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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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@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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EMBO @embo.org · 06/08/2026
Interested in a cross-scale understanding of #mechanobiology? Join the EMBO Workshop "Forces across scales" in Porto, Portugal, 27–30 April 2027. Deadline: 1 December 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/27-forces-s… #EMBOforces #EMBOevents 🧪
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myosinactncrazy.bsky.social @myosinactncrazy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Legendary myosin researcher Jim Sellers retires after many years of making significant contributions to the field and being an unfailingly generous to colleagues - alway sharing materials, insights and wisdom. A symposium honoring Jim will be held in Sept. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2026/...
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Scientific Symposium Honoring Dr. James R. Sellers
Retirement symposium honoring Dr. James R. Sellers’ contributions to myosin studies. Leading scientists in the field will be present.
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Levayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Congratulation @gaellel.bsky.social for the crystal medal ! So well deserved, you've been transformative for the democratisation of image analysis and deep learning. www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/talents/c...
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
so well deserved!!! she rocks !! Bravo Gaelle !
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bringing together science & art, @manuelthery.bsky.social & the CytoMorpho lab describe their project on how cells adapt their shape to their environment using the Musée d’Orsay as their template! The full performance was presented over two nights at the museum earlier this year. #sciart #cellbio
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Living Architectures - FocalPlane
Living Architectures - Case studies
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Is there a size limit for cells ? How can cells replicate inside the architecture of their environment? Why do cells self-destroy ? This 15-minute movie vimeo.com/1173229237 shows our 2026 edition of the Living Architectures project at the @museeorsay.bsky.social
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Jenna Christensen @christensenlab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Aga Kendrick and I are co-chairing a session, “Intracellular Transport Logistics across Scales” at #CellBio2026, December 12-16, in San Diego this year! 🔬🌞 Abstract deadline for talks is JUNE 9. To be considered for our session, select “Cytoskeleton and Motility” as a topic area. See you there!
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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📢 Institut Jacques Monod Seminar 📅 June 12th 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Invited by the @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social Lab, @lblanchoin.bsky.social and @manuelthery.bsky.social will present the IJM seminar "The self-renewing cell: how actin networks are built, sized, and dismantled " ➡️ buff.ly/T8li591
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Interdisciplinary course on Artificial Cells next fall in Paris. Registrations are open : www.edu.bio.ens.psl.eu/spip.php?art... For masters, PhD students and postdocs. Every wednesday, 5 to 7 PM, @espciparispsl.bsky.social from September to December. See below for the list of great teachers!
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Sandhya Koushika @wormlockholmes.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Nice 🧵, lovely movies. Now published advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... from the group of @lauraschaedel.bsky.social
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Kinesin‐Induced Buckling Reveals the Limits of Microtubule Self‐Repair
This study shows that kinesin-driven buckling induces extensive microtubule lattice damage that often exceeds intrinsic self-repair and leads to filament failure. While curvature, motor motility, and...
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IBDM, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille @ibdm.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We will have the pleasure of welcoming @manuelthery.bsky.social from @cea.fr to Luminy, Marseille as a keynote speaker. 🕧 Friday 17th April 2026, 11:30, Amphi 12 🔬 From Morphogenesis to Space Partitioning by Microtubules and Motors Save the date! 🙌
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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🧫 Et si la science devenait une œuvre d’art ? Au @museeorsay.bsky.social, des images de cellules observées au microscope deviennent une performance visuelle pour faire sortir la biologie du laboratoire et révéler l’architecture du vivant. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNQM...
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Les cellules s'exposent au Musée d'Orsay | Reportage CNRS
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Renkawitz Lab @renkawitzteam.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
How does a cell move when it carries cargo larger than its own organelles? Excited to share our findings: cells can mechanoadapt their force architecture to move oversized cargo Watch the bulky parasite (red) within an immune cell squeezing through a tiny pore www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/6
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Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Last days to apply this position in our group! Do join us in this great Institute @crg.eu, with great colleagues, and help shaping the science and culture of our lab!
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Tim @timisstuck.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Updating a 56 year-old JCB paper with digitized videos from 16 mm film 😍. Well done first author Tom Pollard!!
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Bhagyanath Suresh @bhagyanaths.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A few seconds of eternity: From microscope to museum❣️ It was truly delightful to be part of this project, celebrating life as a continuous dance of creation, collapse, and renewal. 🔄 Kudos to @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social #cytomorpholab members, and @museeorsay.bsky.social
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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Huge congrats to @manuelthery.bsky.social and all the Cytomorpho lab. The "Living Architectures" performance at @museeorsay.bsky.social was breathtakingly beautiful
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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#LivingArchitectures Congratulations @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social and all Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab for their poetic vision of the microscopic level.
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 22/01/2026
#Addendum to 1970 paper, “CYTOPLASMIC FILAMENTS OF AMOEBA PROTEUS: I. The Role of Filaments in Consistency Changes and Movement,” includes eight video sequences originally recorded on 16-mm films. No technology was available at the time to include this data. 🎞️ rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Actin
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 22/01/2026
Author Tom Pollard: “I hope readers will enjoy movies from our 1970 JCB paper showing dramatic cytoplasmic movements in cell-free extracts. Electron micrographs in the paper related these movements to the assembly of actin filaments. This addendum is a tribute to my very generous mentor Sus Ito.”
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CEA @cea.fr · 16/01/2026
#art 🎨 | Quand l’art devient expérimental & que chaque spectateur devient 🧑‍🔬. A l'occasion du spectacle 'Architectures vivantes’ du @museeorsay.bsky.social qui aura lieu les 24 et 25 janvier prochains, @manuelthery.bsky.social, directeur scientifique du projet revient sur cette expérimentation en 📽️
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"Perhaps the most exciting place to be is just beyond the trend: informed by it but not confined by it."
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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📣 #Job alert! Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo? The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research. Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
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Section 24 – External Competition – Coordination des instances du Comité National
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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 12/12/2025
#Communiqué 🗞️ En 2026, pour célébrer ses 40 ans, le @museeorsay.bsky.social devient un véritable théâtre du vivant. Deux soirées dans la Nef plongeront le public dans un spectacle immersif au coeur des dynamiques cellulaires donnant vie à l’architecture de la gare. 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un...
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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 12/12/2025
#RejoignezleCNRS 🫵 Envie de repousser les limites de la science ? Le #CNRS recrute des chercheurs (F/H) passionnés. 📅 Concours ouverts jusqu’au 12 janvier 2026. Candidatez dès maintenant ! 👉 carrieres.cnrs.fr/concours-ext... #Recrutement #Innovation #Recherche #Icicarecrute
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
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David Drubin @drubin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Today, our animation synthesizing decades of research on actin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast was published: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration. @margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...
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Laurent Blanchoin @lblanchoin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
 I'm heading to ASCB in Philadelphia this year and If you'd like to chat about your research, please get in touch and we can schedule a time to meet.
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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
“Cellular Olympics” our catalog of freeky ultra fast cellular superhero’s is freely available “Ann Rev of microbiology” www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
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Surrey Lab @surreylab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
⚡Ready to grow and be inspired as a scientist? We’re looking for a *PhD student* to join our lab at @crg.eu in Barcelona and explore how cells self-organize, uncovering life’s inner design💡 We offer strong mentoring, cutting-edge science, and a vibrant international team🌍 Check the link below!
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 15/10/2025
Perspective from Richard McIntosh describing the history of research on #microtubule polymerization in terms of the ideas, technologies, and observations that have emerged as countless researchers have studied the dynamics of these essential cytoskeletal polymers. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Tomorrow at @ISTAresearch.bsky.social in Vienna at 4:30 PM I will show and discuss how shapes can emerge (and disappear) from mixture of microtubules and molecular motors. #morphogenesis
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We hire! The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities. More details here: cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
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Wout Oosterheert @woutoosterheert.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Very excited that my final postdoctoral work is now online in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Using 16 (!) cryo-EM structures, we uncovered how the three proteins coronin, cofilin and AIP1 work together to rapidly disassemble actin filaments.
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Biophysical Paris @parisseminar.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Yusuke Maeda, from the department of Chemical Engineering of Kyoto University for a seminar on Tuesday the 21st of October at 12:00 in the main amphitheatre of the IPGG (6 rue Jean Calvin). Title and abstract: From Flow to Shape: Biophysical Principles of Confined Actomyosin
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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Want to hear a mid-career PI pontificate about science, career and cooking? Today's your lucky day thanks to The Microscopists podcast! Thanks Peter @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social for having me 🎙️🎧 themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/chr...
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The Microscopists | Christophe Leterrier (CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université)
This time on The Microscopists, we're joined by Christophe Leterrier, team leader at NeuroCyto in Marseille and director of a Nikon Center of Excellence for super-resolution microscopy.Christophe r...
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Sneha Rao @sneharao.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Dialogue is so important in science engagement. “Our responsibility is … to speak with humility, to listen with care, and to earn the trust of those we hope to reach… To change what people believe, we must first understand why they believe it and what purpose that belief serves in their lives.”
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Ariane Abrieu @arianeabrieu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
La vie est belle! vous attend à la maison des relations internationales à Montpellier! Une initiative des @addictauxsciences.bsky.social qui présente les images de Montpellier Ressources Imagerie dans ce cadre exceptionnel 🤩 Festival What a trip! Jeu-Sam 10-18h @eurobioimaging.bsky.social
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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · 21/07/2025
The actin-binding/-bundling protein #anillin can also interact with microtubules to crosslink the two types of filaments and slide them along each other @marileend.bsky.social @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social and colleagues www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Alexandra Colin @alexandra-colin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We also give examples of imaging and functionalization to study actin-related processes.
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Alexandra Colin @alexandra-colin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We detail the equipment and protocol for microwell manufacture, as well as characterization and quality control.
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Alexandra Colin @alexandra-colin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We have used many microwells to confine biochemical reactions in our recent studies. We wanted to share the protocol for preparing and characterizing microwells; this protocol is now published here : www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel... @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 14/07/2025
🔬 From JCB’s July issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): a PtK2 cell plated on a micropattern and injected with low doses of soluble actin (orange) and tubulin (blue) in order to generate speckles along the corresponding filaments. From @manuelthery.bsky.social group (rupress.org/jcb/article/...).
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
BEHOLD! One of Earth's greatest lineages of life: the lil wiggle arm guys, Meteora. These single-celled critters, originally found in deep-sea sediments, are SO DIFFERENT from other lifeforms on Earth that they're likely in their own kingdom (as in, the Animal Kingdom, the Plant Kingdom etc). 🧪🌿
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Jennifer Landino @jenelandino.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Interested in reconstitution methods? Love cell biology? Check out the accepted manuscripts in our Research Topic on Reconstitution Methods in Cell Biology! We are still open for submissions so if you're writing something exciting this summer, send it here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Frontiers | Reconstitution Methods in Cell Biology
Reconstitution of cellular phenomena is a powerful approach for investigating the biochemical and biophysical processes that sustain life. Cell-free reconsti...
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Hugo Wioland @hugowioland.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Registration and abstract submission for the 2025 SFP Physics & Life days are now open! The meeting will be held on October 2-3 at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris. Deadline: September 5. phys-life-2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en @sfp-physique.bsky.social @ijmonod.bsky.social
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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The 2025 @cnrs.fr medal are out! Bronze medals for early career researchers: congrats to Aurélie Tchoghandjian at our institute @inp-marseille.bsky.social, and to @alexandra-colin.bsky.social who was nominated by the Cell biology section 🎉
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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 16/06/2025
Chaque année, le CNRS récompense les femmes et les hommes qui ont le plus contribué à son rayonnement et à l’avancée de la recherche. Les médaillés d’argent, de bronze et de cristal individuels viennent d’être annoncés. 👏 Félicitations à toutes et tous ! 👉 cnrs.fr/fr/actualite... #TalentsCNRS
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