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GdR ImaBio @gdrimabio.bsky.social · 4d

🔬For 22 years, we have been organizing #Mifobio "Functional Microscopy for Biology" the @cnrs.fr thematic school.

🎓 Courses, Seminars, Round Tables, Workshops. The overall theme concerns #biological_imaging in its most interdisciplinary aspects.

👉 Program: imabio-cnrs.fr

#GDRImaBio #Mifobio2025

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you @cellmech2025.bsky.social for the invitation, great science, great people, great community!

CellMech2025 @cellmech2025.bsky.social · 6d

What an interesting talk!! Thank you so much, @memilieterret.bsky.social!
#cellmech2025

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 20d

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.

mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 29d

Which city is the best for Cytoskeleton research?
Dresden? Barcelona? Cambridge ? Noooo ... you all know its Paris, right? 😎
Registering to the annual meeting on Friday 14th of November is now open:
pcd2025.sciencesconf.org
Keynote speeches by @carter-lab.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht !

Paris Cytoskeleton Day 2025 - Sciencesconf.org

pcd2025.sciencesconf.org

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mhverlhac.bsky.social @mhverlhac.bsky.social · Aug 28

Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026).
For more information, please contact: [email protected]

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Jul 29

What an incredible act of generosity!

Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · Jul 28

We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.

His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬

Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m

MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological Laboratory

Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis [email protected]; 973.800.4119

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is a great meeting with great people and great science! Thanks again @jovinelab.org and @Rafael Fissore for the invitation!

Luca Jovine @jovinelab.org · Jul 22

Excited that the Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization and Activation of Development 2025 (and associated GRS) is just a few days away!

www.grc.org/fertilizatio...

www.grc.org/fertilizatio...

#GRC #GRS #fertilization #development #egg #sperm

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Jul 18

Nice!!!

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Jun 21

congratulations @alexandra-colin.bsky.social

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CNRS Alpes @cnrsalpes.bsky.social · Jun 18

[ #TalentsCNRS ]🥉

Simplifier pour mieux comprendre le vivant🔬

Au LPCV, @alexandra-colin.bsky.social étudie l’organisation du cytosquelette d’actine sur des systèmes biomimétiques.

Ses recherches sur ces mécanismes clés de la cellule lui valent la médaille de bronze 2025 du @cnrs.fr 👏

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MAYosis @mayosis.bsky.social · May 5

It's going to be MAYosis !!!

Register : meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...

We have it all : meiotic drive, recombination, adaptation, pairing, segregation, interference, resection, crossover landscape, chromosome axis, synaptonemal complex, chromosome dynamics !
#Meiosis4ever

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Mar 28

36 slots for selected talks from abstracts! Join us and share your latest research!
Deadline for early registration coming up next week

Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · Feb 3

📣Exciting meeting ahead!
Join us next June in beautiful Cassis for #ShapingLife3!
www.atoutcom.com/shaping-life/
@justinmcrocker.bsky.social @mhverlhac.bsky.social @guignardlab.bsky.social @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social @dudinlab.bsky.social @flowerwhatelse.bsky.social @sfbd.bsky.social

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Mar 21

I had exactly the same question... 😬

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thanks @cellmech2025.bsky.social for the invitation!! Very happy to attend this conference, meet colleagues, and present some of the team's results!

CellMech2025 @cellmech2025.bsky.social · Mar 13

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟

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🥚🔬 @memilieterret.bsky.social, co-director of the "Oocyte Mechanics & Morphogenesis" team at Collège de France, explores how oocyte mechanics shape embryo development

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Armelle Rancillac 🔬 @rancillac.bsky.social · Mar 8

#StandUpForScience in France 💪

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Stand Up for Science Paris et région parisienne @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social · Mar 7

ON Y EST ! Rendez-vous tout à l'heure pour défendre les valeurs scientifiques : apportez pancartes, instruments, énergie, et fleurs pour la statue de la liberté en fin de parcours. Pensez à taguer ce compte pour qu'on partage vos photos 👍 1/ ⬇️ #StandUpforScience #StandUpforScienceFrance

Visuel avec itinéraire de la marche (Place Jussieu, Collège de France, Place de la Sorbonne, Port-Royal) et horaires : 9h30-11h conférence de presse au Collège de France, amphithéâtre Halbwachs - 11h30-13h conférence grand public à Jussieu (amphithéâtre 45B) - 13h30 Marche pour les sciences avec rassemblement place Jussieu

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GdR AQV @gdraqv.bsky.social · Feb 19

Registration for the next GdR AQV days is now open until April 18th. The conference will take place in Sète - May 26th to 28th. aqv-days-2025.sciencesconf.org
There are many slots for oral communication. Come and join the French biophysics community!

