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Briggs Group @briggsgroup.bsky.social · 2d

The mechanistic basis of cargo selection during Golgi maturation. From Rebecca Taylor, @katciazynska.bsky.social, @jggkaufman.bsky.social & @grigorytagiltsev.bsky.social at @mpibiochem.bsky.social with David Owen and Sean Munro's group @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social | www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The mechanistic basis of cargo selection during Golgi maturation

Resident proteins of the Golgi recycle in vesicles and the protein GOLPH3 enables the COPI vesicle coat to accomplish this.

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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 1d

So sad to hear the news - John truly was an inspiration to so many, and one of a kind.

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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 2d

The LMB is delighted to announce Madeline Lancaster as Joint Head of @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social and Julian Sale as Joint Head of the PNAC Division!
Read more below.
Madeline (@lancasterlab.bsky.social): www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/madeline-lan...
Julian: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/julian-sale-...
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 2d

Providing order amongst constant traffic: #LMBResearch from Sean Munro (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) with John Briggs (@mpibiochem.bsky.social) reveals how GOLPH3 allows COPI vesicles to distinguish between Golgi residents & ER-bound proteins.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/protein-sort...

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology @natrevmcb.nature.com · 4d

ICYMI: New Online! The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00905-5The advent of laser-scanning confocal microscopy revolutionized cell biology, offering unprecedented resolution and depth and enabling scientists to visualize cellular structures in 3D.

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic #postdoc to join Kate McDole in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, using interdisciplinary approaches to investigate tissue formation during early organogenesis in mouse embryos.
More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 20 OCT
#ScienceJobs #PostdocJobs

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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 7d

When BCE (before the confocal era) turned into CE (confocal era) - 1987

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology @natrevmcb.nature.com · 7d

New Online! The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00905-5The advent of laser-scanning confocal microscopy revolutionized cell biology, offering unprecedented resolution and depth and enabling scientists to visualize cellular structures in 3D.

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EMBO @embo.org · 7d

"EMBO support is very important – not only for the young scientists here in #Hungary, but also the more established scientists, as well as the connection you get with EMBO and with EMBO-related institutes,” says Rita Sinka, former EMBO Installation Grantee: www.embo.org/people/the-i... #research 🧪

The importance of basic research – People – EMBO

Meet Rita Sinka, associate professor and head of the Department of Genetics at the University of Szeged, and former EMBO Installation Grantee

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Lisa Heinke @lisaheinke.bsky.social · 7d

Many thanks to Sean (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) for writing this Journal Club for us!

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology @natrevmcb.nature.com · 7d

New Online! The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00905-5The advent of laser-scanning confocal microscopy revolutionized cell biology, offering unprecedented resolution and depth and enabling scientists to visualize cellular structures in 3D.

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Johan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Half of commercial antibodies miss their target!
So how do you pick the right one for your experiment?

Here’s the solution 👉
Antibody characterization data (all tested in KO cells) are now available at:
🔗 onlygoodantibodies.co.uk

Tested by @ycharos.bsky.social & @oga-community.bsky.social

OGA - Only Good Antibodies Community

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 16d

Calling all prospective PhD students! Why not consider the LMB for your PhD?
Applications are now open!
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
General deadline: 2nd DEC
US Gates Scholarship deadline: 15th OCT

Join the LMB's PhD programme!
Applications now open for October 2026
Deadline 2nd December 2025

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 12d

And here we are. Another damn’d thick, square book. A real wrist-sprainer. UK edition (pictured) has endpapers showing Crick and Brenner’s blackboard and colour plates. Both U.K. and US editions have sections heralded by a double page photo as here. Loads of illustrations. Out in November!

Cover and spine of CRICK, my biography of Francis Crick

Double page photo of Crick at blackboard with section title The Central Problem

Colour plate showing Crick at Cold Spring Harbor in 1954.

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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to Dirk Görlich and Steven L. McKnight, 2025 #LaskerAward winners! - “for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences” 🧪
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology #phaseseparation

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MRC-LMB Cell Biology Division @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations Melina! Glad to see another great piece of work being recognised.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Sep 3

US folk! If you a Barnes & Noble Rewards Member you can get 25% off your pre-order of my forthcoming biography CRICK (an extra 10 if you are a Premium member!). Offer applies to hardback, ebook and audio, and ends 5 September. Use code PREORDER25.

Crick: A Mind in Motion|Hardcover

A "thrilling biography of one of the 20th century’s greatest minds" (David Eagleman): Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and audac...

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · Sep 2

LMB PhD students in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Razina Kazi @dr-anna-edmondson.bsky.social and Katherine Brown share their experiences completing policy internships at @acmedsci.bsky.social‬ and ‪@senseaboutsci.bsky.social‬
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Katherine Brown, Razina Kazi and Anna Edmondson

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development

In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties

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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · Aug 27

Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · Aug 26

Yes. In fact, quality of reviews goes up when you pay reviewers.

Biology Open @biologyopen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Can peer review be done faster, without compromising on quality? Biology Open has embarked on an exciting experiment to find out - Editor-in-Chief Dan Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social explains.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt5h...

Why is Biology Open's Fast & Fair peer review initiative exciting?

YouTube video by The Company of Biologists

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Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · Aug 21

Neuronal diversity is written in transcriptional codes 🧬. But what is the logic of these codes that define cell types and wiring patterns?
To find out we built a #scRNAseq developmental atlas of the Drosophila nerve cord and linked it to the #connectome 🪰🧠
#preprint thread ⬇️1/8

ALT text: A UMAP representation of a single cell RNAseq dataset from the Drosophila ventral nerve cord as well as images of the Drosophila nerve cord connectome and different stages of fly development.

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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Obituary: Stuart Arthur Kornfeld, MD - John T. Milliken Department of Medicine

October 4, 1936 – August 17, 2025 It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Dr. Stuart Arthur Kornfeld, Professor Emeritus, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025, from complications of Parki...

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Aug 18

The staff at the Written Archives Centre were incredibly helpful in squirrelling out material relating to Crick's early broadcasts on the BBC. That would now be impossible, and those letters would remain unstudied. These abrupt changes will hamper our understanding of the BBC and its role.

Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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MRC-LMB Cell Biology Division @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social · Aug 16

Sad news - Catherine was an exceptional cell biologist with a force-of-nature personality that brought passion and integrity to everything that she did. She will be greatly missed.

Hubrecht Institute @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 11

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our colleague Catherine Rabouille.

Catherine was senior group leader at the Hubrecht Institute, an exceptional cell biologist, a passionate mentor, and a driving force for diversity and inclusion in science.

Full tribute: www.hubrecht.eu/in-memoriam-...

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Aug 15

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 7

The story of the discovery of monoclonal antibodies 50 years ago shows how the free exchange of ideas can lead to life-changing treatments

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Monoclonal antibodies revolutionized biomedical science and health care

The story of the discovery of these molecules 50 years ago shows how the free exchange of ideas can lead to life-changing treatments.

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