Using biochemistry, cell biology, proteomics and imaging techniques to unravel the molecular functions of mammalian primary #cilia.
@mick-lab.bsky.social
We are super-excited to see our first original paper published in @JCellBiol. Fantastic collaboration with @KalocsayMarian@GygiLab@MaxNACHURY to establish quantitative, time-resolved #cilia#proteomics.
Very proud of our first PhD student Elena May! https://t.co/7mpvuAHgJi
This ‘fundamental’ study uncovers how directing pyruvate into mitochondria can shrink cells by shifting their metabolism away from building amino acids and proteins.
https://t.co/X1n0OEsCeK
I am thrilled to be featured in the ‘First Persons’ through the decades article in Journal of Cell Science.. It is honoring for me to appear on the same page as David Stephens, an outstanding scientist, leader, and mentor in the cilia field, who sadly passed away in 2024.
A new #CryoET study shows that the protein ZapD helps organise FtsZ filaments into stable ring-like structures in building bacterial division machinery.
https://t.co/Jz9GRlVqBJ
First pizza lunch after a whirlwind week moving into our brand-new research building. Exhausted, but absolutely thrilled by the incredible facilities & lab space. Can’t wait to dive back into science.
A few benches are still waiting for curious minds: Come, join us! #AcademicJob
"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor listened patiently, then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.'
That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." #ScienceWorkingLife https://t.co/e9cfXVzB5c
The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard
More on collective behavior: Our new Annual Review of Biophysics piece - with the stellar Danielle Chase - explores how animals sense, share information, and make group decisions. In honeybees and beyond 🐝
https://t.co/UcuG35gUu5
I think a good rule of thumb is to spend at least as much time thinking about your data as you did obtaining it. It's common for people to spend a lot less time thinking than doing which gives rise to all kinds of problems.
A new paper reports that the primary mechanism of capsaicin entry into the vanilloid-binding site of TRPV1 is a targetable hydrophobic tunnel at the TRPV1-membrane interface
https://t.co/KoFyBOEKnf
Militsin, Palty et al. reveal novel crosstalk btwn STIM proteins & IP3Rs, whereby STIM activation alters the spatial pattern of IP3R-mediated Ca2+ release, shifting it from a promigratory localized signal to a diffuse, migration-suppressing signal https://t.co/GZYiF9VRLg
👨🎓 🇩🇪👩🎓 Further your research career by doing your PhD in Germany❗ Start your search for currently open PhD positions at the DAAD online database https://t.co/ULJ3XQP310
The abstract submission deadline for the 2nd edition of our #EMBOLipidDroplets Workshop (21-26 September 2025) is approaching.
Check out the agenda with an amazing lineup of speakers and submit your abstract before 10 June 2025!
@EMBO@Co_Biologists
https://t.co/ytoQzXt3Oj
Save the date dear #cilia#centrosome fans🙂 The 8th Czech Cilia meeting will happen this year in Brno on 17th of June with keynote speaker Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu. No registration fees👏please RT🌼
Huo, Wang et al. reveal that #adipocytes experiencing endoplasmic reticulum stress secrete #ceramide in lipoprotein form to #hepatocytes, activating the unfolded protein response by reducing membrane fluidity. https://t.co/cliwBFxI18
#ER_literature
#Vimentin filament transport and organization revealed by single-particle tracking and 3D FIB-SEM. New study from Bhuvanasundar Renganathan, Andrew Moor, Vladimir Gelfand @NUFeinbergMed and colleagues: https://t.co/fv0gG9voJe
#Cytoskeleton#Microscopy