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.

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org


1/6 Extremely happy to share my PhD work is out on bioRxiv! We discovered that microtubules deform mitotic centrosomes. When we removed them, the SPD-5 scaffold became denser but didn't lose material. This suggests it's an elastically deformable solid! This only happens in mitosis.

📣 "Nous misons sur de multiples interactions entre les équipes de recherche" 📃 Retrouvez l'interview de @vdoye.bsky.social, Directrice de l' @ijmonod.bsky.social pour la Fondation Bettencourt Schueller qui présente l'institut et son mode de fonctionnement 🔗 www.fondationbs.org/magazine/sci...

Are you ready for a symposium dedicated to microtubule dynamics, function, and structure? 🙌 #EESMicrotubules will bring together researchers who share an interest in microtubule biology and its relevance to health and disease 🩺 💻 s.embl.org/ees26-09-bl#EESMicrotubules✒️ Submit your abstract by 11 March

💫NEW: Das, @fabianspill.bsky.social & co combine intracellular cartography and biophysical modelling to reveal how edge curvature governs endoplasmic reticulum (ER) morphology, showing that curvature-dependent ER reorganization directs distinct modes of epithelial cell migration. bit.ly/3HFAQ8S

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Seminar 📅 September 12th 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Invited by @minclab.bsky.social, Jan Brugues ( @tudresden.bsky.social ) will give the Institut Jacques Monod Seminar "Self-organization of the cytoplasm by physical instabilities " ➡️ buff.ly/Iw2dkAH

Regulation of the cell wall integrity pathway at the contact site between mating partners in yeast https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669915v1

How does evolution shape ancient cellular processes? Our new paper uncovers the mosaic evolution of conserved and diverging endocytic traits in fungi! www.cell.com/current-biol...

✍️ The @minclab.bsky.social contributed to the publication of a new article 📖 @biophysj.bsky.social 📃 Inferring diffusion, reaction, and exchange parameters from imperfect FRAP 🔗 www.cell.com/biophysj/abs...

It is with infinite sadness that we learned of the passing of Clarisse Orniacki. She joined @vdoye.bsky.social lab and defended her thesis in December 2022 and pursued her career with a postdoc in‬ @tedfon.bsky.social at McGill University in Montreal . Tribute 🔗 www.ijm.fr/tribute-to-c...

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

CDR2 is a dynein adaptor recruited by kinectin to regulate ER sheet organization, say Vanessa Teixeira, Reto Gassmann @rgassmann.bsky.social and colleagues @i3suporto.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Cytoskeleton #Biochemistry #Organelles

Upcoming seminar by Jan Brugues: Self-organization of the cytoplasm by physical instabilities at Institut Jacques Monod, Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:45. More info

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture 📅 July 11th 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Tomorrow, Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the Institut Jacques Monod Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong" ➡️ buff.ly/xtpjdk2

Ever wished to become an actin star? 😎 Then try getting suspended above a non-adhesive substrate. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This postdoc position is still open! Apply if you want to come work with us on asymmetric cell divisions in spiralian embryos! postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

Hello microscopy and imaging experts and enthusiasts! We are looking for a staff scientist to join us here in Geneva to work on microscopy and image analysis projects! See the link for the job announcement (in French and in English). Please apply and/or repost! jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

Registration is now open! Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan 📅 October 14–17, 2025 📍 Paris, France 🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025 www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks

Registration and abstract submission for the 2025 SFP Physics & Life days are now open! The meeting will be held on October 2-3 at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris. Deadline: September 5. phys-life-2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en @sfp-physique.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social

Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture 📅 July 11th 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Next week, Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the Institut Jacques Monod Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong" ➡️ buff.ly/xtpjdk2

#JobOffer 💼 (M/F) Post-doctoral researcher in biophysics of the cytoskeleton 📅 September 1st 📍 Institut Jacques Monod / @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social Lab 🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before July 22th emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture 📅 July 11th 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Invited by the ‪ijmonod.bsky.social‬ , Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the IJM Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong" ➡️ buff.ly/xtpjdk2 @minclab.bsky.social‬

👋 Are you looking for a postdoc position? Do you think microtubules are fascinating? Then we might have the job for you! 2-year funded postdoc to join our lab! 👉 deadline 20/06 👇 check it out www.godinholab.com

Upcoming seminar by Gijsje Koenderink: How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong at Institut Jacques Monod, Friday 11 July 2025 at 11:45. More info

💼 Postdoctoral Researcher Mechanobiology of Meningococcal Infection 📅 November 1st 📍 Daria Bonazzi's Lab Apply before June 23st 🔗 www.ijm.fr/post-doc-m-f...

