Trying to catch up on some missed work on the weekend. Phoebe is not helping. #CatsOfAcademia #AustralianMist

Research | Amiad Pavlov, Heffler et al. demonstrate that stress transmitted to the cardiomyocyte nucleus by the microtubule cage drives LMNA-associated cardiomyopathy and may represent a promising therapeutic target. doi.org/10.1038/s441... rdcu.be/eOeTA

@charlesdcox.bsky.social defining what makes a ‘Piezo fanatic’ at #MechBio2025 #AusMB 👉 @ardemp.bskyverified.social ‘s commitment #STEM (it is a bit kettle-Pot really 😂 ).

☕Vanni et al. show a role for #microtubules in YAP/TAZ mechanosignalling. Mechanoresponsive microtubule reorganization into centrosomal arrays allows for AMOT delivery to pericentrosomal proteasomes and degradation, leading to YAP/TAZ activation. #mechanobiology #cytoskeleton bit.ly/4oS2Ju3

Looking forward to all things Australian #Mechanobiology tomorrow! #OzMechBio #ausmb. ausmb.org/meetings_202...

A single-component optogenetic toolkit for programmable control of microtubule https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.31.685931v1

How augmin establishes the angle of the microtubule branch site www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Integrative Structure Biology with a focus on in situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and related methods. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/brswbymu

You've got just a few days left to submit your proposal to join us as a new Group Leader 📅 Applications close 2nd November Package includes: 🪙Multi-year funding 🧪Core Facility Access 🥼 #Postdoc & #PhD positions 🤝Mentorship Visit our website to apply: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...

Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs Editorial @nature.com this week And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/d41...

Day 2 Session 1 continued with presentations from A/Prof @samstehbens.bsky.social, Dr Gary Tincknell, @drdianaschuhmacher.bsky.social, and Ashna Kumar. #7thOzMRSScientificSymposium

I was just made aware that trans youth no longer have access to #gender affirming care here in qld via our public system. Please take a moment to sign the petition below to end the ban #UQAlly 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 equalityaustralia.org.au/our-work/qld...

On my way to the @ozmrs.bsky.social meeting! Looking forward to hearing about new findings in our effort to stop #metastatic #cancer.

Fresh in @natchemeng.nature.com Growing artificial cytoskeleton in the viscoelastic confinement of DNA Artificial Cells. Brilliant work bey Weixiang! #Syntheticcell #systemschemistry www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Excess surface area of the nuclear lamina enables unhindered cell migration through constrictions | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

It's mid-October & ARC haven't updated us since mid-July on the Brand New Grants System. When will we be told? What schemes will even run? ARC "paused" (cancelled?) the only Indigenous scheme, plus Laureates & all Industry Fellowships, and so far there's no replacements. ARC? Anyone?

In @jcb.org, Avilov, @plenart.bsky.social et al. @maxplanck.de used quantitative phosphoproteomics in #starfish #oocytes to identify downstream targets of the conserved Mos–MAPK pathway. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Cytoskeleton #CellCycle #CellDivision #Physiology

1/ 🎉Excited to share our new preprint @vignjeviclab.bsky.social @davidbrueckner.bsky.social : "Self-organization of tumor heterogeneity and plasticity" biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Tumor heterogeneity and plasticity drive metastasis and relapse. How is tumor patterning coordinated? A thread👇

Looks like a job for Mr Squiggle. A bit of #xennial #AustralianKitsch …

🤔 #mDia also associates with #microtubules.... (Gundersen team in NatCellBio 2001). @microtubule.bsky.social & I pondered over the #FocalAdhesion splitting & merging phenotype we saw with CLASP-depletion for ages. Great to see someone worked out how to quantitate it! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dear all, A scientist from UNC Chapel Hill, Paul Maddox, is running for congress in NC for a seat currently held by a republican. If you care about science (and democracy) please consider donating to his campaign #Standupforscience secure.actblue.com/donate/paul-...

Reminder: new #InflammaZoom free Webinar is today at 2 pm BST with James Murphy @pseudokinase.bsky.social from WEHI and Jonathan Maelfait from VIB Ghent. Register via Abcam link below. See you soon!

Your skeleton is made of cells, and your cells have skeletons. It's a biological palindrome. #skeletober #inktober #skeleton #cytoskeleton #microbiology #education #art #SciArt

Genetics of human handedness: microtubules and beyond: Trends in Genetics www.cell.com/trends/genet...

This is pretty much the dance my husband does every time we talk about AI (yes he is a sparky aka electrician).

