Elias Spiliotis
@septinlab.bsky.social
Professor of Cell Biology (University of Virginia), Research Scientist. Science, music, sports and politics. Opinions are my own and not of my lab or university.
Pinned
a woman in a suit and tie has the words wait what written on her face
ALT: a woman in a suit and tie has the words wait what written on her face
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Two new 🔥pre-prints 🔥 TODAY by us & @pwoakes.bsky.social @myosincity.bsky.social
change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton
Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes!
Septins are like intermediate filaments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton
Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes!
Septins are like intermediate filaments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
America under the terror of… snow!
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 AM
America under the terror of… snow!
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Emma Burns, Anastasia Amoiroglou, Gregory Rogers, Nasser Rusan and colleagues develop an expansion microscopy protocol for Drosophila cultured cells and tissues, which they use to dissect centriole biology.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Emma Burns, Anastasia Amoiroglou, Gregory Rogers, Nasser Rusan and colleagues develop an expansion microscopy protocol for Drosophila cultured cells and tissues, which they use to dissect centriole biology.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Two new 🔥pre-prints 🔥 TODAY by us & @pwoakes.bsky.social @myosincity.bsky.social
change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton
Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes!
Septins are like intermediate filaments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton
Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes!
Septins are like intermediate filaments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
a woman in a suit and tie has the words wait what written on her face
ALT: a woman in a suit and tie has the words wait what written on her face
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Two new 🔥pre-prints 🔥 TODAY by us & @pwoakes.bsky.social @myosincity.bsky.social
change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton
Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes!
Septins are like intermediate filaments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton
Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes!
Septins are like intermediate filaments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Mapping the ultrastructural topology of septin cage entrapment
PhD studentship with @carolynmoores1.bsky.social
Direct link here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
PhD studentship with @carolynmoores1.bsky.social
Direct link here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
2026-27 Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentships | LSHTM
The Bloomsbury Colleges group was set up in 2004 and consists of five institutions: Birkbeck, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), the School of
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January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Mapping the ultrastructural topology of septin cage entrapment
PhD studentship with @carolynmoores1.bsky.social
Direct link here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
PhD studentship with @carolynmoores1.bsky.social
Direct link here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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In our last week's #journalclub, we looked at how the dynein light chain LC8 stablises the disordered domain of KANK1, transforming it into a rigid, hinged rod that can span the cortex–microtubule gap and recruit kinesin-4 to cortical microtubule plus ends.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 AM
In our last week's #journalclub, we looked at how the dynein light chain LC8 stablises the disordered domain of KANK1, transforming it into a rigid, hinged rod that can span the cortex–microtubule gap and recruit kinesin-4 to cortical microtubule plus ends.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Meme of the year!
Too soon?!?
Too soon?!?
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Meme of the year!
Too soon?!?
Too soon?!?
Reposted by Elias Spiliotis
A beautiful, informative and perceptive review of neuronal ER, and how its form relates to its function. Nice work from @marijnkuijpers.bsky.social and colleagues. #ER_Literature
The diverse forms and roles of the neuronal endoplasmic reticulum - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The dynamic and versatile architecture of the neuronal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) enables it to support a wide range of functions. In this Review, Carvalhais, Kole and Kuijpers describe the mechanisms...
www.nature.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
A beautiful, informative and perceptive review of neuronal ER, and how its form relates to its function. Nice work from @marijnkuijpers.bsky.social and colleagues. #ER_Literature
Comin' to ya on a dusty road...
😎😎😎
😎😎😎
January 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Comin' to ya on a dusty road...
😎😎😎
😎😎😎
Reposted by Elias Spiliotis
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, "listen mate, life has surface noise."
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, "listen mate, life has surface noise."
Game, set, match, Glazer.
Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Game, set, match, Glazer.
Amazing to see him live with Patti a few weeks ago.
And dumbfounded to discover - also a few weeks ago - that he was the curator of the legendary 60s psych comp: Nuggets!
Had no idea.
And dumbfounded to discover - also a few weeks ago - that he was the curator of the legendary 60s psych comp: Nuggets!
Had no idea.
Happy 79th Birthday Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, composer, and writer, known for his work with the Patti Smith Group and his contributions to music magazines, born on this day in 1946, NYC
Photo by Gus Stewart (1976)
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #lennykaye #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Photo by Gus Stewart (1976)
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #lennykaye #history #punkrockhistory #otd
December 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Amazing to see him live with Patti a few weeks ago.
And dumbfounded to discover - also a few weeks ago - that he was the curator of the legendary 60s psych comp: Nuggets!
