Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraElena Scarpa & The Squeezable Cells Lab @squeezycellslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Call for abstracts: the UK Cell Motility Club is back! Keynote speaker : Caren Norden 🐠 Fantastic early career talk opportunity and lovely community! Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/zNNCMfD5jF 0107
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraSonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591apol-recruit.ucsd.eduAssistant Professor of Developmental BiologyUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 3150129
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraMelanie D. White @melaniedwhite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Happy #FluorescenceFriday! 🔥 Neural crest cells are bringing the heat again! These migrating cells weave through the developing quail embryo, leaving beautiful patterns in their wake. 😍🧪🔬 📷 @siewzhuan.bsky.social 🔬 05011
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraElena Scarpa & The Squeezable Cells Lab @squeezycellslab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Want to know more about nuclear adaptations in cell migration? Then check out our short review from our amazing PhD student You-Hsuan Liu : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 052
Soraya Villaseca Herrera @sorayavillaseca.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Microtubules lovers, assemble! 😍 So excited to be attending the EMBL conference @embl.org Microtubules: from atoms to complex systems and presenting my poster (#184) and latest preprint (doi.org/10.64898/202...) this Friday. #EESMicrotubules 071
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraNature @nature.com · 11/06/2026Direct interactions between the cell’s powerhouses and nuclear pores might channel energy straight into the nucleus, fuelling cell division and differentiation. go.nature.com/43n6Fungo.nature.comMitochondria tethered to the nucleus secure its energy supplyDirect interactions between the cell’s powerhouses and nuclear pores might channel energy straight into the nucleus, fuelling cell division and differentiation. 0237
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraElena Scarpa & The Squeezable Cells Lab @squeezycellslab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We are thrilled to announce our new preprint from the wonderful @sorayavillaseca.bsky.social Ever wondered how cells squeeze through tiny spaces in embryos? Neural crest cells use Dynein to transport their nucleus along microtubules. Check out the preprint!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 46926
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Interaction of Gαi2 with EB1 controls microtubule dynamics and Rac1 activity in Xenopus neural crest cell migration Read this Research Article by Soraya Villaseca, Marcela Torrejón and colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... 🎥Gαi2 is required for cranial NC cell migration in vitro in Xenopus 051
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraCambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series @cammorphoseries.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We had an amazing day #Morpho5🖐️ last Friday! Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fantastic day of science, discussion, and community!!| We're currently gathering and preparing the photos from the symposium. Stay tuned! 📸 2236
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraLMU München @lmu.de · 06/05/2025#CellBiology: “The centrosome is exposed to mechanical forces and can even break when cells move through narrow or complex environments,” says Renkawitz. #LMU researchers led by Jörg Renkawitz have discovered how these cells protect a sensitive organelle, the centrosome, from being destroyed.lmu.deCell biology: how cells protect their centrosome against mechanical forcesWhen motile immune cells move through tissue, they are exposed to strong forces. Researchers at LMU have discovered how these cells protect a sensitive organelle, the centrosome, from being destroyed. 062
Reposted by Soraya Villaseca HerreraElena Scarpa & The Squeezable Cells Lab @squeezycellslab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Very excited to share the first preprint from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... We investigated neural crest migration all the way from head to tail of the Zebrafish embryo and we found their nuclei suffer dramatic deformations. Want to know of they cope with feeling squeezed? 🐟🐠🐟 37017