Glad to see this out in its final form! www.nature.com/articles/s41... What changed since the preprint? Wonderful experiments disentangling the effect of receptor binding vs tissue porosity on Nodal diffusion, plus one of the smoothest review experiences! Thanks @natcellbio.nature.com & reviewers 🙏

On February 25, I successfully defended my PhD thesis (cum laude), titled "More than a gut feeling: mechanical control of epithelial homeostasis"! I'm truly grateful for so many amazing experiences and great collaborations during my time @gloerichlab.bsky.social! Let the postdoc adventure begin!

I had the honor to contribute to the wonderful threads by @epimechfc.bsky.social, where I write about a major topic in my PhD research! ✨️ Please follow this account for exciting daily updates in the epithelial mechanics field!

I’m happy to share our new preprint on stem cell regeneration in the human colon! Using new CRISPR knockins in organoids, we show that after stem cell loss, non-stem cells rapidly regenerate them. This process is normally inhibited by the stem cells themselves. Manuscript link: tinyurl.com/3ky4ccxf

Huge news! Our research is out in Nature✨ www.nature.com/articles/s41... We’ve uncovered that oncofetal plasticity in colorectal cancer arises far earlier than anyone expected. Providing a new lens on how cancers transition to metastatic disease. Big thanks to my team and collaborators!

Paper alert! β-catenin forms condensates that help build cell–cell adhesions - showing its role goes beyond simply linking E-cadherin to α-cat/actin. Great collaboration with the Schuijers lab! 👉 nature.com/articles/s41...

Intestinal villus cells extrude living, following a calcium pulse. Unlike from extruding apoptotic cells, Ca2+ messaging stops at the first neighbors! #FluorescenceFriday Part of our TrepatLab preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Video by @ronjahoutekamer.bsky.social @gloerichlab.bsky.social

So happy for @mvandernet.bsky.social @gloerichlab.bsky.social that this huge amount of work is now published! 🤩

1/ 🎉Excited to share our new preprint @vignjeviclab.bsky.social @davidbrueckner.bsky.social : "Self-organization of tumor heterogeneity and plasticity" biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Tumor heterogeneity and plasticity drive metastasis and relapse. How is tumor patterning coordinated? A thread👇

How do #stemcells integrate information to coordinate fate decisions? Delighted to finally see our work showing how growth factors regulate the mechano-osmotic state of the #nucleus and #chromatin to control #pluripotency exit out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... see 🧵 👇

I am excited to announce that we are looking for a Lab Manager @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel. If you want to be part of a growing team investigating development and tissue formation, and are enthusiastic about helping set up a new lab, please check out the role: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

A bit delayed, but excited to still share our latest paper, showing that intercellular forces transduced by E-cadherin activate EGFR-ERK signaling in epithelia by inducing EGFR ligand shedding! Mechanical and biochemical signals can act together within a single, linear cascade! tinyurl.com/mr9mj9j2

🔊 Paper alert 1/ Tuft cells are perhaps the coolest cells in our gut orchestrating host defense, but how do they manage? @julian-buissant.bsky.social provides new insights into tuft cell differentiation, and the development of accurate in vitro models for experimental cell biology 🧫🔬🧬 rdcu.be/exou9

On cell extrusion in the #intestine! After 80 years of observations, we finally took a deeper look thanks to 2D #organoids. We report: 3D #forces, #extrusion still only in the villus even without curvature, #lamellipodia generate 3D force.. and more. Have a look! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I have a 1 year fellowship available (MSc level) for someone interested in studying how nuclear mechanics regulates the timing of mitotic entry. Plus it´s in the beautiful city of Porto! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested. dozer.i3s.up.pt/applicationm...

Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Paper Alert 🚨 Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What happens between cells with adhesion differences in crowded tissues? Mechanical cell competition! Check the final version of our study to learn more about compression-independent cell elimination, interactions at tissue interfaces and the role of force transmission in that tinyurl.com/4yw97bm3

Interested in research on cell-cell junctions and vascular biology? We are recruiting a PhD student! werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...

📣Funded #PhDposition! – Pls RT! Looking for a passionate PhD student to explore cellular crosstalk in #TumorMicroenvironment combining #organoids #scRNAseq &high-res imaging. Join us @VetmeduniVienna in a vibrant research environment! #CancerResearch #PhD 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/302158

New work on #tuft cells, rare guardians of our #gut against invaders. How they work is not known. We show that intestinal tuft types 1&2 are sequentially expressed phenotypes during differentiation. And…we can now generate mature immune-related tuft-2’s in #organoids for more 🔬🧫🧬🔥 shorturl.at/EImjA

Perfect reason for my first post here. Super excited to see this work on PIEZO mechanosensing of the intestinal stem cell niche led by Meryem Baghdadi @vignjeviclab.bsky.social and Kim lab out in Science! Honored to have contributed to this story as 2nd author. 🎉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...