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Izabela Sumara @sumaralab.bsky.social · 2d

Minimal CDK and maximal Damien Coudreuse lab! Big congrats 🎉🎈🍾

Snezhka Oliferenko @alebenoit.bsky.social · 2d

Minimal CDK continues delivering 💥

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

Regulation of cell proliferation by a novel feedback system on Cdk function

The proliferation of eukaryotic cells is regulated by a complex network of regulatory systems that promotes efficient cell cycle progression and ensures proper responses to the environment. Despite th...

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Izabela Sumara @sumaralab.bsky.social · Oct 1

Today we welcomed our new postdoc, Dr. Marintia Nava @marintianava.bsky.social, to the lab! We’re so happy to have her on board and wish her the best of luck as she begins her exciting work on Annulate Lamellae. Welcome, Marintia! 😁🤩🌟

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Sep 26

Liao et al. @sumaralab.bsky.social show that UBAP2L ensures homeostasis of nuclear pore complexes at the intact nuclear envelope. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

📕 In our Intermediate Filaments collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...

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luskinglab.bsky.social @luskinglab.bsky.social · Aug 31

Last day to submit abstracts! Nuclear cell biologists, mechanobiologists, et al. don’t miss out - amazing interdisciplinary line up: computational biology, biophysics, development, genomics - we will have it all!

Jan Lammerding - Lab @lammerdinglab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Final call to register and submit abstracts for the @faseborg.bsky.social conference on the Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus (#MBNSRC) to be considered for platform presentations. The conference takes place in Melbourne, FL, Oct. 26-30, 2025. See more info at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...

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Yale Cell Biology @yalecellbiology.bsky.social · Sep 19

Did you know that all nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are not the same? @luskinglab.bsky.social propose a new hypothesis for how nuclear mechanics may impact the compositional plasticity of NPCs with implications for tissue-specific diseases caused by NPC dysfunction.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nuclear mechanics as a determinant of nuclear pore complex plasticity - Nature Cell Biology

In this Review, Lusk et al. discuss emerging insights into nuclear pore complex variability with regard to composition and dilation state, and propose nuclear mechanics as a key determinant of driving...

www.nature.com

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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · Sep 12

Why are low-complexity domains (LCDs) in proteins important?
#LaskerAward winners Dirk Görlich & Steven McKnight showed that they are critical for intracellular transport and organization. #Lasker2025
#structuralbiology #phaseseparation
@mpi-nat.bsky.social

Low-complexity domains: structures & functions

The 2025 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors Dirk Görlich and Steven McKnight for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein…

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Izabela Sumara @sumaralab.bsky.social · Sep 10

We are very happy and proud to celebrate our freshly minted Dr. Xiaotian Liu! 🎉🥂🥳

Many thanks 🙏 to the jury members Ali Hamiche, Lionel Pintard @ccdlab.bsky.social and Charlène Boumendil @charleneboumendil.bsky.social, who also gave a wonderful seminar at the @igbmc.bsky.social

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Aug 28

Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus

We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...

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Clausen Lab @clausenlab.bsky.social · Jun 24

postdoc opening in vienna: study lipid droplets (LDs) with integrative structural biology, uncover how LD proteins shuttle between cytosol & nucleus to regulate lipid metabolism, organelle architecture and immune response. #VIP3 #lipidtime #cryoEM #coffee training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi...

VIP³ Post Doc Program (2025 - 2030)

VIP3 is a postdoctoral fellowship program at the Vienna BioCenter offering three – year fellowships that are open to candidates with backgrounds in life sciences, chemistry, physics, medicine, enginee...

training.vbc.ac.at

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Jun 12

New study showing the development of pan-Expansion Microscopy by Morgan et al. @luskinglab.bsky.social to reveal the molecular composition and structural plasticity of individual nuclear pore complexes including LINC complex-dependent dilation. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Jun 2

Important changes on @erc.europa.eu grants‼️Grant structure & most importantly eligibility timeframes (10 years for starting, 15 years for consolidator post PhD-but you can have them only once) changes: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

erc.europa.eu

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EMBO @embo.org · May 27

Mark your calendars! The next ASCB | EMBO Meeting #CellBio2025 is taking place in Philadelphia, US, 6–10 December 2025: www.ascb.org/cellbio2025/ 🧪

@ascbiology.bsky.social‬
#CellBiology #research

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Dr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab) @walenteklab.bsky.social · May 27

We are hiring #postdocs and #phd students in the areas of #devbio #cellbio #Bioinformatics #mathematics #modeling.

This is the full add with details:
euraxess.de/jobs/346670

This our lab homepage:
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/walentek-en....