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · Mar 5

Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required.
Please Repost 🙏 thanks !

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Armelle Rancillac 🔬 @rancillac.bsky.social · Mar 5

Stand up for Science!
Partout dans le monde et à Paris.
Nous comptons sur vous le 7 mars !
9h30 – Conférence de presse ouverte au public au Collège de France
11h30 – Tables rondes et exposés ouverts au public à Jussieu (amphithéâtre 45B)
13h30 – Marche #StandUpForScience
👉 standupforscience.fr

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Stand Up for Science Paris et région parisienne @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social · Mar 4

📆 Les actions communes prévues à Paris le 7 mars 📆 Pensez à signaler vos propres actions de terrain sur standupforscience.fr/tous-les-eve...

9h30-11h – Conférence de presse ouverte au public au Collège de France (amphithéâtre Halbwachs) avec des exposés courts de Patrick Boucheron (Professeur au Collège de France), Dominique Costagliola (Directrice de Recherche Emérite à l’Inserm), Valérie Masson-Delmotte (Directrice de recherche, CEA) et Claire Mathieu (Directrice de Recherche, CNRS), consacrés aux menaces contre les sciences et aux raisons de la mobilisation.

11h30-13h – Tables rondes et exposés ouverts au public à Jussieu (amphithéâtre 45B), avec des interventions de Florence Débarre (Directrice de recherche CNRS en biologie évolutive), Johanna Siméant Germanos (Professeur de science politique, ENS), Michaël Zemmour (Professeur de sciences économiques à l’Université Lyon 2) et une table ronde sur le climat avec notamment la participation de Valérie Masson-Delmotte (Directrice de recherche, CEA).

13h30 – Rassemblement place Jussieu, mêlant étudiants, citoyens, chercheurs et universitaires, avant une marche au travers du Quartier Latin (Jussieu - rue des Ecoles - Place de la Sorbonne - Boulevard Saint-Michel - Port Royal) ponctuée de happenings et d’interventions au Collège de France et place de la Sorbonne.

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Stand Up for Science Paris et région parisienne @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social · Mar 3

L'administration Tump s'attaque à la liberté de la recherche (la liste : climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...). Le 7 mars, mobilisons-nous pour les sciences ! Infos sur les actions organisées en région parisienne 👉 standupforscience.fr #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScienceFrance

"Pas de liberté, pas de recherche." (Omar S.)

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Christophe Le Clainche @actin-paris-saclay.bsky.social · Feb 24

Don't miss the opportunity to come and work with us, as this is the last week to apply for our cell biology group leader position.

Application deadline: Feb 28, 2025

Christophe Le Clainche @actin-paris-saclay.bsky.social · Jan 27

The Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) is recruiting group leaders in cell biology.

Don't miss the opportunity to start your team in the vibrant environment of Paris-Saclay University.

Application deadline: Feb 28, 2025

www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Feb 20

Interested in how it could be applied to human oocyte? Check our preprint on the characterization of human oocyte mechanical properties using Atomic Force Microscopy:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

www.biorxiv.org

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Feb 20

A big congratulations to all the authors for this collaborative and interdisciplinary work!
Lucie BARBIER, Rose Bulteau, Behnam Rezaei, Thomas Panier, @gaellel.bsky.social Elsa Labrune, @mhverlhac.bsky.social Franck Vernerey, Clément Campillo.

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@MEmilieTerret @memilieterret.bsky.social · Feb 20

This non-invasive method was able to distinguish mechanically aberrant from healthy control oocytes, and no long-term damage was observed, fertilized mouse oocytes developing normally. It could pave the way for clinical applications in assisted reproduction.

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