Simone Reber

Scientist. Interested in complexity, organisational principles, quantitative biology, frogs & coffee. Tweets here are my own. @simonereber.bsky.social

[Simone Reber @SimoneReber]

✨Thanks to amazing students @TobiasKletter @MrEnkapsis, postdocs @bis_was_here
& collaborators @Omar136661 @VasilyZaburdaev ALMF @EMBLHeidelberg ✨
👉Cytoplasmic material properties control spindle architecture and scaling 👉out today @NatureCellBio https://t.co/GJ3TAqkRmy

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@Toliclab @nenad_pavin Sad to have missed this! Next time 💃

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@Alushin_Lab @Nature Congrats!

[Barriga Lab @Mech_Morph_Lab]

Come #work in lab as #labtech #labmanager

🚨 #JobAlert Join an international team at Physics of Life, working at the interface of biology and physics 🧬

👨‍🔬The Barriga Lab #science is seeking an experienced lab technician.

Please share with your colleagues! Learn more here: https://t.co/LLC3IWLsy6 🗓️Application deadline: May 6. #Xenopus #Biomechanics #Bioelectricity

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@PardiZoltan Welcome back ❤️🤍💚

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[the Node @the_Node]

#SciArt Profile: Brittany Carr

In this profile, we meet Brittany Carr, an Assistant Professor at @UAlberta. Brittany uses acrylic, watercolour, gouache & ink to create pictures of the natural world & she is a fan of using microscopy for ‘science’ art.

https://t.co/fMMBLqYaFD

[Simone Reber @SimoneReber]

@DeepaHRajan @LilacMess42 @WallaceUcsf @UCSF Nice! Congrats 🍾🍾🍾

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Do not use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe, to create, to learn, to think and to grow.

- Richard Feynman

[Ricarda Lang @Ricarda_Lang]

Ich glaube ich fahre zum nächsten Oktoberfest, einfach nur um neben Markus Söder zu stehen, wenn er einem Grünen zuschaut, wie er das Fest eröffnet.

[Prof. Nikolai Slavov @slavov_n]

A periodic reminder to leave behind simplistic & naive notions.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Despite his teacher’s opinion that he couldn’t learn simple biology, John Gurdon went on to receive a #NobelPrize, for his classic frog experiment, which showed that the DNA of mature frog cells has all the information needed to develop all cells in its body.

#WorldFrogDay

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@Toliclab @NatureComms 🍾🍾🍾

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@SchuhLab @Leopoldina 🍾🍾🍾

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In vitro reconstitution is powerful: we rebuild Plasmodium microtubule architectures from purified components & recapitulate what cells actually do🤩

Thanks to the team that made this possible🙌 in particular Carolyn Moores @BirkbeckScience

Out today: https://t.co/Hv2VpBkqBS

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”

Read the latest issue: https://t.co/x0Mv0owHDx

[Simone Reber @SimoneReber]

Density. Crowding. Tomato. Tomato!?! 🍅
@GabrielPopkin @QuantaMagazine thanks for covering the debate. We promise we're all friends 🥰 @LiamHoltLab & @gwgl1979

Nothing would have been possible without @GuckLab & @VasilyZaburdaev

👉https://t.co/jBOZDbVnVO

[the Node @the_Node]

Why Seeing Still Matters in Biology

@helenajambor addresses why all biologists need data visualisation. Read and discuss this topic on the Node. ⬇️

#DataVis #BioVis

https://t.co/zTnRP7wxOa

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

One of the most important discoveries in molecular biology, I'd say, happened in 1974 when scientists took a gene from a frog (Xenopus laevis) and transferred it into a bacterium (E. coli). The bacterial cells read, processed, and expressed the gene.

If a bacterium can read a frog gene, so the logic went, then the entire living world is, in principle, "programmable." Genes can be swapped between kingdoms of life, thus enabling:

- The production of human insulin in bacteria.
- Manufacturing of vaccines in yeast and chicken eggs
- Engineered crops carrying biopesticide genes from algae etc.

Check out A Brief History of Xenopus to learn about other key experiments in which frogs played a role. 🔻

[Iva Tolić @Toliclab]

Mitosis lovers, get ready for Dubrovnik! 🔬🎉
I’m super excited to be organizing the 4th Mitotic Spindle Conference with @nenad_pavin, and we can’t wait to see you there!
Want your abstract to be selected for a talk? Submit by Feb 8!
https://t.co/VojJt1MA4p
#SpindleCroatia2026

[J Cell Science @J_Cell_Sci]

We're hiring! JCS is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves cell biology and wants to stay connected with the field (and be part of an organisation that believes in supporting the community).
https://t.co/GqTNAZMuUO

[Nico Rascovan @NRascovan]

Institut Pasteur is recruiting young PIs! Deadline February 9th!