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1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬 But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯 Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A short thread 🧵👇

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Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

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📢 Two more days! We’re excited to welcome Anne L'Huillier, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2023, for the Hermann Staudinger Lecture on Attosecond Light Pulses. All are welcome! 📅 13 March 2025, 16:15 📍 Anatomy Lecture Hall @uni-freiburg.de 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/frias/31-her...

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excellent review and great detailed overview

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Wir suchen aktuell eine/n Bibliothekar*in (m/w/d) für 20h/Woche. Nähere Informationen finden Sie hier: www.molgen.mpg.de/4839155/job_... We are currently looking for a librarian (m/f/d) for 20 hours per week. You can find more information here: www.molgen.mpg.de/4839155/job_...

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My latest post is now out. I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook. This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must! christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

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please re-post! we are looking for a PhD candidate: www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/en/career/jo...

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Re-posts appreciated! We have an open PhD position w/ Prof Harold Auradou on #microswimmers/#protists in complex media! Students get to spend at least 12 months in Paris, and will receive their PhD from both Exeter and Paris-Saclay! Apply by 31st Mar. More details: adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

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📢 We are recruiting group leaders! We seek researchers who address fundamental questions in biology, including the development, the function, and the dynamics of complex biological systems. APPLY before March 30th 2025 👉 www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/we-are-recru... #ScienceCareers #Marseille

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We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be defended should come! I’ll be there in DC - join me!

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I can't find the original post, but Europe PMC can search papers including preprints. europepmc.org

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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

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Applications for our Future Leaders in Biomedical Sciences scholarships are now open. These scholarships are aimed at students of Black or mixed Black heritage who wish to undertake a PhD in biological or biomedical sciences. Learn more and apply. ⬇️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

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Exited to announce our study on ER-Golgi Intermediate Compartment (ERGIC) in plants!! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazing and innovative work from @louisefougere.bsky.social and Magali Grison from @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social, #SuperResolution, @naturecellbiology.bsky.social

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Very interesting study including N2G as an F-actin bundler: Active microtubule-actin cross-talk mediated by a nesprin-2G–kinesin complex | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure, while the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russel.

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Don't miss the opportunity to come and work with us, as this is the last week to apply for our cell biology group leader position. Application deadline: Feb 28, 2025

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Goosebump producing news this week out of Oregon Health and Science University in the diagnosis of pancreatic CA. They developed a groundbreaking blood test, called PAC-MANN. This new test can find pancreatic cancer in just 45 minutes, even in its earliest stages.

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Our CRUK PhD project on B cell lymphoma is open again for applications. www.colcc.ac.uk/2025-phd-pro...

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Researchers have constructed self-assembled nanopeptides that penetrate cells and target intracellular bacterial infections, which are increasingly difficult to treat due to antibiotic resistance. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/414fw2q

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Want to add novel developmental biology and biophysics methods to your research? Have a look at #EMBLDevBio, where you'll learn all about highly multiplexed RNA fluorescent in situ hybridisation, quantitative imaging, and more 🥼 📥 Apply by 26 Mar 🔗 s.embl.org/ptd25-01-bl #quantitativebiology

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“Hitler systematically disabled and then dismantled his country’s democratic structures and processes in less than two months’ time—specifically, one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes,” Timothy W. Ryback writes in a step-by-step account:

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An oldie (10 y!) but goodie: cellular interaction at the top! #cellcomm Video of a T cell (orange) interacting with a target cell (blue) From Chen et al. @ Betzig lab (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social) game changing paper !! Full science.org/doi/10.1126/... @focalplane.bsky.social #scicomm #microscopy 🧪🔬

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Open letter calling for meaningful action from the Royal Society over Elon Musk’s contraventions of its code of conduct reported in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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My annual Valentine’s post of this image that happens to land on #FluorescenceFriday this year! An axon approaching a kidney glomerulus doing its best to look like a rose.

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#Reminder, two more weeks to apply! #JobAlert #AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition

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Our 🔥 brand-new PhD program IMPRS-EBM at the intersection of #Epigenetics, #Biophysics & #Metabolism is open for applications📢. Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...

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Mysterious increase in the motility of these #lysosomes After adding a non-stimuli treatment the lysosomes (cyan) got crazy (see color coded tracks) Maybe #mechanosignaling triggered by shear stress? #Microscopy + #Cells for #FluorescenceFriday 🧪🔬 #SciSky #scicomm #CellBio

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Creating opportunities for girls in the lab is a way to push back against stereotypes that discourage them from pursuing a career in #STEM. @maxplanck.de Group Leader Valérie Hilgers (@hilgerslab.bsky.social) sat down with us for an interview on #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenAndGirlsInScience

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The infamous Dr Ulferts @sulferts.bsky.social - with Distinction!! Sooo well done

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New paper from the lab🎈. Introducing Micro Immune Response On-chip (MIRO), a device that replicates tumors and their microenvironment to better understand responses to immunotherapies (cyan=immune cells, red=cancer, green=CAFs). www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ibecbarcelona.eu

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📢New Actin Probe available at Spirochrome! Introducing SPY650-FastAct_X our latest actin probe with highly improved kinetics and no toxicity! spirochrome.com/product/spy6... The product is now available from our distributors Preprint from the @kjohnsson.bsky.social lab: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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The EMBO ESCRT meeting 2025 #EMBOescrt is open for registration: meetings.embo.org/event/25-escrt Please share the info around you, and see you in Montreux!

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a Talin for DNA: Nuclear talin-1 provides a bridge between cell adhesion and gene expression. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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🚨Postdoc vacancy alert! Interested to work on apoptosis/inflammation? Have some experience in biosensor-imaging and quantitative analysis of dynamic systems? 2 positions available for 2 years with potential of extension Apply now! 👉 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

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French person here: Vichy didn't end well

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MCF7 getting in the mood for the 2nd semifinal #fluorescencefriday #handballWM2025 @grosselab.bsky.social

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Nuclear actin going crazy for #fluorescencefriday, #cytoskeleton, @denfra.bsky.social

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Fluorescence Friday party

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Below a job advertisement for a full-time lab technician 🧑‍🔬🧬in our group. Candidates with a BSc or MSc degree in biological sciences are also encouraged to apply if you wish to support our research projects. Deadline Feb 28. For questions feel free to contact me. www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...

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Scientists in the @alushinlab.bsky.social have figured out how cells build a structure that lets them migrate. Unpacking these “finger-like” protein bundles that protrude from cells may lead to novel treatments for metastasis. #RockefellerScience bit.ly/3PKErmA

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🧪 We are #hiring! 🔵 #Postdoctoral Fellows: @batllelab.bsky.social, Stefanie Wculek 🔵 Personnel Administration Expert 🔵 #FlowCytometry Technician 🔵 Public Procurement Officer 🔵 Programme Secretary ➕ℹ️ here ➡️ https://s.mtrbio.com/vmyqtfohpj #IRBJobs #Jobs #PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs

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Come join us in Utrecht for some cutting edge #microscopy and 3D cell biology!! #3Dcellbio

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The Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) is recruiting group leaders in cell biology. Don't miss the opportunity to start your team in the vibrant environment of Paris-Saclay University. Application deadline: Feb 28, 2025 www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social

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From Dorothea Fiedler's lab: Protein polyphosphorylation as a new post-translational modification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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