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[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

We're moving to Bluesky!

Support our mission to reclaim and democratize science publishing by following us at:

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[Society of General Physiologists @sgpweb]

A reminder to join us for the SGP Cranefield Award Talks, taking place tomorrow, 8 October, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Eastern. Register (no fee) at https://t.co/oa50oD5QDJ.

[Shan Meltzer @shanmeltzer]

📢📢My Lab @VanderbiltU is looking for a motivated postdoc to join us in studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of somatosensation development!
Please help us spread the word by retweeting!

[Society of General Physiologists @sgpweb]

Heads up for those submitting abstracts for BPS 2026: if you're heading to San Francisco, why not drop by UC Davis on the way for the SGP-EpIC Symposium to connect and discuss EpIC ion channel and electrophysiology research! For more info, visit https://t.co/aRDD8Tullg

[Society of General Physiologists @sgpweb]

🚨Want to learn more about the amazing work of our ⭐️2025 SGP #CranefieldAwards⭐️recipients Huanghe Yang @huanghe_lab and Man Si, published in @JGenPhysiol?👏Join us online on🗓️ Wednesday, 8 October, at ⏲️ 12:00 pm Eastern! Register🆓👉https://t.co/oa50oD6oth.

[Black In Biophysics @BlackInBiophys]

Submit your abstract for the @BiophysicalSoc 2026 Meeting by the October 1st deadline and apply to the #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award by October 3rd❗️

#BPS2026
#BIBPS
@blackinxnetwork

[Black In Biophysics @BlackInBiophys]

See this #BPS2026 Travel Award opportunity from @SOBLA_BIOF! 🤩

https://t.co/R8lJFdgfzo

@BiophysicalSoc

[Black In Biophysics @BlackInBiophys]

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We have $500 travel awards to attend the #BPS2026 @BiophysicalSoc in San Francisco! 🤩 Grad students and postdocs eligible!

How to apply:
➡️ Apply for the BPS Travel Award (https://t.co/B0LM83ZQja...)
➡️ Select option to be considered for the BIBPS Travel Award

[Society of General Physiologists @sgpweb]

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Jessica Caldwell @JLCaldwellPhD has received the 2025 SGP Excelsior Award! Dr. Caldwell vividly exemplifies the mission of our Society and the future of physiology and biophysics. Learn more https://t.co/Jwyhaqht1p.

[Society of General Physiologists @sgpweb]

Announcing the new SGP Rising Star Travel Awards for students and postdocs. The $500 awards can be used for meetings held up to 1 year from notification. Apply today! Deadline: 1 August 2025 https://t.co/Ha585KTLQn

[Black In Biophysics @BlackInBiophys]

We are excited to share our EVENTS for #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025!!! We will be host #BIBPSWeek from Monday, 5/26 to Friday 5/30.

RT and help us spread the word!

A thread of Events below
#BIBPS25
#BlackInBiophysics
@BiophysicalSoc
@blackinxnetwork
@EEJustLSSociety

[Science Colab @ScienceColab]

"The traditional academic publishing system evolved in an era of printing presses and cadence-based journals. The Publish Review Curate (PRC) model offers a way to finally drag this system into the age of an open, collaborative, real-time Internet."

https://t.co/avo22R0FAq

[Science Colab @ScienceColab]

"The answer is to fix peer review so it meets the needs of modern science, not to scrap it entirely or pretend it can work ad hoc in the comments section of a preprint."

https://t.co/6BHxJRyvDB

via @scholarlykitchn

[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

Using the well-established pump-leak model for osmotic water transport, they further show that the timescale at which a water buffer could maintain a modest 10% osmolality differential across the membrane is at most one minute for a typical animal cell.

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[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

Here's our final evaluation of the #preprint by @AlanRKay and @s_aminzare from @uiowa:

Kay and Aminzare discuss a claim made in a prior publication that macromolecular condensation acts as a water buffering mechanism in cells to compensate for the effects of osmotic shock.

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[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

This #preprint by @AlanRKay from @uiowa has recently been reviewed by @BiophysicsColab

You can read the report by clicking on 'TRiP Peer Reviews' in bioRxiv:

https://t.co/OlvBNDi2Yo

[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

The authors argue that, although such a buffer could temporarily maintain a transmembrane osmolality differential, this differential would drive water across the membrane to reach a steady-state in which osmolality within the cell equals osmolality outside the cell.

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[Black In Biophysics @BlackInBiophys]

To this end, we are proud to announce that our 4th #BlackInBiophysicsWeek is COMING SOON!!! 🙌🏾 We will celebrate #BIBPSWeek 2025 from Monday, May 26th to Friday, May 30th. Mark your calendars! 📅

Stay tuned for additional details. Please RT!

#BIBPS25
#BlackInBiophysics

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[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

Overall, this important study reports a previously unanticipated mechanism wherein LPCs directly activate Panx channels.

4/4

[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

Here's our final evaluation of the #preprint by Erik Henze
and colleagues:

Panx channels are a family of large-pore channels that mediate the release of substrates like ATP from cells, yet the physiological stimuli that activate these channels remain poorly understood.

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[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

This #preprint by Erik Henze, Toshi Kawate, and colleagues @Cornell has recently been reviewed by @BiophysicsColab

You can read the report by clicking on 'TRiP Peer Reviews' in bioRxiv:

https://t.co/9o9ad6QyBZ

[Biophysics Colab at biophysicscolab.bsky.social @BiophysicsColab]

The authors provide evidence that LPC-mediated activation of Panx1 is involved in joint pain and that Panx1 channels are required for the established effects of LPC on inflammasome activation in monocytes, suggesting that Panx channels play a role in inflammatory pathways.

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