FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Great teamwork by the @wachtenlab.bsky.social @masslab.bsky.social and the May-Simera lab in our #FOR5547! Congratulations to the whole team! 062
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsWachtenLab @wachtenlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025💡 Paper alert! We developed DEL-VPR, a potent blue-light photoswitch inducing gene expression in mammalian cells. From basic research to antibody production, this tool offers precise & strong gene control. Teamwork with #Ningaloo academic.oup.com/nar/article/... #SyntheticBiology #Optogeneticsacademic.oup.comPotent optogenetic regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells for bioproduction and basic researchAbstract. Precise temporal and spatial control of gene expression greatly benefits the study of specific cellular circuits and activities. Compared to chem 1195
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Congratulations to our PIs @masslab.bsky.social and @wachtenlab.bsky.social - great story in @nature.com Children born to obese mothers are at higher risk of metabolic disease—even with a healthy diet. 041
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 03/06/2025🎓 The UK Cilia Network Summer Meeting is almost here! Our FOR students will be there — and giving talks! 🗣️ Watch out for exciting science, fresh perspectives, and future leaders in cilia research. #Cilia2025 #UKCiliaNetwork #cilia 040
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsDr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab) @walenteklab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025We are hiring #postdocs and #phd students in the areas of #devbio #cellbio #Bioinformatics #mathematics #modeling. This is the full add with details: euraxess.de/jobs/346670 This our lab homepage: www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/walentek-en....euraxess.deMultiple Postdoc and PhD positions in developmental biology, genetics, bioinformatics and mathematical modeling - Walentek Lab - Freiburg, GermanyUniversity Freiburg Medical Center is a leading institution in biomedical research in the heart of Europe with close associations to other institutions and centers in the tri-national Eucor area (Germ... 01218
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Fantastic discussions and interactions at the Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Patient Days 2024 — huge thanks to Helen for organizing such a meaningful event! #cilia #BBS @wachtenlab.bsky.social 040
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Congratulations to the whole team and our PIs involved 🎉 @masslab.bsky.social @wachtenlab.bsky.social Awesome news about #ImmunoSensation3 getting @dfg.de funding! 050
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Grateful to be part of such a fantastic consortium! Huge thanks to our amazing coordinator Christina and to Silke for organizing an inspiring annual meeting in Jena. Latest new: we’ve got a new rising star on the team! #cilia 075
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsWachtenLab @wachtenlab.bsky.social · 04/05/2025🎉 Huge congratulations to Susan Dutcher @dutcherlab.bsky.social on her election to the National Academy of Sciences! A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding contributions to cell biology and cilia research. 👏🔬 #WomenInSTEM #Cilia 1195
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Excited for an inspiring meeting in France 🇫🇷 on #cilia and #centrosomes! The German #cilia community is en route—let’s connect and share science! 072
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsČajánek lab @cajaneklab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025📣Thrilled to announce that the registration for the 8th annual Czech #Cilia #Meeting (17 June 2025, #Brno) is NOW OPEN: 🪧https://forms.gle/wkooViZtBGxvVASNA 👩🔬INVITED SPEAKER: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu ⏱️Registration deadline: 17 May 2025 0124
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsNathalie Jurisch-Yaksi @nathaliejuya.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Cilia has been at the center of our discussions at the spring school of our @for5547.bsky.social cilia consortium. In total there were 26 trainees from across Europe, few PIs and our brilliant coordinator Christina Klausen. 194
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Happy faces and a lot of sunshine at the start of our Spring School on #cilia dynamics! @jayccblab.bsky.social @nathaliejuya.bsky.social @mick-lab.bsky.social @wachtenlab.bsky.social Looking forward to three days of interactions with early career researchers from our cilia network partners! 071
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 19/02/2025FOR5547 members @ GRC Cilia & Mucus meeting - great talk by @walenteklab.bsky.social about Foxi1 #cilia 0111
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 06/02/2025We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue - Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease. This issue will be coordinated by two Guest Editors: Pleasantine Mill @cilialab.bsky.social and Lotte Pedersen @lottepedersen.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ci... 11615
