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Artem K. Efremov

@artemefremov.bsky.social

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Biophysicist. Lab website: http://artemefremovlab.com/

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 21d

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.

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Artem K. Efremov @artemefremov.bsky.social · 26d

These were amazing several days at the conference organized by MBI and Max Planck Society. One of the best mechanobiology conferences I have ever seen, with three hundred researchers from all over the world, including some of the most famous ones.

Mechanobiology Institute @mbisg.bsky.social · 27d

@artemefremov.bsky.social tested a semi-analytical model that integrates experimental data and theory, revealing the importance of adaptor protein elasticity and local molecular clutch-ECM interactions in cell mechanosensing and force transduction during adhesion. #MBIMPG2025

Artem K. Efremov @artemefremov.bsky.social · Jul 21

It is nice to see people you know all over the world. Go MBI team!

Artem K. Efremov @artemefremov.bsky.social · Jul 18

Congratulations to the first authors of the study, Ping Liu and Qiuyu Wang, and big thanks to our collaborators and all the reviewers who helped us to improve the article!

Artem K. Efremov @artemefremov.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our study on the mechanosensitive behavior of cell adhesion, showing the existence of a force-transmission mechanism that behaves very differently from the well-known 'load-and-fail' mechanism, was published in Nature Physics:

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

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Artem K. Efremov @artemefremov.bsky.social · Jan 1

Experimental measurements show that the size of the cell nucleus has highly nonlinear dependence on the cell volume:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Confinement-sensitive volume regulation dynamics via high-speed nuclear morphological measurements | PNAS

Diverse tissues in vivo present varying degrees of confinement, constriction, and compression to migrating cells in both homeostasis and disease. T...