Böke Lab
@bokelab.bsky.social
Oocyte Biology and Cellular Dormancy Lab in CRG, Barcelona, led by Elvan Böke. Joint lab account; Elvan's musings are signed EB.
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@bokelab.bsky.social
· Jul 18
Proud to share what we hope will be a reference study on human oocyte proteostasis. Young-donor eggs show globally reduced organelle activity vs. somatic cells, with an even steeper drop as they mature.
👇 for @zaffagg3 's detailed explanation
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
👇 for @zaffagg3 's detailed explanation
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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🥳 our #exocyst paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social, led by Marta, Sebas & @sasmeek.bsky.social in collab with @jonasries.bsky.social, @cmanzo.bsky.social & Castaño-Díez labs #Quantitative_Cell_Biology
Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🥳 our #exocyst paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social, led by Marta, Sebas & @sasmeek.bsky.social in collab with @jonasries.bsky.social, @cmanzo.bsky.social & Castaño-Díez labs #Quantitative_Cell_Biology
Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
Data from complementary imaging techniques were integrated into a model that resolves
the dynamic exocyst ensemble and membrane architecture during exocytosis, an essential
cellular pathway. Sec18 med...
www.cell.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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🥳 our #exocyst paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social, led by Marta, Sebas & @sasmeek.bsky.social in collab with @jonasries.bsky.social, @cmanzo.bsky.social & Castaño-Díez labs #Quantitative_Cell_Biology
Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🥳 our #exocyst paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social, led by Marta, Sebas & @sasmeek.bsky.social in collab with @jonasries.bsky.social, @cmanzo.bsky.social & Castaño-Díez labs #Quantitative_Cell_Biology
Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Prof. Fiona Doetsch has been awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine!
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Prof. Fiona Doetsch has been awarded the 2026 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine!
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
Her discoveries reveal how neural stem cells support lifelong brain plasticity and repair. 🧠
Read more: www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
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📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
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What tools do we need to start engineering #aging and #longevity ? A🧵about something we've been cooking up in lab with Jeremy Vicencio at the @crg.eu : technology that lets us reach inside living animals and precisely dial multiple proteins' levels up and down. 1/10
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What tools do we need to start engineering #aging and #longevity ? A🧵about something we've been cooking up in lab with Jeremy Vicencio at the @crg.eu : technology that lets us reach inside living animals and precisely dial multiple proteins' levels up and down. 1/10
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The Sudmant Lab & Wilsterman Lab are hiring a postdoc! Come work on the genetics and evolution of the placenta and dissecting genetic adaptations to altitude in deer mice!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//UCalifornia_Berkeley.Genomics
Postdoc:UCBerkeley.Genomics
Postdoctoral position(s) in computational biology and genomics
Keywords: Genomics; single cell genomics; evolution; reproduction;
ecology; human disease; computational bi...
evol.mcmaster.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The Sudmant Lab & Wilsterman Lab are hiring a postdoc! Come work on the genetics and evolution of the placenta and dissecting genetic adaptations to altitude in deer mice!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
www.sudmantlab.org
www.thewilstermanlab.com
Please Share!
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#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.
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.
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#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.
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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I feel extremely honoured for this recognition. Thanks go to many people from my lab and colleagues for their trust and support over the years
👏 Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, this year’s Leibniz Prize laureate, has now been honored with the Bavarian #Maximiliansorden for Science and Art.
👉 Read more: t1p.de/d5vq0
@metorrespadilla.bsky.social
@epihmgu.bsky.social
@pioneercampus.bsky.social
#StemCells #Epigenetics
👉 Read more: t1p.de/d5vq0
@metorrespadilla.bsky.social
@epihmgu.bsky.social
@pioneercampus.bsky.social
#StemCells #Epigenetics
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I feel extremely honoured for this recognition. Thanks go to many people from my lab and colleagues for their trust and support over the years
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The Women Biology and Health Workshop was full of great science and truly an inspiring experience. Let's do it again next year 🤩
www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/the-...
www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/the-...
