FEBS Open Bio

an open access journal for the molecular life sciences in health and disease

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✨ We're delighted to present our May "In the Limelight" Special Issue✨

This issue explores the growing importance of cellular senescence and highlights the ongoing efforts to decode its complexity

➡️ Explore the full issue here: https://t.co/YtAjf4yBiL.

Our thanks to Guest Editor: Dimitris Kletsas (@NCSR_Demokritos)

#CellularSenescence #Ageing #SenescenceBiomarkers #CellularRemodelling #Neurodegeneration #BrainAgeing

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🎉 Congratulations to @Kei_Inada_44w from @KyotoU_News on winning the @FEBSOpenBio Poster Prize at the "28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolutionary Studies," Nagoya, Japan

A well-deserved win for their poster entitled: Evolutionary superimposition of hormonal regulation on an ancestral adult specification program enabled the evolution of insect metamorphosis

[Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD @IcahnCMIN]

"A drug originally developed for spinal cord injury may offer a fresh approach to treating #Alzheimers. In mouse studies, KCL-286 repaired dangerous DNA damage, reduced #Inflammation & targeted multiple disease-related pathways." Learn More @FEBSOpenBio https://t.co/PqS8VWk7OK

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That's a wrap on #FEBS2026! 👏

We're proud to have participated at another fantastic FEBS Congress, celebrating outstanding science and connecting with researchers from around the world.

Thank you to everyone who contributed and made this such an inspiring and memorable event. We look forward to seeing you at the 51st FEBS Congress in Riga, Latvia! 👋

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Congratulations once again to FEBS Open Bio Article Prize winner Klaudia Maruszczak, who will be presenting a speed talk at #FEBS2026 today! 🎉

Klaudia will be presenting her work on the structure of human TIM23 complex, a key player in the translocation of mitochondrial proteins 🧬

If you're attending the congress, don't miss the opportunity to hear about her award-winning research 🏅 We look forward to seeing you there! 👏

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Day 3 of #FEBS2026 is here! 🚀

One of today's highlights is the FEBS Open Bio Plenary Lecture, delivered by our Associate Editor, Alexander Wlodawer

Join us in the Auditorium as Alex reflects on five decades of discovery and technological transformation in structural biology 🧬

If you're at the congress today, we hope to see you there! 👋

#FEBS2026

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T-minus 1 day until #FEBS2026! 🚀 We're looking forward to 5 days of science, collaborations, and great conversations.

If you're attending, be sure to join the FEBS Press Session on Sunday 5th July at 16:45PM 📍, where you'll have the opportunity to meet editors from across the FEBS Press journals and learn more about the publishing process.

See you there! 👋

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🎉 Congratulations to Keqing Liu from
the @uniamu on winning the @FEBSOpenBio Poster Prize at the "Junior Scientists Microbiology Meeting of Marseille (@jsm3marseille)," Marseille, France

A well deserved win for their poster entitled: Functional Characterization of GFY Proteins in Intracellular Carbon Transport in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

[Diamond MX Beamlines @Diamond_MX]

New Paper from I03 in @FEBSOpenBio https://t.co/qFCWRonl2W (https://t.co/G7TT7fER5a)

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@UniMelbCMR @WayneXDu @CraigAGoodman1 @pgregorevic Congratulations on winning the FEBS Open Bio Poster Prize! 🙌🏆

[Centre for Muscle Research @UniMelbCMR]

Congratulations to CMR PhD student, @WayneXDu (supervised by @CraigAGoodman1 & @pgregorevic), for being awarded the FEBS Open Bio Prize for Outstanding Poster at the 2026 New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle Conference.
@FEBSOpenBio #myotwitter

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🚨Our June issue is out now

This issue includes work from the Yan Ling lab at @TakedaPharma in which they highlight the need to use tri-cultures including both neuronal and glial cells to model Alzheimer's disease. Alongside work from the Michael Rose lab at @RWTH which explores the role of tumor-stromal crosstalk for chemotherapy resistance in bladder cancer.

Interested in reading more about these works or checking out some of the other fantastic articles in our new issue. All articles in our June issue are available now Open Access.
🔗https://t.co/9z9CCRapFv

[Sravasti Mukherjee @sravmukherjee]

Give our latest paper a read! 🤓

[Jalink Lab @JalinkLab]

Latest paper from our lab! 🔬

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Better tools = better science = better medicines. 🧬✨

💡THE IDEA: create a huge mixed batch of cells where each cell has a different gene switched off. Then scan through them under a microscope, looking for anything unusual and when you find it, mark it with a laser so you can pick it out later.

👎THE PROBLEM: the laser light was too intense meaning the tag was switching on and then immediately burned out.

👍THE FIX: turn down the laser power, reduce how long it lingers on each spot, and slightly blur the focus.

Simple tweaks but the result is cells that glow much more brightly and reliably helping scientists accurately track cells of interest.

Interested in learning more? Have a look at the Research Protocol from @sravmukherjee , Giulia Zanetti, Bram van den Broek, @jalink_kees from @NKI_nl and @UvA_Amsterdam

🔗https://t.co/HBNO9cMbGH

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🔬 Tiny cages that fight cancer? Meet MOFs.

Here's what makes them exciting:
💊 Smarter drug delivery
🎯 Precision targeting
📸 Next-gen imaging
☀️ Light-activated therapy

Interested in learning more? Take a look at a new review from Veronika Huntošová, Grigorii Rakhalskii and Miroslav Almáši at P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, discussing the recent advances in engineering UiO-66-type zirconium MOFs

🔗 https://t.co/tDWLuLSRZf

[Beatriz Monforte Martínez @beamm110501]

Honored to be featured! Many thanks to @FEBS_JS for the interview and to @FEBSOpenBio for the recognition of our research. 👏
It was a pleasure to share my work and my experience as an early-career researcher 🧪
Check it out! 👇

[AutophagyLabIIB @AutophagyLabIIB]

🧬We’re happy to share that our colleague @beamm110501 is featured in the #FEBSJuniorSection interview series as a @FEBSOpenBio Poster Prize winner.
👇Read the full interview here :
https://t.co/DwqSrn2idX #FEBSnet

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Your cells have a lifespan. When they get old, damaged, or stressed, they don't just die some enter a state called senescence: they stop dividing but refuse to go away.

These 🧟 zombie cells accumulate as we age and reduce the crosstalk among cellular compartments which contributes to 👵 aging, 🎗️ cancer, and 🤒 chronic disease.

Interested in learning more have a look at work from Krystyna Mazan-Mamczarz, Eleanor J. Wind, Jixiang Leng and Myriam Gorospe at the @NIHAging discussing the role of disrupted interorganelle communication in cellular senescence.

🔗 https://t.co/llwbtshr0a