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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing time last week at Driving Discoveries! Thank you @kidneyresearchuk.org for the opportunity to share our work and meet scientists, clinicians and patients. Very motivated!
@cengem.bsky.social

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you Tim! @timisstuck.bsky.social It was a great working with @lsajournal.org!

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations Dagmar and team! @wachtenlab.bsky.social

WachtenLab @wachtenlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 New in The EMBO Journal!
Loss of BBS8 disrupts ciliary Hedgehog signaling, switching adipocyte precursors into fibrogenic cells—remodeling adipose tissue before obesity begins.
🔬 #BBS #cilia @for5547.bsky.social @sfb1454.bsky.social @batenergy.bsky.social
📄 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

BBS8-dependent ciliary Hedgehog signaling governs cell fate in the white adipose tissue | The EMBO Journal

imageimageDisruption of ciliogenesis in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) leads to obesity and disrupted adipogenesis. This study reveals that ciliary dysfunction in a mouse model of BBS induces a a cell fa...

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EuroCilia2027 @eurocilia.bsky.social · Aug 11

Have you saved the date for #Cilia2027?
It is going to be in March 2027 at this lake near #Milan. 👇

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Aug 18

Also, thank you to @lsajournal.org and our reviewers for making this a better paper!

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thrilled for the publication of our latest paper on the role of SAS-6 in invasion.
This was a pre-pandemic and post-pandemic effort that would not have been possible without our students and the support of so many colleagues and friends!

@zech-lab.bsky.social @cengem.bsky.social #cilia #centrioles

Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · Aug 18

SAS-6 promotes invasion through YAP pathway activation @cengem.bsky.social @tanosbarbara.bsky.social
www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/10...

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very proud of Aimée Gowans for defending her MPhil at Brunel University of London! She is going away for a PhD! I hope to be a part of her science family and continue to mentor/support her in the future.

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thrilled to have joined the University of London! ‪@uolondon.bsky.social‬ @cengem.bsky.social ‪@kidneyresearchuk.org‬

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Jun 5

Amazing meeting showcasing our work. Thank you @JHMRF for bringing us together!

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · May 7

What puzzles me about cilia and cancer is how ciliary signals can promote of block cancer cells. Thank you @oncogenejournal, colleagues, reviewers and editors and hopefully we did a good job with this review. #cancer #cilia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you Oncogene for this opportunity and very grateful to the reviewers, editors and colleagues for making this manuscript better. And, of course, thankful to my student, Rebecca Collinson, for following on my crazy ideas!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Primary cilia and cancer: a tale of many faces - Oncogene

Oncogene - Primary cilia and cancer: a tale of many faces

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Mar 25

The 2025 @bsdb.bsky.social Wolpert Medal goes to Pleasantine Mill @cilialab.bsky.social 🎉

In this interview, Pleasantine talks about why it’s important, now more than ever, for scientists to engage in community work:
thenode.biologists.com/an-interview...

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Inna Nikonorova @inikon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Just out! We used C. elegans to trace the cargo of ciliary EVs and found that their loading is a regulated process involving polycystins. @barrlab.bsky.social communities.springernature.com/posts/tiny-m...

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Feb 28

Dismantling federal utilities that are clearly a public good (NWS, NIH, NSF, CDC, etc.) is such a clear overarching theme of an administration that seems committed to dragging the US backwards to a time when Americans could not rely on expertise and evidence to ensure a better, safer life

Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · Feb 28

The NWS is a critical public utility, and it would be extremely difficult to rebuild if torn down. This is not, in short, an acceptable setting in which to “move fast and break things.”
9/11

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Feb 8

At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Feb 8

Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Jan 23

Happy When my students shine! Well done Aimee!

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · Jan 14

We will be back 22/04/2025 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposium- volunteer to speak here: forms.gle/jt7MenwJ4hN9... OR sign up for the series here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... #UKcilia2025 /fin

BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-Symposia Series

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Moe Mahjoub @mahjoublab.bsky.social · Dec 20

Happy Holidays and #FluorescenceFriday to all! 🔬

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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · Dec 14

Couldn't make @ascbiology.bsky.social annual meeting this year ☹️ - hope everyone has a blast. Check out Journal of Cell Science booth @jcellsci.bsky.social - we are the good publishers who care about the science community!

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you Maureen!

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Dec 5

There is a growing tendency to view everything as a product to be sold, but science is different, it is not a product, it's a process requiring critical thinking and evidence. Thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social and Sara Morais da Silva for giving me a voice.

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Dec 5

Our Cell Scientist to Watch interview is with @tanosbarbara.bsky.social. We hear about Barbara’s career, her research on centrioles and cilia and her best advice for her students.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Dec 4

Very humbled and honored to share my story. Thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social and Sara Morais da Silva for the interview!

journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

@cengem.bsky.social

Cell scientist to watch – Barbara Tanos

ABSTRACT. Barbara Tanos is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences in the Department of Life Sciences at Brunel University London (UK). Barbara received her undergraduate degree from the University o...

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Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thank you Kirsty! Could you please add me?

Barbara Tanos @tanosbarbara.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thank you @susanagodinho.bsky.social, could you add me?

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