How do PIEZO2 channels open under tension? Our latest open access study published today: nature.com/articles/s41589-0…

Magnetosensing in birds, organ identified through scRNA seq science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Job alert! My lab is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study biophysical mechanisms of ion channel regulation and/or discover novel pharmacological modulators. DM if interested

And here is one of the most pressing ones from today’s Stand up for Science in Trenton: “what do we want ? - Peer review !!! - when do we want it - Now !!!”

Fine, here we go. First let's start with some baseline expectations. Pancreatic cancer is scary, 5y survival is ~10%. So if you see a trial with an apparent survival asymptote at ~50% then certainly *something* is happening, right?

Join us this Saturday at the #BPS25 Membrane Transport Symposium! We have 11 outstanding speakers lined up to share their exciting research. #Biophysics #MembraneTransport"

We are excited to announce the final program for our 2025 Symposium @BiophysicalSoc Annual Meeting. Please join us on Feb 15 to hear from these amazing speakers 👇Thanks to our generous sponsors @genentech @XenonPharma

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack, where Islamist gunmen killed 12 people in response to the magazine's controversial cartoons. So, naturally, we should all share the cartoons on X, highlighting the importance of free speech and the right to satire.

Remember to submit nominations for Chair-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer positions for the CRT subgroup by Friday November 15th 👇@BiophysicalSoc

The Channels, Receptors, and Transporters Subgroup electing the following positions:

1. Chair-Elect (Chair in 2027 ) 2. Secretary-Treasurer (2025-2028)   Nominations are due Friday November 15, 2024. More info and nomination form👇 surveymonkey.com/r/2025Subgr… @BiophysicalSoc

Nominations for the 2025 Kenneth S. Cole Award are closing October 25th! See the link below for details👇@BiophysicalSoc

Come work with us!! 🔊🧬💪

Congratulations Janice!!! @RobertsonWUSTL

We are a soliciting nominations for the 2025 Kenneth S. Cole Award given to one or more researchers in the field of membrane biophysics in acknowledgment of their exceptional research accomplishments, potential for future contributions, and service to the biophysics community.

🚨🇺🇸CNN SELECTIVELY EDITS ELON-TRUMP EXCHANGE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY It seems mainstream media really doesn't want to show the truth anymore. Thankfully, with X, we still can see the truth. CNN Reporter: "So that was more Elon Musk than Donald Trump, suggesting that what happened almost 80 years ago—the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—is now okay, trying to downplay the impact of that." Source: CNN, @Mazemoore, x.com/i/spaces/1nAKEpNkLwoxL

Training for future scientists? "Fabricating data, throwing academic shade at other scientists, publishing a mountain of papers that receive a towering heap of citations... are [all] goals for players of ‘Publish or Perish’ — a new card game" nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

My lab is still looking to hire a molecular biologists to engineer mechanosensitive ion channels! biophysics-jobs.careerwebsit…

Postdoctoral position available in my lab. More info in the link below biophysics-jobs.careerwebsit…

My lab is expanding! Post-doctoral position at the intersection of protein engineering & ion channel biophysics available. Starting date spring-summer 2024. More details in this link: biophysics-jobs.careerwebsit…

Another highlight: Meeting Pancho Bezanilla, a hero in ion channel physiology and avid mountain climber. Pictured here with one of his homemade rigs.