Postdoc job alert at Institut Jacques Monod in Paris! Interested in fundamental membrane trafficking? We seek a postdoc to study collagen secretion as a model for core principles of how cells and their environment build each other. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

I’ll soon share a call for a postdoc at Institut Jacques Monod (Paris) on fundamental mechanisms of membrane traffic and protein/collagen secretion in health and disease. Please get in touch if interested.

Postdocs wanted - Please spread the word! We are looking for one bioinformatician and 1-2 cell biologists with different expertise! See the job ad below for more information and links to the job descriptions!

New publication from the Hamill Lab! Laminin N-terminus α31 regulates corneal epithelial cell adhesion and migration through modifying the organization and proteolytic processing of laminin 332 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... If you are interested in basement membranes, this is for you...

i had a great time presenting my work at the American Society for Matrix Biology 2025 Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, MA! As always, great to see fantastic developments within the community and make new connections!

The annual course “Basics in Fluorescence Microscopy”, will be organised by the van Leeuwenhoek Centre for Advanced Microscopy from January 27th - 30th, 2026. Location: University of Amsterdam (NL) For more info, preliminary program and the application form check www.microscopycourse.nl?page_id=78

Local #mRNAtranslation in polarized cells is well studied in neurons but what about #microglia? This study shows that #inflammation enhances microglial #RNA localization & translation via RNA-binding protein IMP1/ZBP1, regulating morphology, motility & phagocytosis @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/486ZLMS

The ECM is no longer in the back seat when it comes to development. Check out our special issue "Dynamics of the extracellular matrix in development, cell physiology and disease" with 8 selected articles to learn more: A 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

The IMAG'IC team is back to offer you the "Introduction to the Use of #ImageJ" training course. October 24, 2025: Session in French October 29, 2025: Session in English institutcochin.fr/formations/f... @institutcochin.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social @inserm.fr

We're hiring new faculty! Looking for talented scientists that are interested in pushing the boundaries of Cell Biology. Please spread the word!

🔴✨ Exciting opportunity : we're hiring a PhD student! ✨🔴 👉 Don't hesitate to apply or spread the word! ⏰ Deadline 30th November 2025 ℹ️ More information and application : www.crg.eu/en/content/t... @crg.eu @prbb.org

[Commentary] Distal enhancers loop to proximal enhancers, not to promoters by the one and only Kevin Struhl in #genesky @natrevmcb.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Super-Resolution Imaging Reveals Stretch-Induced Architectural Rearrangement of Desmoplakin in Desmosomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672431v1

Our protocol for gene editing is online and all plasmids are on @addgene.bsky.social! CRISPR away everybody and get in touch if you need anything 🤩

Lentiviral vectors have stably integrated themselves as a favorite in the viral vector toolbox. In our recently refreshed lentiviral guide, we cover the basics of lentiviral vectors including generations, production, common uses, and safety. Check it out! https://twp.ai/4ipGPa

Wonderful to be at the 15th International Podocyte Conference in Hamburg! Exciting science & fabulous networking ❤️ Huge 🙏 to @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social & @isgd.bsky.social teams 🙏

🖱️ Picking out individual cells in distorted microscopy images is now as easy as clicking a button, thanks to Cellpose3: www.janelia.org/news/newest-...

Amazing postdoctoral position at Pernaute’s lab Fully funded for 3 year by European Research Council (#ERC) grant EARLYFATE #ERCCoG At the #CABD a research center recognized with a national excellence award ‘María de Maeztu’ located in Seville, Spain Share or apply #JobOffer #Postdoctoraljob

For clear thinking, cultivate passionate indifference. Buddhists call it non-attachment. We all have hopes, desires and ambitions. Non-attachment means acknowledging them, accepting them, and then not inserting them into a process that has nothing to do with you. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

On April 19, 1898, Camillo Golgi described what we now know as the #Golgi apparatus - a structure so pretty and unusual it took over fifty years for the scientific community to agree it wasn’t just an artefact. April 19 is #GolgiDay! Mark your calendars to honour the best organelle.

Here we share our opinions on "Practical considerations for data exploration in quantitative cell biology" journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Joanna, Hanna and I worked quite a bit on this piece and I hope you find it useful Many thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for publishing it

Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join the biocontrol seminar tomorrow to hear about the fun things we are doing with controlling cells!

This will never stop blowing my mind.

