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Large phospholipid-number asymmetry is not required to reproduce plasma membrane physical properties https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.04.749494v1
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BioMemPhys – Theoretical & Computational Membrane Biophysics, Professor at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany – loving biomembranes - immunology - immune domains - plasma membranes - molecular dynamics
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Böckmann Lab reposted
Large phospholipid-number asymmetry is not required to reproduce plasma membrane physical properties https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.04.749494v1
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MemBack: An Equivariant Graph Neural Network for Backmapping Lipid Membranes [new] It reconstructs CHARMM36 lipids from Martini 3 CG via heavy-atom pred. & post-processing, preserving memb. structure and organization for further sim.
Our challenge tonight… #wissenbewegen @fau.de @fuhrmannlab.bsky.social @fau-go.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to Matthias Pöhnl on successfully defending his thesis today🎉 An impressive achievement and the culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work, persistence, and scientific curiosity. Supported by @fau.de and NHR@FAU
Happy to host Students from Italy, Spain, France and Germany during our international workshop on constant-pH molecular dynamics simulations @fau.de @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social
A late Easter dinner with fantastic colleagues, great pizza, and truly insightful discussions… @fau.de
Looking forward to 4 days of exciting #Membrane research in #Drübeck @dgfb.bsky.social
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Replying to @fau.de
Das Video zeigt, wie sich die Hülle des Fetttröpfchens bei Änderung des Umgebungs-pH-Werts nach und nach umorganisiert. Positiv geladene Aminolipide sind blau dargestellt, ungeladene Aminolipide gelb. Mehr erfahren: www.fau.de/2026/01/news... (2/2)
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Impfstoffe und andere Medikamente werden zum Schutz oft in kleinen Fetttröpfchen verpackt, den sogenannten Lipid-Nanopartikeln. So werden sie von den Zellen aufgenommen und entlassen erst dann ihre Fracht. Um diesen Prozess zu optimieren, haben FAU-Forschende den Vorgang am Computer simuliert. (1/2)
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Today, we painted all corridors in our labs as a group effort with LOTS of help from others from the department biology @fau.de Thanks to @biomemphys.bsky.social @zaninlab.bsky.social, the cellbio and department admin for joining. It was a great effort with perfect result 🙏💪🍀
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Now in Small: pH-dependent remodeling of #LNP membranes. #Constant-pH MD reveals effect of LNP-lipids on the LNP #pKa. Video: Membrane remodeling from pH 5 → pH 7 Blue = charged aminolipids | Yellow = neutral | Green = cholesterol #lipids @fau.de @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/smll...
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Rückblick "Cooking for Climate" https://www.green-office.fau.de/2025/12/11/rueckblick-cooking-for-climate/
Want to learn constant-pH MD simulations hands-on in GROMACS? Apply now for our workshop: “GROMACS for Constant-pH MD Simulations” in Erlangen @fau.de @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social
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🥘🌍 Cooking for Climate bei der #PublicClimateSchool 🤓😋 Heute in der Mensa Langemarckplatz. Ihr werdet staunen, wer dort gerade für euch kocht! (Was?! Um 6:30 fangen sie an?) Echte Profs aus der Biologie @nat.fau.de, Essensausgabe ab 11:00 mit @biomemphys.bsky.social und @fuhrmannlab.bsky.social
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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: 1/10
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3rd #AMPeL Meeting on antimicrobial peptides, this time at @fau.de, in inspiring environment of Villa Jordan, a guest house at FAU. Many thanks to Gutsmann, Grünewald and Eggeling Labs for stimulating collaboration, and @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de for support!
Great start of our AMPEL meeting @fau.de @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social
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Lectures on Physics and Medicine Prof. Frauke Gräter, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, will give her fascinating talk on September 18 at 3 pm CET. 👉 Zoom access: eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/6249564969... Meeting-ID: 624 9564 9691 Identification code: 582716
Die Vorbereitungen zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften am 25. Oktober laufen an… #LNdW2025 @fau.de
We're hiring! Join our team at @fau.de ! We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate for a PhD position in our lab specializing in cutting-edge theoretical and computational membrane biophysics. Please send your CV, and a statement of research interests via email. www.biomemphys.nat.fau.de/jobs/
Wir suchen Dich! Die AG Computational Biology @fau.de sucht ab Jan 2026 eine Teamassistenz (m/w/d, 50% TV-L E 8). Organisation, Verwaltung & Kommunikation sind dein Ding? Dann bewirb dich bis 16.09.2025! 👉 Mehr Infos: www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/teamass...
