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@hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social
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Biochemistry and cell biology lab @unidue-zmb.bsky.social Excited about secretory pathway and #Golgi #proteostasis mechanisms funded by AvHStiftung, part of @crc1430.bsky.social (tweets by PI)

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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔬 How does spatial organization influence protein binding at the nanoscale? 🔗 Read the full story of the #Saccà lab here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Multivalent Ligand–Protein Interactions in DNA‐Confined Compartments: Role of Geometric Match and Electrostatic Screening
Multivalent protein ligands interactions are systematically investigated using programable DNA origami compartments as scaffolds. In this way, it is possible to control binding valency, flexibility, ...
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Hemmo Meyer Lab @hemmo-lab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@lsajournal.org doi.org/10.26508/lsa... Paper out: Cool dTAG approach by Dani and Maike for acute perturbation of the #VCP/p97 system nailing down a function during DNA #replication. #ubiquitin. @crc1430.bsky.social @unidue-zmb.bsky.social Thanks to our collaborators, the Beli and Boos labs.
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Induced degradation of Ufd1 reveals regulation of cohesin by the VCP/p97Ufd1-Npl4 complex
The AAA ATPase VCP/p97 has emerged as a critical regulator of ubiquitin and chromatin-associated processes but progress in understanding has been hampered by the complexity of p97 functions and the va...
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🚀 #CRC1752 #DYNAMO is preparing for its launch in October 2026! The new website is online, and the first positions are open. Join an interdisciplinary team to target the earliest mechanisms of melanoma therapy resistance. Explore & apply: www.uni-due.de/crc1752/
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Collaborative Research Centre 1752 - DYNAMO: Immediate Tumor Dynamics in Melanoma Therapy
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Over the past few weeks, several members of the #ZMB community and @crc1430.bsky.social have successfully defended their doctoral theses. Congratulations!🎓 We wish you every success in the next stage of your scientific careers and hope to stay in touch!
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🧬 🔬 How do cells coordinate the forces required for successful division? A new preprint from the Nalbant lab and @icce-unidue.bsky.social colleagues provides insights by identifying a key role for Ect2 in regulating cortical contractility during cytokinesis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Constitutive plasma membrane interaction of active Rho GEF Ect2 inhibits cortex contraction pulses
During cell division, multiple guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), including the mitotic regulator Ect2 and Lbc-type GEFs, regulate the dynamics of RhoA activity and actomyosin contractility. ...
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Hemmo Meyer Lab @hemmo-lab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Brilliant PhD thesis defense by Daniella Munro concluding a tour de force analysis of Ufd1-Npl4 substrates using induced-degradation. Watch out for her paper…
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Hemmo Meyer Lab @hemmo-lab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our opinion article is out now on: Disentangling the response to lysosomal damage journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-... It discusses the concept of lysosome regeneration and the tools and reporters for diverse branches of the pathway. Great to work with coauthors Akiko and Shuhei.
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Mikko Taipale @miketilapia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our evil ORFeome paper is out! In collaboration with @alex-stark.bsky.social, we screened ~4,000 viral proteins and secreted effectors from bacteria and parasites, covering hundreds of diverse pathogens, for phenotypes in human cells.
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Tomas Pachano @tomaspachano.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I am thrilled to share our paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social : "Systematic Discovery of Pathogen Effector Functions across Human Pathogens and Pathways." (1/4) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Systematic discovery of pathogen effector functions across human pathogens and pathways
The eORFeome, a large-scale collection of open reading frames encoding viral proteins and secreted bacterial and parasite effectors, enables functional genomics across diverse pathways and pathogens. ...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Gina Simon, Doris Hellerschmied @hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social and colleagues @unidue-zmb.bsky.social dissect stress-induced proteome remodelling at the Golgi–endosome interface. Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Figure showing that FAM129A localises to the secretory pathway during stress.
