Valeriy Kutsyna

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of our founder, colleague, mentor and friend, Professor Sir John Gurdon. His vision and dedication will continue to inspire generations of scientists.
🔗 www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...

Big congrats, king!

ABP1/ABL3-TMK1 cell-surface auxin signaling targets PIN2-mediated auxin fluxes for root gravitropism In gravistimulated roots, gravity perception in the columella redirects the flow of the plant hormone auxin toward the lower root side, where it inhibits cell elongation for downward root bending. Thi...

Previously on BioRxiv, and now a final version of our paper is out! What a great lesson in plant self-organization: Auxin targets its own transporter through a cell-surface kinase complex in a positive feedback loop www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Thank you so much! 🫡

✨ For the first time ever, the IMG PhD Conference stepped outside institute grounds! ✨

🏆Best Presentation Awards:
Flash-talk: Magdalena Havlová
Short talk: Irina Ribeiro Bas
Talk: Veronika Niederlová
Poster: Kriti Attri

Wow, that was amazing! We thank everyone for attending the V4SDB 2025 meeting! You all made it an excellent conference, where we had the opportunity to hear from outstanding speakers,share ideas and experiences, and of course have some unforgettable time during social activities!

The oldest gang got back together at @v4sdb.bsky.social 😎😎😎

What a great looking organoids though

Argonautes are coming :-) ... soon at @imgprague.bsky.social ... finishing preparations. Still missing a few things like drums, guitar, badges, beer ... but it's under control. I think. I hope. :-))
#argonautes2025

Youtube music

To recognise and celebrate @svobodalab.bsky.social's pivotal contribution to Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science, #TCTeAC, I am starting this "What Petr Svoboda did at Woodstock?" thread. If you were there - #contribute and #retweet.

"Petr Didn’t Submit an Abstract. #TCTeAC Submitted to Him."

Scientific bedlam at the world’s weirdest and wildest research conference Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science aimed to encourage collaborations through creativity. The walk-on music for presentations was fun, too.

🥂This was the highlight of my year. The "instigators", led by local master of the ceremony @svobodalab.bsky.social will never forget the privilege of organizing it and i think every participant will treasure the experience forever ❤️ @nature.com @josiegz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Talks were selected & the final program was built. It will appear on the website the next week. There are three weeks left till the registration deadline! This is probably the main RNA silencing meeting in 2025 - looking at silencing from the perspective of effector proteins.
argonautes.img.cas.cz

Another day, another wonder;

Archea parasite with a circular genome of only 238Kbp (!) found within a dinoflagellate.

It only encodes for replicative machinery: can replicate but not sustain itself, making that line between life and non-life blurry! What a life

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I can’t think of many countries, where a kind doctor would spend an hour injecting vaccine boosters on half the diseases in existence. After coming with a tick bite complaint… at 10pm!
Czech healthcare rules!

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Nah there’s more than 50 of them
I’m just vocal enough to ask for more 👀

This particular article selection you share incidentally were the most interesting evening reads I’ve had in a while. Need more!

Thank you for today’s seminar at @imgprague.bsky.social !

Insights from #TCTeAC

Morphodynamics of human early brain organoid development - Nature Human brain morphodynamics are explored using organoids.

Opus magnum of my former #PhD student @akanksha-jain.bsky.social. She brought the power of #lightsheet imaging to the #Treutlein lab. #Organoids #singlecells #bigdata #imageanalysis You have learned much #Akanksha. You are a #JEDI now. ❤️👏

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Don’t miss this fantastic workshop at @imgprague.bsky.social !

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Weekend watchlist updated

Yeah, this one is a classic "good Stephen King TV adaptation". Another one is Salem's Lot, weirdly, also reminds me of Twin Peaks. Although it came out in the late 70s. Some characters are even played by Lynch's usual cast.

I am heartbroken about the loss of many labs at the Weizmann Institute yesterday in the missile attack. Dear scientists there: please know that you are not alone. Like many many others, I support you and am standing by to help you in any way I can.

A 2-second video capturing Sven’s existential crisis: @stripplab.bsky.social torn between striking a pose as a death metal vocalist or as a serious scientist…
#TCTeAC

My pleasure, you guys are the best!
We’ll get them next time 😎

What do you write at the end of the #TCTeAC survey email?

Between two bouncers!
#thuglife
#TCTeAC

INNAPROPRIATE SLUG SONGS COME SEE NOW
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