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Ferdos Abid Ali

@abidalilab.bsky.social

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#newPI and senior lecturer at University of Bristol (School of Biochemistry). Interested in motors, the cytoskeleton and how they organise the cell. Cryo-EM, cell biology and single molecule techniques.

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Ferdos Abid Ali @abidalilab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Great to see our story on dynein & kinesin co-dependence published www.nature.com/articles/s41..., and absolutely chuffed that it's made the front cover (thanks NSMB!). A brilliant News & Views too by Steven Markus www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Collab between @carter-lab.bsky.social & Straube lab🔬

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Ferdos Abid Ali @abidalilab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

⌛ Deadline is Midnight (23:59pm GMT), Wednesday 11 December 2024. Also, underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply #BlackinSTEM. Lab website coming soon for more details & future opportunities. Reposts highly appreciated!

This graphic summarises what the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership offers prospective PhD students: training, 4 years funding, placement opportunities, structured first year training, interdisciplinary projects, collaborations with industry, fieldwork opportunities, a supportive cohort environment. Also has a link to the swbio website (www.swbio.ac.uk) and application deadline details. The graphic depicts life sciences cartoons ranging from DNA to animals, plants, and a range of cell types (all in lime green on a dark green background).

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Ferdos Abid Ali @abidalilab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

If you’re interested in how molecular motors coordinate to power intracellular trafficking events (e.g. endocytosis), I’ve got a PhD position available to study this at vibrant Bristol uni. In this project, we will capture highly dynamic events by #cryoEM, single molecule imaging & cell biology. 🔬❄️🧪

This scheme shows the cargo adaptor FHF in the middle with arrows pointing to distinct microtubule and actin-based motors (dynein-dynactin, KIFC1, KIF1C and myosins V, IX and X as well as Tropomyosin 1). It also shows a link to Rab5 marked early endosomes. The hypothesis is that FHF coordinates multi motor binding at the early stages of endocytosis. The PhD project would address the hierarchy of motor binding and how these motors coordinate to allow the newly formed vesicle to transition from the actin to MT cytoskeletal network.

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