiesner.bsky.social group.
@humboldt-foundation.de @unipotsdam.bsky.social
@humboldt-foundation.de @unipotsdam.bsky.social
Today I finished my two-month pre-fellowship intensive German course at the B1 level.
I'm really grateful that the @humboldt-foundation.de sponsors this! Still so much to learn 🙂
I'm really grateful that the @humboldt-foundation.de sponsors this! Still so much to learn 🙂
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today I finished my two-month pre-fellowship intensive German course at the B1 level.
I'm really grateful that the @humboldt-foundation.de sponsors this! Still so much to learn 🙂
I'm really grateful that the @humboldt-foundation.de sponsors this! Still so much to learn 🙂
Reposted by Radost Waszkiewicz
My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory.
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
May 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory.
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...