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Cell Biology J-Club @cellclub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Golgi vesicle tether p115/USO1 can bind directly to the ER exit site organiser Sec16A journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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The Golgi vesicle tether p115/USO1 can bind directly to the ER exit site organiser Sec16A
Newly made secretory and membrane proteins exit the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in COPII vesicles that form at specialised ER exit sites. These exit sites are typically near to the early Golgi compartm...
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Fran Bottanelli @franbottanelli.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
After so many #notthecover one of @probablycarmen.bsky.social of a CAR T cell engaging with a cancer cell made it to the front of @embojournal.org! Want to know more about the function of protrusions in early #Tcell activation? Check out how we became accidental immunologists!
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Great opportunity for the #ubiquitin community and fantastic speaker line-up! #ZMB member @hemmo-lab.bsky.social included, alongside many other outstanding colleagues. #EMBOubiquitin #EMBOevents 🧪
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EMBO @embo.org · 16/05/2026
Gain #training on correlative #LightElectronMicroscopy techniques in the eponymous EMBO Practical Course "Correlative light electron microscopy" in Utrecht, Netherlands, 13–18 September 2026. Deadline: 3 July 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-clem #EMBOCorrelativeLight #EMBOevents 🧪
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Ewerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Save the date, next DGZ lunch meeting DGZ Focus Workshop Workgroup Cell Adhesion and Mechanobiology May 19, 2026 12:00 – 13:45 CEST Zoom-ID: 961 7810 6979 Passcode: DGZ_FW
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Hemmo Meyer Lab @hemmo-lab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Cdc48/p97 nibbling on #ubiquitin! Cool single molecule analysis study by the Tans group (with us) out now. rdcu.be/firGK
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Hellerschmied Lab @hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Looking forward to it!
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DGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
On June 30 at noon, the next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #MembraneOrganization & #ContactSites will take place, organized by Sabrine Buettner & Katja Zieske. Speakers: André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social, Suzan Kors, Zexi Xu and Emma Fenech. Join us!
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🤝 #UDE4future joins forces with the lecture series Sex and Gender in the Life Sciences 🗓 June 11, 2026, 16:00 Sex and Gender in Governance: Transformation, Megatrends and Public Health 🎤 Ricarda Schmithausen (NLGA) Further Information: lnkd.in/eZtPAkr @elh-institute.bsky.social #EKfG #SexGenderUDE
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Craig M. Crews @craigmcrews.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
First PROTAC gains FDA approval, bolstering targeted protein degradation and induced proximity ambitions www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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First PROTAC gains FDA approval, bolstering targeted protein degradation and induced proximity ambitions
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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Proteostasis UK @proteostasisuk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
📢 Next Proteostasis Consortium Seminar – Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 4:00 pm GMT (10:00 am CT) 👉Link & Updates here: www.proteostasisconsortium.com/seminars/ Speaker: Adrien Rousseau (University of Dundee) Title: ‘New tools to map and manipulate proteasome assembly in cells’ #proteostasis #proteasome
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EMBO @embo.org · 04/05/2026
Join scientists working on #ProteinHomeostasis in the EMBO Workshop "Proteostasis shaping health span: From protein folding to failure" in #Ericeira, #Portugal, 9–13 November 2026. Deadline: 1 September 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-proteost… #EMBOproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Join us tomorrow, May 5, for an exciting joint seminar with @crc1430.bsky.social at @unidue.bsky.social. We’re happy to welcome Florian Wilfling @mpibp.bsky.social, who will present on "Characterization of lysosomal damage by cryo-electron tomography." #CryoET #Lysosome
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Julian Nüchel @jnuechel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
💥 New publication from the Demetriades and Nüchel groups– final version now online in EMBO reports! This Tour de force wouldn’t have worked out without the amazing support from our collaborators and core facilities!
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GRASP55 maintains lysosome function by controlling sorting of lysosomal enzymes at the Golgi - EMBO Reports
Lysosomes are multifunctional organelles that play important roles in cellular recycling, signaling, and homeostasis, relying on precise trafficking and activation of lysosomal enzymes. While the Golg...
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Fran Bottanelli @franbottanelli.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It was fun writing this with David @dgershlick.bsky.social! Check it our if you want to hear our view on small #GTPases networks in endosomal trafficking :) part of the themed issue on Membrane trafficking edited by @fromme-lab.bsky.social and Philippe Chavrier www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dynamic GTPase networks reshaping endosomal organelle identities
Endosomal GTPases, while often used as markers for specific endosomal organelles, functionalize the surface of endosomal compartments into biochemical…
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Next up: Katerina Naydenova, Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, will present "Molecular mechanisms of #ubiquitin ligases with activity towards non-protein substrates". 📅 22 April 2026 ⏰ 12:30 📍 S05 V01 E69 ➡️ www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/forschungsgr...
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Katerina Naydenova
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Cell Biology J-Club @cellclub.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Happy Golgi Day
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Why choose JCS? - FREE to publish (with OA options available) - Fast-track option for papers with reports - Submissions handled by Academic Editors - Published by a not-for-profit publisher - A tree planted for every peer-reviewed article🌳 Find out more at: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
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David Teis @teislab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We offer a PostDoc position for a fully funded project on lipid-encoded #lipidtime protein quality-control checkpoints at the Golgi: great collaborators, excellent working & living conditions & benchspace with a view ;) Please share and repost!
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Protein Society @proteinsociety.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🔬 April Webinar - Chaperones Galore! Protein folding can fail—chaperones help fix it. Learn how cells maintain protein quality from leading experts. 🗓 April 27 | ⏰ 10 AM–12 PM EDT ✨ Free + live Q&A Free registration here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We are accepting submissions for our upcoming special issue - Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. This issue will be coordinated by @franbottanelli.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti alongside our Editor @guijacquemet.bsky.social. Extended deadline: 1 May 2026 journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...
Special Issue
Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics
Guest Editors: Francesca Bottanelli and Giulia Zanetti
Extended deadline: 1 May 2026
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Agata Witkowska @agatawitkowska.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Another talk from Berlin! Our great @franbottanelli.bsky.social 🤩 on the stage! Such beautiful live STED revealing hidden mechanisms of membrane trafficking #mk2026 @gbmev.bsky.social
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The 2026 Otto Warburg Medal winner Maya Schuldiner received the medal from @volkerhaucke-lab.bsky.social after a moving laudatio by Christian Ungermann Thanks to @elsevierconnect.bsky.social for the continuous support!
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Hellerschmied Lab @hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excellent talk by our @unidue-zmb.bsky.social colleague Pinki Galhot from @hemmo-lab.bsky.social @imprs-lm.bsky.social 👏 #MK2026 @gbmev.bsky.social
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Hellerschmied Lab @hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Congratulations @vcmentowski.bsky.social! Well-deserved award for an excellent PhD work performed in the @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social lab. @imprs-lm.bsky.social @crc1430.bsky.social
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The first early career talk was delivered by @agatawitkowska.bsky.social from Berlin. Thanks for sharing your data on the mechanical control of neurotransmission! #MK2026
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The CiM-IMPRS PhD program in #Münster is offering 16 #PhD positions in Life and Natural Sciences! Perform cutting-edge resesearch in a vibrant international setting and lively city! Apply by May 1st, 2026 - see www.uni-muenster.de/CiM-IMPRS/ap... @uni-muenster.de @mpi-muenster.bsky.social
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EMBO @embo.org · 06/03/2026
