#HappyNewYear ! Let's start 2026 with a @cellcommlab.bsky.social paper How many branches is OK during #CellMigration? It depends on the #cell: for ex. immune cells are just fine. In collab. w. #NirGov @hfspo.bsky.social Full www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @focalplane.bsky.social @science.org 🧪🔬

How do migrating cell groups balance force and flexibility? Our new preprint shows that RhoGAP15B downregulates RhoA–Myosin activity to stabilise protrusions and enable efficient collective migration in vivo. Happy New Year! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... A myosin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation disrupts the super-relaxed state and boosts contractility by enhanced actin attachment

Spatial inhibition of RhoA by RhoGAP15B promotes protrusive activity during collective cell migration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Paclitaxel induces NM2-dependent cellular contraction independent of microtubule acetylation in live cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Atypical E-cadherin attachments mediate melanoblast migration through confined epithelial spaces rupress.org/jcb/article-...

Multiplex mapping of protein–protein interaction interfaces www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Join the Reck-Peterson lab in NYC as a HHMI Research Technician! This role will support our new work on the cell biology of secondary metabolite production in filamentous fungi. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

If you had to read one thing, next to whatever fireplace, waiting for Santa... well that's your read !

How does the axonal sub-membrane periodic cytoskeleton develop? Nick & Rohan from our lab found that building blocks are delivered in packets and co-assemble locally with actin for final structure. Fun collaboration with imaging Guru @christlet.bsky.social and his team. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

(1/n) What if you never had to make your bed? What if your laundry could fold itself? Folding is everywhere around us - but did you know that folding flat sheets are at the ❤️ of diversity of shapes in the animal world - since 500 million years ago. Our latest work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nudC...

Tracking coordinated cellular dynamics directly from images -- New method paper by labmates @bgraedel.bsky.social & @macdobry.bsky.social ! Python package & @napari.org plugin, all the good stuff: Paper: doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... Code: github.com/pertzlab/arc... Plugin: github.com/pertzlab/arc...

To help you select the right assay for a given application, we critically assessed and compared in vitro/in vivo assays to measure cell migration. Read and use our paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Contact me if you need a PDF of the paper.

The Center is a wonderful collaboration with scientists extraordinaire @taijamakinenlab.bsky.social Kari Vaahtomeri and Cecilia Sahlgren. We are all recruiting, so keep an eye on our website If you are looking for a postdoc position 😀

Awesome opportunity to figure out the role of cytoplasmic bridges in choanos (or mESCs, if you're into those things somehow)

Congratulations to Prof. Omaya Dudin for receiving the Friedrich Miescher Award 2026! Find out more: www.ls2.ch/awards/fried... Prof. Dudin will present his award lecture at the LS2 Annual Meeting 2026 in Zurich: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026 @dudinlab.bsky.social @fmiscience.bsky.social

Talin didn’t evolve for integrins... integrins evolved for talin 🤯 pN force coupling via talin is ancient, conserved from amoebae to humans; signaling came later. Read this amazing paper here 👇🏽 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How does a macrophage decide to eat or simply nibble? Check out our latest paper! You can also read this nice review. Congrats Caitlin for leading this amazing work! www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨🔬🤖🚀 #PhotoFiTT is out! With @guijacquemet.bsky.social's & @microbematos.bsky.social's labs, we launched a new phototoxicity measurement for live microscopy using cell clocks⏱️. By rockstars @mariodelr.bsky.social @gomez-mariscal.bsky.social et al! AI-powered + label-free doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Come and work with us, We are looking for a new group leader at Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social. Åbo Akademi University invites applications for a fixed term position as Head of Research in Bioscience (Principle Investigator). abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

SPIN90 and #YanCao strike again! First NPF to only activate a subset of Arp2/3 iso-complexes to regulate lamellipodial actin & protrusion efficiency. Great collaboration with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social #ManosMavrakis polarized fluorescence microscopy rocks 🤘💥🎉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Today, our animation synthesizing decades of research on actin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast was published: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration. @margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...

Thanks nature news for featuring our recent preprint on 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘣𝘢 led by @hbrappap.bsky.social (check out preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...) #protistsonsky