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsMaxence Nachury @nachury.bsky.social · 06/02/2025New paper! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... Postdoc extraordinaire @ireneon.bsky.social got to the bottom of a particularly vexing conundrum: The GPCR melanocortin receptor 4 (MC4R) is barely detectable in cilia, yet its localization to cilia is absolutely critical to body weight homeostasis. 2306
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Great to see our #FOR5547 members present the research performed on #cilia in our research unit and congratulations to @wachtenlab.bsky.social 🎉 051
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Congratulations to our #FOR5547 PI @mick-lab.bsky.social for winning the Teaching Award (Preclinical) 2024 of Saarland University! 🎉🥳 2131
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsAlessandra Boletta @bolettalab.bsky.social · 23/01/2025🚧 Work in progress for cilia 2027! 🙏 thanks to this amazing group of scientists, clinicians and patient advocates for joining the Cilia 2027 organizing committee! 🌸 Spring 2027 in Milan, more to follow 1133
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsTRR333 BATEnergy @batenergy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025 We would like to welcome you to our second International Conference on Brown and Beige Fat March 31st - April 02nd 2025 Top-class speakers, cutting edge research and respected experts will come together in beautiful Bonn. Registration is open! www.trr333.uni-bonn.de/batenergy-sy... 026
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Must read from our Mercator fellow #cilia - congratulations to the whole team! 030
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Fantastic team work by our @for5547.bsky.social PIs, headed by David Mick! Check this out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgiAPEX: Improved APEX-based proximity labeling for subcellular proteomics using an enzymatic reaction cascadeAscorbate peroxidase (APEX) is a versatile labeling enzyme used for live-cell proteomics at high spatial and temporal resolution. However, toxicity of its substrate hydrogen peroxide and background la... 031
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsMill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Calendars out- just over two weeks until our 🎉50th🥳 @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposium 14/01/2025 15:00-17:30- everything hot in #cilia #centrosomes free & open to all! Register to access this 🔥 series: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... /1 12515
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsFelix Mikus @fmikus.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Anyone could help with an ID? I've been seeing this vortex of cilia inside different dinoflagellate species at different sites along the European coast. It's several layers of cilia facing into a central cavity, emerging from regularly spaces basal bodies (arrows and centrin ). #ProtistsOnSky 44118
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 20/12/2024New paper out from our @for5547.bsky.social PIs Jay Gopalakrishnan and @nathaliejuya.bsky.social on human #brain #organoids modeling #microcephaly www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReliability of high-quantity human brain organoids for modeling microcephaly, glioma invasion and drug screeningNature Communications - Human brain organoids are plagued by heterogeneity and poor reproducibility, critical parameters for reliable disease modeling and drug testing. Here, the authors report on... 041
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Many happy faces in our teaching series about #cilia dynamics, connecting the next generation of #cilia researchers within our @for5547.bsky.social and beyond! Thanks a lot, @nathaliejuya.bsky.social for taking the lead! 082
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsDr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab) @walenteklab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024While we're at it: We are looking for 2 postdocs. One with experience in dev. Biol (pref. With mouse experience) and one with bioinformatics / modeling / multi-omics experience. Exceptional PhD candidates will be also considered for the project via IMPRS @mpi-ie.bsky.social recruitment. 01010
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsCluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation @immunosens.bsky.social · 06/12/2024🚨 Apply now for the ImmunoSensation Postdoc Innovation Funds! We are excited to invite early-career postdocs from the Cluster to apply for funding of up to €10,000 for a 12-month period. The funding period begins on February 1, 2025. Application Deadline: January 10, 2025 014
FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Congratulations to our #FOR5547 PI @walenteklab.bsky.social for being awarded an ERC Consolidator grant 🥳 040
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsSimon Cook @drsimoncook.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Come and join @babrahaminst.bsky.social Tenure-track and tenured group leader positions in the Immunology Programme babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.ukhireful. 078
Reposted by FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamicsKirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Join us for this #cilia meeting in Bonn next year - get your applications in by Dec 1 to be considered for a talk, note the Heraus foundation will cover accommodation costs if you're selected! 0125