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Jorge Ferreira

@jorgeferreira.bsky.social
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Cell biologist at i3S - University of Porto Associate Professor - Faculty of Medicine of Porto At the crossroads between nuclear mechanics and cell division. integrativenucleus.weebly.com

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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don´t know yet what you´ll be doing next April? Why not join us for a great meeting in Porto? Registration for Forces across scales is now open! meetings.embo.org/event/27-for...
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Forces across scales
This EMBO Workshop on Forces Across Scales will provide an integrative perspective on mechanobiology, a rapidly advancing field that examines how mechanical forces shape biological systems across mol…
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are looking for a research assistant! Come join the team: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ826/r...
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Research Support Officer | Cell Biology | Dr Buzz Baum | LMB 2904 at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reposting this ongoing search (any discipline of biology) for an Assistant to Associate level colleague in the Division of Basic Sciences at Fred Hutch. Great city, great colleagues, great core facilities, great trainees.
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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Great speakers, great science, great location = great meeting! EMBO workshop Forces across scale April 27-30, 2027 in Porto. meetings.embo.org/event/27-for...
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Forces across scales
This EMBO Workshop on Forces Across Scales will provide an integrative perspective on mechanobiology, a rapidly advancing field that examines how mechanical forces shape biological systems across mol…
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Come and join us in the beautiful city of Porto in April 2027 for what promises to be a great meeting!
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Really proud to share our latest work @embojournal.org . This was a long, joint effort from everyone in the lab (some of which have since left). Here, we looked at out how cells decide when to divide. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Chromosome condensation mechanically primes the nucleus for mitosis - The EMBO Journal
Accurate transition into mitosis driven by cyclin B1-CDK1 activity is essential to avoid chromosome segregation errors and preserve genome integrity. How this activity is spatially controlled to trigg...
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David Solecki @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hey y’all 👋 repost magic appreciated. The Solecki lab is recruiting multiple postdocs at St. Jude for a chromatin imaging project at the edge of live-cell imaging, neuronal cell biology, chromatin regulation, and quantitative image analysis. Ever dreamed of touring chromatin like this? We CAN 🔥
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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our attempt to give multinucleate cells the spotlight they deserve (seriously, they’re everywhere), led by the fearless @mrosjac.bsky.social and with @Markus Ganter doi.org/10.32942/X2M... We’d love your feedback while this goes through the peer review process! #MicroEvoSky #ProtistsonSky 🧪🌏
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I just wrote an invited review on one of my favourite topics. This was a long and tiring process (as usual). I wrote the entire thing from scratch without any AI tool (not even editing or paraphrasing). Editor comes back to me with highlighted sections that were AI-generated. How should I reply?
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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Please repost - Multiple PhDs available www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Here's a few thoughts after the FASEB meeting on Mechanobiology of the nucleus #MBNSRC 1 - The community is healthy and growing in multiple directions 2 - New people are committed in moving the field forward 3 - Some directions are unexpected and have huge potential. Looking forward to new chapters
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Helen Matthews @helenkmatthews.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📢 Fully-funded 4-year MRC DiMeN PhD opportunity in our lab. 🔬 Exciting cancer cell biology collab with @maiblab.bsky.social & Liz Smythe @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social to use recombinant biosensors to image active KRAS in #pancreaticcancer 👇Apply by 4th Dec www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the membrane recruitment of oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the membrane recruitment of oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Anne Straube @anne.mechanochemistry.org · 30/10/2025
Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. Livestream is planned too. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Getting ready for the 2nd day of the Mechanobiology of the nucleus meeting! #MNBSRC
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Almost time for the best meeting of the year! Looking forward to interact with everyone! See you there
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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now! events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
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Eva Kreysing Lab @eva-kreysing-lab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Chancellors Studentship is an excellent opportunity to do your PhD in the UK. If you are interested in doing your PhD at the interface between physics, neurobiology and mechanobiology, please get in touch. warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/...
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Warwick PGR Scholarship Competitions
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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Guillaume Charras @gcharras.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Can pressure gradients persist over long timescales in animal cells? We induced intracellular pressure gradients and examined the resulting flows in single cells. We reveal surprisingly long lasting pressure gradients. More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Are you interested on how regenerating tissues transit between stages? Am sharing here our work showing that during #Xenopus tail regeneration, tissue stiffening activates a Piezo1-Yap1 mechanosensitive cascade to allow wounded epithelia to transit into regenerative states!
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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I am advertising for a #postdoc for a 3 year BBSRC-funded project exploring the role of macrophages in salivary gland development. The successful candidate will be based at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social at @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social. Closing date: 9th Oct. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emmerson lab within the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. This three year, BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research associa...
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New preprint from the lab! Please check it out. 🚨 Have you ever wondered how cells decide when it’s time to divide? So did we! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Chromosome condensation mechanically primes the nucleus for mitosis
Timely and accurate transition into mitosis is essential to preserve genome integrity and avoid chromosome segregation errors. This transition depends on spatial and temporal activity patterns of the ...
