🌟 Thrilled to share that my lab’s first publication is now out in @natmetabolism.nature.com. Congrats to the team 🎉 🧠 We discovered that neurons use endogenous fatty acids as an energy fuel, challenging long-standing models of sugars being the exclusive energy source for neurons. 1/3

Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio... #biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging

Join us for the first @embo.org meeting on Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology! Registrations are open, submit your abstract by November 14: we have plenty of slots for short talks! #EMBOMechanobio

I have a PhD student and an undergrad student positions open at the Institute of Biotechnology @helsinki.fi We are using reconstitution, cell and structural biology to study protein-membrane interactions and membrane microdomain formation. Links to calls below! Feel free to drop a message and share!

Halfway to I2K is BACK, friends of all kinds! Last year, 650 people attended 30+ TOTALLY FREE image analysis workshops of all kinds, across many timezones. If you make image analysis software and want to teach it, workshop submissions are open now! We'd love to have your tool highlighted.

Story on our Asgard microtubule paper by Nikki Greenwood: www.quantamagazine.org/tiny-tubes-r... Thanks to all interviewees🎤

For all of you #Actin folks ... It's out ! Happy to help at anypoint

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

Postdoc program at the MDC in Berlin, @mdc-berlin.bsky.social : take a look 👇👇 For this call, collaborative projects between two groups will be funded. Take a look at the call and the groups and drop me an email if interested. Share with colleagues too! www.mdc-berlin.de/postdocs#t-g...

Suomen Akatemia tuomitsee jyrkästi tutkijaan kohdistuvan häirinnän ja vihapuheen. ”In Finland, academic freedom is a core value. Researchers must be able to explore, question and share knowledge openly.” ”Let’s protect the freedom to do science, and the people who make it possible.”

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring a Research Assistant – no PhD needed! Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes. Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired 🧫🔬 Apply now 👉 www.nature.com/naturecareer... #STEMCareers #ResearchJobs

The EMBO workshop on ESCRT proteins is up and running at Caux Palace. The view from the hotel room to Lac Leman is rather amazing!

I'm grateful for the Research Council of Finland for granting me the Academy Research fellowship! After getting over the shock I will soon move back to Finland to start as a group leader at the Institute of Biotechnology @helsinki.fi. Looking for a PhD student soon! www.aka.fi/en/about-us/...

🧪Hey Sciencers, We're looking to make a library of 50-100 plasmids that differ in ~60bp stretch. The differences will be designed (not random). The library will then be screened for a phenotype. What is the best way to do this? Cost is an issue.

It's fellowship season in the EU. If you want to talk and join our group at the amazing MDC in Berlin on a fellowship, please write me an email. We do cryo-EM/ET, membrane proteins, data science/AI, our work: scholar.google.com/citations?so... Fellowships: Marie Curie, EMBO, HFSP, Humboldt...

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

We have a new review out! In this Microscopy & Microanalysis piece, Louisa Mezache and I survey some of the latest commercially available microscope technologies: Nikon NSPARC, Re-scan Gaia, CSR Biotech MI-SIM, refinements to STED, SMLM from Bruker and Abbelight… Check it out with free access:

Fresh from the press! @lankylaste.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social and I put together a practical guide on how to develop software for life science applications.

ESCRT-III is an ancient complex, present in Archaea, with only two proteins and all membrane remodelling functions. Great work by @javierespadas.bsky.social, @diorgeps.bsky.social, @sami-c.bsky.social, thanks to the @buzzbaum.bsky.social lab! Drawing by Julie Polge. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Exciting news! #MembraneTrafficking online seminars with @felixmendu.bsky.social @franbottanelli.bsky.social and me are back! Check the spectacular Jan-April 2025 lineup. Details (Zoom links, calendar invites) on the mailing list, Slack group & website: felixcampelo.wixsite.com/membranetraf...

Continuing the peer review discussion: @katherine-brown.bsky.social on principles for effective peer review: 1) Be respectful to authors 2) Request reasonable revisions 3) Focus on whether data support the conclusions 4) Be transparent about expertise limits thenode.biologists.com/peer-review-...

Are you a San Diego local or coming to #CellBio2024? Come join our very special #SciArt Show & Reception on Dec 17, bringing together amazing researchers and artists who have been inspired by the wonders of biology. Please spread the word and RSVP here: beatascienceart.com/artshow2024/

Did you know that FocalPlane now has a #cellbio events calendar? This runs alongside our #microscopy calendar, which is powered by MicroscopyDB. You’re welcome to upload your cell bio event on FocalPlane or use the calendar to help plan your year! focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...

Registration is open for the 2025 iteration of the wonderful @EMBOevents workshop on cell polarity and membrane dynamics #EMBOcellPolarity25 I am organizing with Ed Munro! Wonderful lineup wonderful please please sign up and share! meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...

