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Renkawitz Lab
@renkawitzteam.bsky.social
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Our lab unravels the mechanobiology and cellbiology of immune cells, their migration & cytoskeleton, their organelles, and their cell-matrix interplay using #imaging, #screening, and #bioengineering @bmc-lmu.bsky.social www.renkawitz-lab.com
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Renkawitz Lab @renkawitzteam.bsky.social · Apr 28
Excited to share our discovery www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

that the #centrosome is prone to breakage!

Using #motile cells, we identify centrosome breakage during #pathfinding, caused by #actin #forces, & prevented by #Dyrk3

Kudos to 1st author Madeleine & thanks to all collaborators!

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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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EMBO @embo.org · 1d
Want to apply for an EMBO Postdoctoral #Fellowship? 🧪

Here are tips from the EMBO Fellowship Committee:
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#LifeSciences #grant #funding
How to apply for an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship: Tips from the Committee
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Renkawitz Lab @renkawitzteam.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you for the fantastic organisation of the conference and for assembling this excellent scientific program with numerous great poster sessions. I am already looking forward to the next CellMech conference in two years!
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CellMech2025 @cellmech2025.bsky.social · 7d
And now our keynote speaker Jorg Renkawitz will share how mechanics and the microenvironment regulate immune cell behaviour. @renkawitzteam.bsky.social #cellmech2025
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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · 9d
How do #stemcells integrate information to coordinate fate decisions? Delighted to finally see our work showing how growth factors regulate the mechano-osmotic state of the #nucleus and #chromatin to control #pluripotency exit out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... see 🧵 👇
Mechano-osmotic signals control chromatin state and fate transitions in pluripotent stem cells - Nature Cell Biology
McCreery, Stubb et al. show that mechano-osmotic changes in the nucleus induce general transcriptional repression and prime chromatin for cell fate transitions by relieving repression of specific differentiation genes.
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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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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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Jeff Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social · 20d
Congrats to @errricpeterman.bsky.social on leading our latest paper now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social ! Eric found multiple roles for microtubules in tissue-resident macrophage homeostasis and function -- including in helping macrophages navigate around epithelial obstacles during wound repair👇
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Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social · 20d
now online! check out our work describing roles for microtubules in tissue-resident macrophages during directed cell migration. thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for a stress-free publication process
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Microtubules in a skin-resident macrophage
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Daniel J. Cohen (Princeton) @djcohen.bsky.social · 21d
SCHEPHERD--the bioelectric cell herding platform built for YOU. Single cells, monolayers, organoids--this herds them all + new tricks. Plz try it-- we will *give* you parts! Teaser here of a steering a single cell. GS Yubin Lin's lifeblood with J. Yodh on piano; Celeste R. and Paul K. Thread 1/N
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Biology Open @biologyopen.bsky.social · Sep 8
To expand the Fast & Fair peer review experiment to more subject areas, we are inviting our community members to join the Biology Open peer reviewer pool. Your participation and commitment are key to the success of this initiative. Apply at bit.ly/428Cszt
#fastandfairpeerreview
Fast & Fair peer review A new initiative offering high-quality peer review within 7 working days of submission Biology Open logo to the left Fast & Fair peer review
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Jan Lammerding - Lab @lammerdinglab.bsky.social · Aug 29
Final call to register and submit abstracts for the @faseborg.bsky.social conference on the Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus (#MBNSRC) to be considered for platform presentations. The conference takes place in Melbourne, FL, Oct. 26-30, 2025. See more info at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
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Dagmar Iber & CoBi @iberd.bsky.social · Jul 30
How can cells self-organize rapidly into complex patterns during development?

Let’s explore a powerful and underappreciated mechanism: Directed Cell Migration (DCM).

Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jul 29
Our Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route is now open for applications, providing a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m over a five-year period.

#RSGrants
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Paul & Virginie - Centriole Lab @centriolelab.bsky.social · Jul 21
🚨 New EMBO Practical Course!
Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue 🔬
📅 20–24 Apr 2026 | 📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Co-organised with @banterlegroup.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social

💡 Register your interest to get notified when registration opens:

🔗 www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · Jul 23
1 month to abstract deadline for the first cell biology of the nucleus meeting at @embl.org in many years - organised by the stellar @luskinglab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Tom Quail & Simone Koehler

Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️

#EESNucleus
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · Jul 16
📢Call for speakers

We are looking for ECRs to speak in our mini-symposium run together with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series organised by ‪@franbottanelli.bsky.social @felixmendu.bsky.social & @ishier.bsky.social.

focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/14/f...

Apply by 24 August
FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - apply to give a talk - FocalPlane
FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - apply to give a talk - News
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BaumjohannLab @baumjohannlab.bsky.social · Jul 22
🚨 There is a new W2 Professorship for Tumor Immunology (permanent position) available in our department. 🎓 🧫 🧪 🔬

ℹ️ Check out the details here: www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...

⏰ Apply now! Application deadline is August 26, 2025.

📢 Please share!

@unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social
W2 Professorship for Tumor Immunology
W2 Professorship
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EMBO @embo.org · Jul 21
More than 100 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellows from 30+ countries got together for this year's EMBO Fellows’ Meeting.

Read about the fellows' experience and the enriching programme: www.embo.org/features/sha...

#EMBOFellows #LifeSciences #Networking
Sharing science and creating connections – Features – EMBO
More than 100 postdoctoral researchers met at the EMBO Fellows' Meeting
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Jan Lammerding - Lab @lammerdinglab.bsky.social · Jul 16
Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC.
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!
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Ivaska Lab @ivaskalab.bsky.social · Jul 16
Latest from Ivaska Lab ▶️ Niklas Jäntti et al delve deep into the roles of EPLINα/β on integrin trafficking and breast cancer outcomes!

Congratulations to all the authors!

Check the paper out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
EPLINα controls integrin recycling from Rab21 endosomes to drive breast cancer cell migration
Epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN), an actin-binding protein, has been described as both a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor in different c…
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CellMech2025 @cellmech2025.bsky.social · Jun 26
🚨 Our final program is online!!!

You can now check the schedule for Invited Speakers, Oral talks, Poster sessions, etc!

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Programme
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jul 7
SNAP-tag is a widespread tool for labelling protein for bioimaging. An article published in Nature Chemical Biology presents SNAP-tag2 with increased labelling kinetics and brightness, which translates into a better performance in live-cell super-resolution imaging. go.nature.com/46fMIZd 🧪
This is figure 2 showing how SNAP-tag engineering is aiming for faster and brighter fluorescence labeling
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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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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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Ulrich Schwarz @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social · Jun 22
📢Conference alert📢

Only one week left to register for the Engineering Life 2025 Symposium at Dresden September 1-3. This year's edition focuses on the function of mechanical forces in biology.

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Engineering Life 2025: ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MECHANICAL FORCES IN BIOLOGY
Engineering Life 2025, biological forces, force spectroscopy, measuring forces, developmental forces, molecular motors, forces in morphogenesis, cytoskeleton, DNA mechanics, bionanotechnology
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HetCCI (SPP 2493) @hetcci.bsky.social · Jun 11
Proud to kick-off #HetCCI, a DFG-funded research consortium in Germany (Priority Programme #SPP2493 on heterotypic cell-cell interactions in epithelia). Follow us if interested in how epithelial cells interact with non-epithelial tissues in different settings! Webpage will follow asap. #cellbiology
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