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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL

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The LMCB aims to understand cell and tissue function through interdisciplinary, discovery-based research and technology development.

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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Biophysics meets immunology in this latest pre print across LMCB labs @yanlanmao.bsky.social @actonlab.bsky.social
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Come and start your own lab with us!
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Joaquina Delas @joadelas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Such a pleasure to welcome Roser Vento Tormo @sangerinstitute.bsky.social to the LMCB seminar series @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social I have looked up to Roser since our university years in Valencia where she was a year ahead and I had to keep looking higher as she became a single cell superstar ⭐️
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We’re opening our doors on Saturday 13 June for a Science Fair full of fun, discovery, and interactive activities for all ages. Bring the whole family and dive into a world of experiments, demonstrations, and surprising scientific wonders. Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
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Come to our Science Fair! Free admission. Saturday June 13, 12-5pm. Family friendly talks and activities. UCL Faculty of Life Sciences.
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Interested in joining a dynamic, interdisciplinary research department as a Tenure Track Fellow? Please submit your expression of interest by April 13, 2026. Further details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Join us! We are looking for new colleagues!
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Franck Pichaud @fpichaud.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Great programme for our one-day annual @ucl.ac.uk STP imaging symposium @slcuplants.bsky.social
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Franck Pichaud @fpichaud.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Relaunch of our London Fly Meeting - whole afternoon of amazing science @ucl @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social sponsored by @gensocuk.bsky.social
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UCL IPLS @ucl-ipls.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
📢 Don't miss our IPLS Seminar TOMORROW at 11am in the LMCB by Prof. Peter Bieling. @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
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IPLS Seminar: Prof. Peter Bieling (King's College London)
Title: Mechanistic principles of RhoGTPase signalling
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Franck Pichaud @fpichaud.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Brand new UCL entrance rehearsing for the UCL200 celebration!
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UCL IPLS @ucl-ipls.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📢 Applications are now open for IPLS and Biological Physics Undergraduate Summer Research Studentships for #multidisciplinary #research projects. Details on our website👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
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IPLS Undergraduate Summer Research Studentships 2026
The Institute for the Physics of Living Systems offers summer studentships to undergraduates interested in pursuing multidisciplinary research projects with biological and physical science components.
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Helen Matthews @helenkmatthews.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Huge congrats Giulia! my fellow @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social @buzzbaum.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social lab member. Very well deserved :)
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Congratulations to @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social postdoc @giuliapaci.bsky.social ! @ucllifesciences.bsky.social
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Franck Pichaud @fpichaud.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Galette des rois @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social , courtesy of @joadelas.bsky.social 👑
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We were delighted to support the UK Membrane Trafficking Meeting organised by @jezcarlton.bsky.social and Chris Stefan. It sounds like the meeting was a huge success once again. Congratulations to Nikita Zubkoc (Munro lab) and Jack Stanley @edenlab.bsky.social, winners of the JCS short talk prizes.
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Membrane Trafficking Meeting
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Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars Today at 4pm!
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BrainGlobe @brainglobe.info · 10/10/2025
BrainGlobe branches out! New blog outlining our collaborative work with @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social to build anatomical atlases for developmental mechanobiology. brainglobe.info/blog/drosoph...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars - Don't miss it! When: Monday 13th at 4pm Speaker: Stein Aerts (VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology) aertslab.org Title: “Modeling and Design of Transcriptional Enhancers” Where: LMCB www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
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Stein Aerts Lab - VIB - KULeuven
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Great work by @joadelas.bsky.social Lab and colleagues at the @crick.ac.uk
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Join us today for an @ucl-ipls.bsky.social Seminar
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Jemima Burden @jemimaburden.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Yesterday.. our #CLEM with Julia Gutjahr and Antal Rot was featured in the main Science webpage....☺️ Nice to see #correlativemicroscopy and #volumeEM up front and centre. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We are gathering feedback from our readers, authors and reviewers, to help us shape the next 100 years and to keep offering a publishing experience that truly supports our community. Have your say at www.surveymonkey.com/r/39QKVZY Survey closes on 25 June.
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Franck Pichaud @fpichaud.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Delighted to share our latest work on the mechanisms of epithelial curvature and 3D morphogenesis ! Amazing work from newly graduated Dr @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social 🎉 @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Integrins coordinate basal surface contraction and oriented cell growth to enable thickening of a curved epithelium
During development, tissues undergo morphogenesis to achieve their final form. This process relies on coordinated cell shape changes, which have predo…
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Monday 9th at 4pm Speaker: Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social, The Crick @thecrick.bsky.social Title: The Sex and Geometry of Organs Where: LMCB Seminar Room www.crick.ac.uk/research/lab...
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Irene Miguel-Aliaga
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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
spotLights episode with @giuliapaci.bsky.social ⭐ We discuss her recent preprint on 3D single-cell imaging in live tissues, what it took to get there, and how preprinting supports #OpenScience & #ECRs. Catch her at #DevPres tomorrow! @dev-journal.bsky.social #spotLight ⬇️ 🎧 youtu.be/0JQMPq0hSEY
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spotLights Ep 13: preLights in conversation with Giulia Paci
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
@lmcb-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Veronika Lachina will take part in the 2025 UCL #3MT Final with her talk on "Lymph nodes in health and disease". Come and support her on Tuesday, 3 June! studentsunionucl.org/whats-on/eve...
