Thrilled to organize the “Physical Cell Biology of Immunity & Infection” subgroup at Cell Bio 2025 – ASCB/EMBO with @hawa-racine.bsky.social, @jaumouillelab.bsky.social, Marcus Taylor & Shalini Low-Nam. Seeking exciting interdisciplinary speakers! Abstract deadline: Sept 3 www.ascb.org/cellbio2025

We’re hiring! A PhD position (E13 TV-L, 65%) is available at @cmfi.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social. The DFG-funded project explores how mechanical forces shape intracellular bacterial infections, focusing on Listeria. Details & application: www.euraxess.de/jobs/366585. Start: ASAP!

Great work from @calinacopos.bsky.social lab on #migration of #cell trains! Excited to have contributed some of my old #Dictyostelium data to the modelling work!

Looking for a method to characterise cell #motility and #ERK signalling waves? Check out our STAR protocols paper: star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/41... Thanks for the great work Julio Cesar Sanchez-Rendon & @effiebastounis.bsky.social! #protocol #epithelia #FRET #singlecell #imaging

How is extrusion of infected host cells related to ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) activity? Hi, I’m @hundsdorfer.bsky.social from the @effiebastounis.bsky.social lab. Let’s follow the recent development of bacterially-infected cell extrusion & mechanochemical ERK activity waves.

The study of @hundsdorfer.bsky.social et al. on ERK waves coordinating the #biomechanical competition between #epithelial #cells resulting in infected cell extrusion is out: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce.... Thanks to all contributors, DFG, @cmfi.bsky.social & @Serge for #Shigella & #zebrafish experiments!

Delighted that our review on modeling of #endothelial and #epithelial #cell monolayer #biomechanics is now published in @cp-trendscellbio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.tc...! Thanks to all contributors and to DFG, Universität Tübingen, @cmfi.bsky.social for the support!

Happy to share our paper describing StretchView, an accessible cell-stretching device compatible with automated live-cell videomicroscopy: doi.org/10.1002/advs...! A great collaboration with the Constantinou lab TU Braunschweig. Thanks to DFG, Universität Tübingen, @cmfi.bsky.social for supporting!