Markus Deserno

@markusdeserno.bsky.social

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Theoretical and computational biophysicist at Carnegie Mellon University. Loves lipid membranes, music, and art. (he/him) 🇩🇪🇺🇸

Pilot vanishing point 😉
A small fraction of the spectacular fireworks at Pittsburgh’s Point State Park, July 4, 2026, 10pm.
Free celtic frame decoration for this and several subsequent images comes from this webpage: https://freesvg.org/celtic-frame-in-black-and-white-vector-drawing
Flag of Hungary
Still from the movie “Brazil,” showing the character Sam Lowry, played by Jonathon Pryce, looking lost in some industrial brutalist architectural setting.
Movie poster for “Crime 101”
Curve Appeal: The Architecture and Engineering of Membrane Bending This webinar, hosted by the Membrane Structure & Function Subgroup of the Biophysical Society, and organized by Adam Smith, will highlight how lipid composition, protein assemblies, and membrane mechanics work together to generate and regulate membrane curvature in cells. Three invited speakers will present on membrane bending in a way that's accessible to undergraduate students interested in biochemistry and biophysics, with sufficiently many fun new things sprinkled in to also be interesting to specialists in the field. Invited speakers are: Itay Budin (UC San Diego) Margaret E. Johnson (Johns Hopkins University) Cecília Leal (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign). Sign-up link for the webinar: https://my.biophysics.org/Events/Calendar-Of-Events/Meeting-Home-Page?meetingid=95b51c20-8219-f111-8342-7ced8d22117d We hope to have as lively an event as we had a year ago, when we also hosted a biophysics membrane webinar! Log in—it'll be fun! Please share widely!
Picture of Sergei Prokofiev sitting in front of a piano, looking his usual disdainful self. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev
Image of Death Star firing; inside view.
Beginning of Anton Karas’ score for “The Third Man.”
NSF email from TODAY. Excerpt: Please disregard the previous guidance in the application module that indicated applicants may upload unofficial or official transcripts. The GRFP Solicitation NSF 25-547 states that, “Only official academic transcripts with the applicant’s most recent academic status will be accepted.” All applications submitted for the 2026 GRFP Competition MUST include official transcripts. Applications that include unofficial transcripts will not be considered for review. All applications must be submitted by the field of study deadline specified in the GRFP Solicitation.
Two female beach volleyball players. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/sports/olympics/volleyball-cancelled-covid-czech-japan.html