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Aleesa Schlientz

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Postdoctoral scholar @ Oegema/Desai labs, UC San Diego | Bowerman lab & UOregon alumna | Dungeons and Dragons Enthusiast | Painter of Tiny Things | she/her

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πŸ“£ Paper alert! The Landino Lab's first peer-reveiwed research article is officially online! We are happy this work found a home in MBoC. Congratulations to Greg, and thank you to the many people who helped get us here! Check it out here: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/abs/10.1...

18.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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PhD position in my lab!

28.01.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
GetHIRED! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - Application due Thursday, March 5
Ideal for Postdoctoral Researchers
Academic Job Market Insight
-Take stock of what you want
-Know your options
-Prepare outstanding job packet materials
-Organize your research & chalk talks
-Perfect your interview & avoid the pitfalls
Course Features
-Six asynchronous online modules 
-Virtual meetings with an experienced facilitator
-Peer feedback, support, & expert advice
Course Dates: April 14 – June 23, 2026
Course Fee: SDB Members: $499; Non-Members: $599
Deadline: March 5, 2025
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GetHIRED! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - Application due Thursday, March 5 Ideal for Postdoctoral Researchers Academic Job Market Insight -Take stock of what you want -Know your options -Prepare outstanding job packet materials -Organize your research & chalk talks -Perfect your interview & avoid the pitfalls Course Features -Six asynchronous online modules -Virtual meetings with an experienced facilitator -Peer feedback, support, & expert advice Course Dates: April 14 – June 23, 2026 Course Fee: SDB Members: $499; Non-Members: $599 Deadline: March 5, 2025 Society for Developmental Biology logo QR Code for GetHIRED! website

#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 sdbonline.org/gethired

21.01.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 7
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πŸ“£ Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere.
πŸ”— Apply here πŸ‘‰ recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

23.01.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Yang et al. show that #Celegans CKS-1 is required, with CDK-1, for #anaphase B during #oocyte #meiosis I; promotes anaphase onset through securin & #cyclin B1 destruction in meiosis I & II, respectively; and acts positively with both securin and cyclin B3 in meiosis II. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

22.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotlight: Moghareh, Bojorquez, and Lara-Gonzalez highlight work from Yang et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) showing that CKS-1 plays key roles in both #anaphase B during #oocyte #meiosis I and the #metaphase II–to–anaphase II transition. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#CellDivision #Development

22.01.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Recent grads, looking for a boost to help you launch your STEM career?

Our new ASPIRE Internship Program offers a year of mentorship, hands-on experience & career development for recent grads.

Positions starting in Summer 2026 are now open: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/

24.12.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!

18.12.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
The brand new website of the Bischoff lab

The brand new website of the Bischoff lab

... together with my SciArt Gallery :)

... together with my SciArt Gallery :)

So excited to share this as a new junior PI:

My brand-new lab website! πŸŽ‰πŸͺ°πŸŒ€
www.bischofflab.com

Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊

And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!

#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science

27.11.2025 08:26 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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Calling all postdocs! Applications are open for Dept. of Molecular Biosciences 3rd Trailblazers Postdoctoral Symposium @utaustin.bsky.social. Come to Austin, meet your peers, showcase your work. Application is easy and all expenses are paid! Spread the word!

tinyurl.com/yw7ffjn9

10.12.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cancer-associated USP28 missense mutations disrupt 53BP1 interaction and p53 stabilization Nature Communications - USP28 and 53BP1 proteins form a complex to stabilise the tumour suppressor p53, which is required to protect cells from mitotic stress and subsequent genome instability....

Our study on the mitotic stopwatch has been published. We demonstrate that USP28 interacts with 53BP1 to stabilize p53 and show that cancer cells frequently harbor mutations that impair stopwatch assembly, thereby suppressing the mitotic stress response.

rdcu.be/eTPU2

10.12.2025 09:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cancer loses its sense of time to avoid stress responses New insights into mitotic stopwatch show how cancer escapes cell death and cell division arrest.

