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Chris Toseland

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Prof. Cancer Biophysics at University of Sheffield. Investigating Nuclear Myosin, Nuclear Organisation and Mechanobiology in Cancer with single molecule Biophysics Web: Toseland-lab.com

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Mar 19

We are walking the Ullswater Way with OSCAR's Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity in May.

Learn more and donate here: www.justgiving.com/team/thalia

#braintumours #childhoodcancer #cancer

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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · Jul 16

Excited for our next special issue and looking forward to working with Abby Buchwalter (@abbybuch.bsky.social) and Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social)! Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? Send your papers our way!
#notforprofit

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Jul 16

Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus

We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...

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Ewerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Phantastic review of SPT method and analysis. Great resource for every single molecule tracking enthusiast! Congratulations, @gebhardtlab.bsky.social

Christof Gebhardt @gebhardtlab.bsky.social · Jun 27

The review on live-cell SMT that I contribute to the jmolbiol.bsky.social special issue ‚Imaging of the central dogma‘ is now online as pre-proof: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Jul 9

Yesterday we had the School of Medicine and Population Health PGR symposium - a fantastic range of talks and posters from our students!

We had excellent career sessions from Faith Nutter Howard David King and Amy Turner

Thanks to our ECRs who gave a useful and honest take on finishing a PhD.

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Felix Campelo @felixmendu.bsky.social · Jul 4

Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio

meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...

Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology

Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…

meetings.embo.org

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Jul 3

Doubling up on the measurements and toys today - so great and useful to have this kit next door to each other!

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Alessandro Costa @costalaboratory.bsky.social · Jun 20

Postdoc positions open in my lab (Francis Crick Institute) to study

1. initiation of DNA replication.

2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.

Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.

Deadline 3 August 2025.

crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

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Akis (Argyris) Papantonis @akispapantonis.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is a piece that I and @karsten-rippe.bsky.social discussing a lot, and a topic that is very close to my heart. The editors @naturerevgenet.bsky.social gave us the stage to do so, and the final version of our review is now available under this link: rdcu.be/erP1u

A short thread follows 1/n

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The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · Jun 19

The QS World University Rankings 2026 have just been released and we’ve placed 92nd within the World Top 100! Huge congratulations and thanks to everyone in the University of Sheffield community for this achievement; from staff and students to alumni, supporters and friends around the world!

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BIAUnit @biaunit.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚀 Manual mask annotation slowing you down?
💡 SAMJ is a new ImageJ/Fiji plugin using Segment Anything (SAM) for fast, interactive segmentation — no GPU needed, one-click install, real-time results.
🔬 Perfect for large biomedical images.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.02783
#AI #Bioimaging #ImageJ #OpenSource

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Amy Strom @dnamystrom.bsky.social · Jun 16

If heterochromatin is really a liquid-like condensate, why is it not spherical?
We investigated whether mechanical interactions between a condensate and a fiber network can explain the variety of morphologies seen in phase-separated nuclear compartments
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Jun 7

Amazing news - many congrats!

Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Jun 6

Needing to be everywhere all at once….Drove down at lunch with the samples

Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Jun 6

Back again!

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Emmanuel Margeat @emmanuelmargeat.bsky.social · May 26

Applications are now open for the 4th edition of the “Ecole de Physique des Houches” on Fluorescence Markers for Advanced Microscopies, a WE-Heraeus seminar.
March 15th-20th 2026
Join us to learn everything you wanted to know about Fluorescent Markers for advanced microscopies.

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · May 18

Back in Harwell again for a late night reagent drop!

Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · May 15

Quick visit back to Sheffield for more samples complete!

Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · May 13

Back in the lab’s second home for two weeks!

Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · May 5

Thank you for all the donations! This reel sums up the walk!

www.instagram.com/reel/DJSC8HL...

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Apr 29

Final week of fundraising- thanks for all the donations- an amazing amount has already been given!

www.justgiving.com/team/thalia

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you for all the donations! It makes a massive difference to the charity and families!
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www.justgiving.com/team/thalia

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Apr 23

Less than two weeks to go! Thanks for all the donations!

www.justgiving.com/team/thalia

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Apr 15

Fantastic coverage from BBC Look North!
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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC One - Look North (Yorkshire), Evening News

The main evening news for Yorkshire and the north Midlands.

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Apr 15

Early start media day! So proud to talk about Thalia…Morning radio then BBC Look North later
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#cancer #braintumours #childhoodcancer

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Guillaume Jacquemet @guijacquemet.bsky.social · Apr 7

Here we share our opinions on "Practical considerations for data exploration in quantitative cell biology"
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Joanna, Hanna and I worked quite a bit on this piece and I hope you find it useful
Many thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for publishing it

Practical considerations for data exploration in quantitative cell biology

Summary: We present practical guidelines for data exploration in quantitative cell biology that are designed to help yield reliable conclusions and promote a collaborative, transparent approach to dat...

journals.biologists.com

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Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social · Mar 27

Day in the life of an academic - smFRET onto Lattice light sheet then delivering an afternoon workshop