Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...

Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight. @rogerhighfield.bsky.social speaks to George Kassiotis and Samra Turajlic @turajliclab.bsky.social about how ancient viral remnants and rogue DNA impact evolution and disease. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...

Jackson Pollock’s painting, Number 1A, 1948, includes a vivid blue pigment of unknown origin. Laser spectroscopy identifies the paint as metal-based manganese blue, a distinctive color patented in 1935 and no longer available. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We're looking for clinicians who are passionate about research to join our 3-year fully funded clinical PhD programme. 🔬🩺 Apply by 14 November 2025. 👇 www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social. Submission deadline: 3 November journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu... #cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish

One more movie! Using the RL algorithm (from pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...), @masaashimazoe.bsky.social analyzed our nucleosome tracking data and classified them by their mobility. Hotter color = faster motion (Slow🔵→ 🟢 → 🟡 → 🟠 Fast)

🚨 We are hiring a #postdoc in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry. Join us if you are interested in using super-resolution STED & cryoET to uncover self-organization dynamics of epithelial cell interfaces & glycobiology collaboration with WuLab zurl.co/aTGq7

Join us for the first @embo.org meeting on Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology! Registrations are open, submit your abstract by November 14: we have plenty of slots for short talks! #EMBOMechanobio

#FluorescenceFriday : happy MitoFriday

#FluorescenceFriday: getting ready for #GEF25, playing with Ciarán's stunning ExM data

We have space for two postdoctoral fellows in the Taipale Lab at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. This is a core-funded open position! Come with your ideas and interests and we can develop a project together. sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...

Be our new colleague! 🎉 The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. 👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4 👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.

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 !

The EMBL PhD programme is open until 13th October (entry ~Sep 2026): www.embl.org/about/info/e... We have three positions in microbial genomics at EMBL-EBI, including one in my group. Please do apply, or if you know anyone that would be interested pass on to them

🚀 Our new paper is out @natmethods.nature.com! Kuffer & Marzilli engineered conditionally stable MS2 & PP7 coat proteins (dMCP & dPCP) that degrade unless bound to RNA, enabling ultra–low-background, single-mRNA imaging in live cells. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬 www.addgene.org/John_Ngo/

we found that nuclear envelope rupture triggers rapid DIAPH3 formin influx to generate a actin mesh to prevent further chromatin leakage from damaged nuclei. thanks to Pitter Huesgen @degradomics.bsky.social and @cibss.bsky.social, @chrkam.bsky.social

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@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-...

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

And now for something completely different @tianyang22.bsky.social & #YanCao uncover of how SPIN90 dimers activate Arp2/3 to nucleate bidirectional linear actin filaments. Great collaboration with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social & @carolynmoores1.bsky.social #Cryo-EM #Arp2/3 rdcu.be/eGoH4

Please share: The application for Les Houches is open (until Oct 31) fluorescenceleshouches.wordpress.com *This is for you, if you ever wanted to learn all about fluorescence markers & how to apply them for your biological research!* PS: no fees this year, you just need to get there, that's all!

👩‍🔬 We’re hiring! Join a dynamic team driving innovation in blood cancer research at the University of Sussex. Collaborate with experts, grow your skills in protein biochemistry, and contribute to vital discoveries. 👉 Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP599/r...

@embl.org Heidelberg is looking for a new Head of Scientific Instrumentation! This is an exciting opportunity at the interface between scientific research and technology development, overseeing our mechanical and electronic workshops! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d...

Interested in doing exciting research on #epithelial #plasticity in the #kidney or #intestine? Then please check out our recent job ads for #PhD and #Postdoc positions! www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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17 ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck scientists! This puts the Max Planck Society at the top of the European ranking. mpg.de/25324951/erc... Congratulations to all grantees 🎉👏 #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

I'm thrilled to share that the oPool⁺ display is on the cover of this week's #ScienceTranslationalMedicine! We hope that the future use of this platform can accelerate antibody characterization, benefit therapeutic & vaccine development, and facilitate iterative refinements of antibody AI models.

We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with: 1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics 2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : [email protected]. Deadline 15 sept.

If you like transcription regulation and its mechanisms, this WIP list is for you. I'm sure I've forgotten lots of people, so don't hesitate to let me know so I can add you to the list. go.bsky.app/8vTgeXB

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Your research future starts at NTU Singapore! We're recruiting for fully-funded PhDs & prestigious Postdoc fellowships. Join our info sessions across the US this Sept to learn more about launching your career at a world-class university. #PhD #PostdocJobs Register 👇 forms.office.com/r/HYfKgmcAa0

Nonmuscle myosin II regulates presynaptic actin and neuronal mechanobiology in Drosophila url: rupress.org/jcb/article-...

Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026). For more information, please contact: [email protected]

A new #UExM probe for #Actin! Fun times thinking/developing/testing with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @lreymond.bsky.social ! Congrats to all ! If interested in #UExM, or #HAK-Actin, feel free to reach out ! Soon available at @spirochrome.com #Expansion #Microscopy #ProtistsOnSky

There is still time to apply to become part of our team at Nature Biomedical Engineering! Please share! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

one small consolation of being a 60+ year old investigator is the ability to submit to 𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 family journals — sure they’re low impact (for our knees) but they have an early bird special if you submit between 4:00 and 5:30 on weekdays

💡Interested in our recently advertised @embl.org-style group leader positions but still not sure about it? Maybe this clip will convince you to join us👇!

📢 After #CBIAS2025, join our hands-on 2-day napari training by @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @liverpooluni.bsky.social From conda to plugins to Jupyter, practicals on real data with expert guidance. For Python/ImageJ coders. Apply by 1 Sept – limited to 30! crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cbias-napari-workshop-2025

Super cool! The membrane skeleton is constitutively remodeled in neurons by calcium signaling | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

PhD student in cryo-ET of membrane trafficking at MPI-NAT in Göttingen, DE #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky jobrxiv.org/job/max-...

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

Hi everybody! I am super excited to share the work done during my PhD published in @nature today! We describe a new mechanism of self- vs. non-self RNA discrimination by showing how N-glycans shield glycoRNAs from stimulating endosomal RNA sensors www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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 !

Engineers and biologists join forces to explore the mysteries of vimentin intermediate filaments! Learned so much from Ming Guo, @aaandmoore.bsky.social, Ohad Medalia, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Dave Weitz, and Bob Goldman. Thanks to @natcellbio.nature.com for thoughtful edits rdcu.be/ezkWF

Data scientists, experimental biologists, mathematical modelers, and biophysicists interested in using machine learning to study cytoskeletal dynamics, cell migration, and mitosis are invited to join us for an upcoming workshop! Apply today at www.nitmb.org/cytoskeletal...

Nature Methods is also hiring to replace me (applications close August 4th!!!) and I will do everything I can to support their next bioimaging editor (ask me anything!). springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

New preprint! Deep proteome profiling for just $10/sample, all-in. → Single-step prep for ≤50 ng → 6k–8k proteins in ~10 min → No gain from more sample/time Congrats to Siqi Huang, Chao Wang & Hsien-Jung Lin! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Great talk by @sami-c.bsky.social about the proper use and caveats of AlphaFold2/3 predictions, highly recommended to watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7vy...

Just out in @science.org Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...