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Three Minute Thesis UCL Final 2025
An 80,000-word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit… 3 minutes!The 3MT competition asks Doctoral candidates to present their research in just three minutes, in language appropriate t...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Monday 2nd June at 4pm Speaker: Dr Amanda Chaplin, University of Leicester Title: Probing the diverse structures of non-homologous end Joining (NHEJ) DNA-repair multi-protein complexes Where: LMCB Seminar Room le.ac.uk/people/amand...
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Amanda Chaplin | University of Leicester
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Hugh Ford @dictyostelium.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New paper out in @pnas.org We followed cells migrating along signalling gradients in 3D, and found they collectively behave as a living droplet - a self-propelling fluid that grows. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Monday 19th May at 4pm Speaker: Victor Garcia Martinez – Career Talk, LMCB Alumni session Title: “Role of fibroblasts in bladder cancer immunotherapy” Where: LMCB Seminar Room
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Read below to hear more about Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social, postdoc in @yanlanmao.bsky.social lab and one this years's @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellows. Congratulations, Giulia. We look forward to seeing your career develop as you transition from postdoc to PI.
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Monday 12th May at 4pm Speaker: Zena Hadjivasiliou @zhvas.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk Title: “Shaping morphogen gradients: form molecules to tissues and back” Where: LMCB Seminar Room www.crick.ac.uk/research/lab...
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Zena Hadjivasiliou
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UCL IPLS @ucl-ipls.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
📢Registration is open for our IPLS Annual Symposium, 11th June 2025! We will showcase exciting #interdisciplinary #research performed by IPLS researchers and collaborators. Limited spaces, register early to avoid disappointment 👇 ucl.ac.uk/physics-livi...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars TODAY! All welcome
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Monday 28th April at 4pm Speaker: Albert Cardona (MRC LMB @mrclmb.bsky.social ) www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leader... Where: LMCB Seminar Room
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Albert Cardona - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The brain works as an integrated whole. Animals interact with the world by combining inputs from their senses of vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch and
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Are you a UCL Faculty of Life Sciences PhD student? Take part in the #3MTcompetition on May 8, 2025 and meet with Academic Societies. Registration and further details here: shorturl.at/Z4fne
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Join us today! Next #LMCBSeminars Monday 14th April at 4pm Speaker: Justus Kebschull (Johns Hopkins University) @justuskebschull.bsky.social Title: “Barcoded Connectomics Across Vertebrates” Where: LMCB Seminar Room www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
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Prof Justus Kebschull (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University)
LMCB Seminar Series | Barcoded Connectomics Across Vertebrates
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Rachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A beautiful day in London at the @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social - sharing our enthusiasm for cell-matrix research. Thank you Franck, Joaquina & Chris for great discussions 🙏🙏
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars Monday 14th April at 4pm Speaker: Justus Kebschull (Johns Hopkins University) @justuskebschull.bsky.social Title: “Barcoded Connectomics Across Vertebrates” Where: LMCB Seminar Room www.bme.jhu.edu/people/facul...
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Justus Kebschull - Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Monday 7th April at 4pm Speaker: Prof Rachel Lennon (The University of Manchester) @rachellennon.bsky.social Title: Too much turnover – basement membrane dynamics in disease Where: LMCB Seminar Room www.manchester-matrix.org/people/rache...
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Rachel Lennon - Manchester Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Next Monday 31st March 2025 at 4pm
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Are you enjoying all the exciting science at #biologists100? Want to spread the love of developmental biology to your friends and family? Together with @bsdb.bsky.social, we've produced a documentary video to showcase the fascinating world of #DevBio: 🎥
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BSDB - The Fascinating World of Developmental Biology (full length)
In this half-hour long documentary we showcase some of the beauty, as well as the translatability, of developmental biology research being undertaken current...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Next #LMCBSeminars When: Next Monday 31st March 2025 at 4pm Speaker: Osvaldo Chara @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social Title: “Modelling Spinal Cord and Limb Regeneration in the Axolotl” Where: LMCB Seminar Room www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
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LMCB Seminar Series - Prof Osvaldo Chara (School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham)
LMCB Seminar Series | TBC
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Sign up for one of our virtual open events on 9 April to find out more about UCL's Computational Cell Biophysics MRes: www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If you are at #biologist100, make sure to catch up with @giuliapaci.bsky.social from the @yanlanmao.bsky.social's lab to learn about 3D contacts in developmental patterning.
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We hope you are having a excellent time at #biologist100. If you are missing out, feel free to watch this @biologists.bsky.social's video on the wonders of developmental biology featuring our PhD student Courtney Lancaster
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Excited to see @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social alumna Pei Yee winning the Raff PhD Medal 2025. Also a very special prize named after Professor Martin Raff, a major driving force in the development of the LMCB four-year PhD programme. Read more about Pei Yee below 👇
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Young Embryologist Network @yen-network.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Registration and abstract submission for YEN 2025 is officially open! We are looking forward to seeing you at the 17th Young Embryologist Network Conference on the 19th May 2025. Attendence is FREE thanks to our amazing sponsors: @biologists.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social and Azenta.
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Discover how our researchers are creating real-world impact, developing innovative solutions to tackle humanity's most pressing challenges. Watch the full video here: shorturl.at/mYLQV
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Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Are you a UCL researcher interested in biological imaging data? Attend a Networking Lunch to share examples and best practices, discuss common analytical challenges and more. When: 20 March 2025, 12-2pm Where: Gertrude Falk Room Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/networking...
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Networking Lunch: Imaging Across The Biosciences
Come and meet UCL colleagues to discuss all things imaging - from organelles to organisms and from electron microscopy to drone imaging!
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