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Guillaume Charras @gcharras.bsky.social · 9d

Can pressure gradients persist over long timescales in animal cells? We induced intracellular pressure gradients and examined the resulting flows in single cells. We reveal surprisingly long lasting pressure gradients.

More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · 12d

Super cool! Looking forward to trying this reporter!

Glover lab @glover-lab.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · 16d

So nice!

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · 27d

@ucl-cdb.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · 27d

📣Our project, “Mechanometabolic Control of Vertebrate Limb Elongation,” has been funded by Wellcome!
Over the next 8 years, we’ll collaborate with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Nathalie Agar’s group to understand the mechanics of ECM-rich mesenchymal tissues! Funded positions available!🎉

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Alex Schier @schierlab.bsky.social · Aug 10

Everything (and more) you wanted to know about Nodal Signaling. A Paradigm for TGFβ Signaling in Embryonic Development | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Nodal Signaling: A Paradigm for TGFβ Signaling in Embryonic Development | Annual Reviews

Nodal signaling molecules are TGFβ family ligands that arose early during bilaterian evolution and are crucial for several key steps in embryonic development. They regulate the specification of mesode...

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · Aug 8

Nice!

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Diez Lab @ TU Dresden @stefandiezlab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Few spots left on our @bcube-tud.bsky.social organised hashtag #Symposium:
Engineering Life 2025: Origin and Function of Mechanical Forces in Biology ⚙️🧬

📆 September 1-3, 2025
📍 Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden

Register now (Deadline 31 July 2025): engineering-life-dresden.de

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · Jul 24

After 15 years of controversy, @science.org retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper

After 15 years of controversy, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper

Science has retracted a 2010 paper describing a strain of bacteria that purportedly substituted arsenic for phosphorus, an element present in all known life. Science/AAAS Fifteen years after publis…

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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · Jul 22

Somatic cells compartmentalise their metabolism to sustain germ cell survival https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666113v1

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · Jul 20

Great thread by @amichaut.bsky.social

Arthur Michaut 🔬🐣 @amichaut.bsky.social · Jul 20

Check out this thread I wrote for @epimechfc.bsky.social ⬇️

epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · Jul 20

If you’ve been following this account closely, you might already know methods to probe mechanics in vitro, but what about in live embryos?

I’m @amichaut.bsky.social, and I’m going to share a few great papers on this aspect of #EpithelialMechanics.

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Arthur Michaut 🔬🐣 @amichaut.bsky.social · Jul 20

Check out this thread I wrote for @epimechfc.bsky.social ⬇️

epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · Jul 20

If you’ve been following this account closely, you might already know methods to probe mechanics in vitro, but what about in live embryos?

I’m @amichaut.bsky.social, and I’m going to share a few great papers on this aspect of #EpithelialMechanics.

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congratulations @clementrodier.bsky.social @frankschnorrer.bsky.social et al!

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Frank Schnorrer @frankschnorrer.bsky.social · Jul 10

SARCOMERES divide! Mechanism how muscles grow while contracting - daughter sarcomeres appear everywhere. Seen live, registered on our cover. Pioneered by @clementrodier.bsky.social @friedrich-group.bsky.social Ian Estabrook @ibdm.bsky.social $ by @hfspo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Manning Research Group @manningresearch.bsky.social · Jul 9

Why do vertex models work so well to predict tissue fluidity/rigidity, even though they are simple and possibly even wrong? A new paper in PRX Life
@prxlife.bsky.social, spearheaded by @sadjadarzash.bsky.social and Ojan Damavandi, suggests universality may explain: journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...

Universality in the Mechanical Behavior of Vertex Models for Biological Tissues

A systematic comparison of diverse cell packing models reveals shared mechanical rules that govern how tissues stiffen, yield, and reorganize---shedding light on the physical logic behind morphogenesi...

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · Jul 7

So cool, Brent!

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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · Jun 28

SAVE THE DATE!! #2026SDB
🧪🧬🔬🧫🎉
(Never been to Vegas 😂 Exciting!!)

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Company of Biologists Workshop - Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism

Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita.

#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research

Group photo from the Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism Workshop

Held at Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
22-25 June 2025

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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · Jun 6

A closed feedback between tissue phase transitions and morphogen gradients drives patterning dynamics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.06.658228v1

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Suraj Shankar 🏳️‍🌈 @surajshankar.bsky.social · May 15

Beautiful work as always from the @bhamlalab.bsky.social ! Flamingoes use swirling flows to trap and catch preys!

Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · May 14

🦩💨 Flamingos feed using tornadoes

New research shows flamingos create tornado-like vortices using their beak, head, & feet - actively trapping prey in swirling water traps.

🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

#SciComm #Ecology #Flamingos 🧪

Flamingos use their L-shaped beak and morphing feet to induce vortical traps for prey capture | PNAS

Flamingos feature one of the most sophisticated filter-feeding systems among birds, characterized by upside-down feeding, comb-like lamellae, and a...

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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢 Fresh off the press and featuring new exciting experiments! 🧪
We show how glycolytic activity instructs germ layer proportions through regulation of Nodal and Wnt signaling - happy to finally share this 😊
doi.org/10.1016/j.st...

B2B with @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social lab: doi.org/10.1016/j.st... 🤩

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Apr 8

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist

"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."

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Alberto Elosegui-Artola @aeloseguiartola.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thrilled to share our new review article!
“The role of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity in development and disease” written together with Olivia Courbot is now published in npj Biological Physics and Mechanics. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ECM #Mechanobiology #DevelopmentalBiology

The role of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity in development and disease - npj Biological Physics and Mechanics

npj Biological Physics and Mechanics - The role of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity in development and disease

www.nature.com

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · Apr 3

Amen

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Apr 3

The Tariff rate is calculated the same way as the Impact Factor

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lab-scita.bsky.social @lab-scita.bsky.social · Apr 2

Curious about how percolation theory enable understanding the impact of mechanical heterogeneity in model breast cancer cells check this by Leo Camillo Chiara and joseph #giavazzi, #Voituriez
doi.org/10.21203/rs....

Contact percolation sets flocking phase transition via chemo-mechanical feedback in heterogeneous breast cancer

Breast cancer progression is driven by dynamic changes in tissue mechanics that promote phase transitions toward collective cell movement, immune activation, and invasion. While previous investigation...

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