Live on Oct 7, the MBoC 2025 Early Career Award Webinar (Part 1) runs 12β1 pm ET.
> Keynote: Margaret Gardel (UChicago)
> lightning talks from UCSF, UVM, ETH Zurich, Cambridge & Harvard
> moderation by John Aitchison
Free to attend β www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting... #ASCB #CellBiology
24.09.2025 12:15 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
βPlease inhibit responsibly: Natural and synthetic actin toxins as useful tools in cell biologyβ
I had a lot of fun going down different actin inhibitor rabbit holes with @onishilab.bsky.social on this perspective!
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/cms/10.1091/...
16.09.2025 01:31 β π 34 π 13 π¬ 0 π 1
Weβre organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz β pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
18.09.2025 08:50 β π 59 π 31 π¬ 0 π 2
Allocation of resources among multiple daughter cells. New study from Alison Wirshing, Daniel Lew and colleagues @mit.edu: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Cytoskeleton #Development
09.09.2025 14:16 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Paris Cytoskeleton Day 2025 - Sciencesconf.org
Which city is the best for Cytoskeleton research?
Dresden? Barcelona? Cambridge ? Noooo ... you all know its Paris, right? π
Registering to the annual meeting on Friday 14th of November is now open:
pcd2025.sciencesconf.org
Keynote speeches by @carter-lab.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht !
09.09.2025 12:32 β π 37 π 20 π¬ 2 π 0
A new #UExM probe for #Actin!
Fun times thinking/developing/testing with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @lreymond.bsky.social !
Congrats to all !
If interested in #UExM, or #HAK-Actin, feel free to reach out !
Soon available at @spirochrome.com
#Expansion #Microscopy #ProtistsOnSky
28.08.2025 07:16 β π 45 π 19 π¬ 3 π 0
π±βοΈ How do plant cells decide where to divide?
Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rulesβguiding cells to divide in alternative orientations.
#PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis
@camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
25.08.2025 08:34 β π 57 π 30 π¬ 3 π 0
Microtubules: the architect of muscles. Watch how microtubules transport mitochondria in proximity to energy consuming sarcomeres in muscles of flies and mice. @jeromeavellaneda.bsky.social @nunoluis.bsky.social @ibdm.bsky.social with @gomeslabo.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
21.07.2025 12:52 β π 50 π 22 π¬ 1 π 0
We have used many microwells to confine biochemical reactions in our recent studies. We wanted to share the protocol for preparing and characterizing microwells; this protocol is now published here : www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
@manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social
17.07.2025 07:20 β π 28 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1
#science 𧬠| Non, ce ne sont ni les slips de Superman, ni ceux de Walter White dans Breaking Bad.
Cβest une cellule ... et la mΓͺme photographiΓ©e 36 fois.
Sensation, adaptation, mΓ©moireβ¦ la cellule est plus futΓ©e quβon ne le croit π€―.
Pour en savoir plus π youtu.be/dX4rDXLJAdI
18.07.2025 07:17 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
We also give examples of imaging and functionalization to study actin-related processes.
17.07.2025 07:20 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
We detail the equipment and protocol for microwell manufacture, as well as characterization and quality control.
17.07.2025 07:20 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
We have used many microwells to confine biochemical reactions in our recent studies. We wanted to share the protocol for preparing and characterizing microwells; this protocol is now published here : www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...
@manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social
17.07.2025 07:20 β π 28 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1
π¬ From JCBβs July issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): a PtK2 cell plated on a micropattern and injected with low doses of soluble actin (orange) and tubulin (blue) in order to generate speckles along the corresponding filaments. From @manuelthery.bsky.social group (rupress.org/jcb/article/...).
14.07.2025 15:05 β π 24 π 5 π¬ 0 π 3
this focused issue includes a great method by @alexandra-colin.bsky.social to make closed microwell in order to encapsulate your favorite reconstitution mix in compartments of controled size and shape. π΄π₯π»β€οΈ
09.07.2025 17:17 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Frontiers | Reconstitution Methods in Cell Biology
Reconstitution of cellular phenomena is a powerful approach for investigating the biochemical and biophysical processes that sustain life. Cell-free reconsti...
Interested in reconstitution methods? Love cell biology? Check out the accepted manuscripts in our Research Topic on Reconstitution Methods in Cell Biology! We are still open for submissions so if you're writing something exciting this summer, send it here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
09.07.2025 13:54 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Want to brush up your French? Check the summary of our work with @stefvass.bsky.social, βPlongΓ©e au cΕur de l'endocytose axonaleβ, just out in the June issue of MΓ©decine/Science! Open access here: www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...
And we got the cover π
08.07.2025 09:08 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0
Come and Join our Dpt in Beautiful #Geneva !
We are looking for a #Microscopy & #Image #Analysis expert to help all of us at the Dpt.
08.07.2025 04:24 β π 34 π 25 π¬ 0 π 0
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
07.07.2025 10:54 β π 4 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1
Just out: we used SReD to measure the periodicity of spectrin rings along axons, finely capturing the effect of actin depolymerization. This and many more applications β‘οΈ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Another great collab with @henriqueslab.bsky.social, congrats @afonsomendes92.bsky.social et al π
02.07.2025 12:20 β π 27 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
AML patient blasts exhibit polarization defects upon interaction with bone marrow stromal cells.
