That time of the year again. The @szndohrn.bsky.social 2026 call for the Open University-SZN PhD program is open. 5 projects available (one of which is in my lab). Application deadline is the May 21st. Link to the call: www.szn.it/index.php/it... and the flyer of the project in my lab

On April 19, 1898, Camillo Golgi first described what we now call the Golgi apparatus - a structure so striking and unusual that it took more than 50 years for scientists to accept it wasn’t just an artefact. April 19 is #GolgiDay! Celebrate the cell’s most iconic and best organelle.

Do you want to unravel the function of fluorescent cells in marine organisms? Join the Annunziata lab @szn.it for a PhD project exploring embryonic origins, function and biotechnological potential of fluorescent cell type in sea cucumbers! To apply: www.szn.it/.../ph-d-pro...

Do you want to understand how developmental programs are encoded in animal genomes? Join our lab at the @szndohrn.bsky.social for a PhD project to unravel the developmental dynamics in sea urchins during the metamorphosis from larva to juvenile. Deadline JUNE 14th! www.szn.it/index.php/it...

Children and families are dying of starvation if they survive the bombing. Yet still many hesitate to publicly criticise what is happening in Gaza

PhD opportunity at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples ‪@szndohrn.bsky.social‬.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Tour de force by Barna Lab

Had a wonderful day at the Stazione Zoologica @szndohrn.bsky.social presenting our latest findings on the "Origins of neurons and nervous systems." Thank you @francescoferraro.bsky.social & Ina Arnone for the invitation. #choanoflagellates #sponges #ctenophores

Great work by Joel Dacks & Cathy Jackson! Arf GTPases, key to eukaryotic organelle dynamics, trace their origins to prokaryotic ArfR GTPases in Asgardarchaeota. Structural and phylogenetic evidence reveals a link to eukaryogenesis and early endomembrane evolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

That the Golgi does more than secretion is an emerging theme www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Multicellularity enthusiasts! Mark your calendars! EMBO Workshop on "Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life" 📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona 🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102 @csic.es @embopress.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...

Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

Global organelle profiling reveals subcellular localization and remodeling at proteome scale www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

What a story! www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-bad...

Gaza University publishes a call for volunteers to teach remotely. All of Gazas twelve universities have been destroyed or badly damaged through Israeli air strikes or controlled demolitions www.facebook.com/share/p/19f8...

Season’s Greetings from PhyloPic! www.phylopic.org/collections/...

Spatially barcoding biochemical reactions using DNA nanostructures unveil a major contact mechanism in proximity labeling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.17.628942v1

This one is for the holiday season

Just out on bioRxiv, Carla Miró reports the first quantitative determination of the redox state of glutathione in the Golgi apparatus. Spoiler alert: it is very oxidized and in relatively low concentrations! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

***Help needed*** I’m making a list of ongoing webinar series in #cellbio, please help me find others that I’m missing! So far, I have: - Membrane trafficking - Intermediate filaments - Mito Talks/Chats - Motors in quarantine - Fragile nucleosome - Mito911 Webinar Series

Wow!

Reconstructing the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

I took biochem in 2001, and for nearly 20 years read amino acid sequences daily… and I never knew Dayhoff named them or even the logic behind things like Q until last Friday (h/t Mike Janech). Also, this is another big Dayhoff moment for me. She was incredible! #proteomics #bioinformatics

When you get lucky in your field of view

A few more letters... and we can finally write amino acid sequence with protein structure encoded by amino acid sequence? 🧬🤔😀 @chrisfrank662.bsky.social , Dominik Schiwietz, Lara Fuss, Hendrik Dietz www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

My first post on BS is for #FluorescenceFriday 🔬 Here is a 3D reconstruction of a sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) blastopore gastrula expressing two Golgi reporters (medial-Golgi green; trans-Golgi magenta). 0-90 degree rotation

Scalable cell-free production of active T7 RNA polymerase by the Jewett lab doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Hello 🦋 #protein / #microbio / #BioML community! We are excited to release Gaia🌎, a context-aware protein search tool, extending protein search and discovery capabilities beyond sequence and structure, to include *genomic context*. Search your favorite protein sequences with on gaia.tatta.bio

I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RE-POST + SHARE!!! 1/3 experiment.com/programs/pla...

🧪 hopefully now this enters the science feed 😊

I added a lot of new people, so it's worth having a second (or nth) look ⬇️ If you want to join the list, please reply with your favorite probe (that you made or used) and I'll add you 🤓

Hi Bluesky! I made a 3D chromatin starter pack. Let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/6tTQdqQ

#NOTtheCover #ProtistsOnSky Unfortunately, we didn't make the cover @natureportfolio.bsky.social . I still think our proposition deserves sharing. Enjoy the read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Abstracts are due in one month for Biologists @ 100, a unique conference to celebrate our 100-year anniversary and bring together our different communities. We hope you can join us. Abstract deadline is 13 December. Submit yours at 100yearsconference.biologists.com/abstracts/ #biologists100