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Florian Schur

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[email protected] Cryo-EM/Structural Biology/Cell Biology/Virology located @ ISTA profile image credits: F-actin (Jesse Hansen/ISTA); photo (Anna Stöcher/ISTA)

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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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Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks!

Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · 13d

Huntingtin binds and bundles F-actin!
Thrilled to team up with the Humbert (Sorbonne Université) and Song (KAIST) labs on this discovery.
We had a blast doing cryo-ET on this unexpected complex — and now so many new questions lie ahead!
#TeamTomo #CryoET #HTT #actin

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Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations!!!

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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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Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

We're hiring a postdoc!
Join our ActinID project to explore an uncharacterized actin-binding protein.

- Background in cell and/or structural biology?
- Eager to bridge both fields?

Get in touch if you're curious or have questions!
#cellbiology #cryoEM #cryoET #actin

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Postdoc Research Group Schur

The Schur lab at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has an open postdoc position for a highly motivated candidate to be part of our ERC-funded project ActinID. Our Group ...

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Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Great work by Benjamin Springstein @huepfkiesel.bsky.social
and the lab of Martin Loose @nartimsoole.bsky.social.
Really stunning finding of the evolutionary repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cell shape cytoskeletal system in cyanobacteria. Make sure to have a look!

Martin Loose @nartimsoole.bsky.social · Jul 2

One of the most exciting discoveries from our lab so far is now online as a preprint!

Read a story on how the ParMR and Min systems started to collaborate to create the CorMR cytoskeleton, which now controls cell shape in multicellular cyanobacteria:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Evolutionary repurposing of a DNA segregation machinery into a cytoskeletal system controlling cyanobacterial cell shape

Bacteria, despite their diversity, use conserved cytoskeletal systems for their intracellular organization. In unicellular bacteria, the ParMRC DNA partitioning apparatus is well known for forming act...

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Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to Darya Chernikova from the lab who was awarded the Joint EMBO|FEBS Lecture Courses Special 2005–2025 Award at the "Physical Virology: across length scales" Workshop
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We are delighted to share another recipient of the 'Joint EMBO|FEBS Lecture Courses Special 2005–2025 Award'! | FEBS

We are delighted to share another recipient of the 'Joint EMBO|FEBS Lecture Courses Special 2005–2025 Award'! In 2025 FEBS and EMBO celebrate the delivery of over 50 courses funded together ...

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Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Dec 20

Congratulations! Fantastic news!!!!

Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Nov 15

Had a great time at the Integrative Structural Biology Symposium in Barcelona and the Alba Synchrotron, organized by the Spanish Integrative Structural Biology Infrastructure Network (ISBIN) .
Great line-up of speakers, presenting different methods and applications. Thanks for having me!

Florian Schur @schurlab.bsky.social · Nov 14

Would be great to be added here as well! Thanks