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Miguel Godinho Ferreira @miguelgf.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Hiring 2 Postdocs (CNRS Research Engineer) @ IRCAN (Université Côte d’Azur), Nice 🇫🇷. Spread the word, please.

Focus: intestine aging & immunity in fish 🐟
Start Nov–Dec 2025 • ~€3,175/mo

Apply:
ImmunoGUT (zebrafish) → tinyurl.com/3jx9a4ks
GUTPOWER (reef fish) → tinyurl.com/mt2ekpks

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Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan @guille-rochelle.bsky.social · 1d

We have PhD and Postdoc positions open in our group. Join us in Lausanne to explore how cells pull off extreme shape changes and how cilia drive biological flows.

You can find more details on the projects available and how to apply in our website:

www.epfl.ch/labs/lpl/joi...

Join us !

We are looking for creative and motivated scientists at to join the group. We are recruiting candidates from various scientific backgrounds including, but not limited to: biophysics, physics, biochemi...

www.epfl.ch

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com
@qedscience.bsky.social

q.e.d Science

Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation

qedscience.com

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 2d

We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 14d

🪱 Ready to take your C. elegans skills to the next level? Join our #EMBOCelegans course!

🎯 Learn hands-on genome editing, AI-driven imaging, microfluidics & uncover development, physiology & evolutionary insights.

📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 23 – 29 Mar 2026
👉 Apply by 8 Dec: s.embl.org/cel26-01-bl

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Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · 16d

Biocenter is THE BEST!

Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 17d

Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 24d

Please share & RSVP to join the November 25th webinar!
Hear from the 2025 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social

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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · Jul 31

Happy to share our publication - Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution

Understanding the evolution of the bilaterian brain requires a detailed exploration of the precise nature of cellular and subcellular differences between related species. We undertook an electron micr...

www.science.org

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚀 Today we're launching the 'Night Science Institute', a non-for-profit organization to lead a cultural shift in science! You may say we're dreamers 😉, but we think we're not the only ones. Perhaps today you will join us to make the Day Science and Night Science parts of the process live as one!

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · Jul 26

My fabulous colleague (and ex-postdoc) @inechipurenko.bsky.social and I (mostly Inna!) wrote a review extolling the many virtues of C. elegans for the study of cilia biology. A really interactive and collaborative community of people working in this field too.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

C. elegans: An elegant experimental system for the study of cilia biology

Caenorhabditis elegans is a genetically tractable organism that has become one of the leading in vivo models for cilia research. Cilia are not require…

www.sciencedirect.com

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TDvaliLab @tdvalilab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our 7th Cellbio Minisymposium was super fun (as always)!

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

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DGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · Jul 22

little reminder: a few days left to apply for one of the #DGZ awards!

DGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · Jun 21

Summertime = award time? 🏆Apply for our DGZ Awards targeting cell biologists at different career stages (Master students up to group leaders), deadline July 31, 2025, more info: www.zellbiologie.de/current-awar... 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬

Current Awards 2025 › DGZ

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www.zellbiologie.de

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DGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · Jul 22

Promising #cellbiology & related science to be seen & discussed in October in Heidelberg - join us! Registration still possible until Sept 15.

DGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · Apr 8

We are excited to announce the details for this year’s #DGZ International Meeting, a very special one as we are celebrating 50 years of DGZ! Join us in October in Heidelberg, where the DGZ was founded in 1975. Check the speakers line-up etc. at the poster. Registration: shorturl.at/EHUzb #DGZ50

Poster with DGZ 2025 Meeting details (speakers list, organizers, sponsors)

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Samuel Church @shchurch.bsky.social · Jun 21

Wish I could be at #Evol2025 this year! I’ll be starting a new lab at NYU this fall, and will be recruiting at all levels. Please spread the word if you know anyone who wants to work on evo. genomics, phylogenies, and comparative development of inverts (like Hawaiian Drosophila!) shchurch.github.io

Drosophila picticornis, a Hawaiian fly with patterned wings

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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · May 26

We're thrilled to announce that our Excellence Cluster Physics of Life (PoL) has been renewed for a second funding phase (2026-2032) by @dfg.de ! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! 🎉👏

We'll continue our cutting-edge research towards understanding what brings matter to life!
#biophysics #dfg

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Andy Moore @aaandmoore.bsky.social · May 25

Actin sun.

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · May 19

Anillin links up with RhoA to break the symmetry of cytokinetic ring closure.
Guillaume Chambaud, Vlad Martin, and Gilles Hickson @chusaintejustine.bsky.social discuss work from Lebedev et al. @zaninlab.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....) in Spotlight: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Cytokinesis

Anillin mediates unilateral furrowing during cytokinesis by limiting RhoA binding to its effectors

The authors show that anillin mediates unilateral cytokinesis by blocking the effector binding site of active RhoA. The interaction between active RhoA and

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · May 21

Muñoz-Hernández, Xu, et al. @mike-wieczorek.bsky.social @ethz.ch report #cryoEM structures revealing how NEDD1’s C terminus forms an α-helical tetramer that docks onto the γ-TuRC without inducing major conformational changes in the complex during its recruitment to MTOCs rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · May 21

Pachinger, Dammermann et al. @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social‬ present a model for centriolar satellites not as transport modules but as sites of translation specifically of centrosomal and ciliary proteins. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#centrosomes #cilia

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Andrew Leifer @andrewleifer.bsky.social · May 13

New op-ed in @nature.com: The Trump administration's assault on freedoms and the rule of law is an existential threat to US science. We urge scientists to speak out in defense of freedoms, not just funding. With Andrea Liu @upenn.edu and Sidney Nagel of UChicago! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

US researchers must stand up to protect freedoms, not just funding

Curtailment of freedoms and disregard for the rule of law in the United States is destroying the ability of science to serve the nation’s, and the world’s, interests. Researchers can take action.

www.nature.com

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TDvaliLab @tdvalilab.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks for speaking up!!!

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ZANIN LAB @zaninlab.bsky.social · May 12

Want to learn more about our work on Anillin during cytokinesis? Check out the Spotlight from the Hickson Lab!

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · May 12

Spotlight: Chambaud et al discuss new work from Lebedev et al @zaninlab.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....) that reveals how anillin differentially regulates RhoA at the leading and lagging edges of the contractile ring during unilateral furrow ingression. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Cytokinesis

Anillin mediates unilateral furrowing during cytokinesis by limiting RhoA binding to its effectors

The authors show that anillin mediates unilateral cytokinesis by blocking the effector binding site of active RhoA. The interaction between active RhoA and

doi.org

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TDvaliLab @tdvalilab.bsky.social · May 11

A bit late… but was a nice dinner!

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sevinc @ercanlab.bsky.social · May 7

our latest work summary: cohesin is preferentially loaded at/near active enhancers and loop extrudes in both directions, forming loops that create the dna contacts that appear as the newly defined "fountains" in hic maps pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40210441/

Cohesin organizes 3D DNA contacts surrounding active enhancers in C. elegans - PubMed

In mammals, cohesin and CTCF organize the 3D genome into topologically associating domains (TADs) to regulate communication between <i>cis</i>-regulatory elements. Many organisms, including <i>S. cere...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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