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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · Sep 1

New preprint! 🚨 We uncover a slow adaptation to stretch that links star-bundling of keratin filaments with nuclear escape from its keratin cage. Led by @tomgolde.bsky.social‬ 🙌
@IBECBarcelona
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Tenure track position alert! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB @UCBerkeley. Apply and come be our colleague! 🎉
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098

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Albert Pol Lab @albertpol.bsky.social · Jul 17

how beautiful!

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David Sancho @sancholab.bsky.social · Jul 16

💥 A gut microbe metabolite that drives #atherosclerosis?
Yes—Imidazole propionate (ImP) triggers vascular inflammation without changing cholesterol.
🧪 We show the pathway—and how to block it.
nature.com/articles/s41... #OpenAccess at
@Nature
@CNIC_CARDIO
#CVD #immunosky #cardiosky #microbiomesky

Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis - Nature

Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the imidazoline-1 ...

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Jul 9

Journal of Cell Science is published by a not-for-profit charitable organisation (@biologists.bsky.social)
that exists to benefit science, not shareholders. We provide Travelling Fellowships, Training Grants, support for ECRs and more.
For details, visit: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations to newly elected @embo.org members

Special shout out to friends & colleagues: Andy Oates, Jody Rosemblatt & Pete Currie

Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO share.google/9z7IS2lZBmll...

Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO

Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond

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Katsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · Jul 2

Well what do you know!? This might be the most interesting unorthodox orthodox metabolism paper this year.

Triglycerides are an important fuel reserve for synapse function in the brain - Nature Metabolism

Kumar et al. show that under glucose-depleted conditions, neurons can use fatty acids as an alternative source of energy to support synaptic function.

www.nature.com

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Felix Campelo @felixmendu.bsky.social · Jun 23

The #MembraneTrafficking online seminars are back this Thursday (June 26th, 5pm CEST). We'll hear from @jnuechel.bsky.social about how to find the right partner for a TANGO, and from Maohan Su about the organizational principles of the Golgi. @ishier.bsky.social @franbottanelli.bsky.social

MEMBRANE TRAFFICKING | Membrane Trafficking

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Gabriele Zaffagnini @gzaffagnini.bsky.social · Jun 22

Happy summer!! A new issue of #cebooc is here! Read the latest paper on oocyte cell biology here:

biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!

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James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social · May 29

Thrilled this paper is out! We solved the first cocrystal structure of FSP1 with an inhibitor (FSEN1), providing mechanistic insight & a foundation for medchem. Led by Amalia Megarioti & Sitao Zhang. A terrific collaboration with Da Jia.
Brief Skytorial!
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Cocrystal structure reveals the mechanism of FSP1 inhibition by FSEN1 | PNAS

FSP1 is an FAD-dependent oxidoreductase that uses NAD(P)H to regenerate the reduced forms of lipophilic quinone antioxidants, such as coenzyme Q10 ...

www.pnas.org

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Jana Kroll @janakroll.bsky.social · May 27

What an inspiring morning at the CatCat Symposium! Thank you so much for inviting me @gallegolab.bsky.social and @felixmendu.bsky.social, it's been a pleasure visiting you in Barcelona 😊

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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · Apr 16

Pleased to see Kevin's paper on the Retromer complex interaction with yeast Vps5 and Vps17 proteins now online!

Cell Biology J-Club @cellclub.bsky.social · Apr 15

Molecular basis for the assembly of the Vps5-Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins with Retromer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Molecular basis for the assembly of the Vps5-Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins with Retromer - Nature Communications

Retromer complex cooperates with Vps5 and Vps17 in yeast to traffic transmembrane proteins. Here, the authors present structural and functional studies that reveal the mechanism of Retromer and Vps5 i...

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Ronan Kapetanovic @ronankp.bsky.social · Mar 27

We are looking for a PhD candidate starting on the 01-10-2025. The project aims to understand how the host cells use copper and oxidative species to fight Salmonella infection and how this pathogen evades this antimicrobial response.