Looking for #MaterialStiffness of #BasementMembrane across tissues? Excellent literature resource here😆👇 The basement membrane as a structured surface – role in vascular health and disease @claireleclech.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social 2020 journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

A terrific perspective from Vivek Malhotra @naturecomms.bsky.social on the fundamental importance of pathways and mechanisms by which cells secrete proteins, ensuring their delivery in the correct quantities and at the appropriate times. Interesting section on unanswered questions. rdcu.be/ecb2B

Rhobo6👹 An omnipotent cell-impermeable dye labels diol/glycan of #ExtraCellularMatrix ✅collagen/fibron, BM, proteoglycan Retro-orbital injection to label the ECM throughout WHOLE mouse body▶️intravital 2P Also work on🪰🪱🐟🌱 @naturemethods.bsky.social 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔬✨ SCIENCE THAT GLOWS💡🔴 Conor Sugden, Shota Kaseda, Sherwood Lab & UoM’s Genome Editing Unit made basement membranes glow red with mScarlet. This helps scientists see damage & repair in real-time—leading to better treatments! 🏥💙 @conorjsugden.bsky.social @rachellennon.bsky.social

🔔🧪Let’s support our colleagues: 👉“The upcoming weeks will challenge the US #scientific #community, emphasizing the need for #unity and #support among its members. Upholding principles of #independence, #peer evaluation, and #inclusion is vital for future #success.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Exiting the microscopy room

#CellMigration happens all the time in our bodies. This may (or not) rely on adhesion molecules #Cancer cells switch strategies during metastasis to invade other tissues Naomi Wee (naomiwee.com) did this neat movie to explain it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aD... #SciSky 🧪🔬 @cellcommlab.bsky.social

I put together a small guide on how to get started with Fiji. Please distribute to anyone who might benefit form this! zenodo.org/records/1477... #imageanalysis #fiji #imagej #training

Light-activated binding of a protein to tubular lysosomes:

🚨 Brand new website for Matrix Biology Italy #MBIta (formerly know as Italian Society for the Study of Connective Tissue) www.matrixbiology.it @valerioizzi.bsky.social @themeshwork.bsky.social @nabalabuic.bsky.social @tomvanagtmael.bsky.social @amrohussien.bsky.social @tcox.bsky.social

Failure is always in the background of any creative project; when the experiments are not working or the results don’t seem to make sense. But for discovery, you can’t deny yourself the permission to fail, and we should better teach failure in all its glory.

Accessible and accurate cytometry analysis using fluorescence microscopes by Bo Huang and team: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Atacama Clear Optical clearing 🐭👤tissues Better quenching of autofluorescence vs CUBIC, EZ Clear, iDISCO+, ScaleS, Clarity Lower Antibody concentrations needed Preservation of Fluorescent reporter proteins & infused tracers #SciArt bioRxiv 2024 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#SmoothMuscleCell Mechanobiology Effects of Pulsatile (not Cyclic) Stretch (9% physiological strain, heart pressure waveform, 1 Hz, FlexCell) on 10 select genes human aortic SMC for 4/24/72 h COL1A1 MMP2 LAMA5 FBN1 TGFBR1/2 MLCK PRKG1 TAGLN TNFRSF11B #SciRep 2024 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gave our first state of the lab address this week. I broke down the cost of science, from people to stuff. Dove into spending compared to budgets. Spent time on grant submissions and manuscript/project expectations for the year. I want to be as transparent as possible & this was a great start! 🧪🧠👩‍🔬

Is endothelium a type of epithelium? I am @icfortunato.bsky.social & I would like to discuss this with a short🧵 focused on cell-cell junctions, specifically adherens junctions.

Genetically Encoded Fluorogenic DNA Aptamers for Imaging Metabolite in Living Cells pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Top 4 things to know about doing science: 1. You need to have someone you can talk to 2. One-on-one discussions are the best 3. Think about discussions as improvisations and use the ‘yes, and’ rule 4. Create a safe space so both of you feel open to saying seemingly silly things

It's still true that no philosopher has had a bigger impact on science than Popper, who argued that we should make risky and bold predictions to test our ideas. Do the killer experiment, he would say; the one that has a chance to kill your hypothesis.

Please spread the word and sign up for our exciting spring meeting in Nottingham with amazing speakers on the topic of ECM, immunity and infection. An exciting and developing field! paacr4.wixsite.com/bsmb-spring2...

!!!!!! Tissue-Like Multicellular Development Triggered by Mechanical Compression in Archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#PLOSONE: THUMPD3 regulates alternative splicing of ECM transcripts in human lung cancer cells and promotes p ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Finishing the year with 1st preprint from the lab! Together with @katajistolab.bsky.social and @valerioizzi.bsky.social we investigated the role of basement membrane protein Lama5 and found it is critical for luminal breast cancer initiation and growth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Some microscopy reading 🔬📰 Single-molecule orientation-localization microscopy: Applications and approaches www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Bipolar Cell Axons bryanwjones.com/2017/06/bipo... #SciArt #retina

🔬My first try on #FluorescenceFriday Nice detail of a tissue-cleared kidney from neonatal mice. -GFP is expressed in podocytes and pericytes. -CD31 antibody highlights the branched blood vessels and glomeruli in red