Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Suze!

Reposted by Kai Murk

DZNE research center @dzne.science · 1d

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Susanne Wegmann on her joint professorship at DZNE and Charité!
Her research focuses on the Tau protein in neurodegenerative diseases - a strong boost for brain research in Berlin!

👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...

Joint Professorship for Susanne Wegmann at DZNE and Charité

Boost for Brain Research in Berlin.

www.dzne.de

1 5 20

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · 4d

Something for a belayed #FluorescentFriday. #actin dynamics in differentiating neuroblastoma cells. 'It's fascinating to observe the dynamics of #actin in growth cones and filopodia, even though it's merely GFP-actin.
CSU-W1 SoRa Spinning disk #microscopy performed at the AMBIO facility (Charité).

1 12

Reposted by Kai Murk

Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Aug 28

A new #UExM probe for #Actin!

Fun times thinking/developing/testing with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @lreymond.bsky.social !

Congrats to all !

If interested in #UExM, or #HAK-Actin, feel free to reach out !

Soon available at @spirochrome.com

#Expansion #Microscopy #ProtistsOnSky

Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · Aug 28

Trouble imaging actin in ExM? Meet HAK-Actin, a probe for U-ExM, cryo-ExM & iU-ExM. Enables post-expansion labeling for max signal. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Soon at @spirochrome.com
Led by O.Mercey and @lreymond.bsky.social, in collab with @dudinlab.bsky.social and @marinelap.bsky.social

3 19 45

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · 7d

Here are the titles of the talks corresponding to the posted schedule.

2

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · 7d

Upcoming 'Advanced Bioimaging' Symposium at 19th of November at the Charité to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our AMBIO imaging facility

1 6 8

Reposted by Kai Murk

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 14d

Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social, Jeffrey Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social @uwbiology.bsky.social & colleagues discover that microtubules regulate tissue-level navigation in skin-resident macrophages.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

1 16 31

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Back to the roots, where my personal #actin journey started: the Zoological Institute of the @tu-braunschweig.de. It was great to meet old friends at the Farewell party of my PhD supervisor Martin Rothkegel, who sparked my interest in the #cytoskeleton.

1 3

Reposted by Kai Murk

German BioImaging @gerbi-gmb.de · Sep 1

⏰ Reminder: The early bird registration and abstract submission for our 5th Day of Intravital Microscopy close on September 5!
Don’t miss your chance to join us in Tübingen on 18–19 Sept. Secure your spot today!
👉 bit.ly/3IOlJtJ

5th Day of Intravital Microscopy - German BioImaging

Intravital microscopy (IVM) enables the observation and precise quantification of cellular processes within native tissue microenvironments, with resolutions unmatched by other techniques. This powerf...

bit.ly

6 5

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congratulations!

1 3

Reposted by Kai Murk

Shashank Shekhar lab @sshekhr.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢📢Hiring 2 Research Assistants & 2 Postdocs at Emory University in Atlanta to study cytoskeletal biophysics/biochemistry. Please RT.

RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to [email protected].

More info: www.shekharlab.org

32 36

Reposted by Kai Murk

The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are featuring David Stephens, a former @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor, as an extraordinary biologist this week. The JCS-David Stephens Prize for the best JCS paper is also named after him. #100biologists

1 6 28

Reposted by Kai Murk

astrocyteNet @astrocytenet.bsky.social · Aug 6

I am looking forward to speak about computational astrocyte models ⭐️🧠

Astrocyte Cafe @astrocytecafe.bsky.social · Aug 5

Join us this Thursday for the last #AstrocyteCafe session of this edition!!!

Looking forward to hearing the talks by Rowy Avishek,
@lewisholt.bsky.social and
@astrocytenet.bsky.social !😍😎

Register for our free mailing list or email us to get the link ;)

1 7

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sometimes it is really cool to have Malaria - as a research subject. Awesome work by the @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social lab on an atypical Arp2/3 complex and its role in Plasmodium DNA segregation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An atypical Arp2/3 complex is required for Plasmodium DNA segregation and malaria transmission - Nature Microbiology

A unique Arp2/3 complex in malaria parasites enables DNA segregation during the rapid formation of male gametes by safeguarding the attachment of chromosomes to the mitotic spindle.

www.nature.com

6

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · Jun 23

Just great. It seems so that here in Germany every decent sequencing company got swallowed by @eurofinsnl.bsky.social. Everything is way more complicated now. We can just hope that their sequencing service has been improved (we did change to other suppliers back in a day for a reason...).

