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Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...

Very cool radioactive fungus news

From @chelleraiser.bsky.social

www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...

BMP-dependent mobilization of fatty acid metabolism promotes Caenorhabditis elegans survival on a bacterial pathogen Editor's choice: Host metabolism may impact response to infection. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a conserved cell signaling pathway regulates fatty acid metabolism upon pathogen exposure, leading to impr...

Something to be thankful for ~ our paper on the intersection of fatty acid metabolism and host-pathogen response in #Celegans is now published in DMM!

journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

We should definitely try this..

Highly recommend 💪

Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

Check out the awesome new website of my favourite club!

Rats when they heard bats called "rats with wings"

Wow! we didn’t expect this kind of response! 🚀
Huge amount of papers were uploaded in the past two hours, and our servers are feeling it, so we’ve temporarily reinstated a waitlist. We’ll gradually let everyone in, don’t worry. Thank you for the incredible enthusiasm and support!

A flyer for the Bioimage Analysis Beginnings Bootcamp - blue and white with a picture of cells on the top. It says "Learn core bioimage analysis skills using open-source tools for light microscopy. Open to participants at all skill levels." It also says it will be held a the Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge MA USA, on Monday to Friday January 12th-16, 2026, from 9-5pm. Registration is $750 academic, $1250 industry, and applications are open at broad.io/BAB3

Big news! Our week-long #bioimageanalysis bootcamp is BACK! Learn how to think about bioimage analysis like the pros do, learn what corrections you should (and shouldn't!) apply to your images, learn open source tools, and more. Apply NOW at broad.io/BAB3 for our January 2026 course!

📣 It is my pleasure to announce our recent review with Margherita on the current approaches, challenges, and perspectives in studying human maternal-fetal interface using in vitro models www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce... 🚀✨️

Gómez-González, M., Latorre, E., Arroyo, M., & Trepat, X. (2020). Measuring mechanical stress in living tissues. Nature Reviews Physics, #EpithelialMechanics www.nature.com/articles/s42...

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Happy to share the last version of our story @currentbiology.bsky.social on the role of interfacial tension in mechanical cell competition led by @leovalon.bsky.social and Alexis Matamoro Vidal
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

So proud that my picture is used to advertise this year's fete de la science at @institutcurie.bsky.social !

FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - FocalPlane FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - News

Join us this Thursday for our mini-symposium with the membrane trafficking webinar series
Featuring talks from @nickader.bsky.social, @maiblab.bsky.social and Mónica Quiñones-Frías, and a keynote lecture from Gillian Griffiths @griffithslab.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/09/16/f...

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🎉🎉
@hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social
@profjudiallen.bsky.social

2025 Ig Physics Nobel Prize goes to perfect pasta sauce The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly also makes people hungry: ISTA physicist Fabrizio Olmeda and colleagues resear...

Delighted to see that this year's Ig Nobel Physics Prize is about the phase behavior of Cacio e pepe sauce.

Paper: pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/arti...

Pop Sci article: phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔊 Paper alert
1/ Tuft cells are perhaps the coolest cells in our gut orchestrating host defense, but how do they manage? @julian-buissant.bsky.social provides new insights into tuft cell differentiation, and the development of accurate in vitro models for experimental cell biology 🧫🔬🧬
rdcu.be/exou9

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is beta-catenin - illuminating adherens junctions! 🧫

Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to reduce the barriers to scientific discovery.

📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social

Love this

Just one more week left to get an application in! Starting my lab at the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social has been a fantastic opportunity that shaped me as a scientist!

CLEM-Reg: an automated point cloud-based registration algorithm for volume correlative light and electron microscopy - Nature Methods CLEM-Reg automates the three-dimensional alignment of volume correlative light and electron microscopy datasets by leveraging probabilistic point cloud registration techniques for fast and accurate re...

Super happy to see CLEM-Reg out in @natmethods.nature.com! A short thread on the algorithm behind it and how to try it out for yourself🧵(1/9)

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

Failing to see the lunar eclipse in Paris, we were compensated with a gorgeous sunset

OK--fluorescent protein friends. We want an antibody to TagRFP that works in immunofluorescence. Any suggestions? Re-post please

Important story dissecting the mechanism of gut cell extrusion using organoids. Local heterogeneity of tension promotes live extrusion and basal relaxation is sufficient to kick the cell out. Nice combination of optogenetics and live imaging to demonstrate this
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

This is figure 1, which shows tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations and correlation with demographic data and clinical in vitro fertilization outcomes.

Cannabis use may be associated with an increased rate of egg maturation and number of embryos with an incorrect number of chromosomes according to a retrospective study involving patients undergoing IVF, published in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4m4ps4j #medsky #reprosky 🧪

Tsai, T. Y. C., Sikora, M., Xia, P., Colak-Champollion, T., Knaut, H., Heisenberg, C. P., & Megason, S. G. (2020). An adhesion code ensures robust pattern formation during tissue morphogenesis. Science, #EpithelialMechanics doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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