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Women Biology and Health Workshop was full of great science and truly an inspiring experience. Let's do it again next year 🤩
www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/the-...
www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/news/the-...
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Our annual PhD call is closing at the end of this week on 30 November. If you're interested in carrying out world-class scientific research in Barcelona, you still have a few days left to submit your application! www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our annual PhD call is closing at the end of this week on 30 November. If you're interested in carrying out world-class scientific research in Barcelona, you still have a few days left to submit your application! www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
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Ahead of TSRM 2025, we talk to Dr Baris Ata about his roles as RBMO Female Reproductive Health & Fertility Section Editor and President of the Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine, and what delegates can expect from the forthcoming conference.
Read it in the latest Insights: bit.ly/AtaTSRM25
Read it in the latest Insights: bit.ly/AtaTSRM25
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ahead of TSRM 2025, we talk to Dr Baris Ata about his roles as RBMO Female Reproductive Health & Fertility Section Editor and President of the Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine, and what delegates can expect from the forthcoming conference.
Read it in the latest Insights: bit.ly/AtaTSRM25
Read it in the latest Insights: bit.ly/AtaTSRM25
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Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
It was a pleasure to open the ASEBIR (Spanish Society for Reproductive Studies)
annual congress this morning! #XIIICongresoASEBIR - EB
annual congress this morning! #XIIICongresoASEBIR - EB
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It was a pleasure to open the ASEBIR (Spanish Society for Reproductive Studies)
annual congress this morning! #XIIICongresoASEBIR - EB
annual congress this morning! #XIIICongresoASEBIR - EB
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Aquesta setmana, a l'IDIBAPS...
El pròxim dimarts, l’#IDIBAPS organitza el Women Biology & Health Workshop, una jornada científica dedicada a posar en valor la recerca en la biologia i la salut de les dones
👉https://f.mtr.cool/omkrbqxjxo
El pròxim dimarts, l’#IDIBAPS organitza el Women Biology & Health Workshop, una jornada científica dedicada a posar en valor la recerca en la biologia i la salut de les dones
👉https://f.mtr.cool/omkrbqxjxo
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Aquesta setmana, a l'IDIBAPS...
El pròxim dimarts, l’#IDIBAPS organitza el Women Biology & Health Workshop, una jornada científica dedicada a posar en valor la recerca en la biologia i la salut de les dones
👉https://f.mtr.cool/omkrbqxjxo
El pròxim dimarts, l’#IDIBAPS organitza el Women Biology & Health Workshop, una jornada científica dedicada a posar en valor la recerca en la biologia i la salut de les dones
👉https://f.mtr.cool/omkrbqxjxo
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Today we had a great EvoMG Seminar by Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social from FLI, who told us about some of their recent aging work using the fascinating short-lived killifish.
Hosted by @mirimiam.bsky.social
evomedgenomics.com/events/exter...
Hosted by @mirimiam.bsky.social
evomedgenomics.com/events/exter...
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Today we had a great EvoMG Seminar by Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social from FLI, who told us about some of their recent aging work using the fascinating short-lived killifish.
Hosted by @mirimiam.bsky.social
evomedgenomics.com/events/exter...
Hosted by @mirimiam.bsky.social
evomedgenomics.com/events/exter...
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I am honnestly a bit worried by the latest fuss about qed (the IA driven review). While the results are indeed quite impressive (it is very good at listing the claim and finding potential improvement), I don't quite see how this will eventually reduce the reviewing burden or help us
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am honnestly a bit worried by the latest fuss about qed (the IA driven review). While the results are indeed quite impressive (it is very good at listing the claim and finding potential improvement), I don't quite see how this will eventually reduce the reviewing burden or help us
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Thinking about doing a PhD with us? We're running an online Q&A session just for you! Hear practical advice directly from our experts in the Training and Academic Office and register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26a7dc...
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thinking about doing a PhD with us? We're running an online Q&A session just for you! Hear practical advice directly from our experts in the Training and Academic Office and register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26a7dc...
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New PhD opportunity studying oocyte biology. Excited about this new direction in the lab.
