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Alison Kickuth

@alisonkickuth.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Derivery lab at the MRC-LMB in Cambridge UK

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Michael Riedl @mriedl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What could you learn about a collective system if you could resolve all of its energetic pathways? We track energy flow as active spheres transition from disordered motion to collective order. And the energetic state changes just as their motion. arxiv.org/abs/2609.31059
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to be here!
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Mathilda Lennartz @mathilda95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UPDATE!: I am absolutely stoked that the second paper of my PhD is now out in @natcellbio.nature.com :D. We combined lipid imaging, STED microscopy, and mathematical modelling in a super cool team effort to quantify lipid partitioning inside clathrin-coated pits. www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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Quantification of lipid sorting during clathrin-mediated endocytosis - Nature Cell Biology
Lennartz et al. evaluate lipid enrichment in clathrin-coated pits and observe that the differential lipid partitioning into clathrin-coated pits is largely driven by the lipid asymmetry of the plasma ...
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Agathe Chaigne @agathechaigne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm super proud of this review written (mostly) by Zoé Ducarne and @myanhtruong.bsky.social about the extraordinary genomic features of the placenta. Such a crazy organ! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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The curious case of the placental genome
Summary: The placenta is the only mammalian organ that harbors a cancer-like genome while remaining functional and healthy. This Review highlights its high mutational load, structural variants, aneupl...
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Rita Mateus @ritamateus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New preprint alert!!! Super proud to finally share an authentic 'tour-de-force' from the amazing PhD students Shivani Gunnan @shivanigunnan.bsky.social, Max Kotz and Lucas Ribas, in collaboration with @friedrich-group.bsky.social 👇a small thread www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Developmental growth rates adapt to enable self-correction of organ morphology after injury.
Proportional organ growth requires tissue-level control of cell behavior. Yet the cues that adapt growth rates, especially after organ injury, remain unclear. Here, we uncover that developing organs a...
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Lipids build the membranes of all cells, but identifying their precise functions is extremely challenging. Here’s our attempt to change that: How to find and understand lipid-protein interactions, by Katelyn Cook & company. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Nicolas Minc @minclab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Latest work from the team driven by our fantastic post-doc Maribel Arjona. Using cytoplasm extract fractions and active rheology, we adress how endomembranes, that pack the cell interior, influence the mechanics of the cytoplasm! @ijmonod.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I'm looking forward to presenting at the Physics of the Cell DGZ Focus Workshop! Join if you want to learn about a ratchet mechanism in cell division!
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Lena Schindler @lena-schindler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I am thrilled to share my PhD work with @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... A fun collaboration with Bernat Corominas-Murtra, Adrián Aguirre-Tamaral, @bart-smeets.bsky.social , Jef Vanghel and Tom Belpaire! Read the story in the comments below ⤵️
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thank you!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
thank you pavel!
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🎉Congratulations to former PoL PhD student Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social who received the Otto Hahn medal! 👩‍🔬Alison's thesis uncovered a new mechanism of unilateral cytokinesis, and was completed at @brugueslab.bsky.social, also a fellow at @mpi-cbg.de ➡️Read our news: tud.link/gcyqua
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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New in @science.org ...since our first discoveries of early tetrapods, they have been thought of as "amphibians" characterized by aquatic larvae. But is this true? For the first time, we report exceptional fossils of stem tetrapod babies that upend this paradigm. 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Direct development of stem tetrapods across the fin-to-limb transition
Modern amphibians are characterized by an aquatic larval stage that ends abruptly with a period of widespread tissue remodeling (metamorphosis) upon transition to terrestrial adulthood. A transient la...
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I am honoured to have received the Otto Hahn Medal! Thank you Jan @brugueslab.bsky.social, @ursa-ursic.bsky.social, Michael Staddon, @mpi-cbg.de, and @poldresden.bsky.social for your support during this scientific journey!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations Dr. Uršič!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🤩👏
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James Manton @jamesdmanton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We present: Index-agnostic oblique plane light sheet microscopy of centimetre-scale cleared tissues at subcellular resolution www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Image of first two pages of manuscript.
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Excited to share that I have started my postdoc position at the @mrclmb.ac.uk in Cambridge. Looking forward to doing amazing science with the @deriverylab.bsky.social lab!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Congratulations!! 🤩
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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Learn about the incredible #zebrafish tools and imaging created by @brugueslab.bsky.social & @alisonkickuth.bsky.social 🐟
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our latest ‘Imaging spotlight’ is from Jan Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social & Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social where they discuss the microscopy & microrheology techniques that they used in their research dissecting the mechanics of cytokinesis. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/02/10/i...
