Jan Steinkühler
@steinkuehler.bsky.social
Biomembranes, synthetic biology and neuromorphic engineering. W1 Professor University of Kiel CAU Bio-inspired Computation.
http://www.bioinsp.tf.uni-kiel.de/
http://www.bioinsp.tf.uni-kiel.de/
Next week, the Biomembrane Days 2025 conference will begin. Many thanks to the organizers @dimovalab.bsky.social, Helge Ewers, and Thomas Weikl for their great effort in bringing the community together in Berlin. I look forward to seeing everyone there!
events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/
events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/
Biomembrane Days 2025
Membranes form the intricately shaped compartments of life. The Biomembrane Days are a triannual workshop that highlights recent advances in understanding the morphology and molecular organization of ...
events.mpikg.mpg.de
September 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Next week, the Biomembrane Days 2025 conference will begin. Many thanks to the organizers @dimovalab.bsky.social, Helge Ewers, and Thomas Weikl for their great effort in bringing the community together in Berlin. I look forward to seeing everyone there!
events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/
events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Interested in doing a PhD in my group? I have an opening for a PhD student to work on understanding and designing nanomedicine-membrane interactions! Apply here:
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...
PhD position in understanding and designing nanomedicines-membranes interaction
PhD position in understanding and designing nanomedicines-membranes interaction
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
September 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Interested in doing a PhD in my group? I have an opening for a PhD student to work on understanding and designing nanomedicine-membrane interactions! Apply here:
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...
A new twist for DNA and reservoir computing? Our new work: Directed evolution effectively selects for DNA based physical reservoir computing networks capable of multiple tasks
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04000 Led by @tanmaypandey.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04000 Led by @tanmaypandey.bsky.social
Directed evolution effectively selects for DNA based physical reservoir computing networks capable of multiple tasks
DNA and other biopolymers are being investigated as new computing substrates and alternative to silicon-based digital computers. However, the established top-down design of biomolecular interaction ne...
arxiv.org
September 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A new twist for DNA and reservoir computing? Our new work: Directed evolution effectively selects for DNA based physical reservoir computing networks capable of multiple tasks
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04000 Led by @tanmaypandey.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04000 Led by @tanmaypandey.bsky.social
To a great group retreat, science and lab organization.
August 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
To a great group retreat, science and lab organization.
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Do you like neuronal networks and maybe also programming? 🧮🕸️💻
I am looking for a research assistant to work on the general topic of neuronal network models, either theoretically or with a link to specific model organisms. Please see below for more details. ⬇️
#research #neuronalnetworks #kiel #cau
I am looking for a research assistant to work on the general topic of neuronal network models, either theoretically or with a link to specific model organisms. Please see below for more details. ⬇️
#research #neuronalnetworks #kiel #cau
July 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Do you like neuronal networks and maybe also programming? 🧮🕸️💻
I am looking for a research assistant to work on the general topic of neuronal network models, either theoretically or with a link to specific model organisms. Please see below for more details. ⬇️
#research #neuronalnetworks #kiel #cau
I am looking for a research assistant to work on the general topic of neuronal network models, either theoretically or with a link to specific model organisms. Please see below for more details. ⬇️
#research #neuronalnetworks #kiel #cau
In my lab we combine semiconductor technology with synthetic cells and today we came our goal a bit closer. In addition I always thought that membrane experiments should be done in a cleanroom because ultimately it's a surface science.
July 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
In my lab we combine semiconductor technology with synthetic cells and today we came our goal a bit closer. In addition I always thought that membrane experiments should be done in a cleanroom because ultimately it's a surface science.
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
White text on white background instructing LLMs to give positive reviews is apparently now common enough to show up in searches for boilerplate text.
July 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
White text on white background instructing LLMs to give positive reviews is apparently now common enough to show up in searches for boilerplate text.
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Just spoke with PhD student Olga Rook.
