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Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just back from an incredible meeting at an amazing location in Chepstow! 🇬🇧 Membrane Contact Sites in Cellular Homeostasis by @biochemsoc.bsky.social featured truly outstanding science. 🧬 A huge thanks to the organising team for putting together such a great event! ✨ #BiochemEvent

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Giovanni D’Angelo @giodang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#lipidtime: It's a lipid universe. Today in Nature we publish the Lipid Brain Atlas, the first map of membrane lipid composition across the entire mouse brain, a layer of organisation that cell-type and transcript maps had left out. #lipidomics #neuroscience #BrainAtlas

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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/Bi...

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Coskun Lipid Cellar @ ZML Dresden @lipid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What a #lipidlove party @embo.org Workshop Lipid Code to Life meetings.embo.org/event/26-lip...

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Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Already the 2nd day of a great #EMBO meeting — Lipid Code to Life in beautiful #Dresden

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Giovanni D’Angelo @giodang.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Registration is still open for the EPFL Latsis Symposium 2026, "Decoding the Cell: Modeling, Predicting, and Engineering Cellular States." 29–30 Oct, Olympic Museum, Lausanne. Quake, Haniffa, Engelhardt, Liberali, Paluch, Kundaje and more. Abstracts close 15 Sept. latsis2026.epfl.ch/event/1/

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EPFL Latsis Symposium 2026

Join us in Lausanne to connect with the global community shaping the future of cell understanding and engineering.

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Matti Pronker @mfpronker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Milestone for my new lab: first completely computationally designed de novo antibodies that produce and bind to target! 🤖🤖🤖 great work by Karlis Daga-Krumins!!

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Coskun Lipid Cellar @ ZML Dresden @lipid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I have just been informed by one of the organisierst that there are still places available for PhD students and postdocs at the Spetses Febs Meeting. Take a look at the terrific line-up of speakers yourself, ignore the deadline on the website, and apply! synapticvesicles2026.febsevents.org

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FEBS Advanced Lecture Course 2026 – Molecular mechanisms of synaptic vesicle dynamics

12 – 18 October 2026 │ Spetses Island, Greece

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Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Celebrating my first year at M4i @maastrichtu.bsky.social 🎉 What an awesome year this has been ✨

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Matti Pronker @mfpronker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We have a PhD position at Sanquin Research in Amsterdam involving protein engineering, de novo design and antibody development related to bleeding disorders. Please share this with anybody to whom this may be relevant! 🩸 🧬 🧪 🧫 www.sanquin.nl/en/working-a... www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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Sanquin hiring PhD Candidate: Antibody Therapy for Bleeding Disorders in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | LinkedIn

Posted 10:24:43 AM. The Division of Research and Lab Services of Sanquin is home to 250 researchers, including over 60…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Matti Pronker @mfpronker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

At the FEBS Congress in sunny Maastricht, check out my flash talk in the 'nucleic acids and protein biology' session or poster SP034 if you're here today (Monday)! #biochemistry

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Nadya Voynich @nadyavoynich.com · 05/06/2026

To avoid burnout, use this 30/30 rule: After 30 min of work, quit and disappear into the mountains for 30 years. Happy Friday! #buildinpublic #startuplife #hiking #mountains #nature #productivity

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Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Finally back in the lab after a break ✨🪤

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Data manipulation at a breathtaking scale by commercial providers of crucial research reagents. As if the few remaining lab scientists didn't face enough obstacles already.

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How much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated?

We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

What will be under the microscope tomorrow? 🔬 At UM’s Microscopy CORE Lab, it could be cells, food emulsions, materials or even pigments in paintings. Kèvin Knoops helps researchers choose the right technique to make the invisible visible. Read the story 👉 edu.nl/k6kdu #Microscopy #Imaging

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Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

was at a great Dutch Society of Cell Biology meeting in Amsterdam

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Professors Hylke Dijkstra and Ron Heeren of Maastricht University have been appointed scientific members of the KHMW, the Netherlands’ oldest learned society (founded in 1752). Warm congratulations to both on this recognition of their work. Read more 🔗https://edu.nl/mt9uy

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Recognition for Prof. Ron Heeren 🎉 Prof Ron Heeren (UM) is appointed Fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). A pioneer in molecular imaging, his work turns complex tissue chemistry into clear maps that help doctors detect disease faster. Read more 👉 edu.nl/av7u8

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Maastricht University @maastrichtu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Eleven Dutch research consortia are launching projects worth €197M to boost science, innovation and social prosperity. Maastricht University researchers play a key role in seven projects — leading two. 👏 Read more 👉 edu.nl/ukvp3 #Research #Innovation

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Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I was at the 3rd Symposium on Lipids in Brain Diseases in Hasselt last week. Awesome science, full of lipids 🧬🧪

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

In their Review, Shalom Borst Pauwels, Jacques Neefjes and Birol Cabukusta @birolcabukusta.bsky.social discuss the emerging roles of lipid transfer protein dimerisation in defining organelle lipid landscapes and cellular fate. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Overview of LTP dimers shaping organelle lipid landscapes and creating membrane nano-domains enriched in bioactive lipids. (1) The OSBP and CERT homodimers, along with the ORP9–ORP11 heterodimer, deliver lipids from the ER to the trans-Golgi, establishing plasma membrane identity and transforming membrane thickness. (2) The ORP5–ORP8 heterodimer localizes at ER–plasma membrane contact sites to exchange lipids. (3) The ORP9–ORP10 and ORP9–ORP11 heterodimers provide lipids to damaged lysosomes for membrane repair. (4) The ORP5–ORP8 heterodimer localizes to ER–mitochondria–lipid droplet (LD) tripartite contact sites to coordinate lipid droplet biogenesis. (5) Ectopic expression of the OSBP–ORP4 heterodimer initiates plasma membrane lipid signaling, leading to tumorigenesis. (6) The ORP9–ORP10 heterodimer provides lipids for endosomal protrusion and fission.

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