Did you know that all nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are not the same? @luskinglab.bsky.social propose a new hypothesis for how nuclear mechanics may impact the compositional plasticity of NPCs with implications for tissue-specific diseases caused by NPC dysfunction. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In our September issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): A confocal image of an iPSC cell nucleus visualized by pan-expansion microscopy. Stained w/ SYTOX Green (cyan), an NHS ester pan-stain (magenta) & an anti-NUP98 nucleoporin antibody (yellow). By @luskinglab.bsky.social rupress.org/jcb/article/...

More insight into the ever expanding roles of bridge-like lipid transfer proteins from @pdc-lab.bsky.social ! Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics url: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

🚨 New call for preLighters!🚨 Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍 Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢 More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...

Last day to submit abstracts! Nuclear cell biologists, mechanobiologists, et al. don’t miss out - amazing interdisciplinary line up: computational biology, biophysics, development, genomics - we will have it all!

Final call to register and submit abstracts for the @faseborg.bsky.social conference on the Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus (#MBNSRC) to be considered for platform presentations. The conference takes place in Melbourne, FL, Oct. 26-30, 2025. See more info at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...

Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social. Deadline: 3 November journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...

Speakers include: @luskinglab.bsky.social @renkawitzteam.bsky.social @pcusachs.bsky.social @gabrielneurohr.bsky.social @simonereber.bsky.social @zierlab.bsky.social @katemiro.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @stroudlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social & many more!

11 days left to get abstracts in for our first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus FASEB meeting in October!

Abstract deadline approaching! Don’t miss out!

Congrats to everyone including JCS @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social & Editorial Advisory Board members Dennis Discher, Miho Iijima, James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social, Kristen Verhey @kjverhey1.bsky.social‬ for becoming ASCB fellows ‬ www.ascb.org/society-news...

Don’t miss out!

1 month to abstract deadline for the first cell biology of the nucleus meeting at @embl.org in many years - organised by the stellar @luskinglab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Tom Quail & Simone Koehler Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️ #EESNucleus

The nuclear lamina strengthens the nucleus and organizes the genome. So what happens when you acutely degrade it in living cells? Not what we thought! (1/n) www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

Visualizing nuclear pore complex plasticity with pan-Expansion #Microscopy. New study from Kimberly Morgan, Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Technology #Disease #Organelles

Membranes are the bags that hold cells together. But, sometimes you need to patch a hole in that bag. Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social), Patrick Lusk and I, provide perspective on how proteins contribute to supporting organelle compartmentalization www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...

Excited for our next special issue and looking forward to working with Abby Buchwalter (@abbybuch.bsky.social) and Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social)! Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? Send your papers our way! #notforprofit

Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC. Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan... Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!

Join us for the first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus conference supported by @faseborg.bsky.social. Co-organized with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, @katemiro.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht, the amazing program is here: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan... Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.

Yale folks: Tomorrow 12:30pm cross campus! @aaup.bsky.social

Calling all nuclear cell biologists in the Northeast! Don’t miss the chance to engage with this awesome community. Abstracts due next week.

Our Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social is attending our Biologists @ 100 conference. Reach out to Megan if you have questions about submitting your research to JCS or visit our website to find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re... #biologists100

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in Liverpool next week for our special 100-year anniversary conference. We have a busy, fun-filled programme. You can follow all the action from Biologists @ 100 at #biologists100. 100yearsconference.biologists.com

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

Killing science infrastructure is dumb. I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to a rare cancer. Finding cures is personal to me. Here’s my editorial in my hometown newspaper on what’s happening w NIH. www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...

And that omission is crucial because… Omission 3: There’s a halt on new STEM ed awards Here’s a fresh graph for Directorate for STEM Education (EDU). But you can discount 6 of 9 for FY25 (reissuing award b/c PI transfer). Only 3 are brand new. See below for why EDU is so key to NSF’s mission

🧪 The NSF director is lying to you. Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

I just called my senators @blumenthal.senate.gov and @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and asked them to vote NO on cloture and on the continuing resolution. Call your senators NOW at (202) 224-3121.

AZ, CO, GA, MI, NH, PA, VA scientists: call wavering reps NOW AZ Gallego 202-224-4521 & Kelly 202-224-2235 CO Bennet 202-224-5852 & Hickenlooper 202-224-5941 GA Ossoff 202-224-3521 NH Hassan 202-224-3324 M: Peters 202-224-6221 & Slotkin 202-224-4822 PA Fetterman 202-224-4254 VA Warner 202-224-2023

@luskinglab.bsky.social @jogalbraith.bsky.social ☎️ bank time!

Loved getting to meet and catch up with these amazing leaders at the AACI Leadership Diversity and Development Workshop. @luskinglab.bsky.social @aacicancer.bsky.social @kucancercenter.bsky.social

DOGE is directly involved in the NIH grant terminations. Metadata on one of the grant termination letters says that someone named Joshua Hanley authored it. Hanley is listed on an alleged list of DOGE employees leaked yesterday.

Please spread widely 🙏, thank you ! Dear community, we are actively looking for the mouse 344SQ lung adenocarcinoma cell line (129sv background) ? We would also be interested in any other mouse tumor cell line in this background (129sv). Highly appreciated ! Thank you in advance

Faculty: have you joined the AAUP? They are fighting for us and your membership will allow them to fight for us in the courts, in the ivory towers, and support us in the streets. Sign up here: www.aaup.org/membership/d...

What’s in yesterday's House Continuing Resolution? Major shifts in U.S. health spending you should know about: HRSA cut by $891 million NIH CURES Act cut by $280 million Children & Families Services cut by $40 million These cuts hit essential services and future innovation. 🧵⬇️

Thanks for hanging tough in the cold - was a great show of solidarity. 💪

Another attempt to divide us so that we can’t focus on how the administration is undermining the future of our country. Let’s not fall for it. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...

Don’t ask us what’s next! Ask yourself what’s next, and then go do it!!! @standupforscience.bsky.social

The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials. Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.

A small number of courageous individuals CAN make a difference! Thank you to the NIMH Board of Scientific Counselors who stood up for these junior PIs. It’s inspiring. Let us all be this brave!

Interesting! @nytimes.com still hasn’t covered any of the Stand Up for Science protests today, but they made sure to put this important news front and center online. Powerful reporting…

Scientists across CT #standupforscience! @standupforscience.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came out to our #standupforscience2025 event in Hartford today. You braved the cold to stand up together! Here is the banner that we collaborated on at the event!

From Hartford, CT

At a Stand Up for Science event? Show us your photos at #standupforscience2025 📣☀️🌎

Working with @luskinglab.bsky.social and our lead @jogalbraith.bsky.social was amazing! 🤩

There’s still time! Come out to the Capitol in Hartford to #standupforscience2025! The crowd is building and the rally starts at 1!