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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 2d

Job alert!

We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?

See also on the forum:
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Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA

Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...

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EMBO @embo.org · 1d

Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026.

Deadline: 20 December 2025

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪

Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton

The cytoskeleton, a dynamic and intricate network of protein filaments, is found within the cytoplasm of all cells, from bacteria and archaea to complex eukaryotes. This essential cellular component …

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GdR ImaBio @gdrimabio.bsky.social · 3d

#Mifobio2025
Focus on the module 5:
👉 Physical measurements, control and handling -Mechanobiology

We are delighted to welcome Daria BONAZZI
@pasteur.fr @ijmonod.bsky.social

Lecture : “How Mechanical Forces Shape Bacterial Infections?”

👉 imabio-cnrs.fr

#GDRimabio #microscopy #biological_imaging

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 7d

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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Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · 23d

Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.

👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch

Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.

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Benoit Ladoux @bladoux.bsky.social · 21d

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.

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Júlia Garcia-Baucells @jugarbau.bsky.social · 19d

 1/6 Extremely happy to share my PhD work is out on bioRxiv! We discovered that microtubules deform mitotic centrosomes. When we removed them, the SPD-5 scaffold became denser but didn't lose material. This suggests it's an elastically deformable solid! This only happens in mitosis.

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 20d

📣 "Nous misons sur de multiples interactions entre les équipes de recherche"

📃 Retrouvez l'interview de @vdoye.bsky.social, Directrice de l'
@ijmonod.bsky.social pour la Fondation Bettencourt Schueller qui présente l'institut et son mode de fonctionnement

🔗 www.fondationbs.org/magazine/sci...

« Nous misons sur de multiples interactions entre les équipes de recherche »

L’Institut Jacques Monod – Unité Mixte du CNRS et de l’Université Paris Cité – est aujourd’hui l’une de

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 27d

Are you ready for a symposium dedicated to microtubule dynamics, function, and structure? 🙌

#EESMicrotubules will bring together researchers who share an interest in microtubule biology and its relevance to health and disease 🩺

💻 s.embl.org/ees26-09-bl
✒️ Submit your abstract by 11 March

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Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · Aug 25

💫NEW: Das, @fabianspill.bsky.social & co combine intracellular cartography and biophysical modelling to reveal how edge curvature governs endoplasmic reticulum (ER) morphology, showing that curvature-dependent ER reorganization directs distinct modes of epithelial cell migration.
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Edge curvature drives endoplasmic reticulum reorganization and dictates epithelial migration mode - Nature Cell Biology

Rawal et al. combine intracellular cartography and biophysical modelling to reveal how edge curvature governs endoplasmic reticulum (ER) morphology, showing that curvature-dependent ER reorganization ...

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Seminar

📅 September 12th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Invited by @minclab.bsky.social, Jan Brugues ( @tudresden.bsky.social ) will give the Institut Jacques Monod Seminar "Self-organization of the cytoplasm by physical instabilities "

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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · Aug 13

Regulation of the cell wall integrity pathway at the contact site between mating partners in yeast https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.12.669915v1

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Marko Kaksonen @kaksonen.bsky.social · Jul 10

How does evolution shape ancient cellular processes? Our new paper uncovers the mosaic evolution of conserved and diverging endocytic traits in fungi!

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Mosaic evolution of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in fungi

Picco et al. take an evolutionary approach to study clathrin-mediated endocytosis in a fungal clade and discover that the process is evolving in a mosaic fashion. The early phase of endocytosis has sh...

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Aug 11

✍️ The @minclab.bsky.social contributed to the publication of a new article
📖 @biophysj.bsky.social
📃 Inferring diffusion, reaction, and exchange parameters from imperfect FRAP
🔗 www.cell.com/biophysj/abs...

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Aug 4

It is with infinite sadness that we learned of the passing of Clarisse Orniacki.

She joined @vdoye.bsky.social lab and defended her thesis in December 2022 and pursued her career with a postdoc in‬ @tedfon.bsky.social at McGill University in Montreal .

Tribute 🔗 www.ijm.fr/tribute-to-c...

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · Jul 29

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond.
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Head of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organisation, and one of the world’s leading research institutions. An intergovernmental organisation of 29 Member S...

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Jul 17

CDR2 is a dynein adaptor recruited by kinectin to regulate ER sheet organization, say Vanessa Teixeira, Reto Gassmann @rgassmann.bsky.social and colleagues @i3suporto.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Cytoskeleton #Biochemistry #Organelles

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Bioconf @bioconf.bsky.social · Jul 16

Upcoming seminar by Jan Brugues: Self-organization of the cytoplasm by physical instabilities at Institut Jacques Monod, Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:45. More info

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Institut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢 Institut Jacques Monod Lecture

📅 July 11th
📍 Institut Jacques Monod

Tomorrow, Gijsje Konderick ( @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social‬ ‬ ), will give the Institut Jacques Monod Lecture "How cytoskeletal crosstalk makes cells strong"

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · Jul 8

Ever wished to become an actin star? 😎
Then try getting suspended above a non-adhesive substrate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A multicellular star-shaped actin network underpins epithelial organization and connectivity - Nature Communications

The combined role of cellular junctions and actomyosin networks in tissues remains unclear. Here, the authors identify a tissue-scale star-shaped network of actomyosin that preserves cell shape, limit...

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Barone Lab @baronelab.bsky.social · Jul 7

This postdoc position is still open! Apply if you want to come work with us on asymmetric cell divisions in spiralian embryos! postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

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Marko Kaksonen @kaksonen.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hello microscopy and imaging experts and enthusiasts!
We are looking for a staff scientist to join us here in Geneva to work on microscopy and image analysis projects! See the link for the job announcement (in French and in English).

Please apply and/or repost!

jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

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Jérôme Gros @jeromegros.bsky.social · Apr 15

Registration is now open!

Gastrulation Reloaded: Developing, engineering & evolving the body plan

📅 October 14–17, 2025
📍 Paris, France
🗓️ Abstract & early bird deadline: July 15, 2025

www.gastrulation-reloaded.conferences-pasteur.org/home

Exceptional lineup of speakers & many selected talks

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Hugo Wioland @hugowioland.bsky.social · Jul 7

Registration and abstract submission for the 2025 SFP Physics & Life days are now open!
The meeting will be held on October 2-3 at the Institute Jacques Monod, Paris. Deadline: September 5.
phys-life-2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
@sfp-physique.bsky.social

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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

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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…

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