2

Reposted by Kai Murk

François Mayer @francoismayer.bsky.social · Jun 13

Awesome malaria study out now in Nature Microbiology:

An atypical Arp2/3 complex is required for Plasmodium DNA segregation and malaria transmission

By Franziska Hentzschel, Matthias Marti, Freddy Frischknecht & colleagues!

@freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social

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

An atypical Arp2/3 complex is required for Plasmodium DNA segregation and malaria transmission - Nature Microbiology

A unique Arp2/3 complex in malaria parasites enables DNA segregation during the rapid formation of male gametes by safeguarding the attachment of chromosomes to the mitotic spindle.

www.nature.com

10 28

Reposted by Kai Murk

Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · Jun 5

The 3rd Berlin Single Molecule Biophysics Course will run from 8th to 12th September at the HU-Berlin, Institute of Biology.
Learn about single channels, single molecule TIRF, theory and analysis. Apply by 7th July at [email protected]. Fee waivers and bursaries available.

! Please share widely !

2 28 31

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · May 29

Our review Schiweck et al. on #astrocytes, their morphology, and #cytoskeleton cracked today the mark of 200 citations (according to @researchgate.bsky.social). It is very encouraging to see that it has been useful for so many researchers. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...

Frontiers | Important Shapeshifter: Mechanisms Allowing Astrocytes to Respond to the Changing Nervous System During Development, Injury and Disease

Astrocytes are the most prevalent glial cells in the brain. Historically considered as “merely supporting” neurons, recent research has shown that astrocytes...

www.frontiersin.org

1 5

Reposted by Kai Murk

Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · May 27

journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... "Until I started my PhD, I played guitar in an all-girl punk rock band. We played gigs around Milan, and there are still some videos floating around on YouTube (no, I won't tell you the band name!)" We definitely picked the right JCS 2026 meeting organiser!

Cell scientist to watch – Francesca Bottanelli

ABSTRACT. Francesca Bottanelli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). Francesca graduated in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Mila...

journals.biologists.com

1 3 36

Reposted by Kai Murk

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

Wir starten in den Auswahltag der #Exzellenzcluster. Heute kommt das Expertengremium u. die für Wissenschaft und Forschung zuständigen Minister*innen von Bund und Ländern zusammen. Ab ca. 17 Uhr geben GWK-Vorsitzender Falko Mohrs u. Forschungsministerin Dorothee Bär die Ergebnisse bekannt.

Gruppenbild aus der Exzellenzkommission: GWK-Vorsitzender Falko Mohrs, Bundesforschungsministerin Dorothee Bär, DFG-Präsidentin Katja Becker, Wissenschaftsratsvorsitzender Wolfgang Wick.

2 8 42

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · May 12

A glimpse on the membrane trafficking part.

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · May 12

@leicamicrosystems.bsky.social Spinning Disk workshop: Tomorrow at 10.00 am at the Charité CCO, Berlin. Talks on phase separation of #synapse proteins, cell signaling, infection biology, and #actin in neuroprotective membrane trafficking during #TBI

1 1

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · May 7

Enjoy Bristol, one of my favourite places on this planet with a great research community.

2

Reposted by Kai Murk

astrocyteNet @astrocytenet.bsky.social · May 6

Today, I gave a talk about our work on Computational Models of Astrocytes at the Snapshot seminar hosted by the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience at Bristol University. Thank you for the invitation, @dr-vmosienko.bsky.social!

2 3 6

Kai Murk @kaimurk.bsky.social · May 7

On May 13th, a @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social Spinning Disk Microscopy workshop will take place at the Charité CCO. I am happy to contribute with a talk on #actin and #membranetrafficking under #TBI conditions. Please join, if you are interested in cool live cell imaging & cell biology.