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Anything about #cytoskeleton and #microscopy
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First, check out my recent bioRxiv preprint w/ @oweinerlab.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find contractility shifts the proportion of implantation-competent embryos from young and aged females. Keep reading this for more info!
A mechanical origin for implantation defects in embryos from aged females
Women over 35 experience a marked reduction in fertility. The origin of these fertility defects appears to reside in the implantation capacity of the embryo itself, but the mechanistic basis of this i...
www.biorxiv.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Congratulations to @stefanosala89.bsky.social , with help from @shreya-c.bsky.social al‬ on the optogenetic experiments, for the awesome story! Read the full preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and thanks for listening!
LIM Domain Proteins link molecular and global tension by recognizing strained actin in adhesions
Mechanotransduction is fundamental to cell signaling and depends on force-sensitive adhesion proteins. How these proteins differentiate and integrate their responses to tension remains an open questio...
www.biorxiv.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Yes the NIH people were out in front on this
“Using the rescission process, which requires only a simple majority in the Senate, the Republican majorities in the Senate and House can vote to return the unspent funds. That will avoid impoundment and lop billions off the NIH budget”

April
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Congrats Rui and Greg. that's fascin-ating!
June 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM