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Michalis Gounis

@gounismichalis.bsky.social
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Postdoc @Ivaskalab.bsky.social @BioscienceTurku (previously @CRUK-SI.bsky.social) with an interest in tumour microenvironment, metabolism and invasion #tumourmicroenviroment#metastasis

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Michalis Gounis @gounismichalis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A truly inspiring week💡- I had the absolute pleasure to join the 1st FEBS Advanced Course on "Tumor Microenvironment: From Tumor Heterogeneity to Therapy Resistance". #FEBS #TME #CancerResearch
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Institut Curie @institutcurie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Registration for the Cell Biology and Cancer course at Institut Curie is now open! Explore how biological forms emerge across scales, from intracellular organization to tissues. 📅 November 16th-20th, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Deadline: September 10th, 2026 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/cours/biolog...
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Mathilde Mathieu @mathildemathieu.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I am very excited to share this preprint which has been my main postdoc project! We identified leupaxin as a negative regulator of durotaxis via paxillin-FAK inhibition in MDA-MB-231 brain and bone tropic metastatic variants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Delighted to share our latest preprint "Filopodia-mediated trans-endocytosis" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Work driven by many people including Hanna, Marcela, Sujan, Marie-Catherine, Anna and Monika. Fantastic collaboration with Johanna Englund, Emilia Peuhu, and Eija Jokitalo
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I will be recruiting two postdocs early next year. - One image analyst - one biologist interested in working on lymphatics! Reach out if you are interested 👍
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Postdocs wanted - Please spread the word! We are looking for one bioinformatician and 1-2 cell biologists with different expertise! See the job ad below for more information and links to the job descriptions!
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The Center is a wonderful collaboration with scientists extraordinaire @taijamakinenlab.bsky.social Kari Vaahtomeri and Cecilia Sahlgren. We are all recruiting, so keep an eye on our website If you are looking for a postdoc position 😀
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮. If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇 abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index... #Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging @turkubioscience.bsky.social
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Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
We are very happy to share our latest work exploring the role of newly synthetized integrin-α5 using RUSH. We found that a subset goes to the PM via unconventional secretion! Big thanks to all involved! Read more at doi.org/10.1083/jcb.... @mathildemathieu.bsky.social @martina-lerche.bsky.social
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Regulation of cell dynamics by rapid integrin transport through the biosynthetic pathway | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press
The study reveals that newly synthesized integrins can bypass the Golgi to be actively delivered to specific plasma membrane regions, where they enhance ce
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Mathilde Mathieu @mathildemathieu.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I am super happy to see this published in @jcb.org ! If you are interested in cell adhesion and trafficking go have a look !
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Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Delighted to share that our work “Uridine Phosphorylase-1 supports metastasis by altering immune and extracellular matrix landscapes” was published today in @emboreports.org, describing how neutrophil metabolism influences niche priming to support metastasis (1/14) www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Uridine phosphorylase-1 supports metastasis by altering immune and extracellular matrix landscapes | EMBO reports
imageimageMetastatic primary tumours upregulate Upp1 in neutrophils, which elevates circulating uracil. UPP1-expressing neutrophils accumulate in the lung where they inhibit CD8+ T cells, promote fibr...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Rijuta Lamba, Alexandra Naba @nabalabuic.bsky.social, @valerioizzi.bsky.social and team present MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–ECM interactions. Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #OpenAccess
Figure showing the building MatriComDB, an omnibus database of matrisome protein interactions.
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Joseph Hetmanski @mankie06.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Pleased that our latest paper is now out in @jcellsci.bsky.social, in collaboration with @drmcjones.bsky.social and others from Manchester and Plymouth: Differential roles of cyclin–CDK1 complexes in cell migration and invasion url: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Differential roles of cyclin–CDK1 complexes in cell migration and invasion
Highlighted Article: Cyclin–CDK1 complexes have a previously undiscovered role in regulating normal and cancer cell migration in 3D matrices.
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Latest from Ivaska Lab ▶️ Niklas Jäntti et al delve deep into the roles of EPLINα/β on integrin trafficking and breast cancer outcomes! Congratulations to all the authors! Check the paper out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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EPLINα controls integrin recycling from Rab21 endosomes to drive breast cancer cell migration
Epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN), an actin-binding protein, has been described as both a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor in different c…
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Johanna Ivaska @johannaivaska.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Excited to share our most recent study on #integrintraffic #cancer #migration #focaladhesion by @ivaskalab.bsky.social @drpaulinamoreno.bsky.social Niklas Jäntti et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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EPLINα controls integrin recycling from Rab21 endosomes to drive breast cancer cell migration
Epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN), an actin-binding protein, has been described as both a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor in different c…
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 23/06/2025
Great opportunity for a Research Support Officer to join @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, supporting @deriverylab.bsky.social in their studies of the molecular mechanisms behind receptor sorting in endosomes. More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 10 JUL #ScienceJobs
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Are you looking for a postdoc? I will be looking for 2-4 people after the summer to join the lab !! Do not hesitate to reach out and disseminate !!
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Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 12/06/2025
☕Conway et al. show that #integrin β1 phosphorylation is regulated through balanced activities of tyrosine kinases, such as Src and Arg, and phosphatases, such as PTP-PEST and Shp2, facilitating invadopodia formation and invasion of #BreastCancer cells. bit.ly/4n4v3JS
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Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells - Nature Cell Biology
Conway et al. show that integrin β1 phosphorylation is regulated through balanced activities of tyrosine kinases, such as Src and Arg, and phosphatases, such as PTP-PEST and Shp2, facilitating invadop...
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Michalis Gounis @gounismichalis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Congratulations @louisefets.bsky.social and team, beautiful work!! 👏👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Multimodal imaging reveals a lysosomal drug reservoir that drives heterogeneous distribution of PARP inhibitors
For all drugs, effective target engagement requires sufficient intracellular concentrations of drug to be reached, but whether tumour heterogeneity impacts drug distribution and efficacy is poorly stu...
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Michalis Gounis @gounismichalis.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
1/ Beyond thrilled to see my #PhD work now published in @jcb.org A short thread (🧵) for #metastasis #metabolism #ExtracellularVesicles (EVs) aficionados
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Johanna Ivaska @johannaivaska.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Latest from @ivaskalab.bsky.social @jrwconway.bsky.social in NCB. We find that SHP-2 inhibition stops TNBC invasion and limits metastasis by blocking integrin dephosphorylation! Read more at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells - Nature Cell Biology
Conway et al. show that integrin β1 phosphorylation is regulated through balanced activities of tyrosine kinases, such as Src and Arg, and phosphatases, such as PTP-PEST and Shp2, facilitating invadop...
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Our newest paper is out in NCB. @jrwconway.bsky.social‬ designed a new FRET reporter, Illusia, to show the importance of integrin β1 phosphorylation dynamics in 3D invasion! Video: TNBC cells expressing Illusia with a Src (Saracatinib) or SHP2 (SHP099) inhibitor. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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James Conway @jrwconway.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
New paper from @ivaskalab.bsky.social out now! 🍾 Watch how cancer cell adhesion dynamics are disrupted by inhibiting the phosphatase Shp2 - key to integrin β1 phosphorylation. Blocking Shp2 impairs adhesion and reduces invasion potential. 🎥👇 Read more at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/05/2025
"Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU
Illustration for an article titled "Mental health in academia is too often a forgotten footnote. That needs to change" featuring a person overwhelmed by a swirl of papers and books.
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Michal Dibus @midibu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Happy to share our Tensin 1 phase separation project is now on bioRxiv. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... This wouldn't be possible without @johannaivaska.bsky.social @ivaskalab.bsky.social #VattulainenLab #MSCA by @ec.europa.eu @turkubioscience.bsky.social @inflames-flagship.bsky.social
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Adhesion-derived condensates control component availability to regulate adhesion dynamics
Integrin adhesion complexes mediate cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions and undergo dynamic remodelling to regulate cell adhesion and migration. Here, we demonstrate that tensin 1 (TNS1), a m...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 21/03/2025
In Memoriam: Wolfenson, Giannone, and Schwartz recall the life and many contributions of Michael Sheetz, who passed away on January 30, 2025. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Emilia Peuhu @epeuhu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We are looking for a doctoral candidate to join the lab! If you are interested in working with human breast tissue samples straight from the clinic and do not fear large data sets, this might just be your dream project ☺️ Apply now ⬇️ ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos... 📸 @oonapaavolainen.bsky.social
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Check this one out! This is a great read (I am bias). But Joanna and Stefania did an amazing job putting the article together.
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Michalis Gounis @gounismichalis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Congratulations to the superbly talented @marthamz.bsky.social @labvousden.bsky.social 👏👏 So well-deserved, can't wait to see your exciting research 🥳
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 18/02/2025
Chikireddy, Romet-Lemonne, Jégou et al. @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social investigate how the crosslinker fascin delays cofilin-induced #actin filament disassembly. buff.ly/3EBL34j In #Mechanobiology 2025: buff.ly/3EK0uaq
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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A truly amazing and inspiring session on Advances in Mechanobiology!!! Huge thanks to @drsarahboyle.bsky.social @carstenschulte4.bsky.social @mathildemathieu.bsky.social for sharing their research with the rest of us and @ccstorytime.bsky.social for moderating!!!! See u all in the next!!!
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Megan Chastney @mchastney.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
For early career researchers interested in the Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules GRS/GRC this May, don’t forget to sign up! The deadline for submitting an abstract to be considered for an oral presentation for the GRS is less than a week away! Register here: www.grc.org/fibronectin-...
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2025 Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules (GRS) will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Louise Fets @louisefets.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New PI positions @mrc-lms.bsky.social 👀 It's truly a great place to start a lab, definitely worth a look if you're on the job market. Please share with your networks!
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Rainero lab @erainerolab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🎉 The latest paper from out lab by #Montse_Llanses with Keqian Nan, Zhe Bao, Rachele Bacchetti Shengnan Yuan & Joe Tyler is out!!! @plosbiology.org @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Novel kinase regulators of extracellular matrix internalisation identified by high-content screening modulate invasive carcinoma cell migration
This study identifies novel kinase regulators of extracellular matrix (ECM) internalization through a high-content screen, characterizing the α2β1 integrin/p38 signaling axis as required for the inter...
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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The IOP Mechanobiology meeting starts strong with @johannaivaska.bsky.social telling us that cells do not necessarily migrate towards stiff and that nuclear YAP does not necessarily correlate with cell spreading. 💪
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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Let's share some other classic, the beautiful Cells in culture film directed by Michael Abercrombie one of the father of quantitative cell imaging (University College London, 1955) is available here identity.wellcomecollection.org/works/z6h7jzv4
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Cells in culture.
<p>The opening sequences are of normal cell behaviour in colour. Isolated cells showing active movement. Streaming of packed cells - movement. Contact inhibition. Mouse muscle fibroblasts. Abnormal be...
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Johanna Ivaska @johannaivaska.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I have moved to 🦋 as well ! Looking forward to reconnecting with old and initiating new science contacts here
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Rafa Najumudeen @rafabolism.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🚨 Please share 🔔 2x fully funded #Postdoc positions available If you are interested in - #epigenetic memory of stem and #cancer cells. - functional analyses of #microbes in cancer please get in touch. We have two cracking projects with collaborators in the EMBL Partnership.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at: @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social @biologyopen.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Ivaska Lab at the Turku Bioscience Pikkujoulu party 🥳 Can you recognize our costumes? 😉 @omkarjoshi.bsky.social @mathildemathieu.bsky.social @mchastney.bsky.social @gounismichalis.bsky.social @sanshiya04.bsky.social
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Introductory post on 🦋! We're a research group headed by Prof. Johanna Ivaska interested in understanding how integrins contribute to every step of cancer progression. We're located at the Turku Bioscience Center in Turku, Finland! Find out more about us and our interests here: ivaskalab.utu.fi
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Ivaska cell adhesion and cancer Lab
Integrins, matrix, motility and mechanotransduction in cancer
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