We are delighted to announce our new Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Culture (EDIC) Grant £1500 for initiatives to promote EDI in cell biology in UK or Ireland. BSCB members of any career stage can apply. Scope is purposefully wide - we're excited to see your ideas! bscb.org/support-gran...

Registration for the Cell Biology and Cancer course at Institut Curie is now open! Explore how biological forms emerge across scales, from intracellular organization to tissues. 📅 November 16th-20th, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Deadline: September 10th, 2026 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/cours/biolog...

Day 3 at #DynamicCellVI done - disco anyone?

Fantastic talk from our 2026 Postdoc ECR Medal Winner @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at #DynamicCellVI explaining her research on the role of 3D epithelial topology in developmental patterning Congratulations Giulia 👏👏

Meg, Bella & Ilona repping @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social at #DynamicCellVI poster session @jasonkinglab.bsky.social

Fantastic talk by Rachel @rlawson954.bsky.social presenting her PhD work on keratins in mitosis at @bscb-official.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social #DynamicCellVI 👏👏👏 @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social

Excited for #DynamicCellVI @bscb-official.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social

A wonderful week in a very sunny Paris at the EMBO cytoskeleton meeting - reinforced my love for all things actin (microtubules & intermediate filaments are pretty cool too)

🚨 #postdoc to be hired in the Paluch Lab 🚨 If you know anyone experienced with and, more importantly, excited about nanoscale architecture of #actincortex and super-res & electron #microscopy do encourage them to apply👇 Amazing colleagues, can only recommend 😉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Attention all microscopists!

Do you know a talented undergraduate student who would like to undertake a paid summer internship in your cell biology lab? Applications to our summer studentships are OPEN Deadline 31st March For details and how to apply, see our website: bscb.org/support-gran...

Very excited to be co-organising this next year! Save the date

We are very proud that Thalia has been nominated for three Yorkshire Choice awards - Please vote here: www.yorkshirechoiceawards.co.uk/vote Three years ago, Thalia was diagnosed with a devastating brain tumour. She has fought back and done her best to raise awareness and funds to support others!

Ooh very interesting work reconstituting cortical excitability by altering membrane composition

Come and work with us! We're looking for a talented postdoc with interests in developmental biology, cancer and the primary cilia to join us @mortlab.bsky.social. An exciting MRC funded collaboration with Pleasantine Mill - @cilialab.bsky.social. Further details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR804/s...

Having gone down a rabbit hole trying to find biographical information about Jennifer Harvey who isolated the HRAS oncogene, I've been looking at her papers. Now I want to know about Mrs Schendler!

Anyone know anything about Jennifer Harvey, who first isolated the virus containing HRAS (Harvey-Ras) at Mill Hill in 1967? Prepping a lecture including the discovery of Ras oncogenes and wanted to add pics of the scientists involved. The Internet has NOTHING #sciencehistory #forgottenwomen

Huge congrats Giulia! my fellow @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social @buzzbaum.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social lab member. Very well deserved :)

Two weeks left to apply to be the BSCB Postdoc rep

Proud to have been awarded LEAF Silver (again) - with @helenkmatthews.bsky.social lab!! @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social

New online ECR-focused seminar series from the BSCB organised by @harrietasmith.bsky.social Register now

Last chance to apply for a PhD Position in our lab on #keratins in #celldivision Applications close on 7/1/26

Excited to be a speaker at Dynamic Cell VI. Always a great meeting

How does Ras signalling affect actin? Some answers in a new review from Joe Tyler & I @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1m8v-3PA3s... We discuss how Ras proteins coordinate local and global changes to the actin cytoskeleton and contribute to cytoskeletal plasticity in cancer.

How does signalling control cortical tension? Using optogenetics and AFM, we show that myosin recruitment and cortical tension increase proportionally with RhoA signalling. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Super work by Pierre Bohec with Guillaume Salbreux and @dianakhorom.bsky.social

My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!

📢 PhD opportunity: fully-funded BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience project available @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging. 👇Apply by 7th Jan www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Are you a postdoc with a passion for cell biology? We are looking for a postdoc representative to join the BSCB committee! Applications are open to existing BSCB postdoc members. See our website for further details. Apply by 31st Jan bscb.org/call-for-app...

- A postdoc to work on cancer extravasation (4-year project). - A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year). - Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall. - We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).

We are very happy to share our new PrePrint: Myosin VI orchestrates estrogen-driven gene expression in breast cancer cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We characterise how Myosin VI is a key regulator of the Estrogen Receptor. Perturbation of Myosin VI impedes ER functionality.

Are you an independently funded fellow or lecturer within three years of your appointment? Join our webinar on 8 December to find out more about the Crucible Programme which is designed to transform your approach to research and collaboration. Book your place: whiterose.ac.uk/event/transf...

Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: the deadline for BSCB medal nominations is now 14th November. 🔬Hooke Medal 👩‍🔬Women in Cell Biology medal 🧫 Postdoctoral Researcher medal 🔬Raff PhD medal award Details of eligibility and how to nominate are on our website.

Looking forward to this!

📢 Fully-funded 4-year MRC DiMeN PhD opportunity in our lab. 🔬 Exciting cancer cell biology collab with @maiblab.bsky.social & Liz Smythe @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social to use recombinant biosensors to image active KRAS in #pancreaticcancer 👇Apply by 4th Dec www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Great talk from Rob de Bruin @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social yesterday. Made us rethink some of our cell cycle data. Thanks to PhD student @isabelladavis00.bsky.social for inviting Rob

Another fantastic set of talks at the 7th Sheffield Pancreatic Cancer Research Interest Network. A big thank you to Stephen Bradley and Ifeoluwa Oyelade for sharing their inspiring research. #PancreaticCancer #CancerResearch

🗓️ the deadline for our medal nominations is fast approaching! Send your nominations by 1st Nov For full details see bscb.org

How do cells adapt their volumes when they proliferate and form a multicellular mass in 3D? If you have wondered about this or work with 3D in-vitro systems, then you will be happy to read our paper now on bioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... See the thread 🧵 below for more information.

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

Amazing talk by Bella, from @helenkmatthews.bsky.social lab at #NECB2025

PhD students @isabelladavis00.bsky.social and @zhebao.bsky.social doing a great job representing @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social at the Crick Cancer Conference this week

Very sad news that Jochen Guck has died. A true pioneer of biophysics, he was an inspiration to me and so many others.

Do you know an outstanding cell biologist? Nominations are open for our 2026 medals: 🔬Hooke Medal for outstanding contribution in cell biology 👩‍🔬Women in Cell Biology medal 🧫 Postdoctoral Researcher medal 🔬Raff PhD medal award Deadline 1st November

@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer. Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions. Please repost! More details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Well done Bella 👏👏👏 #NECB2025 #proudPI

Great talks this morning from all the @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social final year students including from our very own Rachel and Meg. It's amazing to see how all the projects have developed.

Less than a week to go, before the North England Cell Biology Forum in Liverpool #NECB-2025 We’re excited to be welcoming cell biologists, from across the North, to our amazing city. The schedule is packed full of great science! bit.ly/3Vh5dpg

Studying cancer evolution needs multi-region or single cell seq for phylogenetics, right? Amazingly (I think!) we found single-sample bulk methylation suffices, via analysis of "fluctuating methylation". In @nature.com today led by brilliant @calumgabbutt.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Well done to our PhD student @rlawson954.bsky.social 👏 on giving a talk on her data on keratins and mitotic mechanics at the MBI-MPG conference at @mbisg.bsky.social in Singapore! @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social