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Sara Wickstrom

@sarawickstrom.bsky.social

Stem cell and mechanobiologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine and University of Helsinki

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Check out this exciting meeting and register! Fantastic line-up of speakers on cell biology of the nucleus and a great venue πŸ”₯

01.08.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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1 month to abstract deadline for the first cell biology of the nucleus meeting at @embl.org in many years - organised by the stellar @luskinglab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Tom Quail & Simone Koehler

Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❀️

#EESNucleus

23.07.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Hi Christophe, what is this place called? Need to go to Brussels and this looks like an amazing option

21.07.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SARCOMERES divide! Mechanism how muscles grow while contracting - daughter sarcomeres appear everywhere. Seen live, registered on our cover. Pioneered by @clementrodier.bsky.social @friedrich-group.bsky.social Ian Estabrook @ibdm.bsky.social $ by @hfspo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

10.07.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Join an amazing lab developing cutting edge genetic tools at a fantastic institute (I might be slight biased about the latter 😬)

26.06.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join us for some fantastic science on #cancer #stemcells in beautiful πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ή There is still time to apply/join us & watch out for late breaking abstracts!

22.06.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FINALLY out in #Science Advances! πŸŽ‰
3 years of hard work, a fantastic team β€” and I’m proud to be first and co-corresponding author!

It's about Plexin signaling driving collective cell migration & organ sculpting. Check out the videos πŸ˜€

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#DevBio #CellBio #Microscopy

18.06.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4

#Job alert: #Postdoc position in the Iden lab within the new #DFG #SPP2493 consortium #HetCCI @hetcci.bsky.social ci.bsky.social‬. Please share, or apply if you want to dissect epithelial:non-epithelial cell-cell interactions: https://shorturl.at/W3M5z #CellCellCommunication #epithelia #cellbiology

11.06.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm helping organize the 2026 Signaling by Adhesion Receptors GRC and would love your speaker suggestions! We're especially looking for assistant professors or new community members who would enrich the meeting. Send your suggestions via PRIVATE message or email. Thanks!

31.05.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The GRC on Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules earlier this month was a fantastic meeting.

Good work @tanentzapflab.bsky.social and @sarawickstrom.bsky.social for organising.

www.grc.org/fibronectin-...

23.05.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations Alexandra and Pat! The community could not have wished for better chairs!

16.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Honored to have been elected with Patrick Caswell @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social co-chair of the 2029 Gordon Research Conference on Fibronectin, Integrins, and Related Molecules!
We have big shoes to fill: www.grc.org/fibronectin-..., but are up for the challenge!

12.05.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@sarawickstrom.bsky.social

🎀Mechanical regulation of cell states

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15.05.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Bluesky science community!
Rocha Lab has finally arrived!
I'm excited to introduce our team and the science we're working on in future posts. Can’t wait to connect and see what everyone has been up to!

10.05.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night fun with the young and young-minded ❀️ @akistubb.bsky.social @samstehbens.bsky.social @seemagrewal.bsky.social @kevinchalut.bsky.social @johannaengland.bsky.social Siiri Salomaa

10.05.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolute privilege to chair the Fibronectin, Integrins and related molecules GRC with @tanentzapflab.bsky.social Great community, fantastic science and lots of fun 🀩

10.05.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for coming and sharing your exciting science!

10.05.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had an amazing time at the Fibronectin-integrin GRC! This community is filled with so many smart and welcoming people as well as cutting - edge science, it was really one of the best meetings I've been to.
Thanks again @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @tanentzapflab.bsky.social for organizing!!

10.05.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Caren, Cambridge is lucky to have you!

08.05.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks for an amazing meeting GRC Fibronectin, integrins and related molecules @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Guy

08.05.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to @tanentzapflab.bsky.social & @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, chairs of an excellent Fibronectin, Integrins & Related Molecules GRC & to @martina-lerche.bsky.social & @mchastney.bsky.social for chairing the GRS. We look forward to Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke & Tom Barker's 2027 meeting!

08.05.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations 🍾

07.05.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the 2025 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows

Eight developmental and stem cell biologists transitioning from postdoc to principal investigator

journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

07.05.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 11
Poster for a Royal Society funded workshop on β€œgenerative biology” at the interface between synthetic and developmental biology. The workshop is scheduled for 20-21 October 2025, and features the following speakers: Philip Ball, David BrΓΌckner, Francesca Ceroni, Jamie Davies, Pulin Li, Mattias Malaguti, Yolanda Schaerli, Ricard SolΓ©, Berna Sozen, Ben Steventon, Jared Toettcher, Vikas Trivedi, Berta Verd, Sara WickstrΓΆm. Places available for short talks and posters

Poster for a Royal Society funded workshop on β€œgenerative biology” at the interface between synthetic and developmental biology. The workshop is scheduled for 20-21 October 2025, and features the following speakers: Philip Ball, David BrΓΌckner, Francesca Ceroni, Jamie Davies, Pulin Li, Mattias Malaguti, Yolanda Schaerli, Ricard SolΓ©, Berna Sozen, Ben Steventon, Jared Toettcher, Vikas Trivedi, Berta Verd, Sara WickstrΓΆm. Places available for short talks and posters

Can using synthetic approaches to build biology help teach us the design principles of how embryos build themselves? πŸ‘·β€β™€οΈπŸ”§

If this is a question that interests you, come and share your thoughts at this Royal Society Workshop on Generative Biology

www.royalsoc.ac.uk/science-even...

30.04.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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The awesome Helene Kretzmer and I are looking to recruit a join computational PhD student. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis, so don't wait! Any questions get in touch. We are looking forward.

28.04.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œJoin the Pigino Lab! We’re hiring a PhD student to explore primary cilia biology using advanced imaging, spatial β€˜omics, and AI. Apply now at www.cilia-ai.eu and be part of the Cilia-AI Doctoral Network!”

19.02.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
2025 Collagen Conference GRC The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Collagen will be held in New London, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.

Curious about collagen??
There is an amazing program for the Collagen Gordon in New Hampshire this year.
We have ample speaker slots reserved for abstract submissions.

Come and join us!

www.grc.org/collagen-con...
July 6 - 11, 2025

www.grc.org/collagen-grs...
July 5 - 6, 2025

Doug,Rachel,Alex

28.04.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ’₯🚨🚨🚨WEDNESDAY! Please join us for the GOA seminar of @sarawickstrom.bsky.social

28.04.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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