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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 4h

Read more about this research in our ‘First person’ interview with Ling Jin: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 4h

Ling Jin, Muchen Liu and Xianrui Cheng report a centrosome-independent, self-organising microtubule aster that exhibits mostly inverted microtubule polarity and recruits cytokinesis signals to its centre.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 9h

Also in Issue 18:
- Research Highlights on cell migration, endocytosis & epithelia contractility
- Interview with Guillaume Thibault
- The integrin odyssey
- Essay on immune cell interactions
- Review on surface protein machineries in Gram-negative bacteria
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Volume 138 Issue 18 | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 9h

Issue 18 is complete

Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

On the cover: macrophages (white) migrating towards a scratch wound in a zebrafish skin explant (α-catenin, magenta). From @errricpeterman.bsky.social @jraslab.bsky.social et al.
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JCS cover showing skin-resident macrophages migrating to a scratch wound in the epithelial cells (marked with α-catenin-Citrine, magenta) of a zebrafish skin explant.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 1d

This article is available under our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
Researchers can find out about the wide range of benefits, read what researchers are saying and view a list of participating institutions at www.biologists.com/library-hub/...
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Read & Publish agreements offer many benefits to researchers including fee-free Open Access publishing in Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 1d

Sagar Joshi, Lance Davidson and team find that supracellular contractility in Xenopus embryo epithelia is regulated by extracellular ATP and the purinergic receptor P2Y2.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 2d

This article is available under our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
Researchers can find out about the wide range of benefits, read what researchers are saying and view a list of participating institutions at www.biologists.com/library-hub/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish

Read & Publish for researchers

Read & Publish agreements offer many benefits to researchers including fee-free Open Access publishing in Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 2d

Connor Ross, Stefan Hoppler and colleagues find that WNT-mediating TCF/LEF transcription factor gene expression in early human pluripotency and cell lineages differs from the rodent paradigm.
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Figure showing that TCF7 and LEF1 are upregulated in response to WNT activation in human primed pluripotent ES cells.

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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 6d

An essay that I wrote with 2 of my newly-met colleagues sharing our experiences attending the Immune Cell Interaction workshop in February. I'm not an immunologist by any traditional means so being given an opportunity to branch out is very much appreciated.
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Immune cell interactions in development, homeostasis and immunity

ABSTRACT. Immune cells play a fundamental role in coordinating physiological processes, from early stage development through to trained host immunity. Hence, an enhanced insight into the dynamic inter...

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Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social · 5d

cover image yeeeeeeeeehawwwww #flourescentfriday
check out our work in the most recent issue of @jcellsci.bsky.social !

Cover: Skin-resident macrophages (white) migrate towards a scratch wound (centre) in a zebrafish skin explant. To reach the wound margin, migrating macrophages must navigate through a dense network of epithelial cells, which are visualised using a reporter for epithelial junctions (α-catenin-Citrine, magenta). Live-cell imaging and chemical perturbations demonstrate that skin macrophages require microtubules to efficiently respond to tissue damage and navigate epithelial obstacles. See article by E. Peterman et al. (jcs264101).

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 5d

Our next extraordinary biologist is Mark Peifer, recent @biologists.bsky.social Director and a prolific author, having published in @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social. #100biologists
@peiferlabunc.bsky.social

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 5d

Read more about this research in our ‘First person’ interview with Mario Ledesma-Terrón and Diego Pérez-Dones: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Diego Pérez-Dones (left) and Mario Ledesma-Terrón (right).

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 5d

Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 6d

Read more about this research in our ‘First person’ interview with Bethany Campbell: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 6d

Bethany Campbell, Maitreyi Das @daslabpombe.com and colleagues discover that endocytic patch dynamics are differentially regulated at distinct cell sites in fission yeast.
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Figure showing that type I myosin Myo1 regulates endocytic patch dynamics at the cell ends, division site and the cell sides.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 6d

We are highlighting Cathy Jackson, @biologyopen.bsky.social Deputy Editor and an Editorial Advisory Board member at @jcellsci.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists @ijmonod.bsky.social

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 6d

Interview with Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social – President of the Society for Cell Biology Singapore

We chatted about Guillaume’s route into academia, his research and his advice for junior scientists.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 7d

This article is part of ‘The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social): celebrating 100 years’ anniversary collection. To view the full collection of articles, please visit: journals.biologists.com/journals/pag...

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 7d

In their Perspective article, Reinhard Fässler and Arnoud Sonnenberg @asonnenberg.bsky.social highlight the work that led to the discovery of integrins and the principles of how they function.
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Historical timeline of the key discoveries in integrin research.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 7d

This article is associated with a common hawthorn, planted in The Forest of Biologists.
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Tree no. 13960
Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Hawthorn
Deciduous shrub or small tree with a dense crown, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and west Asia. It has a dull brown, knotted and fissured bark and slender twigs that are covered in thorns. The leaves are deeply lobed and toothed. Hermaphrodite flowers, produced in late spring, are highly scented, white or occasionally pink, and have a single stigma. After pollination by insects, flowers develop into deep-red fruits (haws) with a single seed.

Hawthorn is commonly found growing in hedgerows, woodland and scrub. It grows in most soils, and flowers and fruits best in full sun. Mature trees are characterised by their dense, thorny habit. Common hawthorn can support more than 300 species of insects, and many birds eat the haws and build nests in the dense thorny foliage.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 7d

Huipeng Wang, Zhenhua Hao and Wei Li find that the biogenesis of renin granules is impaired in the juxtaglomerular cells of Vps33a (D251E) mutant mice.
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Light and electron micrographs (and accompanying quanitification) showing that the morphology of RGs is altered in kidneys from Vps33aD251E mutant mice.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 8d

This article is available under our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
Researchers can find out about the wide range of benefits, read what researchers are saying and view a list of participating institutions at www.biologists.com/library-hub/...
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish

Read & Publish for researchers

Read & Publish agreements offer many benefits to researchers including fee-free Open Access publishing in Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology.

www.biologists.com

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 8d

Mariana Joaquim, Maria-Bianca Bulimaga, Mafalda Escobar-Henriques and colleagues discover that Charcot–Marie–Tooth type 2A variants of mitofusin 2 sensitise cells to apoptotic cell death.
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Figure showing that CMT2A variants distribute throughout the MFN2 protein and cause different mitochondrial morphologies.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 8d

We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue:
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
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#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish

Promotional graphic for a special issue of Journal of Cell Science titled 'Cell Biology of the Nucleus.' Guest Editor: Abby Buchwalter. Submission deadline: 3 November 2025. The image features a stylized cell with a bright pink, heart-shaped nucleus on a black background. Text includes a call for papers.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 10d

Also @ascbiology.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jcb.org

Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 10d

A reminder to please support non-profit publishers.

It’s good for science and scientists.

It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.

It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals.

Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.

Slide with text “Support Society Journals:
Society-based journals help build and advocate for our scientific communities” showing the logos for non profit publishers ASM, ACS, ASBMB. microbiology society, Science, and ISME. Underneath “for-profit journals do not” showing logos for Nature, Elsevier, Frontiers, CellPress, and MDPI.

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