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Manuel Thery

@manuelthery.bsky.social

cytoskeleton self-organization / shape, patterns and symmetry / minimal and artificial cells / biophysics teacher @ ESPCI ParisTech www.cytomorpholab.com

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Our results challenge the prevailing model that avidity necessarily leads to mechanically robust linkages; instead, we show how mechanosensitivity can arise as an intrinsic, nonequilibrium property of multivalency. 10/13

27.02.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it did make the cover #alternativefacts

26.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here it is ! the discovery of a self-replicating RNA sequence ! Congratulations to all the authors ! it sounds like a major breakthrough in our understanding of the origin of life.

13.02.2026 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last days to apply this position in our group! Do join us in this great Institute @crg.eu, with great colleagues, and help shaping the science and culture of our lab!

09.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lots of comets seem to emerge from the cytosol and not so many from the centrosome 🧐

05.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

is this commercially available?

05.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cos9 never cease impressing me

05.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SynBYSS The International SynBYSS Conference is focused on bringing together the synthetic biology community with the explicit goal of developing young...

#SynBYSS conference is scheduled on Jun 8-11, 2026 in Barcelona. Given the 100-year celebration of Architect Gaudi in Barcelona, we suggest early booking of hotels.
Details can be found: www.jcvi.org/events/synbyss (speakers, abstract submission & registration)
@jcvi.org @marcguellc.bsky.social

31.01.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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This weekend we projected cells and filaments on the roof of the @museeorsay.bsky.social in Paris, then we contracted it with a pinch of myosin.
And it was fabulous!

Grateful to have been part of this art/science project & thx to @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social & the CytoMorphoLab

27.01.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Nice video, Alfredo! But why don't you show your nice unpublished contribution? Fear of being scooped? The Orsay Museum is worth all the journals!

27.01.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few seconds of eternity: From microscope to museum❣️
It was truly delightful to be part of this project, celebrating life as a continuous dance of creation, collapse, and renewal. πŸ”„
Kudos to @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social #cytomorpholab members, and @museeorsay.bsky.social

26.01.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and certainly in you Buzz!

25.01.2026 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge congrats to @manuelthery.bsky.social and all the Cytomorpho lab. The "Living Architectures" performance at @museeorsay.bsky.social was breathtakingly beautiful

25.01.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Last night @museeorsay.bsky.social we saw fluorescence images of cells or protein filaments seemingly grow along the internal structures of the ceiling of the main hallway. It was mesmerising I loved it Science is Art! More of this please! Congratulations @manuelthery.bsky.social very cool πŸ€©πŸ€“

25.01.2026 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

wow! thank you Emilie for these beautiful movies!

25.01.2026 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Centrosomes: From fundamentals to diseases Centrosomes are critical microtubule organizing centers comprising centrioles surrounded by PeriCentriolar Material (PCM). Centrioles also template the axoneme of cilia and flagella. As a result of t…

The mother of all meetings is here:
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cen...

21.01.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The EMBO Workshop "#Centrosomes: From fundamentals to diseases" in #Lausanne, Switzerland, 1–4 September 2026 will highlight the advances in the field of centrosome #research. Register now!

Deadline: 1 June

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-centrosomes
#EMBOCentrosomes #EMBOevents #conference πŸ§ͺ

16.01.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Developmentally regulated #actin-#microtubule crosstalk in #Drosophila #oogenesis. New study from Wei-Chien Chou, Brooke M. McCartney and colleagues @cmu.edu: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Cytoskeleton #Development

16.01.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#art 🎨 | Quand l’art devient expΓ©rimental & que chaque spectateur devient πŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬.
A l'occasion du spectacle 'Architectures vivantes’ du @museeorsay.bsky.social qui aura lieu les 24 et 25 janvier prochains, @manuelthery.bsky.social, directeur scientifique du projet revient sur cette expΓ©rimentation en πŸ“½οΈ

16.01.2026 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Tubulin controls the number of microtubules!

10.01.2026 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

"Perhaps the most exciting place to be is just beyond the trend: informed by it but not confined by it."

08.01.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! This is a truly outstanding PhD work!

08.01.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Summer program for workshops at the Aspen Center for Physics

Summer program for workshops at the Aspen Center for Physics

With @tzerhan29.bsky.social, @jasnir.bsky.social and Asja Radja, we are thrilled to organize an Aspen summer workshop (Aug 9-Sept 6) on the "Physics of Collective Function in Active Living Matter". Applications are open at aspenphys.org/event/physic... till Jan 15!!
Please share and apply soon!

06.01.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A speculative model of ion channel NOMPC bound to a segment of microtubule (both from Drosophila melanogaster). NOMPC surface model is shown in shades of pink, Ξ±-tubulin in white, and Ξ²-tubulin in sky blue.

https://www.rcsb.org/structure/5VKQ
https://www.rcsb.org/structure/3J2U

https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/

A speculative model of ion channel NOMPC bound to a segment of microtubule (both from Drosophila melanogaster). NOMPC surface model is shown in shades of pink, Ξ±-tubulin in white, and Ξ²-tubulin in sky blue. https://www.rcsb.org/structure/5VKQ https://www.rcsb.org/structure/3J2U https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/

If you like sproinger and microtubule, behold NOMPC/TRPN, sensor of gentle touch in flies and fish! Cell deformation and microtubule movements are thought to compress the spring-like ankyrin repeats and in turn gate the channel.

25.12.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

not yet bundled, but already undergoing a interesting remodelling.

24.12.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Non-motile microbes are not prisoners of diffusive transport. Just their metabolic activity can be sufficient to stir up the ambient fluid and cause explosive long-range dispersal -- a "metabolic firework".

Our latest work -- arxiv.org/abs/2512.16288

19.12.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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What is more, this metabolic firework can result in fractal morphogenesis of the resulting colony. We think this is due to a hydrodynamic analogue of Diffusion Limited Aggregation, which we term Circulation Driven Aggregation.

19.12.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks Alexis for pointing at great papers!

17.12.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you very busy but still want to learn what Aphelids are and why they are important to understand the evolution of Fungi?
Then check out our β€œQuick guide” on Aphelids published in collaboration with @deemteam.bsky.social, Sergey and GuifrΓ©. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

15.12.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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#RejoignezLeCNRS 🫡 Les concours chercheurs CNRS 2026 ouvrent le 8/12 !
Envie de faire avancer la science au sein d’un des plus grands organismes de recherche ?
πŸ‘‰ carrieres.cnrs.fr/concours-...

#ConcoursChercheurs #Science #Recherche #Icicarecrute #recrutement

25.11.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5