She did a survey on public attitudes to synthetic cells, see journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Overall she finds great support, with only ~10% of people objecting to synthetic cell research and applications.
She did a survey on public attitudes to synthetic cells, see journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Overall she finds great support, with only ~10% of people objecting to synthetic cell research and applications.
June 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just spoke with PhD student Olga Rook.
She did a survey on public attitudes to synthetic cells, see journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Overall she finds great support, with only ~10% of people objecting to synthetic cell research and applications.
She did a survey on public attitudes to synthetic cells, see journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Overall she finds great support, with only ~10% of people objecting to synthetic cell research and applications.
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Our groundbreaking Dark Sectioning technique is now published in Nature Methods! 🎉 It supercharges existing imaging systems:
🔬 Widefield → Confocal
🔬 Single-photon → Multiphoton
🔬 2D-SIM → 3D-SIM
Now integrated in Airy PolarSIM and #FlexSIM!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
🔬 Widefield → Confocal
🔬 Single-photon → Multiphoton
🔬 2D-SIM → 3D-SIM
Now integrated in Airy PolarSIM and #FlexSIM!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
May 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Our groundbreaking Dark Sectioning technique is now published in Nature Methods! 🎉 It supercharges existing imaging systems:
🔬 Widefield → Confocal
🔬 Single-photon → Multiphoton
🔬 2D-SIM → 3D-SIM
Now integrated in Airy PolarSIM and #FlexSIM!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
🔬 Widefield → Confocal
🔬 Single-photon → Multiphoton
🔬 2D-SIM → 3D-SIM
Now integrated in Airy PolarSIM and #FlexSIM!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Microscopy #Fluorescence
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
First pre-print for my lab’s new direction: Synthetic Biology meets Neuromorphic Computing
Here we investigate the potential of synthetic cells to interface with neuromorphic circuits to mimic the sense of smell.
Thanks @volkswagenstiftung.de for funding and @uni-kiel.de
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10053
Here we investigate the potential of synthetic cells to interface with neuromorphic circuits to mimic the sense of smell.
Thanks @volkswagenstiftung.de for funding and @uni-kiel.de
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10053
Synthetic Biology meets Neuromorphic Computing: Towards a bio-inspired Olfactory Perception System
In this study, we explore how the combination of synthetic biology, neuroscience modeling, and neuromorphic electronic systems offers a new approach to creating an artificial system that mimics the na...
arxiv.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
First pre-print for my lab’s new direction: Synthetic Biology meets Neuromorphic Computing
Here we investigate the potential of synthetic cells to interface with neuromorphic circuits to mimic the sense of smell.
Thanks @volkswagenstiftung.de for funding and @uni-kiel.de
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10053
Here we investigate the potential of synthetic cells to interface with neuromorphic circuits to mimic the sense of smell.
Thanks @volkswagenstiftung.de for funding and @uni-kiel.de
arxiv.org/abs/2504.10053
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Labeling your axes and then explaining them slowly is perhaps the biggest bang for the buck you can get for making your slides more understandable.
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Labeling your axes and then explaining them slowly is perhaps the biggest bang for the buck you can get for making your slides more understandable.
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
I think about this from @naomiaklein.bsky.social a lot. "Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right." The sense that people are gaining wealth from human suffering while concealing reality is valid, but the root problem isn't evil people but the nature of capitalism.
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think about this from @naomiaklein.bsky.social a lot. "Conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right." The sense that people are gaining wealth from human suffering while concealing reality is valid, but the root problem isn't evil people but the nature of capitalism.
Our work about a dynamic tissue mimetic is finally out:
Remodeling of lipid-foam prototissues by network-wide tension fluctuations induced by active particles
@mehmetcanucar.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Remodeling of lipid-foam prototissues by network-wide tension fluctuations induced by active particles
@mehmetcanucar.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Our work about a dynamic tissue mimetic is finally out:
Remodeling of lipid-foam prototissues by network-wide tension fluctuations induced by active particles
@mehmetcanucar.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Remodeling of lipid-foam prototissues by network-wide tension fluctuations induced by active particles
@mehmetcanucar.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
📢 SAVE THE DATE: Sept 29 - Oct 1, 2025
and come to Berlin to the
BIOMEMBRANE DAYS
Excellent line of speakers and slots for contributed talks.