New in @natcomms.nature.com, OIST researchers describe how cancer cells lose their sense of time to evade stress responses – revealing new insights that could shape anti-cancer treatments. www.oist.jp/news-center/...

Or read the full paper at www.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66341-3

10.12.2025 04:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Swing by my poster today #ASCBiology #CellBio2025 and learn about embryonic development in C.elegans!

09.12.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last @odlab.bsky.social poster is today! Go see @nehavarshney.bsky.social about worm embryo development gone wrong 😱

09.12.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today's the day! If you're at #CellBio2025, come visit my poster to learn more about Aurora B and cytokinesis. Afterwards, check out the posters from the other OD lab members attending the conference πŸ₯³

07.12.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cell Proliferation and Gene Editing Unit Every day, millions of cells divide to sustain essential tissue functions. Errors in this process can lead to developmental disorders or cancer. Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cel...

We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher at OIST (Okinawa, Japan) to explore how mitotic stress shapes aging.

If you’re excited about cell biology, aging, and mechanistic discovery, we’d love to hear from you.

More info: www.oist.jp/careers/post...

Website: www.oist.jp/research/res...

07.12.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are very excited to present our work at #CellBio2025! Mark your calendars and check out some fantastic posters from our lab members @nehavarshney.bsky.social @aleesaschlientz.bsky.social @dorinehintzen.bsky.social & @jiaweixu.bsky.social. Looking forward to reconnecting with the #ASCB community!

06.12.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

The mitotic stopwatch synergizes with mild p53 activation to halt cell proliferation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.02.691971v1

03.12.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tell your undergrads about this. It’s a fantastic short-course in Ann Arbor, all expenses covered. Do some experiments in developmental biology and learn about careers in research and life as a grad student πŸ§ͺ

24.11.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.

(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)

12.11.2025 04:49 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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My new ImageJ / Fiji toolkit is out πŸ”₯! The goal is to make image handling & visualization easy, with an intuitive interface! Install it on Fiji with the "Image Viewer" update site
#microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday
imagej.net/plugins/imag...

04.11.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

Awesome, looking forward to it!

07.11.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is really cool! Is there any way to make the display range Min/Max boxes in the Channels & Contrast menu fillable/editable? So if someone wants to manually input a specific display range they can do it right in that window without having to go through the B&C window as well?

07.11.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A chromatin-associated pool of Aurora A controls kinetochore-microtubule attachments to ensure chromosome biorientation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.31.685952v1

01.11.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

23.10.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 172 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 25

New paper from the lab! Many animal cells exhibit chiral cell surface dynamics, which are proposed to drive left–right asymmetric patterning. However, the molecular mechanisms linking these events remain unclear. authors.elsevier.com/a/1l%7E7B3QW...

22.10.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Paul Maddox for Congress in NC 11 Paul is running for Congress because there’s a sickness in Washington, and no one is working to cure it.

Dear all, A scientist from UNC Chapel Hill, Paul Maddox, is running for congress in NC for a seat currently held by a republican. If you care about science (and democracy) please consider donating to his campaign #Standupforscience secure.actblue.com/donate/paul-...

20.10.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
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Vagal axons extending towards organ targets during development

Vagal axons extending towards organ targets during development

.@austinseroka1.bsky.social of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with his talk "Transcription factor code specifies vagal motor innervation of organ targets during development" Image: Vagal axons extending towards organ targets during development

08.10.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨

FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT

We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.

See below 2 callsπŸ‘‡

02.10.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Now out on bioRxiv. πŸ₯³My research on #cytokinesis, averaging thousands of #ExM imagesπŸ”¬, creating a dynamic atlas of cytokinesis 🦠⏳. Here's an animated sneak peek of what we found. Better resolution on bioRxivπŸ˜„ #PSFoftheGIF

28.09.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4