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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Please re-post: If you know (or are!) somebody who might fancy doing a PhD (Oct 2026 start) in my group @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social, working on chromatin evolution in prokaryotes (or other things we're interested in), please have a look at www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/supervisors-...
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Supervisors and Projects
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luskinglab.bsky.social @luskinglab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Join us for the first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus conference supported by @faseborg.bsky.social. Co-organized with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, @katemiro.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht, the amazing program is here: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan... Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Excited for our next special issue and looking forward to working with Abby Buchwalter (@abbybuch.bsky.social) and Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social)! Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? Send your papers our way! #notforprofit
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Looking forward! Promises to be an amazing conference!
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Just learned of the passing of Frank Stahl. Together with Mat Meselson, he figured out one of the most amazing processes in biology. How does DNA replicate? Check out the beautiful movie made by iBiology and celebrate their legacy! www.ibiology.org/genetics-and...
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The Most Beautiful Experiment: Meselson and Stahl • iBiology
Matt Meselson and Frank Stahl share the story of their groundbreaking experiment from 1958 that definitively showed semiconservative DNA replication.
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Ever wished to become an actin star? 😎 Then try getting suspended above a non-adhesive substrate. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A multicellular star-shaped actin network underpins epithelial organization and connectivity - Nature Communications
The combined role of cellular junctions and actomyosin networks in tissues remains unclear. Here, the authors identify a tissue-scale star-shaped network of actomyosin that preserves cell shape, limit...
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I suppose there are worst places to grade exams.
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EMBO @embo.org · 01/07/2025
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 Learn more here: www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
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Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO
Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 17/06/2025
📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants! The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Nationwide blackout in Portugal at the moment. No electricity anywhere. I was in the middle of a lecture. That was a new experience for me
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I´m honoured and thrilled to share that I have been promoted to tenured Associate Professor in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Porto! My huge thanks and gratitude to all lab members, past and present.
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I have a 1 year fellowship available (MSc level) for someone interested in studying how nuclear mechanics regulates the timing of mitotic entry. Plus it´s in the beautiful city of Porto! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested. dozer.i3s.up.pt/applicationm...
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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🔔🧪 I'm deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Sheetz, a true pioneer in #mechanobiology. I'll always cherish our lovely times in NYC, Singapore, Zurich, and Sydney. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends in this difficult time. So long, Mike 🥺😔
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Nice excuse to visit Porto
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Pierre-François Lenne @pflenne.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Excited to share that IBDM (Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille) is expanding its research groups this year! A great place for developmental biology and interdisciplinary research located on the beautiful Marseille-Luminy campus! Deadline for applications: March 30th, 2025
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Congrats! Always stunning work
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
To all of you applying for #ERC #CoG grants this round, good luck! Now time to relax a bit...
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Wow! Congrats! Beautiful work
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Sirio Dupont @labdupont.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🚨 Last minute call we have an open call for post-docs expiring soon dm me if you’re interested! Several projects on the table around mitochondrial mechanotransduction and its functional roles in vivo!!
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We´ve been waiting for this! Extremelly relevant. Thanks for sharing.
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Sylvain Gabriele @sgabriele.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Pre-announcing the 10th Biennial European CellMech conference organized in Leuven 🇧🇪 from September 30th to October 3rd, 2025. cellmech2025.org Save the date !
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Huge congrats to all #ERC #CoG winners that were recently annouced! Many exciting science to come, I´m sure. Unfortunately, I couldn´t convince the reviewers during the interview stage. But I´ll definitely go agan next year! 👍
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Carsten Schulte @carstenschulte4.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I didn't find a specific mechanotransduction starter pack, so I open one myself😊. There are still a lot of people to be added, but it's late, so please drop me a message or post here to nominate yourself for the Mechanotransduction community. go.bsky.app/2PXf5SC
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Rockefeller University Press @rupress.org · 27/11/2024
Hello Bluesky! Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has been publishing trusted, high-impact science for over a century—and we’re thrilled to embrace the future of connection right here. Check out our journals for more! @jcellbiol.bsky.social🔬 @jexpmed.bsky.social 🧪 @jgenphysiol.bsky.social 👩‍🔬
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Mix two motors of opposite polarity with microtubules and they will partition space ! Microtubules will get organized in polar and active barriers, sorting the two motors in separated domains, leading to the emergence of a new type of patterns. #morphogenesis doi.org/10.1073/pnas... (1/n)
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This movie highlights two of the main interests in our lab. The #nucleus and #mitosis. (human RPE-1 cell with H2B-GFP/tubulin-RFP/LaminB-halotag)
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Carsten Schulte @carstenschulte4.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The Mechanotransduction community is alive and kicking, and continues to grow. If you want to join, drop me a message or post in response. Is anyone else going to the Mechanobiology meeting in London 4-5th of December?
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Renaud Poincloux @renaudpoincloux.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Dear blue-friends, I have just learnt that, due to a cold and brutal administrative decision completely beyond my control, we have to terminate the contract of one of my PhD students, who was recently recruited for a project in cellular mechanobiology 😲. Thread ! 👇
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