Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Issue 18 is complete Explore our Toc: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13... Our cover image is an osteosarcoma cell visualised by structured illumination microscopy showing actin (magenta), paxillin (green) & myosin-X (cyan). See research by Popović et al. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... 198
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallapreLights @prelights.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did you ever wonder how the leopard got its spots? Or how the zebra got its stripes? Wonder no more! In this #Short, @benswedlund.bsky.social talks about his #preprint describing reaction-diffusion architecture for engineering self-organised patterns in mammalian cells. 🎙️⬇️ youtu.be/_HMbr4KE1PI?...youtu.bespotLights Ep 23: Benjamin on programming self-organising cell patterns #syntheticbiology #biologyYouTube video by The Company of Biologists 065
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Had a wonderful experience editing this one, thanks to the authors for sharing their comments and drafting answers together ! @lindithium.bsky.social @huanting-ong.bsky.social @jennyoung.bsky.social ng.bsky.social 020
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Happy to see my latest preLight featured in this great issue 😬 000
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallapreLights @prelights.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The clock under pressure 🕰️ Chun-Yen Sung & colleagues demonstrate how presomitic mesoderm cells sense physical rigidity to control developmental timing. #preprint #preLight by @fadelvalle.bsky.social ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/m...prelights.biologists.comMatrix Rigidity Governs Switch-Like Oscillatory State Transitions of the Segmentation Clock in Isolated Presomitic Mesoderm Cells - preLightsThe clock under pressure: How presomitic mesoderm cells sense physical rigidity to control developmental timing 042
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaJournal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 16/06/2026Hämälistö, @fadelvalle.bsky.social, Yuseff, and @mattilalab.bsky.social review how #BCells have adopted specialized ways to use endolysosomal vesicles to promote adaptive immune responses. rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 Part of #Lysosomes 2026: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... 0113
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallapreLights @prelights.bsky.social · 24/06/2026From cells to amino acids: 1000ExM pushes expansion microscopy even further 🔬 #microscopy @fadelvalle.bsky.social covers an impactful #preprint from the labs of @bergerlab.bsky.social, @alishaib.bsky.social, Silvio Rizzoli & @eboyden3.bsky.social #preLight⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/t...prelights.biologists.comThousandfold Expansion Microscopy - preLightsFrom cells to amino acids: 1000ExM pushes expansion microscopy beyond 1000×, potentially resolving individual protein residues on standard microscopes. Bigger volume expansion opens a new frontier for... 0135
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026🚨 First preprint from the lab! @pdaphd.bsky.social summarises the findings in this thread. Congrats to @rhyslivingstone.bsky.social and @pdaphd.bsky.social for all the hard work I’ve witnessed 🎉🥳 000
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Thanks to @jcb.org for featuring my PhD work ! So many interesting articles in this collection 🔥 032
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaASAPbio @asapbio.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The 2025 ASAPbio Fellows examined how large language models (LLMs) handle, interpret, and communicate information from preprints compared to peer-reviewed journal articles. The new blog post discussed their findings👇️ buff.ly/SSglQZGasapbio.orgInterim Findings From An Investigation Into LLM Responses About Preprints: A 2025 ASAPbio Fellows Project – ASAPbioContributors: Felipe Del Valle Batalla, Barakat Bakhit, Akanksha Gupta, Kendra Parson, Emiliya Taskova 131
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Best comment and summary of the whole situation 000
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/01/2026"AI tools are democratizing Coding" My dude, R and Python are free and open-source 3386
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026It's been a while , but back in the bluest of skies :) ! here's some late #microscopymonday pic 051
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Happy fluorescence Friday ! First one of the year :) 020
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 21/11/2025In a short time, we’ll have fake AI scientists fabricating fake AI results reviewed by fake AI reviewers. This data will then be text-mined by AI and ultimately delivered to mindless AI consumers. 052
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaPablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I love to see the endoplasmic reticulum (ER, cyan) hitchhiking over microtubules (MTs, orange). Also the membrane dynamics are lovely. It's been a while, but here we are for a late #fluorescencefriday with some #microscopy #scicomm #scisky @cellcommlab.bsky.social focalplane.bsky.social 🧪🔬 16011
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025 Lovely Spaghetti Flying Monster rendition, In my humble opinion. 000
