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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations, well deserved !🥳👏

Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, fellow preLighter @sristi.bsky.social for mentioning our #Atlas 🗺️ on #Cytokinesis ⌛ in the September in #preprints list @prelights.bsky.social 😊

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September in preprints – Cell biology edition - preLights

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Ewerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · 10d

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 11d

Why has this not taken off more during the whole #Wicked craze?🧹🌸❇️ youtu.be/yTQyFzTl5GA?... A capella science always gold....

Defining Gravity (ft. Physics Girl & MALINDA) | A Capella Science

YouTube video by acapellascience

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Elias Spiliotis @septinlab.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting news!

Submissions are now open for the first @ascbiology.bsky.social #MBOC Spercial Issue on #Septins

Submission deadline: April 30, 2026

RT and spread the word at #CellBio2025

www.molbiolcell.org/cell-biology...

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Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 12d

See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 13d

There is also ⏳ and 🦋

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 13d

Our very own @ewerslab.bsky.social presents our story on Multiscale imaging of #Cytokinesis, harnessing #ExM 🔬🫧 of cytokinetic bridges 👀 🍬at this year's #BiomembraneDays25 👏🏽.
Read more? 👉🏽 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Helge Ewers pointing towards a huge screen that shows different stages of cytokinesis; Illustrated by individual and averaged U-ExM images of Septin2-GFP (green) and tubulin (magenta)

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Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · 13d

Upcoming 'Advanced Bioimaging' Symposium at 19th of November at the Charité to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our AMBIO imaging facility

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James Manton @jamesdmanton.bsky.social · 29d

We present a simple method to easily increase the imageable depth of an expansion microscopy gel on a typical inverted microscope ten-fold, using some carefully placed FEP film and a water dipping objective lens:

A comparison of imaging an expansion microscopy hydrogel with a water dipping objective lens, using either eye gel as an immersion medium or a combination of Immersol W, water and a thin FEP film. In both cases, the sample is supported by a thin FEP film rather than a coverglass.

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 13d

Link to bioRxiv preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.24.678330

Multiscale imaging of cytokinesis

After separation of duplicated genetic material, animal cells divide by cytokinesis. This process involves several simultaneous and successive steps of molecular reorganization at cell membrane, corte...

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 13d

It is out! 🦚 I recorded hundreds of #ExM 🔬images of cytokinetic bridges and averaged them into 6 stages. How? With help from our fantastic collaborators @zacsimile.bsky.social and @jonasries.bsky.social in Vienna 😇. Check out the full atlas here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17232370

Sketches of six stages of cytokinetic development of the intercellular bridge are illustrated with exmaple U-ExM fluorescence microscopy images. Septin2-GFP shown in green. Tubulin shown in magenta. A shortened workflow illustrates the image alignment and averaging process to generate average 2D reconstructions of cytokinetic stages.

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Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 14d

Puzzling temperature-responsive membrane rods in cells now presented by Oliver Rocks with work by @pm-mueller.bsky.social at the #BiomembraneDays25

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 14d

Tagging @schmiki.bsky.social and @yagmurbalim.bsky.social

Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 14d

Another welcome distraction from the dissertation awaits right next to the office: #BioMembraneDays25 are such a great gathering, spanning membrane and lipid #biophysics to physiology. The food is outstanding too 🤗. Thanks to organizers @ewerslab.bsky.social @dimovalab.bsky.social and Thomas Weikl!

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks Francesca! Nessuna problema 😜

Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 15d

www.youtube.com/live/FQmPCo7...

Göttingen Expansion Forum 2025 Live Stream

YouTube video by Neuroscience and Beyond

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 15d

Taking a break from my thesis marathon and enjoying the lecture by @eboyden3.bsky.social at the #GEF25 😄. A wonderful ride through the beginnings, present and future of #ExM 🔬. What a great opportunity to join via live stream, big thanks to the organizers @alishaib.bsky.social and Silvio Rizzoli 😊

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 16d

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Multiscale imaging of cytokinesis

After separation of duplicated genetic material, animal cells divide by cytokinesis. This process involves several simultaneous and successive steps of molecular reorganization at cell membrane, corte...

www.biorxiv.org

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 16d

@ewerslab.bsky.social Helge Ewers is starting the day strong at #GEF25. Check out this incredible work on cytokinesis! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks Rita! 😃

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Ewerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · 16d

it’s me! and the work of @pm-mueller.bsky.social Meret Fischer, Chethana, Ria Thielhorn, Mengfei Gao, Michael Dyhr and, most prominently Nadja Hümpfer

Eugene Katrukha 🇺🇦 @ekatrukha.bsky.social · 16d

Found today's #GEF25 stream, for those who follow www.youtube.com/live/Itn5oZs...

Göttingen Expansion Forum 2025 Live Stream

YouTube video by Neuroscience and Beyond

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