Registration is now open for the EMBO Workshop "#Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in health and disease" in #Monopoli, Italy, 28 Sep–2 Oct 2026. Registration deadline: 31 May Abstract submission deadline: 15 Jun meetings.embo.org/event/26-ubiquitin #EMBOubiquitin #EMBOevents 🧪
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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We are seeking a GRANTS MANAGER (mainly 'Pre Award') to identify funding opportunities and support our AI and LS researchers in preparing and submitting competitive grant applications. Info about tasks & what we offer: aithyra.onlyfy.jobs/job/5epm35x9 Deadline 10.4.2026 #AITHYRA #GrantsManager
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IMPRS for Living Matter @imprs-lm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🔍 Want to uncover how proteolytic enzymes in the ubiquitin system work—and exploit those insights for novel therapeutic approaches? Apply to the Gersch Lab @maltegersch.bsky.social at @imprs-lm.bsky.social. #proteolysis #ubiquitin #biochemistry #proteinchemistry
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IMPRS for Living Matter @imprs-lm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Excited to decode the intricate language of ubiquitin chains and unravel their role in protein degradation? 🧬🔬 👉 APPLY NOW to join the lab of Dr. Leo Kiss @leokiss.bsky.social @imprs-lm.bsky.social. #CellularBiochemistry #Ubiquitin #Proteostasis #ProteinDegradation
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Cell Biology J-Club @cellclub.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Visualizing suborganellar lipid distribution using correlative light and electron microscopy - Nature Cell Biology
Lennartz et al. introduce a correlative light and electron microscopy workflow, Lipid-CLEM, combining near-native lipid probes and on-section labelling via click chemistry. Lipid-CLEM quantitatively a...
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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our Spring PhD call is OPEN! 30+ fully funded positions across diverse life science disciplines. Explore projects in Stem Cells, Development: www.vbcphd.at Apply by 9 April 2025 Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Max Perutz Labs Vienna, IMP, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
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IMPRS for Living Matter @imprs-lm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📣 Physicists and engineers: apply your experimental skills to biology! Join the group of Katerina Naydenova @imprs-lm.bsky.social for a #PhD to develop new technologies that enable answering fundamental biological questions. Apply NOW!
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Next up in the ZMB/@crc1430.bsky.social Speaker Series: Olaf Stemmann @unibayreuth.bsky.social on "The #p53 -dependent mitotic surveillance pathway: Insights into an anti-cancer cellular clock". 📅 24 March 2026 ⏰ 4.15 pm 📍 S05 V01 E69 #genetics #cellbiology #mitosis
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IMPRS for Living Matter @imprs-lm.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Interested in uncovering how the #Golgi reacts to stress? Apply NOW to the @hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social @imprs-lm.bsky.social #chembio #cellbio #biochemistry
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Lorraine Reese @lorraine-reese.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Generate new ideas and collaborations regarding the relationships between #glycan biosynthesis and intracellular organisations, and glycan structures and cell biological functions, at our 95th Harden Conference: Linking #Golgi trafficking and glycan function bit.ly/4cSnxzc
95th Harden Conference: Linking Golgi trafficking and glycan function. Blackburn, UK, 23-26 June 2026. Abstract submissions now open. Super earlybird deadline 23 March 2026. Includes image of delegates networking and Biochemical Society and event logos.
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Proteostasis UK @proteostasisuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Proteostasis UK Logo Competition Design our new logo and win registration, UK‑based travel, and accommodation to attend the UK Proteostasis Meeting 2026, 20–21 July at The Francis Crick Institute, London. See here for more information: proteostasisuk.co.uk/calls/proteo... Deadline: 1st May 2026
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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great to see our @icce-unidue.bsky.social team continuing to strengthen its professional network at the @gerbi-gmb.de Community Meeting 2026 in Fulda 🤝 #GerBIMeeting2026
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Proteostasis UK @proteostasisuk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 Next Proteostasis Consortium Seminar – Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 3:00 pm GMT (10:00 am CT) 👉Link & Updates here: www.proteostasisconsortium.com/seminars/ Speaker: Ulrich Hartl (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry) Title: ’Observing chaperone machines in intact cells’
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