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025www.nmccarty.com/p/30-essays?... Great picks ! (also an amazing substack)nmccarty.com30 Great Essays About BiologyIf you read one a day, you may just fall in love. 020
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaBlake Hernandez @loxstoplox.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Not all colormaps are created equal. Notice the nonlinear brightness scaling in two very popular ImageJ LUTs! (Glow & GFB) 273
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This is what I actually signed up for ❤️ gloomy scientific vibes 🏴 030
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 04/10/2025As per usual: NEVER. Enough. L U T S 030
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallapreLights @prelights.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Happy October 1st! A good time to share another #CellBio #preprint reading list put together by a team of preLighters: @sristi.bsky.social, Matthew Davies, @vibhasingh.bsky.social, @fadelvalle.bsky.social & Barbora Knotkova. Check out their picks ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/prelists/sep...prelights.biologists.comSeptember in preprints – Cell biology edition - preLights 064
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Could run forever with these views 🏴 010
Reposted by Felipe del Valle Batallaadepsis @adepsis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Pew Research looks the same: 115734
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaBlanca Tejeda @blancatejgon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I'm very happy to finally be able to show what I have been working on for the last years (with help of @sarahdezperez.bsky.social and Elmeri)! @mattilalab.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social @utu.fi www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgDynamic Micropatterning Reveals Spatial Dynamics of B Cell Receptor Signaling and Immune Synapse FormationB cell activation by foreign antigens, recognized by the B cell receptor (BCR), is the key prerequisite for cell differentiation for antibody production. B cells typically encounter antigens bound to ... 1122
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallapreLights @prelights.bsky.social · 02/09/2025preLighters go live! A light and lively face-to-face conversation between the preLighters @fadelvalle.bsky.social & Vibha Singh and the researchers probablycarmen.bsky.social & Eva Mejia-Ramirez will be hosted at the @focalplane.bsky.social webinar. 4 Sept, 14.00-15.00 BST Tune in!prelights.biologists.compreLighters go live! This Thursday - preLights– How do membrane actin protrusions initiate to T-cells signalling? – What does RhoA have to do with nuclear envelope tensions in stem cells? – Does advanced microscopy help study mechano-signalling –... 0107
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Beautiful snowy Andes 🩷 will miss you 020
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I’m thrilled to announce that I will start a postdoc at @pdaphd.bsky.social 's Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland 🏴 I’m beyond honored and excited about this opportunity 🙌😊Stay tuned for cool microscopy and data! (pic I took back in 2019 secretly wishing to come back) 071
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaBoneJ @bonej.org · 28/07/2025📢Release alert! BoneJ 7.1.4 is out now, bringing 💥100x faster💥 GPU-accelerated 3D Skeletonization, part of the new BoneJ+ extensions. You'll need a token to try it out, from bonej.org/shop Drop us a line bonej@bonej.org to get a coupon for a 100% discount on your first token.bonej.orgbonej.org 164
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Thank you, Pieta! (And everyone in your lab) For hosting me in Finland and always providing important feedback and great discussions 🤩 110
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Couldn’t have been possible without my Finnish team 🫰🏻💙 010
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Finally! My PhD work is out in @jcb.org ❤️ thanks to everyone involved. It was a long way to this, but it was worth it. 0164
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaSeven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 15/07/2025WHAT 081
Felipe del Valle Batalla @fadelvalle.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Writing, making mistakes during writing and correcting those mistakes (through feedback, labmeetings, and personal interaction) is fundamental to achieving not only "good quality" science, but also for getting to know yourself as a scientist. Writing reflects your inner thoughts. 040
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaRicardo Henriques @henriqueslab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025It's here! ✨ The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF ➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw 04315
Reposted by Felipe del Valle BatallaSara Hernández Pérez @sarahdezperez.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Preprint alert! 🤩 Big congrats to Marlon et al. (Marit van Gils & Sudhir Kasturi). Thanks for letting us be part of this @tolarlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgFusion of Complement Fragment C3d Enhances Germinal Center Responses to HIV-1 Envelope GlycoproteinsEliciting sustained germinal center (GC) responses is critical for the development of an effective HIV-1 vaccine, yet HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) immunogens often fail to elicit the GC response ... 041