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Imaging spotlight - How to divide without a ring: a mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis - FocalPlane
Imaging spotlight - How to divide without a ring: a mechanical ratchet drives unilateral cytokinesis - News
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🎉Exciting new findings out in @nature.com today by the Brugués lab! @brugueslab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de 👨‍🔬 The authors describe how physical instability of the cytoskeleton works with the cell cycle to drive organization in the embryo during early development Read our press release: tud.link/kctu4s
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Really excited to share our new paper in @nature.com! We uncovered how a physical instability of the cytoplasm coupled with the cell cycle drives cytoplasmic partitioning in early embryos #zebrafish #drosophila. Read more in this🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you Swantje 😊
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thanks Jesse!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you Stefano!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thanks Lucia! 😊
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Thanks a lot pavel!
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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🎉Exciting findings out today in Nature @nature.com from the PoL group of Jan Brugués @brugueslab.bsky.social! The authors describe a new mechanism driving cell division during early development in #zebrafish, fundamentally altering our view of the process. Read the press release: tud.link/2s3bxj
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Special thanks to @ursa-ursic.bsky.social who just joined Bluesky 🥳
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Thanks Michael!! 😊
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Really happy to see my PhD first-author paper published in @nature.com! I’m very grateful to have worked with such a great team. Huge thanks to Urša Uršič, Michael Staddon, and Jan Brugués, as well as the @brugueslab.bsky.social, and the @poldresden.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de community!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Thank you Alejandro!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I'll also miss Dresden very much and especially being part of the Brugues lab! It has been a great time :)
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Another successful Brugues lab retreat. Starting out with a great art workshop! and ending in a group hug!
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Surrey Lab @surreylab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
⚡Ready to grow and be inspired as a scientist? We’re looking for a *PhD student* to join our lab at @crg.eu in Barcelona and explore how cells self-organize, uncovering life’s inner design💡 We offer strong mentoring, cutting-edge science, and a vibrant international team🌍 Check the link below!
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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...
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 25/09/2025
Our call for PhD students within our International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology is open! Apply until October 28th. We are looking forward hearing from you! imprs.mpi-cbg.de
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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
What a pleasure to collaborate with Laura #Schaedel and her team at @uni-saarland.de to study #microtubule damage and repair under mechanical load.
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 03/09/2025
Dresden researchers @paveltomancak.bsky.social @bruvellu.bsky.social, Carl Modes, @cuencam15.bsky.social ‬ & colleagues published in @nature.com that a tissue fold in fruit fly embryos buffers mechanical stresses & may have evolved in response to mechanical forces. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
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Mechanical forces drive evolutionary change
A small tissue fold present in fruit fly embryos buffers mechanical stresses and may have evolved in response to mechanical forces.
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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Patrick's paper is finally out, a label-free method to measure the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates!
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A label-free method for measuring the composition of multicomponent biomolecular condensates - Nature Chemistry
Biomolecular condensates are made of multiple components but current techniques cannot capture their complex composition quantitatively. Now it has been shown that the dense-phase binodal point defini...
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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Just started our @bcube-tud.bsky.social - organized Engineering Life 2025 #25EngLife conference in #Dresden! Excited to have everybody around!
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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 29/08/2025
The maturation process of oocytes remains paused for several years. Researchers from #UniKonstanz and @uni-goettingen.de have now found out which protein ensures this state is maintained over such a long period. Full story: t1p.de/nvejp
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Anaïs Bailles @anaisbailles.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Very happy that the first article from my postdoc work in the Tomancak lab is now published @PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... We studied the self-organization of actin in aggregates made from Hydra cells. Thread below (1/9)
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Eszter Posfai @eposfai.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Thrilled to share our work using live imaging to understand how Epiblast (future embryo proper) and Primitive Endoderm (future extraembryonic tissues) cell fates segregate in the preimplantation mouse embryo. Gargantuan effort led by amazing @rpkimyip.bsky.social, David Denberg and Denis Faerberg!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Great news, congrats! 🥳
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Derivery Lab - MRC LMB @deriverylab.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring a Research Assistant – no PhD needed! Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes. Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired 🧫🔬 Apply now 👉 www.nature.com/naturecareer... #STEMCareers #ResearchJobs
A picture of 3 rows of people on steps at the MRC LMB. From left to right - top row: Akaash, Vic, Lara - Middle row: Kerrie, Manu, Paddy - bottom row: Meg  and Julie
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I successfully defended my PhD thesis this week! Thank you @brugueslab.bsky.social, @poldresden.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de for the great time over the last years!
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Alison Kickuth @alisonkickuth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congratulations Vinca!!
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