The ageing nucleus in the mammalian oocyte with Dr Suzanne Madgwick @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: The ageing nucleus in the mammalian oocyte at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: The ageing nucleus in the mammalian oocyte at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New PhD opportunity studying oocyte biology. Excited about this new direction in the lab.
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Glad to share that the website for the MZT EMBO workshop that I organize together with Ana Boskovic (EMBL, Rome), Antonio Giraldez (Yale U) and Melissa Harrison (U Wisconsin) is out: meetings.embo.org/event/26-awa...
Please spread the word and join us in beautiful Seville next 4-7 May!
Please spread the word and join us in beautiful Seville next 4-7 May!
Awakening the Genome During Developmental Reprogramming: From Embryos to Organoids
This EMBO Workshop explores the gene-regulatory mechanisms that drive developmental reprogramming upon fertilization. It focuses on the interplay of transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and develop…
meetings.embo.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Glad to share that the website for the MZT EMBO workshop that I organize together with Ana Boskovic (EMBL, Rome), Antonio Giraldez (Yale U) and Melissa Harrison (U Wisconsin) is out: meetings.embo.org/event/26-awa...
Please spread the word and join us in beautiful Seville next 4-7 May!
Please spread the word and join us in beautiful Seville next 4-7 May!
Oh wow - pre-made templates :) - EB
I am happy to present our latest research at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxb7uh48oo @isscr.org
I am happy to present our latest research at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxb7uh48oo @isscr.org
I'm speaking at ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, join me
Register now
invt.io
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Oh wow - pre-made templates :) - EB
I am happy to present our latest research at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxb7uh48oo @isscr.org
I am happy to present our latest research at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, taking place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026. #ISSCR2026 invt.io/1bxb7uh48oo @isscr.org
Thank you! I had a great time, and even found my way around the building by late afternoon @biozentrum.unibas.ch :)- EB
Very excited to have Elvan Böke @bokelab.bsky.social today at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch today to talk about eggs, healthy eggs, and everything in-between 🧪
October 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Thank you! I had a great time, and even found my way around the building by late afternoon @biozentrum.unibas.ch :)- EB
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Is there any data from academia illustrating how short deadlines for things like awards or funding opportunities disadvantage people from groups who tend to take on or are assigned more thankless labor (women), and advantage those who focus more on the work that benefits them (men)?
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Is there any data from academia illustrating how short deadlines for things like awards or funding opportunities disadvantage people from groups who tend to take on or are assigned more thankless labor (women), and advantage those who focus more on the work that benefits them (men)?
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The Crick is looking for new junior group leaders! Any postdocs or early career researchers wanting to be our colleagues should apply 👍
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Crick is looking for new junior group leaders! Any postdocs or early career researchers wanting to be our colleagues should apply 👍
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moonbow last night over our neighborhood
October 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
moonbow last night over our neighborhood
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨
FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT
We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.
See below 2 calls👇
FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT
We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.
See below 2 calls👇
October 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT
We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.
See below 2 calls👇
FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT
We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.
See below 2 calls👇
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🟣🟡Call for abstracts!
#IDIBAPS will host the Women, Biology & Health Workshop #WBHW - a meeting point to highlight the role of women in biomedical research
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts and be part of the program👉https://f.mtr.cool/ccejqnjqut
Deadline 30/9
#IDIBAPS will host the Women, Biology & Health Workshop #WBHW - a meeting point to highlight the role of women in biomedical research
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts and be part of the program👉https://f.mtr.cool/ccejqnjqut
Deadline 30/9
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🟣🟡Call for abstracts!
#IDIBAPS will host the Women, Biology & Health Workshop #WBHW - a meeting point to highlight the role of women in biomedical research
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts and be part of the program👉https://f.mtr.cool/ccejqnjqut
Deadline 30/9
#IDIBAPS will host the Women, Biology & Health Workshop #WBHW - a meeting point to highlight the role of women in biomedical research
We invite researchers to submit their abstracts and be part of the program👉https://f.mtr.cool/ccejqnjqut
Deadline 30/9