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Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. Livestream is planned too. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.

Domesticated animals have pulled our heavy carts and turned our large mills for centuries. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum—what if the wheel you want to turn is so small you can’t see it? Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines. 1/7 ⚛️🧪

Tomorrow at @ISTAresearch.bsky.social in Vienna at 4:30 PM I will show and discuss how shapes can emerge (and disappear) from mixture of microtubules and molecular motors. #morphogenesis

We hire! The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities. More details here: cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...

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

I see intraflagellar transport and dynamic steady states in living systems in this work by www.perry-cooper.com/about Should we think of the bias in intracellular transports by "rewards"?

Each cube can emit a light and sound to tell its neighbours it has heard something. Check www.scenocosme.com/reactive_mat... for more details on this reactive matter.

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 🧪

MAP4-MAP7D1 partitioning on tyrosinated-detyrosinated microtubules coordinates lysosome positioning in nutrient signalling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680844v1

What would happen if cells would express more molecular motors ? They would break all microtubules 😱 As shown by recent great work from @kjverhey1.bsky.social rupress.org/jcb/article-...

Yusuke Maeda, from the department of Chemical Engineering of Kyoto University for a seminar on Tuesday the 21st of October at 12:00 in the main amphitheatre of the IPGG (6 rue Jean Calvin). Title and abstract: From Flow to Shape: Biophysical Principles of Confined Actomyosin

THE Erwin Frey, talking about self-organization in biological systems. Title of the seminar serie suggests it might be intended for physicists.

intracellular mechanics ! in Barcelona in February (when its freezing anywherelse) !

associate prof position in biophysics !

Beautiful drawing of ciliogenesis in airway cells from Sorokin, 1968: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/.... Just shown on stage by @mahjoublab.bsky.social at #GEF25

The program is outstanding. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate a giant.

After so many years we keep on drawing circles, lines, asters and arrows.

Paris Biological Physics Community Day (07/11/2025): Save the date! Friday, November the 7th Starting at 9h15 Laboratoire de Physique de l’École Normale Supérieure - Salle Jaurès - 29 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris www.phys.ens.psl.eu/parisyoung/

Tissues transition between solid & fluid states in development & disease; cytoplasm turns crowded or inert to literally 'solidify'. Any connections? Turns out nothing's known. @sameerthukral.bsky.social & @bipashadey29.bsky.social pulled this review off brilliantly with a conceptual synthesis.

Despite their high rigidity, microtubules (MTs) dynamically bend and buckle in cells. MT-self repair is inherent to their metastable nature, but it remains unclear whether just inherent repair mechanisms are sufficient to maintain MT integrity🧵 (1/9) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Happy to share that our paper on Tau- Microtubule interaction is now published in Nature Physics!🥳 We show that Tau isn’t just a microtubule stabiliser - it promotes removal of defects in the microtubule lattice. Congratulations @subhambiswas.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

Fabulous work showing how Tau catalyses microtubule repair

Which city is the best for Cytoskeleton research? Dresden? Barcelona? Cambridge ? Noooo ... you all know its Paris, right? 😎 Registering to the annual meeting on Friday 14th of November is now open: pcd2025.sciencesconf.org Keynote speeches by @carter-lab.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht !

Our paper on podosome regulation by myosins 1e/f is now online. We introduce the concept of the podosome base, a region of plasma membrane-associated components 🔬 Cool collaboration with @renaudpoincloux.bsky.social‬ and Krendel labs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Less than two weeks until the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting! It’s not too late to register; sign up by Sept 10th. We are thrilled to announce an amazing speaker line-up. Check out the schedule below and visit our website for the full agenda and poster session details.

🤔 How do protrusion & polarity interactions govern the collision behavior of migrating cells? Check out our paper, just out in @prxlife.bsky.social 👉 journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst... Great work by Tom Brandstätter, in collab. w/ Chase Broedersz & Joachim Rädler @cens-lmu.bsky.social

Regulated development of cannibalistic supergiant cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.19.671124v1

We're looking for an awesome computational #postdoc to join our group @PioneerCampus. You'll explore native cells with #cryoET, get long-term funding (5+ years), and live in Munich! For more info, see our new Cell Architecture Lab website:...

We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠 Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels. Take a look at these four open positions 👇

As Head of Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, lead the unit bringing together physicists, chemists, biologists, and computational scientists to study the fundamental principles of dynamic cellular organisation and function. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... With @dudinlab.bsky.social @embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

not a joke: Could someone please send me by DM the PDF of my paper which is behind paywall and I don't have access to it... rupress.org/jcb/article-... Thanks !

Still unsure about TCM2025? 🤔 Here’s a sneak peek into one of our exciting talks. Dive into groundbreaking research on spindle architecture and how cryo-ET is reshaping our understanding of mitosis. Don’t miss the chance to learn from the Redemann Lab’s innovative discoveries! 🔬

Out today in Phys. Rev. Fluids, our 'Arrested development and traveling waves of active suspensions in nematic liquid crystals'. The bend instability in active suspensions pairs off against bending resistance in LCs to tell quite a story! 1/20 people.math.wisc.edu/~spagnolie/P...

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

A novel mechanism for centrosome expulsion ensures metabolic activity in polyploid cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.01.668089v1

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...

We have used many microwells to confine biochemical reactions in our recent studies. We wanted to share the protocol for preparing and characterizing microwells; this protocol is now published here : www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel... @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social

Another beautiful image by @alex-schaef.bsky.social with which he revealed that local forces produced on microtubules can't propagate up to the centrosome...!

this focused issue includes a great method by @alexandra-colin.bsky.social to make closed microwell in order to encapsulate your favorite reconstitution mix in compartments of controled size and shape. 🔴🟥🔻❤️

Sauvons Le Palais de la Découverte ! chng.it/T67KPHKNbb

Congratulations Shailaja! will you show more of such beautiful MT-FA crosstalk?🤩

AI is all wrong on this. but what about taking advantage of this new perspective to think differently about microtubules?

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

Manolo Rios, Jeffrey Woodruff and colleagues use purified human proteins to define the minimal modules for centrosome scaffold assembly and microtubule aster nucleation. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Stunning views of DNA organisation in the nucleus. Jump at 20:00 to see linescans of non-condensed chromosomes in interphase!

AML patient blasts exhibit polarization defects upon interaction with bone marrow stromal cells. www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... Work by Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social @institut-leucemie.bsky.social and co-workers.