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Garcia-Mata Lab

@rhopower.bsky.social
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Cell Biology, Rho GTPases, GEFs/GAPs, microscopy, Cytoskeleton, cell adhesion, cell migration garciamatalab.com and toledocellulart.org ❤️🔬🚴‍♂️🇦🇷

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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
TOLEDO CellulART. Registration deadline this Friday if you want to be considered for a short talk! Same deadline for the image competition by @ibidicells.bsky.social . Send us your best picture! Remember, registration is always FREE.
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Garcia-Mata lab lunch at Kato ramen 🍜 to celebrate the last day of Maddie and Sophia. Off to California and St. Louis to continue their careers. Good luck!!!!!!!!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Registration is open for Toledo CellulART 2026!!! We have an incredible lineup this year, with Orion Weiner @oweinerlab.bsky.social as our keynote speaker! Also, Mol Mir @molmir.bsky.social as our invited Scientist/Artist! More info at www.toledocellulart.org . Hope to see you all there!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Excited to share our latest preprint from the Garcia-Mata lab! ttps://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2026.07.17.739205v1 In this study, we investigated how the RhoG-GEF SGEF contributes to epithelial morphogenesis using 3D epithelial cysts and long-term live-cell imaging.
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Over 370 peer review meetings were cancelled between October 1, 2025 and November 14, 2025. 😱😱
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Did not see this coming! I think it's a win-win. See gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
nytimes.com
After 167 Years in New York, a Priceless Coin Collection Heads to Toledo
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Garcia-Mata Lab Halloween 🎃 fun!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Our Scientists/Artist Alex Ritter (Insta @cells_invitro) took us on his journey from imaging immune cells using high end microscopy to modelling using glass blowing technique, including some new "glow in the dark" pieces using phosphorescent material 🤯 www.toledocellulart.org #SciArt #Microscopy
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Huge thanks to the incredibly talented Center for Visual Arts students for transforming microscopy images into incredible works of art for Toledo CellulART! Science meets art in the most inspiring way. 🔬❤️🎨 www.toledocellulart.org #SciArt #Microscopy
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Toledo CellulART 2025 was a success!! Inspiring talks, incredible art, old friends, new friends and beautiful weather! Thanks to @promegacorporation.bsky.social @ibidicells.bsky.social @proteintech.bsky.social , Cytoskeleton and @biologists.bsky.social !
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Come and get yours! www.toledocellulart.org
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
www.toledocellulart.org is 4 days away! We have a fantastic Program; Chris Chen as a Keynote speaker, Alex Ritter (Scientist Artist), Josh Bembenek (Wayne State), Jaap van Buul (UAmsterdam), Allen Liu (UMichigan), Aniruddha Ray (Utoledo), Ben Perrin (Indiana University) and great short talks (more)
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Meet Iridogorgia chewbacca! Named after the fan favorite Wookie from the Star Wars movies. mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Maddie, Andoni and Agustin, the three PhD students in my lab just had their paper accepted in @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social!! 🥳 They describe a protocol for quantifying the horizontal and vertical distribution of junctional proteins in confluent, fixed epithelial cells. doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We have extended the deadline for registration if you want to be considered for a short talk and also for the Ibidi image competition! Lease register before Friday! We are getting close to 100 attendees! We would love to see you there!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We are getting closer to Toledo CellulART 2025! Please register early if you would like to be considered for a talk! More at www.toledocellulart.org
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
SAVE THE DATE for www.toledocellulart.org !!! We have a fantastic lineup of scientists and an incredible scientist/artist!! Hope to see you all there!!! Registration is open now!!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Sigma is already charging a tariff surcharge and increased shipping costs. So much for the tariffs not been passed to the consumers...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are happy to announce that Toledo CellulART 2025 (Oct 3, 7th edition!) www.toledocellulart.org has been awarded a grant from the @biologists.bsky.social! The support from the Company of Biologists help us to keep this FREE meeting going. We have an incredible program this year, stay tuned!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I sign up receive an email from NIH announcing new opportunities: "NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices for 05-09-2025" The last two emails had "None" under New funding opportunities :(
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Is anyone having trouble logging in at eRA Commons? I have not been able to login since yesterday afternoon...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I just heard that our #NIH T32 training program has been cancelled 😡 Our current students won’t be funded next year and our incoming students offers have been cancelled 💔
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It looks like they have removed the PEDP section from the R35 requirements. Can anyone confirm that? My PO refer me to the announcement page and I do not see there….
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
With the anti-vaccine movement at its peak, it's a good time to remember what was like in pre-vaccine times. For example ~90% of kids would get measles: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Yep
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Great turnout for #standupforscience2025 in Columbus,OH . Let’s keep the momentum going 💪
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We need to keep informing our communities about what is going on with science (de)funding Thanks @peiferlabunc.bsky.social
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede... This very worrying.
thetransmitter.org
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
"At the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders (Gift Article)
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
“Part of our decline as a culture and economy would be our disinvestment in higher education,” said Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan University. “Maybe we’ll just invest in World Wrestling... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts (Gift Article)
The administration’s war on universities defies rational self-interest.
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Following @peiferlabunc.bsky.social lead (and borrowing some of his language 😉), I sent a letter to our local newspaper, which was published today. Thanks for the inspiration Mark! www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...
toledoblade.com
To the editor: Science funding lifts economy, saves lives
As a biology professor at the University of Toledo, I have the privilege of teaching students about the intricate workings of life and training the next ...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
States suing the NIH for the indirect cost cuts: MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, COLORADO, DELAWARE, HAWAI’I, MAINE, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NORTH CAROLINA, OREGON, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN. More to join soon...
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In Ohio: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH AWARDS FUNDING:
$1.01 B
JOBS SUPPORTED:
13,061
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.59 B
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hope it is not true…
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I just talked to a friend who is a member of an NIH study section scheduled in a couple of weeks. They have been told by the SRO that the list of grants being reviewed has changed, with several grants being removed 😱
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“One of the United States’ leading funders of science and engineering research is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday.” www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
politico.com
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I just tried to login in eRA commons and this is what I get😱
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
nytimes.com
CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
It looks like PubMed is down. What’s next?
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@kourtidislab.bsky.social welcome to BlueSky!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Is ASCB website down?
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
OMFG!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@huveneerslab.bsky.social welcome to BlueSky Stephan!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Twitter out > BlueSky in at the Garcia-MataLab website!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
www.nature.com/articles/d41... This is wild! I wonder what would I din this situation…
nature.com
This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@charliemdq.bsky.social welcome to Blue Sky!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
@beatascienceart.bsky.social Art and science starter pack? I’m sure you can put together a great list!
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
❤️
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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
New article! Here we dissect the role of SGEF, a RhoG-GEF, in regulating E-cadherin and ZO-1 expression in epithelial cells. In SGEF KD, E-cadherin reduction enhances β-catenin signaling, which upregulates Slug, forming a positive feedback loop that further decreases E-cadherin levels bit.ly/3zWYxpf
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