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Laura Bianchi

@laurafbianchi.bsky.social
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Looking at embryonic zebrafish epithelial cells eat and divide under a microscope 🐟🍽🔬 Former PhD student at Ruprecht lab @crg.eu

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Laura Bianchi @laurafbianchi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ever wondered how epithelial cells clear apoptotic cells while maintaining tissue cohesion?🍝🔗 Check our new paper in which we show that E-cadherin plays a dual role in regulating basal cortex dynamics upon phagocytosis while maintaining connected tissue organization www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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De novo E-cadherin/catenin complex formation controls basal epithelial mechanics and force transmission for apoptotic cell clearance - Nature Communications
Epithelial cells remodel their shape during phagocytosis while preserving tissue cohesion. Here, authors show that the E-cadherin/catenin adhesion complex is repurposed at phagocytic contacts, where i...
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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
How does a macrophage decide to eat or simply nibble? Check out our latest paper! You can also read this nice review. Congrats Caitlin for leading this amazing work! www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Target cell cortical tension regulates macrophage trogocytosis - Nature Cell Biology
Cornell et al. show that target cells with low cortical tension induce macrophages to preferentially trogocytose, or engulf in small fragments, whereas target cells with high cortical tension tend tow...
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Laura Bianchi @laurafbianchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I'm extremely happy to say that a new preprint from Ruprecht lab is out! Check it to to know more about a novel role for the E-cadherin/catenin complex in controlling epithelial phagocytosis 🍽🐟🔬
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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Features new works from Stankunas Lab @uoregon.bsky.social, Ruprecht Lab @crg.eu & @campaslab.bsky.social (albeit mammals this time 😉)
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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
De novo E-cadherin/catenin complex formation controls basal epithelial mechanics and force transmission for apoptotic cell clearance www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
How to turn a layer of fibroblasts into a tulip 🌷? Check out our new pre-print on shape-programmable living surfaces. Led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social‬ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Thrilled to share that our "Poster at a Glance" on #Phagocytosis is out! Thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social for the invitation ! Prepared with @manondepierre.bsky.social @chiarapompili.bsky.social from @institutcochin.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Phagocytosis at a glance
Summary: Phagocytosis involves receptor-driven actin and membrane remodelling to engulf microbes and debris. The phagosome then matures for degradation, supporting both nutrition and immune responses.
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Esteban Hoijman @estebanhoijman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
How innate immunity starts? Early embryos eliminate bacterial infections by epithelial phagocytosis, a conserved process from zebrafish to human embryos. Check our story: www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I knew there would be an effect! This has been one of the questions that I had for the longest time. Changing the mechanics of the substrate affects phagocytosis. Very interesting paper! www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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A crosstalk between adhesion and phagocytosis integrates macrophage functions into their microenvironment
Cell biology; Organizational aspects of cell biology; Specialized functions of cells; Functional aspects of cell biology
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