Monthly Archives: December 2022

Welcome Elsa and Jon, and welcome back…Jie!

By Carsten | Published: December 14, 2022

The Corona years have been rough in many labs around the world, so we are especially happy to welcome three new people who have joined our lab in the last few months. Elsa joined us from China as a PhD student with an impressive amount of lab experience, Jon joined us as a very skilled […]

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The path to condensates: Cliff Brangwynne and Mike Rosen share their stories:

By Carsten | Published: December 14, 2022

the original article is posted here 19th Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences laureates share their discovery stories The 19th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences celebrated a breakthrough in cell biology: how membrane-less cellular compartments are formed. The existence of membrane-less organelles, often called bodies or puncta, has been known for a long time, but […]

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  • Selected Essays

    Therapeutic applications targeting phase separation
    Being a biologist allows you to satisfy your curiosity every day
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    In defence of Peer Review
    On Peer Feedback
    On research funding and youth
    Priority of discovery
    Encouraging innovation
    Funding innovating Science
    The origin of Life
    Beyond Oil & Water
    Beyond HeLa cells
    Beyond Stereospecificity
    Whither Systems Biology
    Some thoughts on German success
    Automating Cell Biology
    European vs. US careers
    A pipeline for Europe
    Boveri revisited – EMBO Gold Medal
    No man is an island

  • Selected Videos

    2020 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist - Anthony Hyman
    ScienceSketches - Phase separation in cell polarity: Saha et al, Cell 2016
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    iBio video about P granule formation
    An interview with Tony about Phase Transitions and Disease
    Encouraging Innovation, iBiology.org
    The genetics linking temperature and fertility in worms: Leaver et al, Biology Open 2016