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Michael Way

@drmichaelway.bsky.social
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Cell Biologist working at Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk - Cytoskeleton, Arp2/3 iso-complexes, Signalling and Vaccinia Virus. Editor-in chief Journal Cell Science - @jcellsci.bsky.social - comments are my own opinion

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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 10h
And you seem to have a hamster ball for the lab - excellent!
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 16h
looks great!
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
very cool science as always!
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's a great meeting in a wonderful country - so sad I cannot attend in 2027 because of a diary clash!
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our second special issue for 2027 will focus on the topic of membrane dynamics and repair. We invite you to submit your latest research to this issue, which will be coordinated by our Guest Editors @jezcarlton.bsky.social and @pihanson.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/me...
Call for papers | Special Issue Membrane Dynamics and Repair
Guest Editors: Jeremy Carlton and Phyllis Hanson
Submission deadline: 2 April 2027
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Cropped image of two cells showing mitochondria (magenta) and Nup358 (green).
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Arp2/3 iso-complexes strike again! Axonal actin ring assembly and maintenance involves different iso-complexes that change expression during neuronal maturation 🎉 Great collaboration with Ana Rita Costa & Monica Sousa @ i3S in Porto www.i3s.up.pt/research-gro... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Distinct Arp2/3 isocomplexes drive axonal actin ring assembly and integrity
The actin-related protein 2/3 (Arp2/3) complex is a central nucleator of branched actin filaments, essential for numerous cellular processes. Using superresolution imaging, we demonstrate that Arp2/3 ...
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Dave Barry @david-j-barry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ah, takes me back to my postdoc days...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We're now accepting submissions for our next special issue, which will focus on 'Proteostasis' and will be coordinated by two of our Academic Editors, Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. Submission deadline: 2 November Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/pr... #proteostasis
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Jeff Lengyel & TEM Team at Thermo Fisher Scientific @jefflengyeltemteam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our team is highlighting this publication from @drmichaelway.bsky.social and team @crick.ac.uk - beautiful #cryoET subtomogram averaging looking at the poxvirus portal complex with Krios Cryo-TEM. Full paper: ter.li/gaqwi4gi
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A huge thank you to all our peer reviewers. Each digital tree in the #forestofbiologists represents a real-life tree in Great Knott Wood that is being protected, thanks to the important work of our peer reviewers. Check out the full on forest.biologists.com/landscape. #PRW2026 #PeerReviewWeek
4,570 trees for published articles

14,640 trees for peer reviews
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wow. The Communards so joyful on #totp. What the hell happened? How were the 80s soooo much more progressive on some issues than now?!?
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
looks like vaccinia virus moving in a cell!
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Craig A. Goodman @craigagoodman1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The actomyosin cortex controls t-tubule remodeling in skeletal muscle www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The actomyosin cortex controls t-tubule remodeling in skeletal muscle
A network of plasma membrane invaginations called t-tubules plays an essential role in controlling calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum at the triads during muscle contraction. Although the ...
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Said same to wife!
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Denis Chrétien @dchretien.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dear #CryoEM and #Microtubule enthusiasts, I’m thrilled to have been part of this exciting journey: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We discovered and characterized a manchette-like microtubule machinery in Xenopus spermatids, likely involved in sperm reshaping and membrane reorganization. (1/3)
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@jcellsci.bsky.social is looking to recruit an enthusiastic & motivated Reviews Editor. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a significant contribution to an important journal in the field of cell biology. Apply by 3 September. www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
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Explore career opportunities at The Company of Biologists. Join a team passionate about science, publishing and community support.
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Join the @jcellsci.bsky.social team! We’re looking for a Reviews Editor to join our editorial team. Details below 👇 Application deadline: 3 September
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Don't you think more apoptotic cell?
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Patrick Oakes @pwoakes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@myosincity.bsky.social and I are looking to hire a new postdoc this winter! Open to anyone broadly interested in studying how cells generate and interpret mechanical signals. Interested applicants can reach out to me and Jordan directly.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Why choose JCS? Here's just one reason 👇 You can find out more at: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re... #notforprofit #forscientistsbyscientists
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
An eclipse in a tree's shade. The tiny gaps between leaves act as pinhole lenses, projecting crescent shaped images of the eclipsed sun onto the world below. Original post
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our 'Cell Science at a Glance' articles are short primers that act as an introduction to an area of cell biology. Perfect if you're new to a field, or want to find out the latest on a particular topic. Check out the full list at: tinyurl.com/4c8e8m97 #cellbiology #community #notforprofit
A collage showing a selection of recent Cell Science at a Glance posters
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You may have seen I broadcast a message to planet Earth from the edge of space. I thought it was equally important to speak to deep space about you and your lovely little planet. But I thought humans might like to see it too, so here it is. #Clacton #VoteBinface
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We’re looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. Joining an experienced & successful journal team, this is an exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a significant contribution to an important journal in the field of cell biology. www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
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Explore career opportunities at The Company of Biologists. Join a team passionate about science, publishing and community support.
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Snezhka Oliferenko @alebenoit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Published!!! Homeostatic fun!!! Given it’s homeostatic perhaps should go for one exclamation mark! genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...
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Adaptation of eukaryotic membrane homeostasis to species-specific cellular lipid landscapes
A biweekly scientific journal publishing high-quality research in molecular biology and genetics, cancer biology, biochemistry, and related fields
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We invite you to submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue: Proteostasis. This issue will be coordinated by two of our Academic Editors: Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/pr...
Call for paper | Special Issue
Proteostasis
Editors: Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori
Submission deadline: 2 November 2026 
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Confocal microscopy image of A549 cells stably expressing RFFL–EGFP (cyan), labelled for mitochondria (stained with MitoTracker Red CMXRos; orange) and lipid droplets (stained with HCS LipidTOX; green). This image looks a little like two owl eyes!
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I know what you mean!
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How do poxviruses initiate infection after getting into the cytoplasm? With Tom Calcraft, @miguel-virus-cells.bsky.social & Peter Rosenthal, @crick.ac.uk we solved the structure of the vaccinia virus portal that mediates viral assembly and early mRNA and subsequent genome release. rdcu.be/fwGTn
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In situ structure of the poxvirus portal complex
Nature - Cryo-electron tomography uncovers the structure of a conserved hexameric ‘portal complex’ that spans the core wall in vaccinia virus, and shows how it is associated with viral...
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 29/07/2026
Scientists at the Crick have identified three crucial proteins that make up the ‘portal complex’ in the vaccinia poxvirus. The finding could lead to new ways of treating other poxviruses like mpox which have similar portal complexes. bit.ly/45vMhbi
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Tuning into the channel helping poxviruses replicate
Uncovering the structure of the poxvirus ‘portal complex’, a channel used by the virus to release its genetic material into infected cells, could help develop new antiviral treatments.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social invite you to submit your latest research to their upcoming special issue: Proteostasis. This issue will be coordinated by two JCS Academic Editors: Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. Find out more at tinyurl.com/2s3uk7rz