SHORT DEADLINE ! 20-04-2025
jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25517

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Alex Ludwig @alexludwig.bsky.social · Apr 8

Our paper on the regulation of the tight junction leak pathway by Arhgap12/N-Wasp is out ! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

ARHGAP12 suppresses F-actin assembly to control epithelial tight junction mechanics and paracellular leak pathway permeability

Tambrin et al. show that the Cdc42/Rac GAP ARHGAP12 promotes the flux of macromolecules across tight junctions by suppressing junctional actin assembly and tension via N-WASP and the Arp2/3 complex. T...

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Apr 9

Did you know…
It’s free to publish in Journal of Cell Science – there are no submission charges, page charges or colour fees. We also plant a tree for every peer-reviewed article we publish🌳
For details, visit our website:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...

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Felix Campelo @felixmendu.bsky.social · Mar 14

Together with @gallegolab.bsky.social we are organizing the next CATCAT morning on "Dynamics in biology, from molecules to tissues", with an amazing lineup of local and international speakers. If in Barcelona on May 26th, don't miss it, it's free! www.catcat-celltissuebiology.cat/event/9th-ca...

Program of the 9th CATCAT morning on "Dynamics in biology, from molecules to tissues", May 26th 2025

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · Feb 7

A Postdoctoral Research position is available in the group of Lipid Trafficking and Disease (@idibaps.bsky.social Barcelona) to participate in the ERC granted project ‘Lipid droplets as innate immunity hubs’. @albertpol.bsky.social @albertherms.bsky.social focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...

Postdoctoral Researcher (G1) at the Lipid trafficking and disease - FocalPlane

A Postdoctoral Research position is available in the group of “Lipid Trafficking and Disease (IDIBAPS, Barcelona)” to participate in the ERC granted project “Lipid droplets as innate immunity hubs (DR...

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Albert Pol Lab @albertpol.bsky.social · Feb 4

New link www.clinicbarcelona.org/uploads/medi...

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Albert Pol Lab @albertpol.bsky.social · Feb 2

Looking for a PostDoc? Exciting science and great city! Join us @albertpol.bsky.social @albertherms.bsky.social in @idibaps.bsky.social Barcelona to work in an @ercresearch.bsky.social funded project to study how lipid droplets attract and kill bacteria. www.clinicbarcelona.org/uploads/medi...

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Albert Pol Lab @albertpol.bsky.social · Feb 2

What are 26 different Rab GTPases doing on Lipid Droplets? Are lipids transferred by membrane contact sites? Moving the FAT: Emerging roles of Rab GTPases in the regulation of lipid droplet contact sites M Alonso @albertpol.bsky.social and Harriet P Lo www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Albert Pol Lab @albertpol.bsky.social · Feb 2

What are 26 different Rab GTPases doing on Lipid Droplets? Are lipids transferred by membrane contact sites? Moving the FAT: Emerging roles of Rab GTPases in the regulation of lipid droplet contact sites M Alonso @albertpol.bsky.social and Harriet P Lo www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Albert Pol Lab @albertpol.bsky.social · Feb 2

Looking for a PostDoc? Exciting science and great city! Join us @albertpol.bsky.social @albertherms.bsky.social in @idibaps.bsky.social Barcelona to work in an @ercresearch.bsky.social funded project to study how lipid droplets attract and kill bacteria. www.clinicbarcelona.org/uploads/medi...

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Jan 29

this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

euphoric photo of dolphins jumping under a rainbow

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Jan 27

JCS Editor-in-Chief @drmichaelway.bsky.social introduces our new Associate Editors.

We are delighted to welcome Sophie Acton @actonlab.bsky.social, Pedro Carvalho, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @ckirchhelle.bsky.social and Aryeh Warmflash to the JCS team.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

From left to right in individual pictures: Sophie Acton, Pedro Carvalho, Guillaume Jacquemet, Charlotte Kirchhelle and Aryeh Warmflash.

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