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Benoit Ladoux
@bladoux.bsky.social
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Biophysics / Cell Migration / Active matter / Mechanobiology
https://mpzpm.mpg.de/research/benoit-ladoux
https://ladoux-mege-lab.cnrs.fr

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · Nov 11
Just out! Our work on active transport in epithelial tissues. Congrats to Huiqiong Wu, Greg Arkowitz and Ranjith Chilupuri in collaboration with C. Duclut and J. Prost!
PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 9h
Happy to highlight our collaborative work from our @ijmonod.bsky.social team with @destriano.bsky.social, B. Goyeau and M. Chabanon.
Cytoplasmic crowding acts as a porous medium that hinders macromolecular diffusivity.
Plus: a clever way to measure cell volume.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Cytoplasmic crowding acts as a porous medium reducing macromolecule diffusion | PNAS
Intracellular transport of macromolecules is crucial for the proper functioning of most cellular processes. Although intracellular crowding is know...
www.pnas.org

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 5d
🙏 Thank you to all the sponsors: @abbelight.bsky.social, Alvéole, ARTIDIS, GDR (AQV), @cnrs.fr, @elveflow.bsky.social, Evident, GATACA, @iins-bordeaux.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Nikon, Optic 11, @sbcf.bsky.social, SfMu, @upcite.bsky.social, wiley

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 5d
🎙️The conference “Forces at Play: Emerging Themes in Mechanobiology – In Memoriam of Professor Michael P. Sheetz” took place over the last three days at the @ijmonod.bsky.social

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 7d
Forces at play. In memoriam of MP Sheetz starting today! @ijmonod.bsky.social

mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 9d
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Golshifteh Farahani : « En Iran, la résistance à l’abomination, aux dictatures et aux envahisseurs est dans notre sang »
TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », l’actrice en exil, icône des femmes iraniennes en lutte, réagit, pour la première fois, aux massacres que perpètre actuellement le régime des mollahs.
www.lemonde.fr

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Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) @mpi-scienceoflight.bsky.social · 10d
The German Research Foundation @dfg.de funds brain development #research at MPZPM & Uniklinikum Erlangen that aims to investigate how nerve cells preserve a specific set of gene expressions via epigenetic regulation.

👉 mpzpm.mpg.de/news/news-de...
The picture shows Professor Tomohisa Toda who is a research group leader at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin. The picture shows a group of 23 people including Professor Tomohisa Toda (third person from the right) who are part of a research collaboration project of the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin and the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen.

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 11d
#Iran: We are relieved to hear that #ErfanSoltani will not be executed today. However, reports say his death sentence has only been postponed. International scrutiny remains vital as Iranian authorities continue to target protesters and restrict internet access.

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 14d
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Israël boycotte l’universitaire Vincent Lemire, avant de changer d’avis
Le professeur d’histoire et spécialiste de Jérusalem s’est vu refuser l’entrée en Israël, où il devait participer à plusieurs rencontres et conférences dans des universités de l’État hébreu. Avant qu…
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Vincent Lemire @vincent-lemire.bsky.social · 14d
⚠️ Ce soir je devrais être dans l'avion vers Jérusalem ✈️, pour une semaine de séminaires et rencontres avec des Palestiniens et des Israéliens 🇵🇸🇮🇱, collègues, lycéens, étudiants. Le gouvernement israélien a décidé de me boycotter et de m'interdire d'embarquer. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social · 17d
Congratulations to Byung Ho for spearheading this work and our HFSP team!
Curious about the formation of networks of thin lumens and some physics behind it? Take a look at the paper.

Byung Ho is looking for PI positions and he has amazing ideas and leadership.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 18d
Thanks a lot Denis.
PS: Nice pictures from Paris!

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 18d
Our paper on tissue stress measurements is now out in Eur. Phys. J. E. rdcu.be/eX59E.
Great work from @luanger.bsky.social and @andreasschoenit.bsky.social and collaboration with P. Marcq @pmmh-lab.bsky.social
Code: github.com/pmarcq/BISM/ and Examples on github.com/ASmushyCell/...