Had no idea.
And dumbfounded to discover - also a few weeks ago - that he was the curator of the legendary 60s psych comp: Nuggets!
Had no idea.
Tango forever!
Post 2000 balls might as well be for a different sport…
Post 2000 balls might as well be for a different sport…
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tango forever!
Post 2000 balls might as well be for a different sport…
Post 2000 balls might as well be for a different sport…
Nailed it!
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Nailed it!
"Waymo's self-driving cars were put on pause by the company after the autonomous vehicles were baffled by the lack of traffic lights, getting stuck at intersections and causing traffic jams"
Life comes at you fast! Famous last words.
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Life comes at you fast! Famous last words.
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Thousands in San Francisco still without power as PG&E outage drags on
Tens of thousands of San Franciscans remain without power on Sunday morning.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Waymo's self-driving cars were put on pause by the company after the autonomous vehicles were baffled by the lack of traffic lights, getting stuck at intersections and causing traffic jams"
Life comes at you fast! Famous last words.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Life comes at you fast! Famous last words.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
New ideas are needed for new technologies.
It all starts in between the ears.
Think before you do
It all starts in between the ears.
Think before you do
“Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order. “
— Sydney Brenner
— Sydney Brenner
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New ideas are needed for new technologies.
It all starts in between the ears.
Think before you do
It all starts in between the ears.
Think before you do
I better dust off my undergraduate thesis data on Methanococcus igneus, and di-myo-inositol-1,19-phosphate...
Are you a long-time fan of Archaea, an extremophile-phile, or are you simply curious?
Either way, we have good news.
We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July.
Sign up: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK.
Please repost!
Either way, we have good news.
We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July.
Sign up: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc...
We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK.
Please repost!
Molecular Biology of Archaea: Life Through the Prism of Archaea
In 1977, Woese and colleagues revealed Archaea as a distinct domain of life. Building on this insight, the discovery of Asgard archaea has strengthened the view that many hallmarks of eukaryotic cell…
meetings.embo.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I better dust off my undergraduate thesis data on Methanococcus igneus, and di-myo-inositol-1,19-phosphate...
Reposted by Elias Spiliotis
I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion
The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism
www.newsweek.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
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💥I am excited to present our first research paper from the lab about caveolae lipid trafficking 🎉 Led by my fantastic PhD candidate @estherocket.bsky.social
Here we looked into caveolae mediated dietary lipid uptake and how this process is mechanistically facilitated 👇 1/n
Here we looked into caveolae mediated dietary lipid uptake and how this process is mechanistically facilitated 👇 1/n
Lipid-induced Caveolin1-Lipid droplet trafficking is associated with lipid droplet growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693432v1
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
💥I am excited to present our first research paper from the lab about caveolae lipid trafficking 🎉 Led by my fantastic PhD candidate @estherocket.bsky.social
Here we looked into caveolae mediated dietary lipid uptake and how this process is mechanistically facilitated 👇 1/n
Here we looked into caveolae mediated dietary lipid uptake and how this process is mechanistically facilitated 👇 1/n
Philly legal shark holiday spirit!
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Philly legal shark holiday spirit!
Check us out @ #cellbio2025
Sunday:
Board 143: Poster by Franklin on machanoprotection of the nucleus 🔥
Board 150: Poster by Noor on GSK3b regulating microtubule vs actin septin association
🏆
Monday:
Talk by Noor at 11:15 am Rm 115
Tuesday
Board 233: Poster by TJ on neuronal ER-PM contacts
🦅
Sunday:
Board 143: Poster by Franklin on machanoprotection of the nucleus 🔥
Board 150: Poster by Noor on GSK3b regulating microtubule vs actin septin association
🏆
Monday:
Talk by Noor at 11:15 am Rm 115
Tuesday
Board 233: Poster by TJ on neuronal ER-PM contacts
🦅
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Check us out @ #cellbio2025
Sunday:
Board 143: Poster by Franklin on machanoprotection of the nucleus 🔥
Board 150: Poster by Noor on GSK3b regulating microtubule vs actin septin association
🏆
Monday:
Talk by Noor at 11:15 am Rm 115
Tuesday
Board 233: Poster by TJ on neuronal ER-PM contacts
🦅
Sunday:
Board 143: Poster by Franklin on machanoprotection of the nucleus 🔥
Board 150: Poster by Noor on GSK3b regulating microtubule vs actin septin association
🏆
Monday:
Talk by Noor at 11:15 am Rm 115
Tuesday
Board 233: Poster by TJ on neuronal ER-PM contacts
🦅