The @gdraqv.bsky.social "Approches Quantitatives du Vivant" is organizing its annual conference, "AQV Days 2026".
🗓️ From the 11th to 13th May
📍 At the @cnrs.fr centre of Aussois (Savoie)
👉 registration, and other practical information :
🔗 aqv-days-2026.sciencesconf.org/%60
#AQVDays2026
It’s finally out! Together with @embopress.org and
@reviewcommons.org, we conducted a structured side-by-side comparison of human peer review and our AI scientific review (see thread 👇👇👇🔥).
Just published: chemotactic sperm cells become phototactic 💡- by loading photo-activatable second messengers. This allows to "reverse-engineer" chemotactic signaling dynamics and expose cells to signals they would never see in the wild. Honoured to be part of this collaboration with the Kaupp lab.
📢 Biology of the Cell is looking for its next Editor-in-Chief and 1–2 Associate Editors.
Interested or know someone who would be a great fit? Get in touch and share widely.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/mrts37u9
Let’s shape the next chapter together.
When you agree to serve in a committee
Mechanobiologists - cool virtual seminar tomorrow!
The MYO1F interactome reveals ASAP1, CD2AP and SH3KBP1 as novel adaptor proteins in podosomes and phagosomes
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Our work is finally published in @science.org Advances! 🎉
My very first paper, and what a journey it's been 🙂↕️
Huge thanks to the whole team, and especially to @pjsaez.bsky.social for believing in me. It turned out way better than I could've ever dreamt ✨
📄 science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads2734
🎉 Congrats to Louise Fougère, winner of the #SBCF PhD Award 2025!
Her work using Arabidopsis, in Yohann Boutté’s lab (Univ. Bordeaux / CNRS) identified a novel ER–Golgi intermediate network, advancing our understanding of Golgi maturation, with key results published in Nature Cell Biology.
Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH.
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!
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I like this movie, but a friend of mine likes to complain about the obvious stitching artifacts. I'll try harder next time, Michael. Vimentin (orange) and ER (blue) in an overnight acquisition.
Calling all bio-theory lovers! If you are into mathematical modeling in life science, quantitative and computational biology come collaborate with us!
The Theoretical Biophysics channel is looking for contributors!
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/theoret...
DM if interested!
📢 Deadline approaching fast 📢
to submit an abstract for the great cytoskeleton extravaganza!
🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐁 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝! 🚨
We’re thrilled to share our new study revealing how the chromatin regulator SP140 preserves protective T cell immunity during #tuberculosis infection by restraining harmful type I IFN responses.
📖 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁: shorturl.at/r5jd9
🚨Job Opportunity for #Postdocs!
We’re searching for a talented postdoctoral scientist to join our team, and explore meiotic spindle self-organization at the crossroads of biology and physics 🔬👩🔬
🔗 Curious? Apply now: tud.link/7fmgeg
🗓️ Deadline: January 14, 2026
Please share with your network!
Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
Last day to submit your abstract for the EMBO Workshop "Intracellular mechanics and organelle #mechanobiology" in #Barcelona, ES, 16–20 Feb 2026.
Registration (in person/virtual) by 20 Dec 2025/1 Feb 2026
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-organelle-mechanobiology
#EMBOmechanobio #EMBOevents 🧪
So called microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) are not "organizing centers". They don't control their position (network center), nor MT orientation, length and shape (network shape). The actual organizers are MTs, molecular motors and regulators of MT +ends. MTOCs nucleate MTs.
Let's rename MTOCs.
is there a direct crosstalk between actin and vimentin intermediate filaments? Our work shows that vimentin promotes actin assembly by stabilizing ATP-subunits at the barbed end.
Fantastic work done by @lilianpaty.bsky.social with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reliable actin labelling in expansion #microscopy 🔬
Beautiful #preprint from Olivier Mercey, @lreymond.bsky.social & team @dudinlab.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social
Read the latest #preLight from @kanishka03.bsky.social ⬇️👀
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/h...
Last-minute advert for the Convpaint workshop at I2K by Roman Schwob! Interactive segmentation in @napari.org. Today 2:00 PM CET. Free registration:
www.i2kconference.org/workshops
Microfluidic pumping with active nematics! Self-organized and self-sustained. No external pumps.
@pnas.org @ub.edu
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#ActiveMatter #Microfluidics #SoftMatter
🎉🎉 We finally have a website! 🎉🎉
Did you miss a thread?
Want to know who our delegates are?
Do you want to join our big club?
Check it out:
epithelialmechanics.github.io
Huge thanks to all thread-contributors and to you for following us!
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...
Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026.
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪
A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
#Mifobio2025
Focus on the module 5:
👉 Physical measurements, control and handling -Mechanobiology
We are delighted to welcome Daria BONAZZI
@pasteur.fr @ijmonod.bsky.social
Lecture : “How Mechanical Forces Shape Bacterial Infections?”
👉 imabio-cnrs.fr
#GDRimabio #microscopy #biological_imaging
