Congratulations, Shashank! Well deserved.
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Congratulations, Shashank! Well deserved.
Newest advancement in German train technology: Stealth S-Bahn (Overground) train in Berlin. According to the @deutschebahn.com announcement, the train stands here ready for departure, but I cannot see it, although I am supposedly standing right in front of it...
Postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Are you interested in the actin cytoskeleton? I am looking for a postdoc to examine the cellular, developmental or physiological role of Arp2/3 iso-complex driven actin polymerisation. Multiple aspects available.
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc2026
2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word.
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
Postdocs wanted - Please spread the word! We are looking for one bioinformatician and 1-2 cell biologists with different expertise! See the job ad below for more information and links to the job descriptions!
FÖRDERENTSCHEIDUNGEN und TERMINE 2026 25.-26.03. Senat / Hauptausschuss 27.03. neue / verlängerte Forschungsgruppen 27.03. neue Schwerpunktprogramme SPP 15.05. neue / verlängerte SFB 01.06. neue / verlängerte Graduiertenkollegs 29.06.-01.07. DFG-Jahresversammlung in Bonn 29.-30.06. Senat / Hauptausschuss 01.07. neue / verlängerte Forschungsgruppen 01.07. DFG-Jahresbericht 2025 16.-17.09. Senat / Hauptausschuss 18.09. neue / verlängerte Forschungsgruppen 16.11. neue / verlängerte Graduiertenkollegs 26.11. neue / verlängerte SFB 09.-10.12. Senat / Hauptausschuss 10.12. Forschungsimpulse FIP 11.12. neue / verlängerte Forschungsgruppen
Termine! 📅 2026 tagen die DFG-Gremien turnusmäßig wieder 4 Mal – und beraten sich über Anträge in der Einzelförderung, von Forschungsgruppen und andere Entscheidungsvorlagen. Die Ausschüsse der Graduiertenkollegs (GRK) und Sonderforschungsbereichen (SFB) kommen an gesonderten Terminen zusammen.
20-plex volumetric super-resolution imaging of cellular ultrastructure. Preprint, led by @seweryn-galecki.bsky.social, dropping soon.
In parallel, we'll be publishing a special issue on Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics - you can find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...
Submission deadline: 1 April 2026
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
Great study in @natneuro.nature.com revealing reactive astrocyte-specific enhancers by @margheritazamboni.bsky.social et al (@ellorens.bsky.social, @ki.se) + it brings along a neat AAV to target reactive astrocytes => definitely one tool that we want to try out www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Are you interested in cytoskeleton and looking for a postdoc position? I will be advertising positions in the new year but happy to chat in person if you are attending ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social in Philadelphia. Just drop me a line.
Introducing mScarlet3-S2: a highly photostable and bright red fluorescent protein.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Researchers at the Crick, @psich.bsky.social and @esrf.fr have developed a new way to look deeper into brain cell connections by using a particle accelerator and a kind of resin borrowed from the aerospace industry.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Very cool indeed!
Tomorrow we will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of our AMBIO Imaging Facility. I am very much to see a lot of cutting edge microscopy data.
Check out our recent preprint, "Live longitudinal imaging of meningeal cerebrovascular injury and its sequelae in adult zebrafish."
lnkd.in/gN7z6th4
Macrophages are super!
SoRA (superresolution after optical reassignment) microscopy video of a primary human macrophage transfected with Lifeact-GFP to visualize actin-rich podosomes.
Star-like appearance is due to connecting cables linking individual podosomes into a cell-wide superstructure ✨
A fantastic paper by my @hhmijanelia.bsky.social colleague and friend Heejun Choi (who is on the job market!). Another elegant use of the Janelia Fluor dyes for cellular imaging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.
This study reflects the dedication of a great team over many years. I am sincerely thankful to my co-first author Tom Bickel, to our PI Christian Madry and to all collaborators who brought their expertise and care to this work.
Read the full story here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Microglia are the brain’s most dynamic cells, constantly extending and retracting their processes to monitor the parenchyma and respond to potential danger with inflammatory signaling.
Our new study in @ScienceAdvances @science.org explores how these functions are regulated.
This is from one preparation from mouse cortex E16.5. Microglia and astrocytes are kind of rare at this stage but keep the act (culture) together.
Check out our exciting project on sex differences at the BBB
#sex_differences #astrocytes #depression
Funding: @fwf-at.bsky.social
In collaboration with @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social
Very interesting paper in Science Advances by the Madry lab showing that the chloride channel Clic1 regulates morphodynamics and surveillance of #microglia via ERM proteins. These functions are chloride independent. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#microscopymonday video on a multitalented housekeeper in the #brain: Watch amidst #neurons an #astrocyte. The astrocyte phagocytoses debris but is rather stationary compared to the bypassing #microglia cell. #Neurons thrive around the astrocyte and outgrow neurites.
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
Total imaging duration was 48 hours.
This #microscopymonday is a cleaning day. Watch how a #microglia cell mops up and phagozytoses debris and junk in a very messy neuronal co-culture. BTW, it was a proper cleaning job → the neurons made it and formed nice networks
Phase contrast imaging started at DIV1. One frame per 20 min.
Congratulations, Suze!
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Susanne Wegmann on her joint professorship at DZNE and Charité!
Her research focuses on the Tau protein in neurodegenerative diseases - a strong boost for brain research in Berlin!
👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...
Something for a belayed #FluorescentFriday. #actin dynamics in differentiating neuroblastoma cells. 'It's fascinating to observe the dynamics of #actin in growth cones and filopodia, even though it's merely GFP-actin.
CSU-W1 SoRa Spinning disk #microscopy performed at the AMBIO facility (Charité).
