Proud to be part of this cool story by @follainga.bsky.social, led by @guijacquemet.bsky.social and @johannaivaska.bsky.social.

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We wrote two reviews on cell migration, published today in Nature Methods.

They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data

Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41...

Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats! Well deserved! 🎉

Filopodome proteomics identifies CCT8 as a MYO10 interactor critical for filopodia functions Cancer cells utilize filopodia to explore, adhere to, and invade their surrounding microenvironment, yet the protein networks that organize these protrusions remain incompletely defined. To uncover th...

Latest from the lab "Filopodome proteomics identifies CCT8 as a MYO10 interactor critical for filopodia functions
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Work driven by @anagracanin.bsky.social
A great collaboration with @ivaskalab.bsky.social and @bengoult.bsky.social

Why IDPs Are Poor Candidates for Homotypic LLPS

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Very happy to see our preprint on how the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 controls intercellular junction maturation by balancing cortex and membrane tension now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social Congratulations to Ahsan & team! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

EPLINα controls integrin recycling from Rab21 endosomes to drive breast cancer cell migration Epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN), an actin-binding protein, has been described as both a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor in different c…

Excited to share our most recent study on #integrintraffic #cancer #migration #focaladhesion by @ivaskalab.bsky.social @drpaulinamoreno.bsky.social Niklas Jäntti et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fresh out of @ivaskalab.bsky.social on EPLINs' roles in integrin trafficking! Go have a look! 🎉

Data drop! We just released an updated list of anti-ECM antibodies curated from the #HumanBioMolecularAtlasProgram Organ Mapping Antibody Panels #OMAP and the 9th release of the Human Reference Atlas #HRA. Check it out: sites.google.com/uic.edu/matr...

Grateful for the poster prize awarded by @febsopenbio.bsky.social at the #FEBS2025 congress! It was a pleasure to meet so many inspiring people and discuss some great science!

@ivaskalab.bsky.social

Are you looking for a postdoc?
I will be looking for 2-4 people after the summer to join the lab !!
Do not hesitate to reach out and disseminate !!

- A postdoc to work on cancer extravasation (4-year project).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).

If you are at the FEBS Congress in Istanbul and would like to have a chat about adhesion-derived protein condensates come to see my poster today between 12:30-13:45. Looking forward to inspiring discussions! 🔬

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What controls condensate composition and function beyond binding stoichiometry? We show that condensate microenvironments play a key role, and can be probed by a micropeptide killswitch in live cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com ‬ with @yaotianzhang.bsky.social Denes Hnisz & team.

Those little things.. :)

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New paper from @ivaskalab.bsky.social out now! 🍾 Watch how cancer cell adhesion dynamics are disrupted by inhibiting the phosphatase Shp2 - key to integrin β1 phosphorylation. Blocking Shp2 impairs adhesion and reduces invasion potential. 🎥👇 Read more at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dynamic regulation of integrin β1 phosphorylation supports invasion of breast cancer cells - Nature Cell Biology Conway et al. show that integrin β1 phosphorylation is regulated through balanced activities of tyrosine kinases, such as Src and Arg, and phosphatases, such as PTP-PEST and Shp2, facilitating invadop...

Latest from @ivaskalab.bsky.social @jrwconway.bsky.social in NCB. We find that SHP-2 inhibition stops TNBC invasion and limits metastasis by blocking integrin dephosphorylation!

Read more at:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are offering an exciting project for aspiring clinical scientists! Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Circulating Tumour Cells from Breast Cancer Patients! Don't miss this opportunity to work at the interface between fundamental and clinical science @icr.ac.uk 😀!
www.icr.ac.uk/study-and-ca...

We are very proud to announce @johannaivaska.bsky.social as the recipient of the Biennial Finnish Science Award, given by the Finnish Ministry of Education & Culture. Johanna was described as a distinguished researcher with pioneering work in cell biology. Warmest congrats from all of us, boss!

Finnish Science Award to Professor Johanna Ivaska The Finnish Science Award 2025 has been awarded to Johanna Ivaska, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Turku.

Proud to be a part of Johanna's team... Warmest congratulations! :)

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We are often so caught up in our destination that we sometimes forget to appreciate the journey, especially the amazing people we meet on the way. Grateful to be part of this year’s GRC 2025 where I met not only some of the brightest minds, but also some of the kindest people. Arrivederci 🇮🇹

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The feeling when you get back to the lab after a week at a gordon conference - totally inspired and energised after hearing incredible science and meeting amazing people. Thank you @tanentzapflab.bsky.social and @sarawickstrom.bsky.social for GRC Fibronectin, Integrins and related molecules.

Thank you! It was really nice to meet you and to get your feedback on the project! :)

Thanks to @tanentzapflab.bsky.social & @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, chairs of an excellent Fibronectin, Integrins & Related Molecules GRC & to @martina-lerche.bsky.social & @mchastney.bsky.social for chairing the GRS. We look forward to Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke & Tom Barker's 2027 meeting!

We show that under low ahesion conditions Tensin 1 forms endogenous condensates to store inactive adhesion components. These can be released upon stress-mediated Tensin 1 phosphorylation to regulate adhesion dynamics.

Adhesion-derived condensates control component availability to regulate adhesion dynamics Integrin adhesion complexes mediate cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions and undergo dynamic remodelling to regulate cell adhesion and migration. Here, we demonstrate that tensin 1 (TNS1), a m...

Happy to share our Tensin 1 phase separation project is now on bioRxiv.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This wouldn't be possible without
@johannaivaska.bsky.social
@ivaskalab.bsky.social
#VattulainenLab
#MSCA by @ec.europa.eu
@turkubioscience.bsky.social
@inflames-flagship.bsky.social

Ivaska lab members are at the Fibronectin GRC at the gorgeous Renaissance Hotel in Tuscany! Come say hi to (L-R) Michalis, Megan, Omkar, Gautier and Michal if you haven't already 😀

Currently at Fibronectin and Integrins GRC in Italy, meeting amazing people and discussing great science. If you are interested in Tensin phase separation, come and talk to me!
@ivaskalab.bsky.social