Sandra Iden

Back from a fruitful #HetCCI kick-off meeting in Saarbruecken, filled with data and research concepts addressing heterotypic cell-cell interactions in epithelial tissues. Special thx to the young scientists who presented; looking forward to the next events and everybody’s findings! #SPP2493

Happy holiday season everyone.
Thanks to our wonderful team, colleagues, the many people behind the scene for an exciting year. Thanks also to the @dfg.de , @cibss.bsky.social , @sfb1453.bsky.social , @for5547.bsky.social , @hetcci.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and the tax payer for funding. 🐸🌲🍾

Exciting PhD opportunity in cell migration, developmental biology, and morphogenesis using #Drosophila 🧬

As a bonus, you’ll be joining the lab of one of the nicest, most enthusiastic, and truly supportive scientists out there 👇

Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.

He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.

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congratulations, Stefan (!) and colleagues. Huge achievement; looking forward to your next 4 years!

An enzymatic cascade enables sensitive and specific proximity labeling proteomics in challenging biological systems - Nature Communications Proximity labeling allows proteomic mapping of subcellular structures. Here, Sroka et al. develop in situ APEX activation (iAPEX) to overcome limitations of labeling specificity and H2O2 toxicity, app...

Thrilled to share "in situ APEX activation" (iAPEX), a proximity labeling technology for subcellular #proteomics applied to primary #cilia. iAPEX uses an enzymatic cascade, in which a D-amino acid oxidase locally produces H2O2 to activate ascorbate peroxidase.
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I am happy to announce that my group has an opening for a funded PhD position to explore the intersection between mechanobiology and inflammation in the intestine. Please see the attached advertisement below. Thanks for circulating and forwarding!

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Silja used rhodamine probes for protein labeling in cells

Tony giving the plenary on phase separation in physiology and disease

Silja receiving her price for her Master's thesis

Koichiro talking about spatial control of P granules

We had a good line up of speakers at the 50 years anniversary meeting of the german society of cell biology @dgz.bsky.social in Heidelberg. Tony gave the plenary, Koichiro talked about spatial control of P granules and Silja received a price for her Master thesis and gave a talk. Congratulations!

We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...

Stefan Hell Labs (@stefanhelllabs.bsky.social) nanobiophotonics.mpibpc.mpg.de

Only a few hours away! Today our #DGZ50 meeting will start with true highlights: Keynote speakers Stefan W. Hell @stefanhelllabs.bsky.social and Tony Hyman @hymanlab.bsky.social, followed by the #CarlZeissLecture by Julia Mahamid. See you soon!

Interview with Sandra Iden – President of the German Society for Cell Biology ABSTRACT. Sandra Iden is Professor and Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology at Saarland University in Homburg, Germany. Her research focuses on cell–cell communication in epithelial tissue homeosta...

Recent interview for @jcellsci.bsky.social. Thx for important services JCS & @biologists.bsky.social provide to the cell science community. Glad we could share aspects on #50yearDGZ @dgz.bsky.social, @dfg.de @hetcci.bsky.social SPP2493, #CGBM & my great team @uni-saarland.de

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We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
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#DGZ #MasterThesisAward will go to Silja Zedlitz and Bastian Hinkel – congratulations!

#Nikon Young Scientist Award goes to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social. Very grateful to our long-standing NYSA partner @healthcare.nikon.com!

#InnovationPrize: @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social is this year’s recipient!

As shared earlier: The most prestigious #CarlZeissLecture 2025 will be delivered by Julia Mahamid, EMBL, sponsored by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social

Very excited to announce the #DGZ awardees 2025. We look forward to welcoming all award winners to our meeting in Heidelberg, where they will present their work!

The next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #Cilia & #Centrosomes will take place November 25 (end of October is our DGZ meeting in HD). Join us for a great speaker line-up, and big thanks to David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social & Dagmar Wachten @wachtenlab.bsky.social for organizing!

Professor Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), He headed the division “Cell Physics” at MPL and the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM).

With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.

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📸 Stephan Spangenberg

thank you so much, Hisham!

Looking forward to our next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #Mitosis & #Meiosis on Sept. 30 at noon, organized by simonereber.bsky.social & Thomas Mayer - join us!

thank you, Alex!

… and we are very happy that our study on extrinsic control of melanocyte functions is published - kudos to @caroleluthold.bsky.social & co-authors! We found that distinct #ECM components impinge on #MITF, #melanocyte differentiation & #mechanosensation. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1038/s443...

shown is the newly minted PhD with doctoral hat self-made by her colleagues

The lab had several reasons to celebrate… Here is our newly minted PhD, Dr. Burkhart! Ann-Kathrin defended her thesis with flying colors and graduated with a well-deserved summa cum laude. Congratulations!

Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

#PhDstudent position in our lab – come join us to study epithelial:non-epithelial cell-cell interactions in mammalian tissues. We provide thorough training & an awesome team!
Apply by Sept. 16: shorturl.at/o9vzd
#epithelia #cellbiology #nextgenerationPhD #cellcellcommunication @hetcci.bsky.social

Today we are happy to announce this year's Carl Zeiss Lecture, a prestigious award sponsored by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social, and going to Julia Mahamid, EMBL. Julia will present at our International Meeting. There is still time until Sept. 15 to sign up for #DGZ50

Cell biology enthusiasts: We look forward to the #DGZ meeting in Heidelberg in October to celebrate 50 years of @dgz.bsky.social! 4 keynote speakers, 12 DGZ workgroups showcasing the latest in their fields & DGZ awardees 2025 will present. Register by Sept 15. www.zellbiologie.de/dgz-internat...

Past week Dr. Sybille Jung & team organized the #UniCamp2025 for schoolgirls interested in MINT @uni-saarland.de. They also visited @martinasester.bsky.social and myself to learn more about our jobs and career decisions - was a lot of fun! www.uni-saarland.de/verwaltung/g...