Nicolas Minc

It is with infinite sadness that we learned of the passing of Clarisse Orniacki.

She joined @vdoye.bsky.social lab and defended her thesis in December 2022 and pursued her career with a postdoc in‬ @tedfon.bsky.social at McGill University in Montreal .

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Head of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organisation, and one of the world’s leading research institutions. An intergovernmental organisation of 29 Member S...

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond.
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CDR2 is a dynein adaptor recruited by kinectin to regulate ER sheet organization, say Vanessa Teixeira, Reto Gassmann @rgassmann.bsky.social and colleagues @i3suporto.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Cytoskeleton #Biochemistry #Organelles

Upcoming seminar by Jan Brugues: Self-organization of the cytoplasm by physical instabilities at Institut Jacques Monod, Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:45. More info

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture

📅 July 11th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Tomorrow, Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the Institut Jacques Monod Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong"

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A multicellular star-shaped actin network underpins epithelial organization and connectivity - Nature Communications The combined role of cellular junctions and actomyosin networks in tissues remains unclear. Here, the authors identify a tissue-scale star-shaped network of actomyosin that preserves cell shape, limit...

Ever wished to become an actin star? 😎
Then try getting suspended above a non-adhesive substrate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This postdoc position is still open! Apply if you want to come work with us on asymmetric cell divisions in spiralian embryos! postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

Hello microscopy and imaging experts and enthusiasts!
We are looking for a staff scientist to join us here in Geneva to work on microscopy and image analysis projects! See the link for the job announcement (in French and in English).

Please apply and/or repost!

jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Registration is now open!

Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan

📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025

www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home

Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks

Registration and abstract submission for the 2025 SFP Physics & Life days are now open!
The meeting will be held on October 2-3 at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris. Deadline: September 5.
phys-life-2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
@sfp-physique.bsky.social

@ijmonod.bsky.social

Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…

Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio

meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture

📅 July 11th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Next week, Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the Institut Jacques Monod Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong"

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#JobOffer

💼 (M/F) Post-doctoral researcher in biophysics of the cytoskeleton
📅 September 1st
📍 Institut Jacques Monod / @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social Lab
🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before July 22th
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture

📅 July 11th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Invited by the ‪ijmonod.bsky.social‬ , Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the IJM Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong"

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@minclab.bsky.social‬

👋 Are you looking for a postdoc position? Do you think microtubules are fascinating? Then we might have the job for you! 2-year funded postdoc to join our lab!
👉 deadline 20/06
👇 check it out

www.godinholab.com

Upcoming seminar by Gijsje Koenderink: How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong at Institut Jacques Monod, Friday 11 July 2025 at 11:45. More info

💼 Postdoctoral Researcher Mechanobiology of Meningococcal Infection

📅 November 1st
📍 Daria Bonazzi's Lab

Apply before June 23st

🔗 www.ijm.fr/post-doc-m-f...

Save the date poster of the Physics & Life days, division of the French Physical Society.

Save the date for the 3rd edition of the Physics & Life days, division of the French Physical Society, October 2-3 at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris.
More info coming soon!
Co-organised with Silvia Grigolon & Morgan Chabanon.
@sfp-physique.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social

Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Fungal Cell Wall Research available to study the Malassezia-host interaction interface in the context of atopic dermatitis. @lableibundgut.bsky.social @neil-gow.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social
For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!

📣 Ce 15 mai 2025, Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo a été promue au grade d’Officier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite, par décret du Président de la République.

🔬 Cette distinction prestigieuse vient saluer son excellence scientifique dans le domaine de la biologie.

🔗 www.ijm.fr/virginie-cou...

✨We are looking for a PhD student interested in physical cell bio, imaging 🔬, biochemistry, #Xenopus 🐸 & #microtubules ✨

Join us @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!

✍️ The @minclab.bsky.social published a new article

📖 Current Biology
📃 Cell division: Size-scaling cytoplasmic flows transport chromosomes to the right spot
🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Thanks @minclab.bsky.social for the visit @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!

Grateful for the captivating talk and those stunning sea urchin embryo visuals! 🤩

Thanks simone for inviting! Ihad a great time!

🤝 Nouvel épisode du #PodcastCNRS avec Yannis Reignier, doctorant à l'@ijmonod.bsky.social dans l'équipe de @minclab.bsky.social

@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

Very much looking forward to the visit & seminar by Nicolas Minc @minclab.bsky.social 🌟 Big cells 🤩

How Large Cells Do It? : Cytoplasm Mechanics and Division Positioning Nicolas Minc April 30 4 PM SEMINAR ROOM 1+2 MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY, BERLIN

📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by Nicolas Minc @minclab.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ Wednesday, April 30
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41644...

Unlike eggs & mitotic cells, in adherent interphasic cells the centrosome is NOT positioned by a balance of forces along #microtubules, but by cell shape organization around the #centrosome: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
@lblanchoin.bsky.social
@manuelthery.bsky.social
@gelinmatthieu.bsky.social

Congrats jorge..well deserved!!