Multiple Postdoc and PhD positions in developmental biology, genetics, bioinformatics and mathematical modeling - Walentek Lab - Freiburg, Germany

University Freiburg Medical Center is a leading institution in biomedical research in the heart of Europe with close associations to other institutions and centers in the tri-national Eucor area (Germ...

euraxess.de

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · May 22

Are you a grad student pursuing the life sciences or biomedical research outside the U.S.? Applications now open for the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award until June 13. Enter to win $1,000 USD & a chance to present your work & network w/ MIT faculty.

buff.ly/F7s94vW

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dfachinetti.bsky.social @dfachinetti.bsky.social · May 21

Hi all, my team institut-curie.org/team/fachine... @institutcurie.bsky.social is looking for a Bioinformatician.
You can find more details about the position here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/344508 Is anyone looking for a job in the lovely Paris?

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Izabela Sumara @sumaralab.bsky.social · May 12

Extremely excited and happy to welcome a new postdoc Dr Mathieu Meode to the Sumara lab 🤩! We wish him all the best of luck🤞studying biogenesis of #nuclear pores in health and disease 🤓

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Hauf Lab @silkehauflab.bsky.social · May 7

⏳Only 20 days left to register for #CellCycle2025!
June 23–26 at @salkinstitute.bsky.social
The US may not be everyone's top travel pick right now—but if you can come, please do. Great science, and a reminder that research is fun and thrives on global collaboration.
www.salk.edu/cellcycle2025

Salk Cell Cycle Meeting Poster. Meeting date June 23 - 26. Abstract deadline May 27. Registration deadline June 9. More info www.salk.edu/cellcycle2025

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Maria Sibilia @maria-sibilia.bsky.social · May 6

Check out our new paper! We identified Smoc2 as an interesting target that is upregulated upon EGFR deletion, driving stemness signatures, reduction in cell size and metabolic rewiring. 💪 🔝👍

EMBO Molecular Medicine @embomolmed.org · May 6

Online today! 👉 #EGFR controls transcriptional & metabolic rewiring in KRASG12D #ColorectalCancer

By D. Krauẞ, @maria-sibilia.bsky.social & colleagues at @meduniwien.ac.at

🗞️ doi.org/10.1038/s443...

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Gaia Pigino @gaiapigino.bsky.social · Feb 19

“Join the Pigino Lab! We’re hiring a PhD student to explore primary cilia biology using advanced imaging, spatial ‘omics, and AI. Apply now at www.cilia-ai.eu and be part of the Cilia-AI Doctoral Network!”

Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · Jan 14

👀 Looking for a PhD position but you are torn between cilia biology and computational AI research? 😜
The Cilia-AI Doctoral Network has you covered! Lots of fantastic projects throughout Europe, also @humantechnopole.bsky.social with us or @gaiapigino.bsky.social - apply now! ‼️
www.cilia-ai.eu

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Ana Pombo @apombo1.bsky.social · Mar 9

Join us for the 2025 GRC Genome Architecture www.grc.org/genome-archi... @spp2202.bsky.social @jobdekker.bsky.social @metorrespadilla.bsky.social @jopkind.bsky.social @dimplenotani.bsky.social @stanleyqilab.bsky.social @andybelmont.bsky.social @fondufemittendorf.bsky.social @boyanbonev.bsky.social

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Carlos Conde @carlos-conde.bsky.social · Apr 13

I'm happy to share our study “Proximity-based activation of AURORA A by MPS1 potentiates error correction” now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It describes a new way kinetochores and centrosomes communicate to ensure accurate chromosome segregation.

Proximity-based activation of AURORA A by MPS1 potentiates error correction

Faithful cell division relies on mitotic chromosomes becoming bioriented with each pair of sister kinetochores bound to microtubules oriented toward o…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · May 1

new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cell cycle duration determines oncogenic transformation capacity - Nature

Total cell cycle duration is a key hallmark of cancer initiation, and determines whether defects in apoptosis, senescence, immune surveillance, angiogenesis, DNA repair, polarity and proliferation lea...

www.nature.com

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Maria GóRNA @mgorna.bsky.social · Feb 20

We're looking for a *PhD student* to join the FunHitDisco project! 😍
We offer work in a European consortium (SE/PL/NL/IT) dedicated to antifungal drug discovery! 🧫 💊 If you love proteins and structural biology, come join us! 🤗
#hiring #PhDoffer #PhDjob #PhDstudentship
gorna.uw.edu.pl/en/jobs

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Manuel Mendoza @longchrom.bsky.social · Apr 30

US colleagues: Looking to launch or move your lab to France? The ARC Foundation is recruiting outstanding US-based scientists to lead research in oncology. Generous support & relocation help included.
Details here: www.fondation-arc.org/projets/recr...
Interested? Contact us!

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Kat Toropova @kattoropova.bsky.social · Apr 30

Postdoc position in my lab: investigating how the microtubule motor protein dynein-2 works in cilia.

Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?

Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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