Matt Bovyn

ELBE postdoc at @mpi_pks and @mpicbg. Biophysics in the liver and beyond.

[Pierre Haas @lepuslapis]

New #review on "Shaping Epithelial Lumina under Pressure" now published #BiochemSocTrans @PPPublishing! @mattbovyn and I review lumen formation mechanics and discuss the emerging role of nonlinear mechanics in the elongation of tubular lumina.
https://t.co/AEcbBV78AY

[Pierre Haas @lepuslapis]

New #preprint! A great #devbio #biophysics collaboration @mpicbg @csbdresden with @ZerialLab, led by @Jul_Delpierre: Hepatoblast iterative apicobasal polarization is regulated by extracellular matrix remodeling, available at https://t.co/wkGuQecyci. @mpipks

[MPI-CBG Dresden @mpicbg]

The PhD program of the @mpicbg, the @imprs_mpicbg, is accepting applications until October 30, 2023 for fully funded PhD positions. Apply now if you are enthusiastic in conducting research with us and want to be part of our community. https://t.co/gggrIf2kyM

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

@Liv_Lanes It somehow all makes sense to me when I consider that we were in Florida

[Manuel Razo-Mejia @mrazomej]

The 2021 edition of the Physical Biology of the Cell class that Rob Phillips teaches at Caltech is available on YouTube. If you want to learn about the interface between physics and biology please check the class. Help me retweet this to reach students!

https://t.co/8zvmHnkbzl

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

A new high watermark for communication of scientific results. Wonderful!

[THERY Manuel @ManuelTHERY]

The #CytoMorphoLab is happy to present:
Microtubule Mechano-Sensations,
recorded for #cellbio2020
Feel free to comment the science or the movie and to share it with cell biology and cytoskeleton afficionados.
https://t.co/TX6u1x4M4o

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

Recommended reading! Very well written article which informs basically every question and thought I had about AlphaFold2.

[Mohammed AlQuraishi @MoAlQuraishi]

My thoughts on AlphaFold2: https://t.co/PXfiAiiJTB

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

It'll be interesting to see how much people trust these structures. How much would you invest in testing a hypothesis based on one? Make a cell line? A mouse model? Design a drug? https://t.co/PdxBEv76Qw

[Daniel Dennett @danieldennett]

How to understand cells, tissues and organisms as agents with agendas – https://t.co/v5PBO7vMJf via @aeonmag
My colleague Michael Levin has opened up a whole world of phenomena that are illuminated by adopting the intentional stance. He's been teaching me a lot. Check it out.

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

The number of "how the...?" moments in this video is extraordinary

[Veritasium @veritasium]

#ad NEW VIDEO: How a pattern that never repeats allowed us to find a material we thought impossible

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Part of this video was sponsored by @LastPass #LastPass #PasswordManager

[Daisuke Inoue @VRchat: Benthos @DInoueMT]

#Steampunk #dynein made by 3D printer #Form3

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

@blootic It predicts completely wrong outcomes when you apply it to another situation that seems similar. Also, it's not at all clear why it is so different from previous measurements.
I was mostly just frustrated when I wrote it, but it makes for kind of a good hook huh? 😛

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

This was my draft for the conclusion:
Kinesin potentially has the ability to bind 10-100 times faster than previous estimates.
This is exciting because it gives a very different picture for how cargos may bind to microtubules in the cell.
It is also deeply confusing.

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Roles of motor on-rate and cargo mobility in intracellular transport https://t.co/xsC59Ej7X1 #bioRxiv

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

In this video, CGP Grey talks about what it's like to write a paper.
https://t.co/TcNawUdjTc

[Ilya Nemenman @INemenman]

Have you wondered which great biophysics seminars are happening somewhere around the world, which you could have joined in the Zoom era if you only knew about them? Introducing https://t.co/0R3dpSve97 @wwphysicsoflife - a clearinghouse of virtual seminars in bio/physics. /1

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

@blootic We know overcoming barriers to transport is important, e.g. in neurons where blocked transport means non-functional synapses. What particular scenario and why this way aren't clear.

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

If you catch a lipid droplet, it will realize it's stuck and try harder to escape. Even more surprisingly, it will do the same thing on its own outside the cell. Somehow this little machine can sense it's not accomplishing its objective and respond. Not bad for a 500nm fat ball!

[Matt Bovyn @mattbovyn]

From an older Gross Lab paper I was going through today https://t.co/OvLiCqheFq

[Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown]

New video!

Which of these online ratings is better?

https://t.co/OsyrQEaC6H

[David S. Goodsell 🏳️‍🌈 @dsgoodsell]

Foreground is finished on the immunological synapse painting--so many wiggly lines to paint! These paintings were so much easier before we began to understand the importance of unstructured proteins...