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Excited to see this one out in JACS! We analyzed how molecular interactions lead to self-organization of glycolipids down to microseconds and nanometer spatiotemporal scales. Amazing collaboration with the Sandoghdar lab, @biomemphys.bsky.social, and Thisbe Lindhorst! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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🔔 Excited to share our latest work on the dynamics of synthetic glycolipids in model membranes! 🤩 @biomemphys.bsky.social! Bottom-up Investigation of Spatiotemporal Glycocalyx Dynamics with Interferometric Scattering Microscopy | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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🔔🔔🔔 We’ve updated our article “Decoding pH-Driven Phase Transition of Lipid Nanoparticles” on bioRxiv! The cpHMD simulations now cover longer timescales, and we added new simulations with the molecule TNS. Could it modulate the surface charge? Read the full story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I am guest editing a #ExtracellularVesicles collection in Scientific Reports @natureportfolio.nature.com 👇 Submissions will be welcomed at any point up until 15th February 2026. www.nature.com/collections/...
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Hier nochmal die Pressemeldung im Wortlaut 👇
Die Fachschaftsvertretung unserer NatFak @fau.de hat in einer aktuellen Pressemitteilung auf die prekäre Bausituation an der Fakultät hingewiesen 👇. Die Gebäudesubstanz ist in schlechtem Zustand. Wie sollen wir so Spitzenlehre und Spitzenforschung betreiben? www.instagram.com/fsv.nat.fau
🚀 Biologie, Physik & Mathematik – alles in einem Studium! 🎓 Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) an der FAU: Von Zellbiologie & Programmieren bis zu Big-Data-Analyse und moderner Mikroskopie. 📅 Bewerben bis 15. August auf www.campo.fau.de – sichere dir deinen Studienplatz! @fau.de #FAU #ILS #LifeSciences
More excellent news: also Paolo Rossetti of @biomemphys.bsky.social won a poster award at #EBSA2025! He presented his atlas of bacterial membrane structure & dynamics @fau.de
Big congrats to Marius @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social for winning a poster award at the #EBSA2025 congress! Well deserved!! Constant pH applied to lipid nanoparticles is cool! @fau.de
Another sunny day at #EBSA2025 - today with a poster on lipid nanoparticles studying different aminolipids in varying lipid mixtures employing constant pH simulations, visit the phantastic work by @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social
Another sunny day at #EBSA2025 - today with a poster on lipid nanoparticles studying different aminolipids in varying lipid mixtures employing constant pH simulations, visit the phantastic work by @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social
My highlight today at #ebsa2025: Ilya @leventallab.bsky.social inspiring & exciting talk on asymmetric lipid composition of plasma membranes!
@biomemphys.bsky.social lab at #EBSA2025 in Rome! Happy to discuss recent work on membranes and LNPs at Posters and in Talk! @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social @fau.de
🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 Our latest review on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) is now out in Small! 🧬✨ We cover different mechanisms of action of AMPs with a focus on the targeting of bacterial membranes. @fau.de @m-a-r-i-u-s.bsky.social Check it out here: doi.org/10.1002/smll... #AMP #membranes
🌟 Ph.D./Postdoc in Computational Membrane Biophysics 🌟 Join our team at @unifau.bsky.social to study Lugdunin, a unique antimicrobial peptide, using cutting-edge simulations. Collaborate with experts, access top-tier HPC, and advance antimicrobial science. 📩 Apply: rainer.boeckmann@fau.de #membranes
New study alert, published in PNAS! Our team revisits lipid nanoparticle composition and structure, challenging coarse-grained simulation approaches that may mask crucial pH-driven phase transitions. Discover how setups may bias LNP structures #LNP @fau.de www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2422995122
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"Zuckerberg behauptet, dass die Faktenchecker, die in der Vergangenheit Hassrede und die Verbreitung von Falschbehauptungen auf seinen Netzwerken verhindert hätten, politisch nicht neutral seien." Man darf auch nicht 'neutral' sein! Soll man zu "Tötet alle Schwarzen!" sagen: "Nee, nur die Hälfte!"?
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1/6 🧪 Preprint-Alert! We looked at how molecules move across phase boundaries, e.g., in liquid droplets, taking into account that chemical potentials inside and outside the boundary can be different! This unites recent work with stuff from the 60s and has cool consequences 👇 shorturl.at/j0U6i
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Im Bundestagswahlkampf sehen Parteien wie CDU, FDP, AfD und BSW den #Klimaschutz mitverantwortlich für die #Wirtschaftskrise. "Totaler Quatsch", meint Klima-Ökonom Edenhofer. Als "Industriemuseum" werde Deutschland nicht überleben. www.n-tv.de/politik/Fors...
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Thrilled to share our latest study on how mechanical forces drive cell competition! Congratulations to @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, S. Monfared, and L. Anger. Curious about active boundaries, stress fluctuations, and intercellular forces in cell competition? 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...