Afting, C., Walther, T., Drozdowski, O. M., Schlagheck, C., Schwarz, U. S., Wittbrodt, J., & Göpfrich, K. (2024). DNA microbeads for spatio-temporally controlled morphogen release within organoids. Nature Nanotechnology www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EpithelialMechanics

Look at this 🙂 #CryoEM Structural basis for CTCF-mediated chromatin organization by @lucas.farnunglab.com @voslab.org www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

How do compartmentalization & loop extrusion organize eukaryotic genomes beyond classical model organisms? Hi-C analysis of silkworm chromosomes by Drinnenberg, Muller, Mirny et al reveals new combination of these mechanisms, and a new, secluded “S” compartment link.springer.com/article/10.1...

If you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons: 1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress 2) Write to your congressional reps. 3) Write to [email protected] to request re-consideration;

Cool thread with examples of the role of cell junctions in collective cell migration! 🧪

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

FACETS Journal is looking for a Co-Editor-in-Chief to curate content, support diverse voices in research, and collaborate with our editorial team. Expertise in ecology, conservation biology, biodiversity, or environmental sciences is ideal. Learn more ▶️ https://ow.ly/Gbzv50Xo3Ks

Thank you so much for the great talk and wonderful science conversations! @takakulab.bsky.social and our students and other faculty really appreciated your sharing your science with us!

🥁 #FragileNucleosome is back on Jan 28! We are very excited to host @au-ho-yu.bsky.social and @gcloner.bsky.social as our first speakers of 2026! 📋Please don't forget to register for our 2026 seminar series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

⚠️ The final work of two former PhD students Till @tschwammle.bsky.social and Verena @verenamutzel.bsky.social is out! ➡️⬅️ They dissect how memory can arise from antisense transcription using mathematical modelling 💻, genomics 🧬 and synthetic biology ⚒️! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Loved this from @simonmaechling.bsky.social - chemistry FTW… @dereklowe.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social

I wrote about this for Nature last July - good advice here from some award-winning academic mentors around the world: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Some joy in this crazy world.

Janssen, V., & Huveneers, S. (2024). Cell–cell junctions in focus–imaging junctional architectures and dynamics at high resolution. Journal of Cell Science, #EpithelialMechanicsReview doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

Read the full story in our preprint! 👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Excited to share this work with my co-first author Kevin Sabath - a fantastic collaboration between the @alex-stark.bsky.social and @plaschkalab.bsky.social labs! 🤝🧪

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken https://theonion.com/heroic-dog-saves-family-of-5-from-herb-roasted-chicken/

This story is absolutely wild. Did you know that avocados change sex over the course of a day? And that it's controlled by a single ancient balanced polymorphism? This is flat our crazy

Walking around the #NIH hospital and seeing all kinds of patients getting care here: kids in wheelchairs, adults in masks and chemo caps. And all of this is being cut down, undermined, and destroyed by Trump. It should make us all incredibly angry.

Hinderling, L., Hadorn, R., Kwasny, M., Frei, J., Grädel, B., Psalmon, S., Blum, Y., ..., Riveline, D., & Pertz, O. (2025). Teach your microscope how to print: low-cost and rapid-iteration microfabrication for biology. Lab on a chip, 25(16), 4091–4105. #EpithelialMechanics buff.ly/dSMEV1I

Hunkering down for the winter storm.

I taught Genetics again this year. We need to include discussion of the problematic history of our field, especially as the claims of eugenics are once again centered in our political discourse. Last year I wrote this piece, explaining my reasoning and approach 🧪 1/n www.cell.com/trends/genet...

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My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.” Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

🔔Join us next Wednesday for #FragileNucleosome! 2 fantastic talks on chromatin regulation:🔬 @mariamafau.bsky.social on ZIC2's dual role in neural induction 🔬 @jhenninger.bsky.social on how RNA-binding proteins drive transcription 📋Register here for the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thorough response to Bhattacharya and Memoli's nonsense from @jeremyfaust.bsky.social and @angierasmussen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Today’s experiment at home- Torta di mele- Italian apple cake.

Myosin VI orchestrates estrogen-driven gene expression in breast cancer cells. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.13.688007v1

Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)

Northern lights

‪@scibri.com‬‬ Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

The northern lights display tonight is pretty spectacular despite the bright moonlight!

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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

Great opportunity in a fantastic lab!

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

The Epigenetics Society held its 2nd international conference, showcasing cutting-edge research. Presentations featured model organisms—from plants & ants to honeybees, mice & humans & multiomic approaches to deliver unprecedented insights into epigenetic regulation. www.esconference25.com/program

Happy Diwali!! May this diya (🪔) be a light in these dark times. Heralding the victory of good over evil!

GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.

I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for home or overseas students, applications open till 4 November. 🔗 Please like and share to spread the word! www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students... Take a look at projects for 2025/26 www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/opportunitie... #PhD, #PhDPosition

The 2nd of 6 faculty positions open at UNC Biology is for an Asst Professor studying critical questions in Plant Molecular Biology, focusing on molecular mechanisms illuminating fundamental aspects of plant biology, including interactions with other organisms 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...