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Cytoskeleton and Cell Shape lab. PhD UniHeidelberg. Div of biology, IISER Pune, India. Teaching and researching Cellular Biophysics. Account run by PI & Prof. Chaitanya Athale. #scuba 🤿 #sailing⛵ #fieldhockey 🏑 when free http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~cathale
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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · May 30
It's finally out! Yay! Our first Bonafide Synthetic Biology paper. With a lot of help from our friends in #toronto #sandiagodechile and funding from #shastri_inst and #canadian and #indian governments. #covid #pointofcare #sensor
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🔭 Are you looking for a #PhD project in infectious disease research and #immunology?
🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
6 fully funded phd positions in infectious disease research and immunology starting 2026 in Berlin.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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#embo2025 #cytoskeleton meeting #iiserpune comes to a close. With a take on the history of #ptm modifications of #tubulin by Carsten Jahnke
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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The pyramid of tears and disappointment. #natcomm #embo2025cytoskeleton quotation from @wormlockholmes.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Are you looking for a PhD? Join us in Barcelona! You'll dive into a community of >100 PhD students from 30 countries exploring the frontiers of biology. You can also join an online workshop on 6 November (15:00 CET) to learn how to find the right lab for you.

More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Video summary of our manuscript on #bacterial #cell #mechanics and how antibiotics like that prevent septum formation and inhibitors of MreB kill them

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How Bacteria Stick to Their Shape and Why That Sometimes Fails
YouTube video by Molecular Biology of the Cell
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October 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Johan Gustafson on #Galaxy and #wokflowhub for #OpenAccess for #image_analysis

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Galaxy | Australia
Galaxy is a community-driven web-based analysis platform for life science research.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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📢 Registration is now OPEN for the foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 in Brisbane 🇦🇺

Join us Oct 17–18 for 1.5 days on imaging data!
Theme: Imaging Data Ecosystem: Towards Shared Solutions

Abstracts and registration: founding-gide.eurobioimaging.eu/community-ev...
May 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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#foundingGIDE talk by Marek Cebecauer on #ipo models for bioimage ontology, samples and microscopy
October 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
athalelab.bsky.social
Looking forward to hearing and participating in the upcoming #EMBO frontiers in #cytoskeleton meeting at #iiserpune in November 2025. The best season to visit Pune in case any of you were wondering. Old friends and colleagues and new ones I hope.
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Frontiers in Cytoskeleton Research
A key question in biology is how living cells adapt to highly complex functional requirements in the context of an organism, within which they need to develop complex morphologies, interact with many…
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October 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens, plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems. The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors. Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.
September 22, 2025 at 6:58 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:

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Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics Location: Pittsburgh, PA Open Date: Sep 19, 2025 Description The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area. More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
athalelab.bsky.social
How to start a #microbial_community: a guide to #chemists. By Dr. Amrita Hazra Whytamin Lab, #IISERPune. Going from PEP to multispecies interactions. #ChemDojo4.0
September 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Spider mom. New version of spider man.
September 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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This
August 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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हम होंगे कामयाब, एक दिन
August 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#खरा_विकास #real_development
peterjelinek.bsky.social Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Aug 30
Einfach schön zu sehen was machbar ist und denkbar wäre, würden wir die erfolgreichen Schritte übernehmen.
emmanuelspv.bsky.social EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · Aug 30
Avant / Après la rue aux écoles Rue Schutzenberger dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris
August 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Avant / Après la rue aux écoles Rue Schutzenberger dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris
August 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I have 685 tabs open on my phone browser and they are either pubmed.nlm.nih.gov, BioRXiv.org, phys.org or journal pages! #sundaymusings #academichatter
bioRxiv
Welcome to the bioRxiv homepage.
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August 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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mhverlhac.bsky.social
Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026).
For more information, please contact: marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr
August 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
athalelab.bsky.social
Also 🚦 green 🍏 lighted the enormously talented Tanvi Kale working on E coli cell shape mechanics - #cytoskeleton and #pressure. Thesis writing race is on! Author of a #comic #zine papers on #cellsizevariability #allometry and #turgor pressure #microscopy #image-analysis #simulations
August 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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I will reuse the term "alcoholic rabbit"....
wcratcliff.bsky.social Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · Aug 18
I am going to lodge a prediction: the AI bubble is going to start to deflate in the next 18 months.

Chatbots have edge case utility, but are not themselves transformative. Agents are as controllable as an alcoholic rabbit; not fit for serious work. Foundation models are no longer improving rapidly
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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wcratcliff.bsky.social
I am going to lodge a prediction: the AI bubble is going to start to deflate in the next 18 months.

Chatbots have edge case utility, but are not themselves transformative. Agents are as controllable as an alcoholic rabbit; not fit for serious work. Foundation models are no longer improving rapidly
August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Closing the loop, @lJashaswi Basu (not on bsky) from the lab presenting a full roundup of his #phd work at the #presynopsis green-light 🚦 for writing up! #proteins #microtubules #motors #microscopy ... Soon to be looking for new opportunities
August 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Tiger claw flowers in full bloom #वाघनखी #gloriosasuperba #IISER #pune
August 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM