New work by @valthomas.bsky.social et al. in @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social provides a live, 8-nm precision map of the actin fusion focus for cell-cell fusion in S. #pombe. This reveals #actin aster formation by #myosin Myo52-driven transport of the formin Fus1 nucleator rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Mammalian cells have KSR, budding yeast has Ste5… and fission yeast has Sms1 as the MAPK scaffold for sexual reproduction! Very excited to share my postdoc work where we discover that the hemi-arrestin Sms1 binds all components of the MAPK cascade, including ERK-like Spk1 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Be our new colleague! 🎉 The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. 👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4 👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.

Depicting the drifting world for some now #UNOC #protistsonsky

Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends. We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June. This is your last chance of joining us this summer. #Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy

📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology! RNA biology Epigenetic regulation Cell cycle regulation Cancer, immunology Virology Application and information ⬇️ application.igmm.cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

Show us your creativity and the beauty of Science 😙🥰 Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :) There will be amazing prizes! #FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday #ScientificArt #SciArt

😎Thank you for joining Pint of Science Switzerland 2025! We'd love to hear your feedback so we can make future events even better. This form only takes 4 minutes to complete. 🎁 If you’d like to enter the national prize draw for some festival goodies, leave your email at the end! ➡️ bit.ly/pint25

Pint of Science was again a great success in Lausanne, with >500 people attending our events! Kudos to co-coordinators @miriamlisci.bsky.social and @juliensluneau.bsky.social, and to the fantastic team of 19 volunteers at the bars 🥳! #PINT25 #scicomm

If you need to attend a microscopy or bioimage analysis training course to support your #cellbio research but don't have funding, check out our JCS–FocalPlane Training Grants. 🔬🖥️https://www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-focalplane-training-grants/

You shouldn't be dissapointed (yet).⚡️Pint of Science is in full force across Switzerland (and the world) 🧠We’re diving into Day 2 with more exciting talks. 🎟️All events are FREE and no registration needed. 🔗Check the program in your city 🌐pintofscience.ch and see you tonight! @pintsworld.bsky.social

Get ready for a night full of surprises in Lausanne! With talks in both EN and FR, and topics ranging from AI & privacy, viruses and green revolution, your thirst for science in a fun and relaxed setting will be satisfied starting tonight! Time: 7-9pm Locations: Cylure, Sidewalk, On va où #Pint25

12 days left to submit your art for our competition! Remember, it can fit this year’s theme or not. Artist’s choice! We are looking forward to build another great exhibition with you. #sciart #sciartcommunity

After the success of our 2023 Imaging Cell Dynamics conference, we’ll be hosting a second #JCSImaging meeting in 2026, organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social‬, @drmichaelway.bsky.social‬ & Giulia Zanetti. To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...

This #FluorescenceFriday became a #SynapticSaturday 😁. I'm checking the expression of different neuronal proteins in the primate neocortex.4 markers below: SMI32🟡 for the large pyramidal neurons, calbindin, a calcium-binding protein in 🟣, Neun for neuron nuclei in 🟢. Dapi 🔵 for nuclei of all cells.

🧓 Longevity Unlocked: Perspectives of Healthy Aging🦠 🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 7 PM 🇬🇧 📍 Sidewalk Café, Place du Tunnel 9, Lausanne 🎟️FREE ENTRY ➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/longevity-unlocked-perspectives-of-healthy-aging @pintsworld.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social #Pint25 #pintCH

Preprint: IntAct-U-ExM enables robust, isoform-specific expansion microscopy of actin networks in yeast and mammalian cells. A cool study led by @anubhavdhar.bsky.social in collaboration with Sudarshan and Deepak Nair. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Can Turing and Ising models explain lizard skin color patterns—and be reconciled? 🦎📐 We bridge microscopic cell interactions & macroscopic scale patterns across evolutionary divergent lizards. 👉 www.lanevol.org/news/article... #EvoDevo #TuringPatterns #IsingModel #MathematicalBiology

📍I-PUB - Bd Carl-Vogt 20, Geneva 🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 6.30PM 🇬🇧 🔬 Seeing the invisible 🎟️FREE ENTRY ➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/seeing-the-invisible-from-organelles-to-atoms @pintsworld.bsky.social #unigeneve #Pint25 #pintCH @centriolelab.bsky.social

Deadline for the #BiozentrumPhDFellowships Summer Call: May 18, 2025 Don’t miss your chance — submit your application now and start your scientific journey @biozentrum.unibas.ch! 👉 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4caiqqX

Check out exciting protist research in JEM! Holly Moeller et al. explore the feeding habits of Mesodinium rubrum and provide a tool for studying its cell biology and photophysiology in their open access paper in our March/April issue! doi.org/10.1111/jeu.... #protistsonsky

Carburante vivo, AI che parlano local e gatti di Schrödinger, Pint of Science in LUGANO 📍 Bar Oops Lugano, Via Carlo Maderno 24 pintofscience.ch/event/carbur... @pintsworld.bsky.social @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social #pintCH #Pint25

How do neurons know their final position in the brain? They use a combination of chemical signals & physical guidance by radial glia 🟡. My favorite cell type in the brain is also temporary! After cortical development, most will transform into astrocytes. Nuclei of cells in🔵 #SciArt #Microscopy

🚀 Mysteries of the Universe 🗓️ 20 May 2025 | 18:30 doors open and 19:00 start of the talks 📍 O bolles Restaurant - Bern, Bollwerk 35 👉 pintofscience.ch/event/myster... @michellegalloway.bsky.social #pintCH #Pint25

We're hiring! The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB) seeks Scientific Editor or Senior Scientific Editor, dependent on experience. Join our team in New York City! Apply here 👉 careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs?keyword... #STEMjobs #LifeScienceJobs #PublishingJobs #ScienceJobs

The lab is on a roll. 2nd preprint in as many weeks! High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse. Great team effort led by PhD students @sajjitasaha.bsky.social and @aiswaryasajeevan.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @biology-unige.bsky.social

3 nights, 2 venues, 2 languages, 9 speakers, this is Pint of Science 2025 in ST. GALLEN. 📌 19-21 May 2025 🧬🔭 🌐https://pintofscience.ch/events/st-gallen Free entry! 🧠 @pintsworld.bsky.social #pint25 #pintCH 💖 #scienceforeveryone

New lab preprint! High resolution mapping of the actin fusion focus reveals myosin V-dependent transport of formin for actin aster compaction. A very cool work led by @valthomas.bsky.social and nice collaboration with Andrea Picco and @kaksonen.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

3 nights, 3 venues, 2 languages, 27 (!) speakers, this is Pint of Science 2025 in LAUSANNE. 📌 19-21 May 2025 🧬🔭 🌐https://pintofscience.ch/events/lausanne Free entry 🧠 just come quench your thirst for knowledge! @pintsworld.bsky.social @icepfl.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social #pint25 #pintCH

3 nights, 3 venues, 2 languages, 18 speakers, this is Pint of Science 2025 in BASEL. 📌 19-21 May 2025 🧬🔭 🌐https://pintofscience.ch/events/basel No registration, no tickets 🧠 just come quench your thirst for knowledge! @pintsworld.bsky.social @unibas.ch #pint25 #pintCH 💖 #scienceforeveryone

3 nights, 4 venues, 28 speakers, this is Pint of Science 2025 in ZÜRICH. 📌 19-21 May 2025 🧬🔭 🌐https://pintofscience.ch/events/zurich No registration, no tickets 🧠 just come quench your thirst for knowledge! @pintsworld.bsky.social #pint25 #pintCH 💖 #scienceforeveryone @ethzurich.bsky.social

We have an upcoming Pint of Science event showcasing exciting research at different bars in Zurich to the general public. May 19-21. 🎙🔬♻️⚗️👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 #pintofscience #research #science #community #innovation #knowledge

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.

Learn about the origins and #evolution of #multicellularity at EMBO Workshop "Evolution and origins of multicellularity across the tree of life" in Barcelona, ES, 9–11 Oct Abstract submission by 1 June Registration by 20 July meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul... #EMBOmulticellularity #EMBOevents 🧪

Being part of the Pint of Science Geneva team is an absolute blast! 🚀 We’re working hard (and having a little fun too 😁) to bring amazing science talks this 19-21th May. 📌SAVE THE DATE: 19-21 May 2025 🧬 #Science #PintofScience #Geneva pintofscience.ch @pintofscience.ch @marinebrunet.bsky.social

🐍 New in Genome Biology! We show #CLCN2 is key to #colorpatterns in corn #snakes. LTR-retrotransposon mutation drives Stripe phenotype. Genomic & transcriptomic analyses reveal insights into trait diversification! Full study: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🔜The countdown is ON! 🚀 In just 2️⃣ months, the Pint of Science Festival 2025 will take over 1️⃣2️⃣ cities across Switzerland—and the world! 🔬📅 From May 19-21, passionate scientists will bring their cutting-edge research to your favorite local spots—it's going to be epic! 💡✨ @pintsworld.bsky.social

Social Media Volunteers Needed! Developmental Biology is building a social media team (Bluesky X LinkedIn Insta )😎 If you're a passionate developmental biologist & interested in working with other social media enthusiasts for DB, apply today!😆 Deadline Apr 30 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Submissions are open 🎉 Head to figure1a.org/submissions before the end of May to submit your artworks. We are very excited to build this year’s exhibition with you. #sciart

Say hello to Martina Busetto, Miki Adderley & Kunal Soni 😇 the powerhouse trio bringing Pint of Science to life in Baden! 📌 SAVE THE DATE: 19-21 May 2025 🧬🔭 🧠 Pint of Science Switzerland Festival 🇨🇭 Come quench your thirst for knowledge! 🌐pintofscience.ch #scicomm #ScienceRocks #pintCH #MeetTheTeam

📢 #Yeast2025 News! Registration and abstract submission are NOW OPEN! Join us at the 32nd ICYGMB 📅 Save the Date: 21-24 July 2025 📍 Location: Paris @sorbonne-universite.fr 🔗 Submit: premc.org/yeast2025/su... 🕒 Register now to take advantage of the Early Bird fee premc.org/yeast2025/re...

🔬 Are you interested in fluorescence microscopy of fungal pathogens/pathogenesis? Mycology Bioimaging Intiaitive @mrccmm.bsky.social is thrillied to announce it's first workshop in CapeTown for #African scientists (w/AfricaMicroscopyInitiative) Please disseminate! forms.office.com/e/gcpvytvyuz

A pair of COS cells, one in interphase and one in mitosis for #FluorescenceFriday. Tricky 4-channel overlay made possible by @kwolbachia.bsky.social LUTs! Microtubules 🟣 vimentin 🟢 mitochondria 🟠 clathrin 🔵, deconvolved Apotome.

It's the last #FluorescenceFriday of the year! Here is a retrospective of my favorite moments! 😁 The images below are displayed at the SAC Science Museum. Read my interview here :) shorturl.at/Tk88q 😊 Do you have a favorite one? #Microscopy 🧠🔬

Lake Pleasant, AZ #SilentSunday Gorgeous sunset 😊 #Nature #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Wildlife #Sunset #Arizona #Desert #MentalHealth #Mindfulness

What better way to start posting on Bluesky than by announcing that we are recruiting a postdoc! The project, funded by an HFSP grant, focuses on the role of the ECM in Clytia jellyfish regeneration. Initial appointment will be for 2 years. Learn more here: lnkd.in/eU6dVptj [Photo: A.Jan/LBDV]

End-of-year read! The work of Melvin Bérard in the @sophiemartinlab.bsky.social is now out in @plosbiology.org. Proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses reveal that TORC1 is reactivated by pheromone signaling during sexual reproduction in fission yeast doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Delighted to share our new preprint on the cell biology and genome of Stentor pyriformis, a giant ciliate that maintains Chlorella endosymbionts in surface-associated microtubule baskets. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I just want to #welcome all the new members with a beautiful multinucleated #Ichthyosporean just before undergoing #cellularization to form a transient #multicellular stage. Imaged using #Expansion #Microscopy ( #UExM ) Species: Sphaeroforma arctica Blue: Nuclei Magenta: Tubulin

Found some delightfully fuzzy contaminants on yeast nitrogen plates today ❤️ those on the right look like daisies! @contamclub.bsky.social any ideas on ID?