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Work by Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social @institut-leucemie.bsky.social and co-workers.
02.07.2025 05:55 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Exciting news: our Board of Trustees has appointed @monicabettencourt.bsky.social as the CRG's new Director. Prof Bettencourt-Dias is expected to take up the post in 2026, replacing Dr. Luis Serrano, who will continue to maintain a research group at the institute.
www.crg.eu/en/news/moni...
01.07.2025 08:59 β π 96 π 18 π¬ 5 π 7
Les membres du Conseil scientifique de l'ENS-PSL partagent la vive inquiΓ©tude des personnels d'@universcience.bsky.social sur le devenir du @palaisdecouverte.bsky.social et s'associent Γ la pΓ©tition en cours.
En savoir plus π https://bit.pulse.ly/b1pitkbaaa
26.06.2025 14:59 β π 5 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
A picture of 3 rows of people on steps at the MRC LMB. From left to right - top row: Akaash, Vic, Lara - Middle row: Kerrie, Manu, Paddy - bottom row: Meg and Julie
π¨ JOB ALERT π¨
We're hiring a Research Assistant β no PhD needed!
Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes.
Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired π§«π¬
Apply now π www.nature.com/naturecareer...
#STEMCareers #ResearchJobs
23.06.2025 13:00 β π 48 π 32 π¬ 1 π 5
π¬ Vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur les mΓ©daillΓ©s 2025 de CNRS Biologie ?
π
Rendez-vous chaque jour pour dΓ©couvrir deux portraits de nos laurΓ©ats : leur parcours, leurs travaux, leur passion pour la recherche ! ‡οΈ
17.06.2025 09:30 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Merci Adrien !
23.06.2025 05:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Merci Marie Emilie :)
22.06.2025 07:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Merci StΓ©phane !
19.06.2025 12:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Prof at University of Michigan, Cell & Developmental Biology. Microtubules, Motor Proteins, Microscopy.
Assistant professor of Botany @science.ubc.caβ¬. My lab works on cell division and beyond.
Lab website: https://www.ashraflab.com/
Our group at LMU Munich and @mpibiochem.bsky.social uses DNA nanotechnology to develop next-generation super-resolution microscopy techniques. #DNAPAINT
We run a series of weekly online seminars on Morphogenesis! Our talks run the gamut from cell/tissue biology to theoretical analysis/modelling. Open to all.
ucammorphogenesisseries.wordpress.com
Structural Biochemistry Department at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
PhD, Postdoc @ Piel Lab @institut_curie/Scita Lab @IFOM. ESPCI Engineer π¬π₯¨π₯ LβOrΓ©al UNESCO Jeune Talent 2021. Cell Bio,biophysics,Bcell lover
CNRS researcher working at the Laboratoire de Biochimie ThΓ©orique (LBT), in the Institut de biologie physico chimique (IBPC) in Paris.
#RNA #Enzymes #compchem #molecularSimulations
We are all about mosquitoes, viruses and single cells!
Insect Infection and Immunity - Merkling Lab
@CNRS.fr @Pasteur.fr @ERC.europa.eu
#newPI #DiversityEquityInclusion #ally π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
https://aedes-cell-atlas.pasteur.cloud/
Personally done with meiosis I. Professionally in love with it.
Permanent researcher at I2BC π«π· Arabidopsis π± Sordaria π Genetics/Genomics 𧬠Fixed and live imaging π¬.
#meiosis4ever her/she
Project leader in Institut Necker-Enfants Malades π«π· Research topics: Mechanobiology, Autophagy, Kidney Physiology and Pathologies.
ICMUB (institut de chimie molΓ©culaire de l'UniversitΓ© de Bourgogne)
UniversitΓ© Bourgogne Europe / CNRS / Dijon, France
https://icmub.ube.fr/
Microtubule & intermediate filament aficionada
I'm a scientist at Tufts University; my lab studies anatomical and behavioral decision-making at multiple scales of biological, artificial, and hybrid systems. www.drmichaellevin.org
Core Facility Manager: High-Resolution Microscopy || PhD Student || Microtubules || Cytoskeleton || Microscopy π¬
Biocytolab.com
Molecular Cell Biophysics || Microtubules || In vitro reconstitution || Lattice Dynamics || Vimentin || Crosstalk || π± || π¬
- Research Group of Laura Schaedel at @uni-saarland.de || biocytolab.com
Walter Benjamin Post-doctoral Fellow at Saarland University β’ Trained cell biologist who fell in love with mechanobiology π±
Assistant professor, University of Groningen, NL.
Studying bacterial toxins and actin cytoskeleton using cryo-EM.
Associate prof @umontreal-en.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair
Biophysics, Developmental biology, Mechanical Modeling, 3D imaging
Learning from plants.
Microscopist and Bio-Image Analyst for the BioImaging and Optics Platform https://biop.epfl.ch/ at EPFL
https://nicolas.chiaruttini.org