Roberto Cerbino
Soft matter and biophysics @univie.ac.at. Born in Italy. Welcomed by Austria. On Bluesky to find another Twitter now that Twitter is no more.
- 📢 Publication alert #rheology #openscience #microscopy We are pleased to share our latest work on ShearView: a compact, open-source rheometer compatible with optical microscopy, designed to enable synchronized rheology–microscopy measurements.
- The full research article is now published in the Journal of Rheology pubs.aip.org/sor/jor/arti...
- It presents the complete design, calibration, and validation of ShearView , together with representative experimental applications. Aim: lower technical and financial barriers to quantitive, reproducible and transparent rheo–microscopy experiments.
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View full threadWe look forward to seeing how ShearView will be used, adapted, and extended in the coming years.
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoChavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
- Reposted by Roberto Cerbino🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨 NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu 🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026 ⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP! #Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoI am putting together a collection of video-protocols we (will) use in tissue mechanics research🌀 I hope to help consolidate established methods, but also showcase a few up-and-coming ones in our blooming field. Abstract submission by March 2026! Get in touch✨ #JoVETissueMech #ReproducibleTissueMech
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoThe Society of Rheology has a new look! Unveiled at the Santa Fe Annual Meeting last October, our new logo brings a modern edge while honoring nearly a century of advancing the science of flow. #Rheology #NewLogo #EverythingFlows
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoIf you are interested in an interdisciplinary project connecting tissue mechanics, synthetic approaches and dev bio, this is the position for you! we are excited to get this colaboration started!!👇👇🤩🤓👇👇
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoI am … grateful? … that Harvard’s Graduate School Fund reached out to me with a fundraising solicitation yesterday, because it helped me to organize my thoughts on an event near the end of my PhD (2005). Here is my response, just emailed to the fundraisers: (1/9)
- Reposted by Roberto Cerbino🏅 EPS Early Career Award for Vittoria Sposini 🏆 The former REWIRE Fellow at the group of Prof. Likos and current MSCA Fellow at the University of Padova (Italy), has been awarded the European Physical Society Early Career Award. Learn more about her outstanding work: 🔗 a29.at/p4uJji
- 🔬 PhD or Postdoc Position in Experimental Biophysics — University of Vienna We are hiring for the WWTF-funded project MechanoSynth — focused on decoding and engineering multiscale mechanoresponses in synthetic and biological tissues. PhD (48 months) or Postdoc (24 months). Vienna, Austria.
- You would join an interdisciplinary team working at the intersection of: • Experimental soft-matter physics • Developmental biology • Biophysics theory Our central question: How do physical forces and molecular mechanosensing define the material properties of living tissues?
- We will build and apply new opto-rheological and rheomicroscopy tools to study: • Biomimetic emulsions and vesicle systems • Zebrafish gastruloids In collaboration with: — @dianapinheiro.bsky.social (IMP Vienna) — @ehannezo.bsky.social (ISTA)
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View full threadApplications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled (ideally before the end of 2025). Please boost or share with anyone who may be a good fit.
- The ceremony to award the Erwin Schrödinger Institute 2025 medal to Michele Parrinello has just finished. Thanks to the director @chhdellago.bsky.social and to the staff of @esivienna.bsky.social for the wonderful organization!
- Are you interested in using Differential Dynamic Microscopy (DDM), but found it too difficult to just give it a try? Fear no more. Our new tutorial is now published in J Chem Phys (link below) and it comes with open-source code and Python notebooks to make your life easy!
- DDM lets you turn any microscopy video into a scattering experiment, revealing the dynamics of colloids, proteins, liquid crystals, foams, emulsions, cells, bacteria, or active matter directly from image sequences. It’s like DLS, but with a microscope and a movie.
- We walk you through the complete pipeline ⬇️ 🎥 Video acquisition → ⚡ Fourier analysis → 📊 Fitting → 🔍 Physical parameters The same logic works for bright-field, phase-contrast, fluorescence microscopy, and beyond…
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View full threadWe hope this guide will make DDM as common as DLS in soft-matter and biological labs. Give it a try, share your results, and let’s make DDM part of every microscope’s toolkit! Link to the paper: pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/arti...
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoThe ÖPG-SPS conference kicked off yesterday at the University of Vienna with a variety of public events. From Tuesday to Friday, renowned speakers will present the latest advancements in a range of research fields. We are looking forward to three more days full of exciting program items.⚛️ #IYQ2025 ⤵️
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoRead the latest #JFMPerspectives article in @JFluidMech: "Transport phenomena in microswimmer suspensions: migration, collective motion, diffusion and rheology" by Takuji Ishikawa 📚 cup.org/4mWqlgv #JFM #OA
- GPT-5 sucks!
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoOur most recent work is out on OCT flowmetry in organ-on-chip (OoC) devices, see rdcu.be/eytR3. In this work we took on the challenge of measuring very small flow speeds in a OoC device using particle-image velocimetry and number-fluctuation OCT.