Save the date for the 3rd edition of the Physics & Life days, division of the French Physical Society, October 2-3 at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris. More info coming soon! Co-organised with Silvia Grigolon & Morgan Chabanon. @sfp-physique.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social

Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Fungal Cell Wall Research available to study the Malassezia-host interaction interface in the context of atopic dermatitis. @lableibundgut.bsky.social @neil-gow.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Job Alert! We are recruiting one postdoc to work on spiralian embryos and their crazy polar lobes. More info about this HFSP-funded position on our website baronelab.org: scroll to the end, click on "this could be you"...start your adventure!

📣 Ce 15 mai 2025, Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo a été promue au grade d’Officier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite, par décret du Président de la République. 🔬 Cette distinction prestigieuse vient saluer son excellence scientifique dans le domaine de la biologie. 🔗 www.ijm.fr/virginie-cou...

✨We are looking for a PhD student interested in physical cell bio, imaging 🔬, biochemistry, #Xenopus 🐸 & #microtubules ✨ Join us @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!

✍️ The @minclab.bsky.social published a new article 📖 Current Biology 📃 Cell division: Size-scaling cytoplasmic flows transport chromosomes to the right spot 🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Thanks @minclab.bsky.social for the visit @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
 Grateful for the captivating talk and those stunning sea urchin embryo visuals! 🤩

🤝 Nouvel épisode du #PodcastCNRS avec Yannis Reignier, doctorant à l'@ijmonod.bsky.social dans l'équipe de @minclab.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

Very much looking forward to the visit & seminar by Nicolas Minc @minclab.bsky.social 🌟 Big cells 🤩

📢 Voices in Infection Biology Join us next week for a talk by Nicolas Minc @minclab.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 30 🕓 4 pm 📍 on-site seminar (Berlin) Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41644...

Unlike eggs & mitotic cells, in adherent interphasic cells the centrosome is NOT positioned by a balance of forces along #microtubules, but by cell shape organization around the #centrosome: rupress.org/jcb/article/... @lblanchoin.bsky.social @manuelthery.bsky.social @gelinmatthieu.bsky.social

✍️Our collaborative project with the @becklab.bsky.social (@mpibp.bsky.social) and the Kräusslich lab who applied innovative ultrastructural analyses to analyze nuclear pores in Nup133-/- embryonic stem cells and neural progenitors is now out @naturecomms.bsky.social! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✍️ The @vdoye.bsky.social Lab contributed to the publication of a new article 📖 @naturecomms.bsky.social 📃 Nuclear pores safeguard the integrity of the nuclear envelope 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Wonderful visit full of inspiring discussions. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Merci beaucoup @minclab.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social

Very happy to present the latest preprint of the lab. This was work done predominantly by a Master student, Leonardo Tadini, assisted by Lilia Younsi, Isabel Holguera, Felix Simon, and Max Courgeon: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We may not have really squared the circle — but we came close! 😉 In our @NaturePhysics paper w/ @fakhrilab.bsky.social, light-triggered membrane excitability enables programmable shapes — a step toward engineering living matter. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biophysics #syntheticcell #softmatter

Unexpected role of β-catenin signaling in germ layer specification In this 'Show and tell' post, @genikhovich.bsky.social and @tclebedeva.bsky.social tell us about their video of a GFP-β-catenin knock-in Nematostella embryo from their latest paper: 🎥 thenode.biologists.com/unexpected-r...

Mike Sheetz (1946-2025) made immense contributions to our understanding of motor proteins, membrane biology, cytoskeleton and mechanobiology. Haguy Wolfenson, Gregory Giannone, and Martin Schwartz recall his life and work: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

📣 L'Institut Jacques Monod dans la presse Retrouvez un article du @lemonde.fr présentant le récent article scientique publié par l'équipe @bladoux.bsky.social / @rmmege.bsky.social dans Nature Materials 📃Dans les matchs entre cellules, la cohésion fait la force 🔗 www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art....

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Seminar 📅 April 4th 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Invited by the @minclab.bsky.social , @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social , will give the Institut Jacques Monod Seminar "Regulation of deterministic development" ➡️ buff.ly/5xOsMOz

🌊 Nestled in the heart of the Calanques of Marseille, the IBDM offers an exceptional work environment 🌿✨ 🔬 Conduct research with a sea view 🌞 Work in an inspiring natural setting 🌍 Combine scientific excellence with quality of life Join us as a Group Leader: https://tinyurl.com/ukf2rn2x

Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required. Please Repost 🙏 thanks !

New preprint out 🔥🔥 on my postdoc work with @manuelthery.bsky.social and @lblanchoin.bsky.social about how we can create sustained dynamic steady states of actin network inside microscopic wells that contract "forever" without collapsing! A thread 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...