How resilient are tissues to cell mispositioning and loss, and how do they restore their cell numbers? Check our latest work, from @ybellaichelab.bsky.social Congratulations to all authors. Artwork from the artist @lale-alpar.bsky.social (lalealpar.com) www.cell.com/developmenta...

Cells come in many shapes and sizes, with diverse physiological functions. But how do #organelles and their interaction networks remodel during #differentiation of stem cells into different cell types? Here’s what we discovered about neuronal differentiation: 1/13

😲 This is THE most amazing thing I've seen this year. (And that's saying something!) A ResistDance retelling of ICE murdering Renee Good & Alex Pretti enacted through dance‼️😭 Performed by First Amendment Troop in DC. 🤍

A 🆕 #Ichthyosporea story Led [email protected], in Co. @gautamdey.bsky.social & @hiralshah.bsky.social+🔥team across @embl.org & @sciencesunige.bsky.social We finally have a look at what #microtubules are doing during #cellularization in #Sphaeroforma ▶️ tinyurl.com/MTSARC #ProtistsOnSky

Non-muscle actinopathy-associated loss-of-function actin variants modulate cytoskeletal reorganization www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Great summer research opportunity for undergraduate students interested in cardiovascular research at Cornell BME. Projects range from tissue engineering and cardiac device to disease models and spatial & single cell transcriptomics. Apply at: www.cnf.cornell.edu/education/re.... Please share.

Our latest preprint: Together with the team of Jan Löwe, @danieltamarit.bsky.social and many others we discovered and characterized several Asgard tubulin genes and propose that microtubule architecture and dynamics evolved in Asgard archaea prior to eukaryogenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Two funded PhD positions investigating the evolution of sarcomeres @ibdm.bsky.social in @biancah0406.bsky.social and our lab, together with @cnidevo.bsky.social - Interested to explore how similar or different Jellyfish sarcomeres are to Drosophila or human ones? www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/ibdm_job/2-a...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... FHOD3 and DIAPH3 control cell migration and differentially shift the balance of parallel and perpendicular stress fibers

Heterogeneous and specific localization of mRNAs at dendritic spine and its dependence on microtubule entry and kinesin motor www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Asgard archaeal origin of microtubules www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The mechanosensitive protein Zyxin influences Hippo signalling and tissue growth via adherens junctions and basal spot junctions in Drosophila www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The generation and validation of a de novo-designed titin binder for use in fluorescence microscopy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Pathological stiffening by crosslinking glycation of titin www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Spatial relationships between vinculin tension and actin at cell adhesions define cell colony positioning and identity www.cell.com/biophysj/pdf...

🧪𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 (ISMB2026) - 1st European edition in Glasgow, UK, 12–16 Jul 2026. ⏰ Check our impressive cohort of international invited speakers and submit your abstract (by 22 Feb or 8 Mar 2026) at www.isocmb.org #Mechanobiology #ISMB2026 #Biophysics #CellMechanics

Takanori’s new preprint is out! We revealed mechanism of particle size-dependent and -independent performance metrics! Artificial DNA-nano/microparticle motors: Factors governing speed, run-length, and unidirectionality revealed by geometry-based kinetic simulations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Role of Myo19 distribution of mitochondria in mouse Meiosis II oocytes Chromatin- and actin-mediated mitochondrial streaming leads to patterning of mitochondrial distribution in oocytes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Drosophila myosin function and muscle structure are modulated by isoform-specific amino acid residues of the relay domain www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller? Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase. 1/n

Myosin-X Acts Upstream of L-Plastin to Drive Stress-Induced Tunneling Nanotubes www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/15...

Check out our latest preprint: LUCas! A direct light control of Cas13 trans-cleavage activity. Congrats to all the authors: Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social), Deepak (@deepakkrish.bsky.social), Andres, and Aymeric. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

💡 Interested in mechano-immunology (or biology of adult B-ALL) ? 💥 We have an #MSCA postdoctoral fellowship offer for you @ec.europa.eu 🖥️ : euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting... 🏙️ Where ? In beautiful #Strasbourg #CRBS @inserm.fr @unistra.fr 🥼 Interested ? 📧 [email protected]

Any labs out there looking to hire a postbac/technician? I’ve got a an eager, kind, trustworthy team-player of a student looking for more research experience to prep for PhD programs. He’s been an important member of the Q-lab, presented at ASCB, contributed to a pub, & soon will be submit another.

Myosin II regulates cellular thermo-adaptability and the efficiency of immune responses www.cell.com/developmenta...

To Be or Not to Be an Oocyte: Msps/XMAP215 Controls Oocyte Cell Fate in the Drosophila Ovary www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Kinetic Control of Out-Of-Equilibrium Dynamics in the RhoA Signaling Cascade Shapes Actomyosin Contractility www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

!!!!!! Filopodia-mediated trans-endocytosis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

12 years in the making - we are finally scaling up our “universal diagnostics” platform. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeg... Read about the global program here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... If you are passionate about bringing cutting edge tools to work for “everyone” - reach out and engage.

How do cells generate, sense & resist force? MBoC highlights recent advances in mechanobiology in its Forces on and within Cells collection — spanning cytoskeletal dynamics, membrane mechanics, and beyond. 🔗 https://www.ascb.org/science-news/exploring-the-forces-that-shape-cells/

Proud and excited to share our work with the community! Helen @helenfoster.bsky.social Foster et al. study how #cilia axonemes are built. 👀 Don't miss the gorgeous and insightful movies by @margotriggi.bsky.social, they really show our discoveries in full action! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

This is a powerful message from Freeman Hrabowski. 🧵 1/12

Applications for our Fellowship Mentorship Programme are open! The programme supports promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. Find out more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/BioIRF

First, why Flipper-TR? It comes from swimming fins, also called swimming flippers, because of their shape! coined by the first author of the original paper, Marta Dal Molin, at @matilegroup.bsky.social. TR stands for ‘tension reporter’. Here’s a bit of history: www.unige.ch/campus/numer...

Spatial control of myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation modulates cardiac thick filament mechanosensing www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Septins buffer actomyosin forces to protect the nucleus from genotoxic mechanical stress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We’re excited to share our latest preprint! We identify SKT, a mechanosensitive adhesion protein that recruits mTORC2 to cell–matrix adhesions, linking metabolic demand to matrix stiffness. Disrupting this axis strongly inhibits PDAC tumor growth. shorturl.at/V0tpK

You still have time to apply to come and work in our microscopy core facility!!

You still have time to apply if you are interested in joining my lab!!

2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word. crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...

awesome postdoc opportunity alert!!

A Regulatory Axis for Tonotopic MYO7A Expression in Cochlear Hair Cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our paper on how calcium controls lamellipodial actin assembly is out in Current Biology! Huge congrats to Ernest Iu, Alex Bogatch, and all the authors - fantastic collaboration! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...