A huge day for optogenetics, congratulations to the laureates and all involved! Beyond the discoveries, this work inspired a generation of scientists to probe biology in creative and powerful ways.
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
Replying to @RogelioHdezL @andrewng_synbio
Congratulations to you and the team Rogelio!
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Postdoctoral position available!
We're looking for a creative scientist interested in signaling-mediated control of cell cycle transitions.
If you're excited by single molecule imaging, live cell biosensors, and fundamental molecular mechanisms, we'd love to hear from you.
Replying to @chorye
Congrats to you and the lab Emma! Huge milestone🥂
Lukasz Bugaj retweeted
BE Seminar Series this Thurs w @BugajLab, @pennbioeng “Using Light, Temperature, and Protein Condensation to Understand and Control Cells”
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I wrote an Op-Ed about the government's attacks on Harvard. Please share with anybody who thinks these attacks help anybody.
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Check out our paper, now extensively revised and published in @MolecularCell! This has been a real tour de force led by @stephsansbury and @YSereb and we are very excited about the findings and future potential of this approach
cell.com/molecular-cell/abst…
WOW👏👏👏 @RepAuchincloss gets it. More of this please!
We are hiring postdocs! Projects on 1) probes for remote control of cell death and inflammation, and 2) application in vivo to study inflammation in cancer and therapy. Exciting science in an unparalleled environment @Penn @pennbioeng.
DM or email if interested!
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Geometric packing of tubules in the developing kidney urinary collecting system leads to tissue stiffening and rhythmic mechanical stresses local to nephron-forming niches that synchronize with tubule branching. @HughesLabPenn
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