🚨Great News!🚨 Our latest preprint is now live on bioRxiv! We show that MAP65-1 and PRC1 facilitate microtubule nucleation on pre-existing lattices, particularly at sites with structural defects associated with mechanical stress. Congrats @marianattom.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Have you ever wondered how microtubules withstand and respond to mechanical stress in cells? Here we show by in vitro reconstitution assays that MAP65-1 and PRC1 promote microtubule nucleation on existing lattices, especially on those with structural irregularities linked to mechanical stress.

MAP65-1/PRC1 reinforces microtubules through nucleation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676082v1

Are you ready for a symposium dedicated to microtubule dynamics, function, and structure? 🙌 #EESMicrotubules will bring together researchers who share an interest in microtubule biology and its relevance to health and disease 🩺 💻 s.embl.org/ees26-09-bl#EESMicrotubules✒️ Submit your abstract by 11 March

Kinesin-induced buckling reveals the limits of microtubule self-repair https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.08.672697v1

Happy to share that our paper on Tau- Microtubule interaction is now published in Nature Physics!🥳 We show that Tau isn’t just a microtubule stabiliser - it promotes removal of defects in the microtubule lattice. Congratulations @subhambiswas.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excited to share that my paper on Tau–Microtubule interactions is now published in Nature Physics!🎉 Our work shows that tau goes beyond stabilizing microtubules—it also promotes the removal of defects in the microtubule lattice. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨We are hiring!!🚨 📢Our lab has two #ERC funded #PhD positions on an exciting project on cytoskeleton crosstalk to investigate how microtubules and vimentin intermediate filaments work together. For additional details, visit: biocytolab.com/jobs/ Please share/repost!

We have a PhD opening 🎓 at our lab in Saarbrücken, Germany! The project focuses on interactions between microtubules and intermediate filaments in the cytoskeleton, “crosstalk”. For additional information, visit: biocytolab.com