A photo of Lynmarie Thompson, the president of the Biophysical Society, awarding a plaque to Erdinc Sezgin. They are both smiling.
Congratulations to @sciezgin.bsky.social for being honored with the 2026 Early Independent Career award from the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social!
24.02.2026 05:36
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The origin of life wasn't fat-free
James SΓ‘enz studies how fatty molecules might have helped life get started
Lipids are kind of the ignored middle children of origins of life research. It's time they got a bit of attention, too!
This week's post is a Q&A with geoscientist-turned-??? (interdisciplinary folks know the struggle) @jamessaenz.bsky.social about why there's no cutting the fat from origins. π§ͺ
19.02.2026 16:57
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π Congratulations to @anh-nhn.bsky.social for submitting her PhD thesis, just in time for Christmas!! ππ¦
16.12.2025 13:54
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Congratulations to @anh-nhn.bsky.social for winning the @lipotype.bsky.social poster award at #BiomembraneDays Berlin! ππ₯ @bcube-tud.bsky.social
01.10.2025 15:34
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Pit stop for clam chowder and lobster rolls π¦ with the Dresden #lipidtime crew en route to Waterville Valley, NH for the Molecular & Cell Biology of Lipids meeting! @nadlerlab.bsky.social @tcjea.bsky.social @anh-nhn.bsky.social
27.07.2025 17:17
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Build-a-Cell seminar James Saenz: Harnessing minimal cells to understand the living membranes
YouTube video by Build-a-Cell
How do lipids shape life? I explore this question in my recent talk for the Build-a-Cell π¦ seminar series. Thanks to @kateadamala.bsky.social for hosting! Watch it here: youtu.be/JnF7hPCiSbI?...
08.07.2025 08:01
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The secret life of RNA and lipids
There is no life without RNA or lipids. But could there be life with only RNA and lipids? The discovery that RNA can catalyse reactions in addition to encoding information opened new directions for...
Hot off the press, our latest review of RNA-lipid interactions -> The secret life of RNA and lipids: "There is no life without RNA or lipids. But could there be life with only RNA and lipids?" @tcjea.bsky.social @bcube-tud.bsky.social be-tud.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
04.07.2025 13:54
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Cheers!
11.06.2025 19:33
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We had a lively journal club today discussing this excellent paper about cell membrane adaptation in the deep sea www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@ibudin.bsky.social
23.04.2025 15:51
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