Our discovery of an epidermal membrane-associated periodic scaffold that protects axons from damage is out now in Science Advances and featured on the cover! Congratulations to Sean, Igor and Dat for their wonderful and inspiring work! @coakleylab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Latest paper is now out and features on the cover of Science Advances 👉 tinyurl.com/vea5862x Very grateful Igor Bonacossa Pereira, Dat Le & Massimo Hilliard @hilliardlab.bsky.social for their creativity & passion. Read more about it 👉 tinyurl.com/56awjda5 & 👉 tinyurl.com/2vp8p8uk

Come & join us: Within @phar.cam.ac.uk, we have a a PhD studentship available for an October 2026 start in collaboration with @MaxionTx as part of the BioSCaPe programme www.babraham.ac.uk/work-and-stu.... Project details 👉 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Happy to share our (@erin-schuman.bsky.social, @mpibrain.bsky.social) latest preprint „Brain-wide synaptosome profiling reveals localized mRNAs that diversify synapses“ (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...).

Read this inspiring perspectives coauthored by the Worm Resource directors and worm Nobel Laureates! 4 Nobel Prizes and how they were enabled by major NIH-supported research resources (the Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, WormBase, and WormAtlas) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I’m excited to share my PhD work on localized mRNAs and protein synthesis in cortical layer 1 on bioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📢 Applications for the 2026 Cambridge Amgen Scholars Programme are now open! • Open to undergraduate students – UK & Europe • Fully paid 8-week lab-based placements • All scholars housed in college accommodation Eligibility & how to apply: amgenscholars.bio.cam.ac.uk #Cambridge #AmgenScholars

A molecular atlas of the hippocampus: Scientist at the MPIs for Brain Research and Biophysics map RNAs and proteins at synaptic resolution 🔬 🔗 brain.mpg.de/molecular-at... @evakaulich.bsky.social @erin-schuman.bsky.social

Excited to share our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com : An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic map of the mouse hippocampus at synaptic resolution. Press release: brain.mpg.de/molecular-at... Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414... cc @mpibrain.bsky.social

Excited to share our latest collaborative work from Erin Schuman's lab @mpibrain.bsky.social : An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic map of the mouse hippocampus at synaptic resolution, now published in @natcomms.nature.com. Here’s a thread summary 🧵 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

“An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic map of the mouse hippocampus at synaptic resolution” 🧪🧠🧬 Great study (+resource) by @evakaulich.bsky.social Erin Schuman and colleagues @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Foliar mRNA spray induces protein synthesis in monocot crop and dicot model plant species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.668951v1

🚛 Ribosomes on the road! New research from the Schuman Lab @mpibrain.bsky.social shows neurons can locally assemble ribosomes - far from the nucleus and close to synapses. A big shift from textbook biology! 📚🧬🔗 bit.ly/3GUJKPv #Neuroscience #CellBiology #Ribosomes

Very excited and proud to finally share this story! 🐙 We discovered surprising roles for dopamine and acetylcholine in the Octopus visual system… doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Today we report the directed evolution of HUH into rHUH, a sequence-specific covalent protein tag for RNA labeling. rHUH was hard to engineer: the initial HUH template had no RNA activity, so we started with RNA-DNA hybrids. 30 rounds of selection on the yeast surface were required, and 7 cycles of

🎉 Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 @hfspo.bsky.social ‬#neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward 👉 bit.ly/4m6g40P

Optogenetic storage and release of protein and mRNA in live cells and animals | Nature Communications share.google/gz8nYXZ3hUVh... #spatialbiology #imagingtools #fluorescencemicroscopy

🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome 14 talented and enthusiastic high-school students to the 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program, kicking off today with a Science Boot Camp Week @mpibrain.bsky.social ! 🔬🧬 @maxplanck.de

Optogenetic storage and release of protein and mRNA in live cells and animals @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

119 EMBO Fellows from 30+ countries attended the EMBO Fellows’ Meeting in Heidelberg, DE from 27 June–1 July. #Research was shared and connections formed – an incredible opportunity for #networking and #collaboration. Thank you to all who joined and were part of this vibrant community! 🧪

Out now! We found a new molecule, OSP-1, that protects neurons from damage caused by oxidative stress. We show that OSP-1 reduces cell death by regulating autophagy, and can be an exciting target for future treatments of acute insults such as stroke. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This paper is now featured by @naturecomms.bsky.social on their Editors' Highlights page Check it out 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...

NEW Paper: If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇

Leveraging the genetic power of the nematode C. elegans and the optogenetic tool KillerRed, the Hilliard Lab discovered osp-1, a novel gene that protects neurons from oxidative damage via cell-autonomous mechanisms 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

How hard do bacteria-eating nematodes bite in order to break the bacterial cell wall? Check out our new paper, led by Jason Casar & collab with Jen Dionne, using pressure sensing beads that change color upon compression (bluetorial coming soon) rdcu.be/d5n7v

New paper from the Faller Lab on P-stalk ribosomes and cytokine responses and commentary from the Willis Lab. #RNABiology #Ribosome www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

I am super excited to share our article addressing a longstanding question in neurobiology: how Ca²⁺ signaling cascades initiated at dendritic spines operate at a distance. Check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @cp-cell.bsky.social.

Are you looking for postdoc opportunities? This @kingscollege.bsky.social research fellowship could be a fantastic opportunity for C. elegans research, if you're interested please do get in touch! www.kings.cam.ac.uk/about/work-a...