Almost 40 years later, has anyone identified what "buttonin", the 75-kD protein that decorates microtubule like buttons, is? dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.104.6.1553

Perspective @jcb.org by Richard McIntosh describing the history of research on #microtubule polymerization in terms of the ideas, technologies, and observations that have emerged as countless researchers have studied the dynamics of these essential cytoskeletal polymers. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

We have PhD and Postdoc positions open in our group. Join us in Lausanne to explore how cells pull off extreme shape changes and how cilia drive biological flows. You can find more details on the projects available and how to apply in our website: www.epfl.ch/labs/lpl/joi...

I found these immune cells just finished mitosis but their midbody is still yet to be resolved. How cool? If you zoom in to the midbody, you can see its classical shape just like in the textbooks. I love these little details.

Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology. bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

As Editor’s Choice winner of the MBL Embryology course image competition, Arthur Boutillon’s image (‘Embryonic eye of Anole lizard’) features on this cover of Development. Learn more about Arthur and his work in the interview now available on the Node ⬇️👀 thenode.biologists.com/interview-wi...

AI has so much potential for interpreting biological images, and yet, annotated biological datasets needed to train AI tools remain scarce. If you generate microscopy data or develop AI tools to interpret it, check it these new guidelines: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t... #bioimaging #microscopy 🧬🔬

How do cells move, divide, & sense their surroundings? The answer lies in the cytoskeleton--and when it malfunctions, cancer & birth defects follow. @alushinlab.bsky.social at @rockefeller.edu is developing new tools to probe this tiny, dynamic cell scaffolding. www.rockefeller.edu/news/38446-h...

Ever wondered why it smells when it rains? Defined by #Australian scientists in 1964 in #Nature as ‘petrichor’ >derived from the Greek word for stone & the blood of mythological gods.

Attention #Septin Fans! Serge Mostowy's lab @sergemostowylab.bsky.social published a wonderful #openacces short report in #CYTOSKELETON.Comparative Analysis of Septin Modifiers, Forchlorfenuron and UR214-9, on Mitochondrial Fragmentation and Lytic Cell Death. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Don’t miss it! 🚀 MBoC Presents: The Next Generation of Cell Biology (Part 2) 🗓️ Oct 30, 9am ET | FREE webinar Hear from early career scientists on pH profiling, dynein adaptors, migration, chromatin & more. 🔗 Register: www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting... #ASCB #CellBiology

Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026. Deadline: 20 December 2025 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton#cytoskeleton#research#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪

👏Translation 👏dries up 👏if you stop feeding 👏the pipeline 👏of discovery👏 #NHMRCdraftStratergy #Ihavenotes #ValueFundamentalScience

#Discoveryscience matters- a nice video with some familiar faces from #UCSF @ctbatucsf.bsky.social @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social youtu.be/N9nMeCaW_Vg?...

This is so disappointing. Fundamental **aka DISCOVERY ** science underpins training of the next generation of scientists, irrespective of if they go into translation labs or not. Failure to support it = turning off the tap. No discoveries, nothing to translate. Weak workforce #NHMRC

Shout out to a freshly minted PhD from my team 👉 @christanny.bsky.social who has presented several talks on my team’s behalf the last few months as I’ve been travelling. Watch this space for a new super star! 💫 #cytoskeleton

See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...

First, check out my recent bioRxiv preprint w/ @oweinerlab.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We find contractility shifts the proportion of implantation-competent embryos from young and aged females. Keep reading this for more info!

Who’s shaping the future of cell biology? 🌟 Find out at the MBoC 2025 Early Career Award Webinar (Part 1) → Oct 7, 12–1 pm ET. Free registration 👉 www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting... #ASCB #CellBiology

I’m not sure as a community we **truely** acknowledged how powerful the #CellMigrationSeminarSeries series was at keeping us connected at such an uncertain time. Thank-you @ankita13jha.bsky.social @adamshellard.bsky.social @drjenmitchell.bsky.social & @simplythebex.bsky.social

If anyone ever wants to brush up on a lot of cell migration concepts don't forget we have several wonderful scientists who have given talks previously in cell migration seminars. I find it so comforting to go look at old videos, maybe someone else who will do as well!! youtube.com/@cellmigrati...

A purpose built solution to Australia’s biomedical funding crisis….. release the #MRFF = invest in our future scientists & their discoveries. #DiscoveriesNeedDollars www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Proteomic analysis reveals fibroblast growth factor receptor substrate 2 as a hub for FGFR-driven cytoskeleton and cell junction regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678042v1

All my emails to Director Bhattacharya now available... jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...