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Isabelle Eisenmann
@isabelleeisenmann.bsky.social
Postdoc @fluidlab, University of Amsterdam
PhD @LPENS
Biophysics of photosynthetic micro-organisms
Our work on hydrodynamic instabilities in active jets is on the cover of PRL this week!
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

A dialogue between experiment and theory, where we use light to control active suspensions and show how they can be destabilized by their self-generated flows
Pure Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Active Jets of Puller Microalgae
Using phototaxis to control cell orientation, various instabilities can be induced in jets of motile microalgae.
journals.aps.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🎧 Conseil podcast du weekend

Je conseille vivement les replays de cet excellent colloque du Collège de France qui explore la relation entre #genre et #sciences.

Bonne écoute !

🖱Disponible sur l'application Radio France, et sur www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/gr...
March 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Happy to share that our work on active phase separation by photophobic microalgae is now published in PRL!
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

When surrounded by multiple light sources, cells hide behind each other, leading to the quick formation of a macroscopic branching pattern.
October 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reposted by Isabelle Eisenmann
#CNRSnews 📰 Energy transition is a myth, based on the misconception that energy sources were replaced by “cleaner” alternatives over the past 200 years. Carbon emissions have actually increased, hence the need for better informed strategies to fight global warming
news.cnrs.fr/articles/the...
The myth of energy transition
The concept of an “energy transition” is misleading, states the CNRS science historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. He explains why coal and oil never replaced wood, and that the fight against climate chang...
news.cnrs.fr
October 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Isabelle Eisenmann
Upcoming Symposium!

Physics of Adaptation and Decision making in Biology!

When: September 16
Where: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Join us here: www.fluidlab.nl/padm25

Speakers:
Ray Goldstein, Sujit Datta, @thomasshimizu.bsky.social, @mirnakramar.bsky.social, @blarson.bsky.social, me
August 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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The call is now officially open, with a deadline at the end of July! ⏳

If you are interested in applying, don’t hesitate to contact me. 🔬🦠
🦠🔬 PhD positions available 🔬🦠

If you’re curious about light–matter interactions and collective behaviour in living systems, check out the attachment for more details.

📝 The official call will be published soon, but informal expressions of interest are already welcome!
June 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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We are living the hottest June on record after infamous June 2003 🔥

At high elevation, consequences of lack of freezing are obvious: a lake has formed on the glacier at Punta Helbronner (~3300 m)
Crazy... not the first time, but it's a sign of how hot it gets at high altitude!

📸 @skywaymontebianco
June 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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🦠🔬 PhD positions available 🔬🦠

If you’re curious about light–matter interactions and collective behaviour in living systems, check out the attachment for more details.

📝 The official call will be published soon, but informal expressions of interest are already welcome!
June 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The school of physics was founded in 1951 by Cécile DeWitt-Morette, a French physicist then postdoc in the US.

This picture of the Mer de Glace, which is displayed in the school, was taken two years before; since then it has lost ~2,5km in length and 200m in thickness.
February 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Les Houches! Thanks to the organizers and all the participants for a great week of Soft matter & Biophysics in this stunning place
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”

The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Interplay between high-energy quenching and state transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: a single-cell approach https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.23.633867v1
January 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM