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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

She became an indispensible part of everything happening in the lab, training new folks, becoming our expert on eye development, and contributing data to two additional papers we hope to submit soon. She'll enter Princeton's PhD program in Molecular biology next month 3/n

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Sarah Clark spent two years with us. Early on she worked with postdoc @maikbischoff.bsky.social, co-authoring 2 papers & she then led & trained a team of postbacs who carried out a genetic screen defining subsets of cell junction proteins in action in mesenchymal cells, now in press at MBoC 2/n

Abstract of her preprint now in press at MBoC
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42239457/

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It's always a bittersweet moment to send lab members off to the next step in their careers. It's time to formally say goodbye to four amazing postbacs in our lab, all off to PhD programs this Fall. 1/n

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This was a team effort but the team was led by our amazing postbac researcher @saraheclark.bsky.social , who will be starting a PhD at Princeton soon. Postbac Siobhan Morris played an important role as did other team members & @maikbischoff.bsky.social now in his own lab is our testis expert 23/n

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The array of organs in the animal body differ dramatically in their architecture, but cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherins is a common principle. Our lab usually focuses on epithelia but cadherins are also active in migrating mesenchymal cells like these migrating testis myoblasts 1/n 🧪

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

If you're at #Dros26 and are interested in how cells change shape & move during morphogenesis & how different classic cadherins influence different cell behaviors, check out the talk by @saraheclark.bsky.social in Cell Biology: Cytoskeleton, Organelles, & Trafficking II Sat 9:15 🧪

Talk slide title with images of testis defects

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

1 year ago at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally, scientists, students, advocates, & community members joined in cities nationwide. Now we're returning to the streets in nearly 30 cities & towns o demand scientific integrity, strong public health protections, & democratic accountability 1/n

Poster for Stand Up for Science RTP--UNC campus, March 7 noon

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

My entry for today’s #FluorescenceFriday: a pupal #Drosophila testis with muscles expressing 🔵 lifeact & 🔴 RFP-nls Honored & grateful to receive an honorable mention at @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World 🌍🔬✨ 🔗 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20... #NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceArt

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Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting @tricytomeet.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Less than two weeks until the 2025 Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting! It’s not too late to register; sign up by Sept 10th. We are thrilled to announce an amazing speaker line-up. Check out the schedule below and visit our website for the full agenda and poster session details.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

As @tricytomeet.bsky.social approaches its end, Peifer lab postbac Sarah Clark is doing a superb job of talking about an ongoing RNAi screen to define cell-cell junction proteins essential for mesenchymal cell migration, using Drosophila testis myotubes as a model. Proud mentor! 1/n

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Power out all across the UNC campus? No problem--our innovative lab members finds solutions

Siobhan using her phone as a light to sort flies

Sarah moving her eye disc dissections to the window to have enough light

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Such an honor to be featured by @focalplane.bsky.social , especially on my favorite day of the week: #FluorescenceFriday! 🔬 Below for reference, a picture of the full hydei testis with the musculature stained (depth-coded) taken together with @saraheclark.bsky.social #cellbio #devbio #microscopy

The full testis of Drosophila hydei with muscles stained with phalloidin. A close up of the same muscles was featured by FocalPlane.

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

FINALLY out in #Science Advances! 🎉 3 years of hard work, a fantastic team — and I’m proud to be first and co-corresponding author! It's about Plexin signaling driving collective cell migration & organ sculpting. Check out the videos 😀 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #DevBio #CellBio #Microscopy

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