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoBecoming a peer reviewer opens up a lot of opportunities, like building your knowledge and making new connections. We’re looking for experts in materials science to review for us. Learn more➡️ buff.ly/WeUZL2E #ChemSky
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoLe 2nd tome de "#Rhéophysique" est consacré aux fluides complexes, tels que les fluides viscoélastiques, ainsi que les fluides à seuil, les fluides rhéoépaississants et les cristaux liquides. Plus d'info: bit.ly/4dZHGS7
- 1/ 🚀 New tutorial alert! Ever wanted to use your microscope as a multi-angle light scattering device? Our new preprint is out: 📄 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Differential Dynamic Microscopy (DDM) arXiv: 2507.05058 (link in the last skeet!) 🧵 Thread ⬇️
- 2/ 🔍 What is DDM? DDM analyzes time-lapse microscopy videos to extract dynamical information—without tracking particles. Think DLS + imaging. ✅ Works in bright-field, fluorescence, phase contrast, and more ✅ Resolves dynamics in space and time
- 3/ 🎓 This is a comprehensive tutorial, not just a method paper. We cover: ✔️ Physics of DDM ✔️ Mathematical foundations ✔️ Image formation ✔️ Practical data analysis ✔️ Common pitfalls ✔️ Real datasets & examples
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View full threadAnd I forgot a very important thing. This project was conducted at @univie-physik.bsky.social and made possible by funding from @fwf-at.bsky.social
- The honor is all mine, dear @chhdellago.bsky.social
Very honored about this! Thank you JCP @aip-publishing.bsky.social and thank you @cerbino.bsky.social, Alessandro Coretti, Sofia Kantorovich and @marcello-sega.bsky.social 🙏
- A good excuse for posting after a long time is that one of my photos of Simos beach in Elafonissos was chosen for this article. Given my ❤️ for 🇬🇷, this makes me very 😀! www.in2life.gr/article/2010...
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoUniversity of Vienna @ #Expo2025 in Osaka 🏛️ Internationally renowned experts from the University of Vienna gathered at the "Building Futures" event at #EXPO to highlight the range of innovative research & our joint effort of designing future society. 🧑🔬🧪 Read more: ⤵️ www.univie.ac.at/en/internati...
- This 👇 is getting scary. An act of oppression and violation of democracy. Trump Intends to Cancel All Federal Funds Directed at Harvard www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
- Impressive. China will soon lead also in space! tecspectrum.com/happenings/c...
- Parrinello wins the 2025 ESI medal. Congratulations!
- @esivienna.bsky.social is proud to announce that the ESI Medal 2025 goes to Prof. Michele Parrinello (ETH Zürich & IIT Genova) for his groundbreaking computer simulation algorithms that advanced condensed matter physics, chemistry & biology. Ceremony: Nov 7, 2025, Vienna More: www.esi.ac.at/news/n65
- Intriguing application of DDM to the Xenopus cytoplasm!
- This is by far one of the most fascinating open questions in science. What means conscience? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Curious how physics makes your coffee taste better? Discover the science behind the perfect pour-over, featuring insights from Arnold Mathijssen’s lab. A delightful and accessible read via @nytimes.com The Physics of the Perfect Pour Over www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/s...
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoFlocking and active solid behavior of epithelial cells in our new study in @pnas.org Great work of Y. Shen, J. O'Byrne and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social and collaboration with A. Maitra and R. Voituriez! | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Roberto Cerbino🚀 The Frey Group is now on Bluesky! 🌐 We explore statistical physics, biophysics, and nonequilibrium systems. From active matter to self-organization in biology, we uncover fundamental principles of complex systems. #Physics #Biophysics #ActiveMatter #ComplexSystems #TheoreticalPhysics
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoHow do hydraulic forces impact critical processes such as tissue integrity, cell fate decisions, and embryo development? Hydraulics studies how fluids move and exert forces. Join me in exploring few articles on hydraulics in #EpithelialMechanics
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoIn Memoriam: Wolfenson, Giannone, and Schwartz recall the life and many contributions of Michael Sheetz, who passed away on January 30, 2025. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
- In an act of seasonal rebellion, today—March 28, 2025—I liberated Ludwig Boltzmann from wearing his Christmas hat at the Ludwig Boltzmann Hörsaal in Vienna.
- Very interesting study suggesting that heavy rainfall may affect small bodies of water more than large ones, eventually leading to flooding www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoUnique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required. Please Repost 🙏 thanks !
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoRe-posts appreciated! We have an open PhD position w/ Prof Harold Auradou on #microswimmers/#protists in complex media! Students get to spend at least 12 months in Paris, and will receive their PhD from both Exeter and Paris-Saclay! Apply by 31st Mar. More details: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
- Mit dem Nachtzug der ÖBB nach Italien: Da hätte selbst Odysseus die Nerven verloren Fonte: DiePresse.com search.app/BbLa
- Reposted by Roberto Cerbino@polymerchem.rsc.org is now on Bluesky! 🎉🥂 #chemsky
- Reposted by Roberto CerbinoWomen in science @ the Faculty of Life Sciences: Our aim is to showcase the diversity within the sciences by highlighting fifty-seven women scientists and their research interests from our faculty. Learn more at the link bellow ⬇️⬇️⬇️ lifesciences.univie.ac.at/innovation-i...
- Ben Widom (1927-2025). A gentleman and a giant! news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
