Fabio Lolicato

@bzh-hd.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @dfg.de @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social @illneutrons.bsky.social

How Lipid Composition Shapes the Nanostructural Interaction of Tumor Biomarker Alpha-Fetoprotein and Bovine Serum Albumin with Model Membranes This study systematically investigated the interactions of the tumor biomarker alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) with planar lipi…

This study is the result of a fantastic collaboration with #MarcoMaccarini’s team, featuring outstanding experimental work by PhD student #BeatriceBarletti and high-quality simulations carried out by our exceptionally talented postdoc #MelanieKönig

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🚨 First lipid paper of the year! 🚨

Combining neutron reflectometry and MD simulations, we show how α-fetoprotein interacts with lipid membranes, depending on composition, with implications for biomarker detection and biosensing!

Great start to 2026!
Congrats to the team! 🎉

@sfb1638.bsky.social

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Hi all!! At some point I passed 1K followers! Time for a re-intro! My name is Fiona! I am originally from Florida, did my postdoc at UCSD now I am a Junior Professor at the University of Freiburg in the Institute for Physical Chemistry, lets connect! I also love the ocean and halloween costumes!

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Ups we did it again! Please mark your calender. EMBO Workshop “Lipid Code to Life”, taking place September 7–11, 2026, in Dresden, organized by Maria Fedorova, @lipid.bsky.social, Valerie O'Donnell, @holthuislab.bsky.social and @molcellbiophys-lab.bsky.social 🥳 Retweets = lipidlove

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@walter-nickel-bzh.bsky.social

@bzh-hd.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @sfb1638.bsky.social

Most importantly, this work was carried out entirely by our shared 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋 star 𝖯𝖧𝖣 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 @manpreet0700.bsky.social , who performed 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 and contributed significantly to the 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of the project! 💫🤩

Happy holidays — and happy lipid time! 🎁

To the best of our knowledge, this is 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.

This is part of a shared @dfg.de project and it is now published on #NatureCommunication 🎉

🎄 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞! 🎄

Thrilled to share a special pre-holiday gift to 𝗟𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼 & 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀!

𝐏𝐈(𝟒,𝟓)𝐏𝟐 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 is essential for the unconventional secretion of 𝐅𝐆𝐅𝟐, driving rapid formation of a lipidic membrane pore, enabling membrane translocation ⏩⏩

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to share that Dr. Jirka Peschek, one of our BZH group leaders, is receiving the Chica & Heinz Schaller Award for his RNA biology research 🧬

🏆 €100,000 research funding.

Ceremony today, 26 Nov, 5:30 PM, Marsilius Kolleg (INF 130.1).

Congrats, Jirka! 🎉

@cnehls.bsky.social, Ilpo Vattulainen, and I are organizing the next Membrane Biophysics Section Meeting of @dgfb.bsky.social

The meeting brings together diverse views on the roles of membranes and lipids in biology. It’ll be an exciting, interdisciplinary event — registration is now open!

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Excited to share our new @narjournal.bsky.social paper!

Using ReLo and AlphaFold, we described a network of interactions between Drosophila piRNA pathway factors suggesting new links how they coordinate to ensure transposon silencing and genome integrity.

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🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the Best Poster Awards at #BiomembraneDays2025 sponsored by @lipotype.bsky.social

🏆Manpreet Kaur (with @fabiololicato.com &W. Nickel)
🏆Jana Kroll (@janakroll.bsky.social @mdc-berlin.bsky.social)
🏆Ha Ngoc Anh Nguyen (with @jamessaenz.bsky.social)

🚀Science rocks!

❗Hello Bluesky World❗

🚀 Excited to share that the German Biophysics Society (DGfB) is now on social!
We bring together scientists at the interface of physics, chemistry & biology!

Stay tuned for news, events & meetings! ✨

Now @bzh-hd.bsky.social Jonathan Friedman is talking in #mitochondria organization

@bzh-hd.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @sfb1638.bsky.social @manpreet0700.bsky.social @walter-nickel-bzh.bsky.social

🚨 Preprint Alert 🚨 #LipidTime

Excited to share our new preprint! 🎉 We propose a hypothesis for how FGF2 crosses the plasma membrane — a mechanism that may reflect a general principle of membrane remodeling.

🔑 Key idea: Non-bilayer lipid accumulation alters membrane properties, driving remodeling.

Thrilled to have contributed to this amazing work! Thanks for having us on board 🙌 Huge shoutout to our super-talented postdoc #MelanieKönig for her outstanding efforts 💫. And big congratulations to everyone involved in this terrific team effort! 🎉 @sfb1638.bsky.social @bzh-hd.bsky.social

Too generous :) Thanks!

A bit late—but better late than never!
Honored to present my work at #EBSA2025 in Rome a few weeks ago.

I first attended EBSA in 2017 in Edinburgh and haven’t missed one since. This year in Rome—my first home—was especially meaningful. 🇮🇹

Already looking forward to Berlin 2027—my new home! 🇩🇪

Looking for a PhD position?

The Schuck lab has an opening for a student interested in finding out how human cells control the size of their endoplasmic reticulum. Please visit www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de/schuck and navigate to 'Open Positions'.

Do you want to become our colleague?

We are looking to fill a part-time (50%) permanent position for a Technical Laboratory Assistant, starting September 15, 2025.

See below for further details on the role and responsibilities

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It was an honor and a real pleasure to be the first speaker at the inaugural @bitsinbio.bsky.social meetup in Berlin!A fantastic opportunity to share my past work and future research directions with such an inspiring and engaged audience!

Huge thanks to @instadeep.bsky.social for making it happen!

Just back from the Jacques Monod Conference on Membrane Remodeling in Roscoff—an inspiring trip for Sebastian Schuck and Michael Meinecke (@meineckelab)! We had exciting science, engaged in inspiring discussions, and enjoyed the stunning setting. There’s nothing quite like membrane research.

Chips & Cells: Advancing discoveries in cell membrane biology through AI & physics-based computational methods · Luma Join us for the inaugural Bits in Bio meetup in Berlin! ✨ We’re bringing together curious minds at the intersection of biology, software, and big data —…

If you’re in vibrant Berlin next Friday, May 16, come to visit me!

I’ll be giving a talk on how computer simulations help us understand lipid-driven membrane remodeling events!

Plus, word has it there will be pizza and drinks after the talks! 🍕🍻

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The Schuck lab is looking for a PhD student or postdoc who is keen to understand how cells control organelle size and shape.

For more information, please visit www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de/schuck and have a look at 'open positions’.

This work is the result of a shared @dfg.de grant between @walter-nickel-bzh.bsky.social and me, carried out by our joint PhD student @manpreet0700.bsky.social at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social @bzh-hd.bsky.social . A great team effort! 🙌

FGF2 secretion depends on PI(4,5)P₂ asymmetry across the plasma membrane. Disrupting this asymmetry with exogenous PI(4,5)P₂ blocks FGF2 translocation—an effect that reverses as cells restore asymmetry over time