Make a long weekend of it, combine with the UK Microtubule meeting in Edinburgh on 11th May 2026 (biology.ed.ac.uk/microtubule) and see some of the best bits of the UK on the way. Both meetings will offer oral presentation opportunities and sustainable travel bursaries.

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.

Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026. Deadline: 20 December 2025 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton#cytoskeleton#research#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪

This has been a very long time coming, but we have finally released our cell shape and shape dynamics visualisation and analysis tool. Preprint is out, Github is public, datasets are on Zenodo, all linked from bioRxiv. Any trouble using it, let me know.

Don't forget that applications for the Lister Prize remain open until midnight on Monday 29 September! lister-institute.org.uk/applications...

🚨 Only 3 weeks left to register! 🚨 Don’t miss the 3rd DivIDE Conference in Barcelona (22–25 September 2025). Connect with leading researchers, join lively discussions, and explore new ideas - all in a beautiful Mediterranean setting. 👉 More information and registration: www.divide-conference.com

A day to fangirl: Ron Vale visiting CMCB at Warwick University today. Cool to share stories on dynein and kinesin collaboration in bidirectional transport and hear about his efforts in sharing the beauty of biology and process of science

Congratulations to Dr Jess Bithell who heroically facilitated most of the motors in quarantine sessions in parallel to her PhD studies. Vivas are also always a demonstration of Straube lab member creativity and skill in designing cakes and cards. Can you guess what Jess worked on?

Looking forward to the Physics within the Cell workshop on 16th June. Join if you want to discuss molecular motors and intracellular transport with me. More info here: iop.eventsair.com/pwtc2025/

Great to be back in Edinburgh for the UK microtubule meeting. Thanks to Julie Welburn who has been keeping it going for 10 years. Excellent science, the annual hike and a ceilidh to look forward to.

Glorious weather at British orienteering championships in the Lake District this weekend. Deleted X app, hoping that it will be blue skies forever now...

Great to see our story on dynein & kinesin co-dependence published www.nature.com/articles/s41..., and absolutely chuffed that it's made the front cover (thanks NSMB!). A brilliant News & Views too by Steven Markus www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Collab between @carter-lab.bsky.social & Straube lab🔬

Late to the party, I know, but finally making the move to where the sky is bluer and the grass is greener.