Call for papers - Proteostasis
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A genuinely nice guy and brilliant scientist who is great to hang out with......we will miss you Jim!
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Congratulations on the first of many😀
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Pei-Shang Wu, Todd Fallesen and Frank Uhlmann @crick.ac.uk use super-resolution microscopy and semi-automated measurements to dissect chromosome size determinants in fission yeast. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #CellBio #nucleus
Figure showing chromosome size in larger cells
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Delighted to share our latest preprint "NucleiSky enables cross-scale multimodal registration of microscopy data using nuclei constellations" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Code and App: github.com/CellMigratio...
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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🔬 Your tax dollars once paid a physicist whose own colleagues told him he was wasting the university's money. In 1951, Charles Townes sat on a D.C. park bench and worked out, on the back of an envelope, how to force molecules to release coherent radiation. 🧵 1/5
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In our latest editorial @amjeve.uk & I take on the dreaded impact factor Like Monday mornings no one likes them but you can't ignore them & they keep coming around However there are things we should all do as authors, reviewers & editors journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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The elephant in the room: impact factor
Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
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Lars-Anders Carlson @lacarlson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Not to ignore how upsetting and unethical this is, but there is some dark humor in the western blot GIF, or? To me, it pairs well with a jingle like www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNv2...
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Circus Theme Song
YouTube video by solo tu radio fm
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Is this the future of peer review? New from @biologyopen.bsky.social: expanded Fast & Fair trial paying reviewers £220 per paper The result: rapid peer review with no drop in quality or change in acceptance rate Paying referees makes peer review faster & fairer www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Today I'm posting a new blog about an astonishing scientific own goal. Hundreds of papers have reported using a totally wrong antibody to investigate the tumor suppressor p16. This mistake has happened because scientists have muddled the names of two proteins. forbetterscience.com/2026/06/02/m...
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Best shot ever of mobila rays? INSANE FOOTAGE (Aidan Bedford) Annual migration in the sea of Cortez WOW Why do we destroy our oceans and nature everywhere? #WarOnNature #Metacrisis
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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Most amusing: my name as one of the possible answers on the Portuguese version of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” 😂
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I love Puffins.
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Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Almost at the end of our Japanese adventure - but Mount Fuji decided to put on a show…
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Dave Barry @david-j-barry.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New paper out today in @jcellsci.bsky.social on telling statistical from biological significance. I asked Gemini to make a "podcast" summary of it - a bit silly and generic, but not bad. Then again, I'm not much of a podcast person. doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... @lankylaste.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
One of my role models in academia, combining brilliance with humility-Noboru Mizushima, & I like him even more now ❤️ “If I was given the chance to repeat my research career, I think I would choose to study plant biology.” journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Interview with Noboru Mizushima – President of the Japan Society for Cell Biology
Noboru Mizushima is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he runs a laboratory studying the mechanisms and physiological functions of autophagy and o...
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Aoife Heaslip @atheaslip.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Excited to highlight some exciting findings from our recent paper that uncovers how an unusual molecular motor, Myosin F, powers actin dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Molecular features of myosin F adapted for driving actin flows in Toxoplasma gondii
Highlighted Article: MyoF regulates actin organization in T. gondii by assembling into an oligomeric complex that contains multiple motor domains.
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Sometimes it’s worth looking up
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