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olivierpertz.bsky.social
Prof at University of Bern #MAPK #Rho #optogenetics #biosensors #computer_vision skiing, rock/ice/mountain climbing when I have time
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Our newest paper is out in NCB. @jrwconway.bsky.social‬ designed a new FRET reporter, Illusia, to show the importance of integrin β1 phosphorylation dynamics in 3D invasion! Video: TNBC cells expressing Illusia with a Src (Saracatinib) or SHP2 (SHP099) inhibitor. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The effector caspases drive cell death, but their activation can often be survived, so how do cells make this decision? Our new preprint from @levayerr.bsky.social shows that instantaneous caspase activity is important, but past activation has a key role to play! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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📢Seminar Announcement 📢 We're looking forward to welcoming @sonnenlab.bsky.social this upcoming Monday, May 19th, as the next speaker in our Monday Seminar Series! She will discuss "Signalling dynamics in embryonic development and tissue homeostasis” More info on our website ➡️ izb.unibe.ch

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Sometimes you just have to escape to the mountains to stay sane. Snow still rules up high, but carrying skis through valleys is the price. Skiing in May? Worth every step. #MountainTherapy #SkiingInMay

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Probably the most macabre piece we’ve written: dying epithelial cells gossip their death through signaling waves that ripple through the tissue. Even crazier, cancer cells hijack this gossip to survive cancer therapies. Thanks @paologagliardi.bsky.social for writing this with me ! shorturl.at/s1py6

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Congrats @lhinderling.bsky.social for getting a prize for this art piece on coordinated motility of breast cancer cells. Beautiful but also deadly ….

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Cell and developmental biologists: as you start looking at conferences in 2025, consider joining us at the 2025 Cell Contact & Adhesion GRC. We've assembled a strong and diverse program of speakers at the cutting-edge of science in our field 1/n Please repost www.grc.org/cell-contact...

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Yes, this will be a classic for Rho signaling !

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very cool !

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New work out in @naturephysics.bsky.social Led by @NicaGutu & Malthe Nordentoft + great collaborators. We show that circadian synchrony shapes cell growth. When coordination is lost, clock–cell cycle coupling breaks down. May help explain paradoxes in circadian cancer biology. 📖 rdcu.be/efNaY

submitted 62 days ago • 4 comments

The combined human toll of all US funding discontinuation to date. Follow and share widely. @impactcounter.bsky.social

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

« La Terre Plate a des membres tout autour du Globe » « Répétez moi ça, mais doucement «

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📣 Next Monday, March 24th, we will be visited by Prof. Dr. Maria Hondele from the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, who will be disucussing "DEAD-box ATPases as regulators of biomolecular condensates and membrane-less organelle" as part of our Monday Seminar Series! More info on our website: www.izb.unibe.ch

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🚨 Join us for the LS2 Swiss #Systems #Biology Symposium in Bern! ❌ to talk marathons ✔️ to new connections and interactions ➡️Mini parallel sessions with Q&A during the talks. Keynotes by @ehannezo.bsky.social @leeat-keren.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5hf485ee @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social

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Teach your #microscope how to print: Low-cost & rapid-iteration #OpenSource #microfabrication for #biology: -µm-scale precision across cm-sized area -no cleanroom requirement -SU8 replacement Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #DIYbio #lab #instuments #imaging #microfluidics #fabrication #3Dprinted

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Tracking Coordinated Cellular Dynamics in Time-Lapse Microscopy with ARCOS.px https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643386v1

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We're looking forward to welcoming @miriamstoeber.bsky.social this upcoming Monday, March 17th, as the next speaker in our Monday Seminar Series! Find more information about her talk on our website: www.izb.unibe.ch

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How do embryos ensure precise tissue patterning? It’s all about timing cell divisions! Our new preprint reveals how cell proliferation syncs with signaling oscillations to regulate precision of somite formation and growth. Check the full story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

Cloud attack on Matterhorn today

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Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required. Please Repost 🙏 thanks !

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Rare Disease Day 2025: it’s hard to celebrate this with the NIH budget cuts, threats to Medicaid funding and lawsuit to end Section 504 Disability rights - all of which will severely impact individuals with rare diseases like my daughter Margot. We wear our stripes, we advocate and we fight!

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

First meaningful message: @lhinderling.bsky.social did it ! Super easy benchtop microfluidics !

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finally migrated from the other place ... Feels good !

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