Gavin McStay

Come learn about how pufferfish puff into such adorable angry balls...in a bar! Join us tonight at @chesterscibar.bsky.social :)

FameLab North West Final Get ready for an unforgettable night of big ideas and brilliant science! The North West Final of FameLab is coming to Liverpool!

I made it to the #FameLab north west final. The final is in #Liverpool on 24th March - come along to this free event and cheer all the speakers along as we share our #research in 3 minutes.

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Ultrafast-relaxing and photopolymerizable PEG hydrogels enable viscoelasticity-mediated cell remodeling in synthetic matrices Photopolymerizable BELA hydrogels combine dynamic boronate ester and elastic dithiolane-ene crosslinks to achieve ultrafast stress relaxation and tunable viscoelasticity. By adjusting formulation and ...

Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
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via @biomednews.bsky.social | #livingmaterials #ELMs

includes research on: cell remodeling in synthetic matrices, designing self-healing, printable, and tough conductive hydrogels, matter and microbes & more 🧪

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Most recent advances in small molecule analysis summarized here

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A collaboration with @biomednews.bsky.social

Ever seen an x-ray of a pufferfish? Well you have now!
Join us with @arielcamp.bsky.social on Tues when we'll use x-rays, animations & digital models to learn how, despite having skin as soft as lycra and spines as hard as porcelain, the pufferfish can repeatedly inflate & deflate
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📢Last weeks #immunometabolism discoveries @biomednews.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Interesting finding:

The glycolytic metabolite phosphoenolpyruvate restricts cGAS-driven inflammation to promote healthy aging.

Vitamin B2 and B3 nutrigenomics reveals a therapy for NAXD disease A nutrigenomics framework identifies genetic diseases amenable to vitamin B2 and B3 therapies. This approach nominates vitamin B3 as a therapy for NAXD deficiency, a lethal neurodevelopmental disorder...

Last 2 weeks of literature on #Mitochondria in #Health & #Disease! 🤍 💚
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Vit B2 and B3 nutrigenomics reveals a therapy for NAXD disease
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Mitochondrial complex assembly in epilepsy of primary mitochondrial disease origin Epilepsy is a neurological condition resulting in uncontrolled seizures comprised of loss of consciousness, awareness, or movement control and with effects on senses, emotions, and behaviours. The sei...

Mitochondrial complex assembly in epilepsy of primary mitochondrial disease origin - Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy www.seizure-journal.com/article/S105...

Happy Sunday, everyone! Here's another interesting free weekly collection of articles on management of #bonemetastases. Thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social
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The gif probably says it all.
This is your friendly reminder to join us next week to learn how to puff a fish!
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Conformation-programmed DNA computing This DNA computing model integrates sequence programmability with allostery, establishing a conformation-based computing paradigm.

Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
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via @biomednews.bsky.social | #livingmaterials #ELMs

includes research on: macroscopic cell-Laden cryogels., 4D morphogenetic tissue engineering, conformation-programmed DNA computing & more 🧪

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Do you know a talented undergraduate student who would like to undertake a paid summer internship in your cell biology lab?

Applications to our summer studentships are OPEN

Deadline 31st March

For details and how to apply, see our website:

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This year, in addition to our usual studentships, we are partnering with My Mito Mission who are funding extra studentship places for research focused on mitochondrial function and dysfunction

If you're working on mitochondria, apply now 👇

Registration is OPEN for our Spring meeting: Dynamic Cell VI

🗓️ 21st-26th April 2026

📍Reading, UK

Co-organised with @biochemsoc.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology

Register here:

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Figure 9: Anti-influenza mechanism of action of cis-aco. DOI: 10.1038/s44321-026-00379-8.

📢Last weeks #immunometabolism discoveries 🧪@Bims_BiomedNews ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Interesting finding:

Cis-aconitate therapy protects against influenza mortality by dual targeting of viral polymerase and ERK/AKT/NF-κB signaling #mitochondria #metabolites

A genetically encoded bifunctional enzyme mitigates redox imbalance and lipotoxicity - Nature Metabolism The authors present a genetically encoded tool based on a bifunctional enzyme that can regenerate NAD+ while executing an engineered glycerol shunt. The tool successfully restored redox imbalance and ...

A wonderful collection of literature from #week8 on #Mitochondria in #Health & #Disease! 📚

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A [...] bifunctional enzyme mitigates redox imbalance and lipotoxicity
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Thank you to @farhadshokraneh.bsky.social for reviewing @biomednews.bsky.social

Mitochondrial Ca2+ efflux controls neuronal metabolism and long-term memory across species - Nature Metabolism Boosting mitochondrial metabolism in neurons in central memory circuits by enhancing Ca2+ retention in the mitochondrial matrix is shown to improve long-term memory formation in flies and mice.

Most recent collection of papers on #Mitochondria in #Health and #Disease!
#week7 #MitochondrialDisease 📚
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PEOPLES OF EARTH: BE PREPARED 🧪

Please spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. 🥳

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Good morning, all! Here is a beautiful selection of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology. Don't miss it! biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social #keepreading

"For everything you do, there will be a last time that you do it."-William B. Irvine

Good morning! this week's selection of articles and #preprints on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social -- biomed.news/bims-proteo/...
Highlight: Mechanisms linking cytoplasmic decay of translation-defective mRNA to transcriptional adaptation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Sub-second volumetric 3D printing by synthesis of holographic light fields - Nature A new method is described that uses a periscope to generate high-speed, high-resolution projections of light fields, enabling sub-second volumetric 3D printing of millimetre-scale objects without rota...

Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
biomed.news/bims-enlima/...

via @biomednews.bsky.social #livingmaterials #ELMs

includes research on: sub-second volumetric 3D printing, fluorescently labeled gradient hydrogels, learning nature's assembly language with polymers & more 🧪

In March, we welcome Dr Ariel Camp from @livuni-ilcams.bsky.social to @chesterscibar.bsky.social to tell us what all the puff is about pufferfish. See you @StoryhouseLive on Tuesday 10th March at 7.30. #chester

Thank you to sex educator Rachel for talking about the ins and outs of human sexuality at February’s scibar at @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester #scibar

Mitochondrial superoxide regulates nuclear envelope integrity and ageing via redox-mediated lipid metabolism - Nature Metabolism Mitochondrial superoxide production is shown to preserve nuclear envelope integrity by controlling lipid peroxidation, with impact on nuclear and organismal ageing in C. elegans.

A new collection of papers on #Mitochondria in #Health and #Disease! #MitochondrialDisease 📚
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Mt superoxide regulates nuclear integrity and ageing via lipid metab

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FEBS 2026 | Federation of European Biochemical Societies Congress We are delighted to invite you to the 50th FEBS Congress, which will take place from 4th to 8th July 2026 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. This milestone edition of the FEBS Congress will be hosted by ...

Calling all @biochemsoc.bsky.social members. The #FEBS congress is happening in Maastricht, #Netherlands in July. The abstract deadline is next week and there are bursaries available to support attendance. See you there! #biochemistry

Key deadline: 13 February 2026, 23:59 CET

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MitoWorld at Two and a Half Years - MitoWorld 2025 was a strong year for www.MitoWorld.org. As an information, publishing, and community web hub devoted to mainstreaming mitochondria, mtDNA, and the mitonuclear system as core to physiology, medic...

MitoWorld at Two and a Half Years! 🍾

We are pleased to share with you our MitoBlog post, "MitoWorld: Year in Review 2025."

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