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Pond vibes at the institute.
Many thanks @prelights.bsky.social for highlighting our recent #preprint, a great collaboration with @paveltomancak.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.25.714261
Experiments, theory, a mechanical instability, what more could one ask for?
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Together with other Dresden scientists we presented our latest research in liver diseases at the SBMC2026 conference in Mannheim this week. The event organized by Liver System Medicine consortium (LySiM Cancer) brought together a thriving research community!
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Hallo, Dresden, you hotbed of #lipidtime research! Thanks to @nadlerlab.bsky.social for hosting me at @mpi-cbg.de yesterday — and looking forward to giving the plenary talk at the European Symposia of Bioorganic Chemistry meeting later today!
New #preprint: "Stretching and bending of (really) thick elastic plates"
arxiv.org/abs/2606.01889
Yet another paper from the #PhD work of @zhaoshh.bsky.social and yet another expansion of three-dimensional elasticity for some ε≪1.
@mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social
New #preprint: "Travelling waves of invasion in microbial communities with phenotypic switching"
arxiv.org/abs/2605.10420
(I saw ε and expanded for ε ≪ 1 and a brilliant intern, Diego Manso Anda, realised that there was no need to.)
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Register now for our 25th anniversary August 24 & 25! www.mpi-cbg.de/25th-anniver...
Mathematician Maria Bruna @ox.ac.uk & @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social is joining @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social as a visiting professor. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Watch the science behind the 2023 Breakthrough Prize for Anthony Hyman @mpi-cbg.de & @embl.org and Clifford Brangwynne @princetonupress.bsky.social & @hhmi-science.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Exd...
Apply now for this upcoming workshop (June 22-25, 2026) at @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social bringing together researchers from a variety of subjects to present and discuss recent advances in the theory and use of discrete Laplacians. plan.events.mpg.de/event/617/
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Shevchenko Lab
Pierre Haas
Pierre Haas
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Mathematician Maria Bruna is joining MPI-CBG and CSBD as a visiting professor.
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Jeremy Baskin
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Friction at the tip keeps the Drosophila germ band straight against innate instabilities. #DevBio
Ruoheng Li highlights a #preprint from @giuliaserafini.bsky.social & colleagues @paveltomancak.bsky.social Lab
#preLight + an insightful author response 👀⬇️
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/e...
🚀 What an amazing #SBMC2026!
From inspiring welcome addresses, to the MTZ Award ceremony, scientific sessions, panel discussion, poster sessions, and Poster Awards — thank you to everyone who made these three days so special.
Wonderful science, great discussions, and even better networking! 📸✨
Friction at the tip keeps the Drosophila germ band straight against innate instabilities.