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Pierre-François Lenne @pflenne.bsky.social · 20d
Interested in the biophysics of organoids? We just published a review in Dev Cell—take a look! dlvr.it/TPyTb8 #Organoids #Biophysics
Biophysics of organoids
In this review, Weichselberger, Moore et al. discuss how physics-based approaches illuminate organoid development and homeostasis by integrating mechanical, chemical, and informational processes. They...
dlvr.it

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myosinactncrazy.bsky.social @myosinactncrazy.bsky.social · 24d
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Actomyosin-dependent assembly of the mechanosensitive machinery from adherens junctions triggers actin polymerization and organization
In vitro reconstitution shows how mechanosensitive adherens junction proteins link actomyosin contractility to actin assembly.
www.science.org

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 25d
La direction de l'Institut Jacques Monod ainsi ses équipes vous présentent leurs meilleurs vœux pour cette année 2026✨

The management of the Institut Jacques Monod and its teams wish you all the best for 2026✨

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Stig Ove Bøe @stigoveboe.bsky.social · 28d
Our review article is now available in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics: “Full-Integer Topological Defects in Polar Active Matter.” @luizaangheluta.bsky.social @emmalaang.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Dec 27
In 1977, American physicist John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:

"Miss Frank and I made the relevant calculations."

Who was Amelia Frank?

theconversation.com/who-was-amel...
Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In the 1930s, this quantum mechanical pioneer faced obstacles that still confront women in physics today.
theconversation.com

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Frank Schnorrer @frankschnorrer.bsky.social · Dec 20
Curious to read about the 'Physical Basis of Sarcomere Assembly'. Here are some thoughts from @friedrich-group.bsky.social and me - you might learn the difference between nematic and smectic order in biological assemblies pubs.aip.org/aip/bpr/arti...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · Dec 20
En cette fin d’année, je veux remercier trois personnes qui ont vraiment élevé le niveau du débat par leur intelligence, leur pédagogie et leur rigueur.
Merci à:
@gabrielzucman.bsky.social
@vincent-lemire.bsky.social
@fabricearfi.bsky.social

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Gloerich lab @gloerichlab.bsky.social · Dec 16
Paper alert! β-catenin forms condensates that help build cell–cell adhesions - showing its role goes beyond simply linking E-cadherin to α-cat/actin. Great collaboration with the Schuijers lab!

👉 nature.com/articles/s41...

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Dec 11
📣 New preprint from the @minclab.bsky.social

📃 A CROSS-SPECIES ANALYSIS OF CELL WALL MECHANOSENSORS
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Dec 11
✍️ The @bladoux.bsky.social / @rmmege.bsky.social Lab published a new article

📖 @softmatter.rsc.org
📃 Radical scaling: beyond our feet and fingers
🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Kerstin Göpfrich @kgoepfrich.bsky.social · Dec 9
We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!
Tenure Track Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track to W3) in “Molecular Biology" (f/m/d) - Heidelberg job with Universität Heidelberg | 12850668
The Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications for a   Tenure Track Professors...
www.nature.com

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · Dec 5
#LivingArchitectures
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.

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Levayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · Dec 4
Reviewing process has always been painfull, but it will just become useless and impossible to publish if we start accepting this (we are not helping science...and better refusing to review if you have no time rather than using these tools without filter)

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Andreas Schoenit @andreasschoenit.bsky.social · Dec 3
Are you investigating cell tissues and interested in stress patterns? TFM + BISM reveals them! 👇

With @luanger.bsky.social and P. Marcq, we summarise the applicability across different exp. conditions regularly used in the @bladoux.bsky.social @rmmege.bsky.social lab.
Full pipeline on Lucas GitHub!

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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Dec 3
Come join us in beautiful Roscoff for this Conference Jacques Monod on Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches
May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France
Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026
Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en

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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · Dec 2
And another Asgard paper. Cells in motion! Wow! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dynamic protrusions mediate unique crawling motility in Asgard Archaea (Promethearchaeota)
Crawling motility is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells and requires a dynamic actin cytoskeleton, regulated adhesion, and spatially organized signalling pathways. Asgard archaea (phylum Promethearchaeota...
www.biorxiv.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Dec 2
The NIH grant cuts in 2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · Dec 2
Tissue stress measurements — our latest preprint is out: arxiv.org/abs/2512.00550
(publication coming soon!)
Fantastic work by the three musketeers — @luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social and @fanny-wodrascka.bsky.social — in collaboration with P. Marcq!
Tissue stress measurements with Bayesian Inversion Stress Microscopy
Cells within biological tissue are constantly subjected to dynamic mechanical forces. Measuring the internal stress of tissues has proven crucial for our understanding of the role of mechanical forces...
arxiv.org