Registration will open in Spring.
biomembrane-days-2025.mpikg.mpg.de
Organized by Helge@ewerslab.bsky.social Thomas Weikl and myself
@mpici.bsky.social
and come to Berlin to the
BIOMEMBRANE DAYS
Excellent line of speakers and slots for contributed talks.
Registration will open in Spring.
biomembrane-days-2025.mpikg.mpg.de
Organized by Helge@ewerslab.bsky.social Thomas Weikl and myself
@mpici.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 SAVE THE DATE: Sept 29 - Oct 1, 2025
and come to Berlin to the
BIOMEMBRANE DAYS
Excellent line of speakers and slots for contributed talks.
Registration will open in Spring.
biomembrane-days-2025.mpikg.mpg.de
Organized by Helge@ewerslab.bsky.social Thomas Weikl and myself
@mpici.bsky.social
and come to Berlin to the
BIOMEMBRANE DAYS
Excellent line of speakers and slots for contributed talks.
Registration will open in Spring.
biomembrane-days-2025.mpikg.mpg.de
Organized by Helge@ewerslab.bsky.social Thomas Weikl and myself
@mpici.bsky.social
Last lecture for this semester done💯
January 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last lecture for this semester done💯
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Coiling instabilities in the kitchen - a very fun paper.
www.arxiv.org/abs/2501.08307
www.arxiv.org/abs/2501.08307
Coiling instability in the kitchen
Manipulation of viscous liquids is an essential kitchen activity - from pouring golden syrup onto a pancake to decorating a cake with whipped cream frosting, from streaming ketchup on top of French fr...
www.arxiv.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Coiling instabilities in the kitchen - a very fun paper.
www.arxiv.org/abs/2501.08307
www.arxiv.org/abs/2501.08307
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
Still looking 👀 for a suitable candidate. Please repost.
📢 Open PhD position as part of #MSCA doctoral network ComeInCell.org
Interested in exploring membrane stability/repair & #condensates ?
Check out & apply here:
👉 bit.ly/4fd8HRU
Image from: doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
Interested in exploring membrane stability/repair & #condensates ?
Check out & apply here:
👉 bit.ly/4fd8HRU
Image from: doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
January 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Still looking 👀 for a suitable candidate. Please repost.
Excited to be part of the growing community on bluesky. The Bio-Inspired Computation group is growing too and I welcome Christina Hopf, @mehdi-ravandeh.bsky.social and Alena Starikova as postdocs and phd student.
January 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Excited to be part of the growing community on bluesky. The Bio-Inspired Computation group is growing too and I welcome Christina Hopf, @mehdi-ravandeh.bsky.social and Alena Starikova as postdocs and phd student.
Reposted by Jan Steinkühler
📢 We are still #hiring! Interested in investigating how #membranes can control #membranecondensate formation and location?
Check out our #PhDposition 👇
www.comeincell.org/dc14-how-can...
#MSCA #PhD #LipidChemistry #MembraneBiophysics
Check out our #PhDposition 👇
www.comeincell.org/dc14-how-can...
#MSCA #PhD #LipidChemistry #MembraneBiophysics
January 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📢 We are still #hiring! Interested in investigating how #membranes can control #membranecondensate formation and location?
Check out our #PhDposition 👇
www.comeincell.org/dc14-how-can...
#MSCA #PhD #LipidChemistry #MembraneBiophysics
Check out our #PhDposition 👇
www.comeincell.org/dc14-how-can...
#MSCA #PhD #LipidChemistry #MembraneBiophysics