ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social and EMBO @embo.org communities - Snezhka @alebenoit.bsky.social and I are Co-Chairs of the CellBio 2026 program committee. Please share that June 9th is the standard abstract deadline - earlier than in the past. Please submit an abstract and join us in San Diego!

New study from Bacher et al. in the @mattwelchlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social finds evidence for considerable evolutionary flexibility in the mechanism and regulation of microbial #actin-based #motility. rupress.org/jcb/article-... #Cytoskeleton #Microbiology #Rickettsia

New @jcb.org study from Bacher et al. in the @mattwelchlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social finds evidence for considerable evolutionary flexibility in the mechanism and regulation of microbial #actin-based #motility. rupress.org/jcb/article-... #Cytoskeleton #Microbiology #Rickettsia

Our most recent paper "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" is now out in @jcb.org! Check it out here: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

All Friends of Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social please consider making a donation to support our students, science, and department culture during today's Big Give givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/1...

Congratulations to MCB faculty David Bilder, Rebecca Heald, James Hurley and Gary Karpen on receiving Miller Research Professorship Awards! 👏🎉 @bilderlab.bsky.social @jimhurley.bsky.social mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congratulations to MCB's Dan Portnoy on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Advising Outstanding Faculty Advisor award from Berkeley’s Council on Advising and Student Services! 🎉👏 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve...

Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being selected as a 2025 Protein Society Fellow @proteinsociety.bsky.social! 👏🎉

Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar @valleefoundation.bsky.social! 🎉👏 thevalleefoundation.org/news/2025-va...

Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on receiving the ASBMB 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids @asbmb.bsky.social! 👍🎉

Our newest preprint on bioRxiv ‪@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" reveals surprising evolutionary flexibility in the mechanisms of Rickettsia actin-based motility www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098

Congratulations James @olzmannlab.bsky.social for being elected an ASCB Fellow!

Exciting research out of the Nayak lab! 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/s...

And another one for MCB's Yvette Fisher @yvetteefisher.bsky.social! 🔥Congrats on being named a @hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars

Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a @hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏 www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

Congrats to MCB's Yang Dan & Donald Rio on their election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! 👏🎉 www.amacad.org/new-members-...

Thanks Wendy @wendyingram.bsky.social and Dragonfly @dragonflymh.bsky.social for your pioneering work promoting mental health wellness in academia. MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social appreciates your efforts and expertise. news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/21/a...

Congrats to MCB's Diana Bautista and David Bilder for being named as AAAS Fellows @aaas.org! @bilderlab.bsky.social 👏 🎉https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/27/seven-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/

Congrats to MCB faculty David Raulet and graduate student Elle Andrews on receiving 2025 Berkeley Graduate Mentoring Awards! 👏🎉 @davidraulet.bsky.social grad.berkeley.edu/news/celebra...

Congratulations to MCB undergraduates Carolyn Nguyen (Nuñez Lab), Karla Tapia (Hurley Lab), Shriprithi Vel Murugan (Hurley Lab), and Selina Wu (Hurley Lab) who were recently named Spring 2025 Ignite Scholars by the Bakar Fellows Program! 👏 bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellow...

Our #berkeleyMCB community is already coming together to make a BIG impact for #CalBigGive! As a special incentive, once we receive 100 gifts 🎁 it will unlock 2 special donations from members of our community. Please help us meet this funding challenge! bit.ly/BigGiveMCB25

Interesting analysis of the amazing economic activity fueled by NIH-funded research - a return on investment of $2.56 for every $1 in awards: www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

I'm glad to have attended two Stand up for Science #standupforscience rallies last Friday, including this one at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social -https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding

Good crowd at #standupforscience in San Francisco and great speeches by CA State Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social and Stanford (also former UC Berkeley) professor Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social

I've been off of social media for some time now and surprisingly glad to be back on again!