Saying our farewells at the amazing #SpindleCroatia2026 meeting after four days of inspiring science! See you in 2029! 🦌

Spindle squad #SpindleCroatia2026 #Dubrovnik www.phy.pmf.unizg.hr/~mitosis/

In vitro reconstitution is powerful: we can rebuild Plasmodium microtubule architectures from purified components and recapitulate what cells actually do 🤩 Thanks to an incredible team that made this possible 🙌 @carolynmoores1.bsky.social in particular rdcu.be/e7eM2

PAPER OUT ✨ How can we make smart microscopy more interoperable? What are the technical and cultural challenges? 30+ people from academia and industry propose a roadmap: doi.org/10.1515/mim-... Also a review of applications and repo of implementations. Join the discussion! smartmicroscopy.github.io

Mitosis lovers, get ready for Dubrovnik! 🔬🎉 I’m super excited to be organizing the 4th Mitotic Spindle Conference with Nenad Pavin, and we can’t wait to see you there! Want your abstract to be selected for a talk? Submit by Feb 8! www.phy.pmf.unizg.hr/~mitosis/ #SpindleCroatia2026

For cells, dividing isn’t just about getting chromosomes properly attached — it’s also about getting it done on time. Happy to have contributed a little bit to this beautiful paper, now out as a preprint. Congratulations to the entire team! 🦌

I'm very grateful and honoured to be on this list! Looking forward to finally visiting Heidelberg again!

Now out on bioRxiv. 🥳My research on #cytokinesis, averaging thousands of #ExM images🔬, creating a dynamic atlas of cytokinesis 🦠⏳. Here's an animated sneak peek of what we found. Better resolution on bioRxiv😄 #PSFoftheGIF

📃 New paper alert! The Zychlinsky Lab and @raunser-lab.bsky.social identified the first protein that converts chromatin into an immune effector: Myeloperoxidase transforms chromatin into neutrophil extracellular traps. Now published in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New preprint from the lab! Please check it out. 🚨 Have you ever wondered how cells decide when it’s time to divide? So did we! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

FINALLY! Challenging to publish but we believe it is an important discovery: rdcu.be/eATFz 💚 Thanks to the team ‪@biswashere.bsky.social‬, Omar Muñoz, ✨Q✨ C. Hoege, B. Lorton, R. Nikolay ‪@matthewkraushar.bsky.social‬ @dshechter.bsky.social @gucklab.bsky.social @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social‬ 💚

🔎New preprint! We reveal a physiological role for tubulin autoregulation, fine-tuning microtubule dynamics and preserving 3D cellular architecture. Big thanks to @ivanagasic.bsky.social and team! Link below for all #cytoskeleton & #spheroid enthusiasts👇(1/5) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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...

Thanks to the Heald lab @berkeleymcb.bsky.social for a very nice News & Views on our paper on cytoplasmic density & spindle architecture! 💚 rdcu.be/ewpa1

Thrilled to share our newly published work in @natcellbio.nature.com. We found that differentiating cells tune the size and architecture of mitotic organelles through changes in cytoplasmic density. Many thanks to my fantastic co-authors! 💥

✨We are looking for a PhD student interested in physical cell bio, imaging 🔬, biochemistry, #Xenopus 🐸 & #microtubules ✨ Join us @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!

Beautiful work by @mctwo.bsky.social investigating the spatio-temporal dynamics of the cytoplasm using label-free tools and 🐸 extracts! 🐸 + 🔬 + 📈 = ✨ w. @gucklab.bsky.social , @simonereber.bsky.social , @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New work out in @naturephysics.bsky.social Led by @NicaGutu & Malthe Nordentoft + great collaborators. We show that circadian synchrony shapes cell growth. When coordination is lost, clock–cell cycle coupling breaks down. May help explain paradoxes in circadian cancer biology. 📖 rdcu.be/efNaY

Some good news during these difficult times. Please check out our new preprint. We built a new tool to probe the origins of high oocyte aneuploidy rates at advanced female reproductive ages. This NIH funded work was led by a fantastic postdoc in the lab, Jiyeon Leem. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New paper alert! ‼️‼️ Super happy to share that my postdoc paper is finally out! 1/3 We looked at scaling of chromosome separation during anaphase in zebrafish embryos.

Ana Almeida, Helder Rocha, Maximilian Raas, Geert Kops, Reto Gassmann, Helder Maiato @i3suporto.bsky.social, et al. dissect the relationship between kinetochore size & CENP-E dependence for chromosome alignment. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

How did microtubules adapt to support life across 🐸 species at divergent thermal niches? 
 Now online & OA @currentbiology.bsky.social Thanks to Ella, Luca, @biswashere.bsky.social & Carolyn @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de @BirkbeckUoL
 🙌 Enjoy reading! 👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our lab has multiple open positions for post-docs to study the regulation and function of cytoplasm mechanics during embryo development. Details below 👇👇 Please Repost !!! @ijmonod.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social

Did you ever wonder how cytoplasmic properties influence mitotic spindle architecture? Come join us for an exciting seminar next Wednesday by @simonereber.bsky.social

Two positions in our lab 🐸🐛🔬 #malaria #xenopus #microtubules #biophysics #imaging #PhDlife

Thrilled to share our latest preprint! We've discovered how cells tune spindle architecture through changes in cytoplasmic material properties. Huge thanks to @simonereber.bsky.social, the amazing lab team, and our brilliant collaborators. Check it out! biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Torques within and outside the human spindle balance twist at anaphase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.10.570990v1

Do you work with cell migration data? Or do you track objects from microscopy video? You may be interested in my latest project: CellTracksColab, A platform for compiling, analyzing, and exploring tracking data www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... github.com/guijacquemet...

CENP-E initiates chromosome congression by opposing Aurora kinases to promote end-on microtubule attachments close to centrosomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.19.563150v1

Chromosome size-dependent polar ejection force impairs mammalian mitotic error correction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.16.562637v1

Owld but gowld. #inktober