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David Mick

@mick-lab.bsky.social
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Biochemist studying #Cilia, Cell Signaling and Protein Trafficking via Proximity Labeling and Proteomics. www.mick-lab.com

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 13/08/2026
Are conference fees holding you back? 🧪 We have a flexible system of financial assistance – including fee waivers & travel grants – to support young scientists, especially those from underrepresented regions. Learn more about the wide range of fellowships offered. s.embl.org/grants
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/06/2026
A new Science study shows that bumble bees can position a ball underneath a fake “flower” to reach a reward, suggesting they can exhibit spontaneous problem-solving and challenging the notion that such advanced cognitive abilities are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates. scim.ag/4vs08dC
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We are very proud of our @uni-saarland.de B.Sc. student Smilla @smillakoy.bsky.social for winning the Euro #Cilia2027 image competition. A well-deserved recognition of her amazing work. We're lucky to have such talent in the lab!
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I am hoping that all companies who are selling antibodies will take this very seriously.
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Please check this out! Great technical improvement. Congrats Bas and Helge!
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Had a fantastic visit at our friends at the IFIB @unituebingen.bsky.social, where I presented our iAPEX technology and how we use it to study primary cilia dynamics. @for5547.bsky.social Fun discussion with the #biochemistry M.Sc. students after the talk and a lovely dinner. Thanks for the invite!
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Finally got around to reading this fantastic work on in vitro reconstitution of plasmodium #microtubules, highlighting the importance of lattice interactions. Congrats all! It was a fun read.
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Also our froggies had a fantastic time at our @for5547.bsky.social retreat on primary #cilia dynamics. This one was amazed about all the discussions and progress in each single project. So many potential new research directions. Go team #xenopus! @walenteklab.bsky.social @kerstinfeistel.bsky.social
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Dr. Peter Walentek (Walentek Lab) @walenteklab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Great start of @for5547.bsky.social PI retreat with primary #cilia and 🌞😎
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Fran Bottanelli @franbottanelli.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Exciting to see this out in its final form! Wonderful work led by @probablycarmen.bsky.social. Want to know why protrusions are better at initiating immune signaling in #Tcells? Look no further. Link to Carmen’s 🧵 on the preprint bsky.app/profile/prob...
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We'll be back for our @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social 56th e-symposium August 25th 2026- register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Sign-up to speak: forms.gle/yNtr4AKpXowD... #UKCilia2026 /fin
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BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Great lineup again at the DGZ Focus Workshop tomorrow. Can't wait!
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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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DGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
SAVE THE DATE - our next DGZ International Meeting will take place March 14-17,2027, in Bonn, Germany. Stay tuned!
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EuroCilia2027 @eurocilia.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗖𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳! We are grateful for their participation and look forward to welcoming the cilia community on 8-12, March 2027. Wishing you all a happy and inspiring 2026! 🎉 #Cilia #Milan
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Another fantastic technology development paper by @davidbreslowlab.bsky.social. Being able to perform microscopy-based CRISPR screens on fixed cells is big. And TZMP1 is a fascinating transition zone proteins. We may be missing many more of these #microproteins. Congrats to all authors!
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thrilled to share "in situ APEX activation" (iAPEX), a proximity labeling technology for subcellular #proteomics applied to primary #cilia. iAPEX uses an enzymatic cascade, in which a D-amino acid oxidase locally produces H2O2 to activate ascorbate peroxidase. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An enzymatic cascade enables sensitive and specific proximity labeling proteomics in challenging biological systems - Nature Communications
Proximity labeling allows proteomic mapping of subcellular structures. Here, Sroka et al. develop in situ APEX activation (iAPEX) to overcome limitations of labeling specificity and H2O2 toxicity, app...
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 11/11/2025
"... the species of trees we choose to nurture may be just as important as the number of trees we plant." Read the blog post behind the paper by Yao et al. regarding the role of #tree species in the #climate impact of European #forests. communities.springernature.com/posts/rethin...
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Rethinking Europe’s Forests: Why Tree Species Matter for Climate Cooling
Yao et al. show that in Europe, forestation’s climate benefits depend on tree species. Converting conifers to broadleaves can reduce summer heat extremes and reverse warming effects of afforestation, ...
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Amazing work by the Breslow lab. Super excited to finally see this published. Unbiased CRISPRa screening reveals a novel and unexpected cilia disassembly pathway associated with neurological disease (focal cortical dysplasia). Must read for both #cilia and screening technology enthusiasts.
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It was a lot of fun to write this review on cilia proteimics with Bernhard Schermer @cilib.social.cologne.ap.brid.gy and Ronald Ropeman, and we are excited to see it published in the @jcellsci.bsky.social special issue on Cilia and Flagella: from basic Biology to Disease.
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Interesting connection between primary #cilia and energy #metabolism in #mitochondria. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Loss of ciliary proteins IFT20 and IFT88 results in defective phagocytosis and metabolism in the RPE
A major proportion of retinal disease-causing genes are related to the primary cilium, a microtubule-based signalling organelle essential for multiple developmental pathways. Previous work has shown t...
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Very much looking forward to our next focus workshop on #cilia and #centrosomes. We'll have fantastic speakers again.
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Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend. mpl.mpg.de/news/article... @fau.de 📸 Stephan Spangenberg
Professor Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), He headed the division “Cell Physics” at MPL and the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM).
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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/10/2025
New findings in mice cast light on the pathways behind the growth of painful bone tumors in hereditary multiple osteochondroma and suggest that these mechanisms could be targeted to slow the disease’s progression. Learn more in #ScienceSignaling: scim.ag/46VRSIp
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An ectopic Hedgehog signaling axis drives directional tumor outgrowth in a mouse model of hereditary multiple osteochondromas
Redeployment of a developmental program drives the outgrowth of bone tumors in an inherited disease.
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 07/10/2025
We’re renewing our collaboration with Google DeepMind! We'll keep developing the AlphaFold Database to support protein science worldwide 🎉 To mark the moment we’ve synchronised the database with UniProtKB release 2025_03. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t... 🖥️🧬 #AlphaFold @pdbeurope.bsky.social
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HuranovaLab @huranovalab.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Today is the #BBSGlobalDay — an opportunity to raise awareness of this rare condition and offer support to everyone living with BBS and their loved ones 🌍 🌎 🌏 www.img.cas.cz/2025/10/8758...
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Bianca Schrul @biancaschrul.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
First pizza lunch after a whirlwind week moving into our brand-new research building. Exhausted, but absolutely thrilled by the incredible facilities & lab space. Can’t wait to dive back into science. A few benches are still waiting for curious minds: PhD students and postdocs, come join us! 😉
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
'This story shows that it is possible to establish a multibillion-dollar industry purely by letting scientists communicate their research, exchange information and share materials.' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Monoclonal antibodies revolutionized biomedical science and health care
The story of the discovery of these molecules 50 years ago shows how the free exchange of ideas can lead to life-changing treatments.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Science doesn’t need to be pretty and go according to plan; it just needs to lead to a discovery. If doesn’t have to be done alone or together with someone else; there just needs to be a discovery. It doesn’t need to happen fast or slow; just as long as there’s a discovery, then everybody is happy.
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Kat Toropova @kattoropova.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Thrilled to see our study on how kinesin-2 motors are switched on and off published in @natsmb.nature.com ⚛️ ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats to all authors from me and Anthony 🎉 @dunnschool.bsky.social Check out this animation made by talented PhD student @matthew-batisio.bsky.social 😆
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Head of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organisation, and one of the world’s leading research institutions. An intergovernmental organisation of 29 Member S...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 20/07/2025
SNAP-tag is a widespread tool for labelling protein for bioimaging. An article published in Nature Chemical Biology presents SNAP-tag2 with increased labelling kinetics and brightness, which translates into a better performance in live-cell super-resolution imaging. go.nature.com/46fMIZd 🧪
This is figure 2 showing how SNAP-tag engineering is aiming for faster and brighter fluorescence labeling
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Beautiful work on the development of protein kinase reporters. Congrats all! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Molecular recording of cellular protein kinase activity with chemical labeling - Nature Chemical Biology
Molecular recorders based on kinase activity-dependent protein labeling track specific kinase activities to understand their link to cellular phenotypes in heterogeneous cell populations and in vivo.
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FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Grateful to be part of such a fantastic consortium! Huge thanks to our amazing coordinator Christina and to Silke for organizing an inspiring annual meeting in Jena. Latest new: we’ve got a new rising star on the team! #cilia
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
'Reproductive-associated changes are also known to occur at the organ level, in particular, an increase in intestinal size during pregnancy and lactation has been observed in several mammals such as mice, rats, sheep, and pigs' thenode.biologists.com/re-growing-a...
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Re-growing adult organs: mothers do it best - the Node
Tomotsune Ameku tells the story behind the paper "Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction"
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
@sven-m-lange.bsky.social @alanbrownhms.bsky.social epic preprint dropped last night 🔥🔥🔥 #cilia #ift #ubiquitin #compartmentalization #signaling #GPCRs #AnticipationBuilding #SlowRead 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A conserved mechanism for the retrieval of polyubiquitinated proteins from cilia
The temporospatial distribution of proteins within cilia is regulated by intraflagellar transport (IFT), wherein molecular trains shuttle between the cell body and cilium. Defects in this process impa...
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Philippe Bastin's Lab @bastinlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org
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Henne lab @hennelab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Mark your calendars & repost! Join us for the 2026 FASEB Lipid Droplets Conference! July 26-30, 2026 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Best of all: The FASEB Lipid Droplet meeting is co-locating with the FASEB Phospholipid meeting. Two wonderful lipid communities brought together!
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Fantastic lineup again. Can't wait!
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized their determination to curb the incidence of such chronic conditions.”
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NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease
The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
More than 2 decades ago the PINK1 protein was found to be linked to Parkinson's disease, but its structure and how it was activated was not known. Until @science.org today. A triumph for cryo-EM and structural biology, introducing new targets for drug intervention. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A critical role for the ER Membrane Complex (EMC) in lipid droplet homeostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Morgan Lab @morganlab-saarland.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Our first post on Bluesky! 1/ We are excited to share our latest work, showing that heterooligomerisation drives structural plasticity of Prx1-type peroxiredoxins. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Another fantastic collaboration with the Marcel Deponte lab and Joris Messens lab!
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Heterooligomerization drives structural plasticity of eukaryotic peroxiredoxins
Peroxiredoxins are highly conserved thiol peroxidases essential for peroxide detoxification, redox signaling, and chaperone activity. Prx1/AhpC-type peroxiredoxins are found throughout the eukaryotic ...
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FOR5547 Primary cilia dynamics @for5547.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Happy faces and a lot of sunshine at the start of our Spring School on #cilia dynamics! @jayccblab.bsky.social @nathaliejuya.bsky.social @mick-lab.bsky.social @wachtenlab.bsky.social Looking forward to three days of interactions with early career researchers from our cilia network partners!
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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The EU foreign policy chief has declared that “the free world needs a new leader”, as European leaders threw their support behind Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row
The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Nice work on one of my most favorite topics.
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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 11/02/2025
A small-molecule agonist of TRPM4 persistently activates the ion channel and induces necrosis characterized by sodium overload www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Persistent activation of TRPM4 triggers necrotic cell death characterized by sodium overload - Nature Chemical Biology
A small-molecule agonist of transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 4 persistently activates the ion channel and induces necrosis characterized by sodium overload.
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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 28/02/2025
Chemoproteomic profiling of protein dopamination in the mouse brain reveals a protective role of dopamine in regulating the function of microtubule-associated protein Tau www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Quantitative chemoproteomics reveals dopamine’s protective modification of Tau - Nature Chemical Biology
Wang et al. develop data-independent acquisition activity-based protein profiling, a quantitative chemoproteomic method to globally profile protein dopamination in the mouse brain, and identify a prot...
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Martin Humphries @martinhumphries.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Wow. 👀📌
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David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Cool organelle segmentation tool. Time to try it out. Congrats all!
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