#MYCOscopy Tip: We rely on SUM projection images for our screening of fluorescent protein/dye content in fungal cells. It's common to use MAX projection for illustration, but for quantitative mesaurments we use SUM. Please contribute to this discussion if there are more insights!

Two exciting #MembraneSeminars this week! Thu, 5 Dec 5.00 PM CET / 11.00 AM EST Jonathon Nixon-Abell (CIMR, Univ. Cambridge, UK) Protein-lipid phase coupling in lysosomal transport Itay Budin (UCSD, CA, USA) New tools for visualizing lipid trafficking between and across organelle membranes

Last night I noticed this giant haploid cerevisiae cell in a plate full of normal cells - so decided to image it overnight. It did nothing for 6 hours then a giant daughter budded and the mother exploded - wtf?

Well said @frankmartela.bsky.social ! Although it’s about running multibillion dollar international companies, many of these principles apply to lab leadership too! Probably even more than in companies. I recommend checking this one out if you want to improve your leadership skills 👏👏👏

One of my favorite images: a platinum replica electron microscopy shot of an unroofed cancer cell migrating along collagen fibers (blue). It beautifully captures the clathrin-coated pits (red, ~100 nm) and the intricate network of branched actin filaments (orange) 🔬

Hello folks! I'm looking for recommendations for antibodies against ER exit site and ERGIC proteins that work for immunofluorescence in mouse fibroblasts. Bonus internet points and gratitude for anyone who recommends a nice antibody for TANGO1.

Interested in #organelle biogenesis, subcellular #membrane #protein targeting or #LipidMetabolism? We are hiring! #PhD student or #postdoc. We combine #Biochemistry & #CellBiology with Computational Modeling & Experimental Physics / Physical Chemistry approaches. #research #academicsky #AcademicJob

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! The recordings of the #Virtual #I2K2024 workshops are available now tinyurl.com/VirtualI2K20... Thanks to all who presented! Please re-share! 2022 and 2023 content available too: www.youtube.com/@I2KConference

This is a must-read for everyone. I guess we all know the problem exists and there are ways to fix it if we take it seriously ⬇️

Hey everyone! Just joined Bluesky! 👋 I’m a postdoc at @rouxlab.bsky.social, working with minimal reconstituted in vitro systems to study the mechanical properties of membranes and how they undergo remodeling. Expect posts mostly about science, with some curiosity and fun sprinkled in. Let’s connect!

We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at: @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social

@lblanchoin.bsky.social and I have been partner in crime for many years and it was the best move of our carreers

A very nice work from @drubin.bsky.social lab! They studied the role of intersectin as an organizer of the protein interaction network in clathrin mediated endocytosis. This one goes to our journal club with @kaksonen.bsky.social lab!

This diagram was made by Christine Liu, PhD - creator of two photon art @christineliuart.bsky.social I think you’ll love it :) @odedrechavi.bsky.social

The article that gives a fatal blow for science-twitter and crashes Bluesky servers! I saw this yesterday evening and at the very same moment Bluesky stopped working! 😂

This looks very handy, all the tools l used whole yesterday in one dropdown menu! Time to update Fiji!

#ExM has transformed how we perceive the microbial diversity all around us. Some gorgeous critters from the @EMBLHeidelberg pond - DNA red, centrin yellow, tubulin gray, images by @fmikus.bsky.social Bonus points if you identify at least 4! Want more? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #PlanExM

I have created a starter pack of scientists in der Schweiz so we can all hopefully find each other 🇨🇭🧪 go.bsky.app/8rF765Z

Introductory post on 🦋! We're a research group headed by Prof. Johanna Ivaska interested in understanding how integrins contribute to every step of cancer progression. We're located at the Turku Bioscience Center in Turku, Finland! Find out more about us and our interests here: ivaskalab.utu.fi

This Thursday we are back with the #MembraneTrafficking seminars, with two exciting talks! Louise Fougère (@yohannboutte.bsky.social lab) will talk about #ER export in plants, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz about #lysosome engulfment of ERES under starvation. Join us Thursday at 5pm CET!

Hello BlueSky! Just arrived 😁

Ok, trying to bring my community back together... I created a starter pack for lipids and membrane protein aficionados! Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍 go.bsky.app/AEeXh86

Life of a scientist

This should be a part of the starter kit at every academic research position from master’s students to PIs!

I’ve just posted our latest #preprint list on #FocalPlane. This week we focus on research that has applied #microscopy to answer questions in #biology. Drop me a message if you’ve been reading any cool preprints (from the last 6 weeks) that I’ve missed. focalplane.biologists.com/2024/11/15/m...

Today we launch the new @henriqueslab.bsky.social research group account, as a way to share the new journey of our lab🥳 Here is a sneak peek of our (still very raw) new home at ITQB NOVA👩‍🔬 Follow us for glimpses of the everyday life of research at the "AI-driven Optical Biology" Lab!🔬🧪