Tiago Dantas

Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. Livestream is planned too. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.

30.10.2025 14:18 — 👍 21    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 3

Removal of the Ciliary Gate Allows Axoneme Extension in the Absence of Retrograde IFT The transition zone (TZ) is a selective barrier that maintains ciliary compartmentalization by controlling protein entry and exit. Cilia assembly requires the crossing of this barrier by intraflagella...

Can #cilia grow without #dynein-2 mediated retrograde #IFT?👀

Yes, they can! Removing the ciliary gate lets trapped IFT components escape via diffusion & ciliary #EVs, driving axoneme elongation.
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

🧬 Work led with @dantas-lab.bsky.social, in collaboration with Peterman lab.

28.10.2025 11:39 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...

14.10.2025 13:50 — 👍 81    🔁 73    💬 0    📌 0

The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Pleasantine Mill to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Pleasantine Mill Pleasantine Mill is coordinating a JCS Special Issue, was recently interviewed on the Node as the 2025 BSDB Wolpert Medal winner and co-organised the 2024 DMM Journal Meeting. Pleasantine is a Group Leader at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, UK, investigating disease models and mechanisms of ciliopathies. #100biologists #biologists100

We are highlighting Pleasantine Mill, 2025 @bsdb.bsky.social Wolpert Medal winner, as an extraordinary biologist this week. Pleasantine is also coordinating a @jcellsci.bsky.social Special Issue and co-organised the 2024 @dmmjournal.bsky.social‬ Journal Meeting. #100biologists
@cilialab.bsky.social

03.06.2025 13:14 — 👍 53    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 3

Postdoc position in my lab: investigating how the microtubule motor protein dynein-2 works in cilia.

Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?

Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

30.04.2025 13:38 — 👍 65    🔁 34    💬 2    📌 2

Mark your calendars! The CSHA Cilia & Centrosomes meeting returns this November 2025, can’t wait for what’s sure to be an exceptional gathering of the community.

25.04.2025 14:58 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series

A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1

15.04.2025 07:56 — 👍 24    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 2

Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org

14.04.2025 08:42 — 👍 23    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 1

Many congratulations Pleasantine!

07.03.2025 10:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Solving 25 years of frustration, Daniel Abbühl managed to tag trypanosome tubulin and to express it in an inducible manner, hence revealing flagellum assembly! A tour-de-force!
Preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

11.02.2025 08:53 — 👍 45    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 3