Dear Lipid and Membrane Enthusiasts,

There is only one month!! left to register and submit your abstracts for the @embo.org Workshop “Lipid Code to Life”, which will be held from September 7–11, 2026, in Dresden, Germany.

Workshop program and registration page: meetings.embo.org/event/26-lip...

GitHub - amsikking/AMS_AGY_v3_specifications: Optical and mechanical specifications for the AMS-AGY v3 objective (a.k.a Empress Snout). Optical and mechanical specifications for the AMS-AGY v3 objective (a.k.a Empress Snout). - amsikking/AMS_AGY_v3_specifications

Snouty objectives enable high resolution light-sheet microscopy with standard microscope platforms and sample formats!

-> Here are citable repositories with CAD, Zemax and summarized optomechanical specifications:

AMS_AGY_v3: a.k.a. Empress Snout, now the best!
github.com/amsikking/AM...

We provide step-by-step instructions on protein production, biosensor calibration, cell transfections, timelapse FLIM and quantification of FLIM data to obtain quantitative measurements of intracellular Ca2+ concentrations.

Image of a calcium calibration curve, calcium concentration traces of individual cells and lifetime images of cells

📣 New preprint alert! Co-authored by @spalaciosm.bsky.social and @andreacaldarola.bsky.social :
Quantitative imaging of calcium dynamics with a green fluorescent biosensor and fluorescence lifetime imaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Now out in its final form in @jacs.acspublications.org: Reaction pathways & photoreaction yields of bifunctional lipid probes. The numbers that explain why we spend so much time optimizing protocols for cellular assays. 😉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Cleaning objectives is a very important skill to learn! @fedegasparoli.bsky.social showing how it’s done:)

We offer a PostDoc position for a fully funded project on lipid-encoded #lipidtime protein quality-control checkpoints at the Golgi: great collaborators, excellent working & living conditions & benchspace with a view ;) Please share and repost!

Screen shot of section 1.1 of the report "vision for a new publication culture"

The governing body for 14 Dutch universities (UNL) has published a "Vision on Publication Culture" that is so inspiring and forward thinking. Worth a read for those trying to changes publishing and research assessment practices.

Take a read:

www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/files/public...

Dissecting the RNA-binding capacity of the multi-RRM protein Rrm4 essential for endosomal mRNA transport Abstract. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) utilize multiple RNA-binding domains (RBDs) to engage with extensive messenger RNA (mRNA) networks. Understanding the

Breakthrough article 😊
Joint effort of teams Zarnack & König & Feldbrügge clarifies how multiple RNA-binding domains cooperate to identify functional important binding sites in vivo
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
@zarnack-group.bsky.social
@könig-lab.bsky.social
@mibinet.bsky.social
#EMBOrnaLocalization

Registration deadline for our motors and filaments meeting is tomorrow - not a 1st April joke! Thanks to our generous sponsors supporting sustainable scientific conference organisation @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social we also offer registration for a free livestream, supported by bsky discussions!

Wow, super nice work, congratulations!

It’s incredibly hard to study lipids in biological membranes on the nanoscale. You need near-perfect information on both membrane ultrastructure and lipid density. Lipid-CLEM, now out in @natcellbio.nature.com brought to you by @mathilda95.bsky.social changes that:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A simple template to help with experimental planning and preregistration. Any suggestions for edits/additions?
blog.everydayscientist.com/the-case-for...

Even more excited — our paper is featured on the cover of Science Advances!

Huge thanks to @alexandrejan.bsky.social who took this incredible photo of a ctenophore (aka comb jelly) and the editors.

Here’s the cover 👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thrilled to share that our preprint has been accepted in Science Advances! Grateful to an incredible team & collaborators.

Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

👏 @annaferraioli.bsky.social @maikekittelmann.bsky.social
@msarscentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @hfspo.bsky.social #ctenophores

After 5 years of developing, a new preprint from the lab - introducing our workflow for comparative insect connectomics, aimed at democratizing connectomics. @erc.europa.eu @lundvision.bsky.social @biologylu.bsky.social Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Our article on how to use micropatterned presynapses-on-glass is out in its final form in the latest issue of the Journal of Neuroscience @sfnjournals.bsky.social: www.jneurosci.org/content/46/8...
The cover went to the special section on social neuroscience, so here's our #notthecover attempt

You still have 3 days to apply to the postdoc positions available in my lab 😀
🔬Come and work with us 🔬

The abstract submission deadline for our upcoming 'Imaging Cell Dynamics' meeting is this Friday. We still have a few places remaining so apply now to secure your spot!

Find out more at:
www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...

#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology

An mTurquoise2-Based Glucose Biosensor Glucose is an important substrate for organisms to acquire energy needed for cellular growth. Despite the importance of this metabolite, single-cell information at a fast time-scale about the dynamics...

Great to see this officially out: An mTurquoise2-Based Glucose Biosensor - works in yeast & mammalian cells and is compatible with FLIM: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

🔵mTurquoise2-based glucose biosensors TINGL and THINGL from @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social and the Teusink Lab!
Find the plasmids here: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...

I'd argue that a bit more careful public messaging is in order. Not taking anything away from the authors, but lipid regulation of EGFR has been described: "Regulation of human EGF receptor by lipids" by @lipid.bsky.social in 2011. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Amazing science on beautiful Spetses 🤩

Janna Saarela succeeds Oliver Billker as new Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine | Nordic Embl Partners

We are delighted to announce that Janna Saarela, Director of @ncmbm.bsky.social, has been appointed as the new Speaker of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
Read about her priorities and vision here👉https://tinyurl.com/yc3ytvez
@embl.org @dandrite.bsky.social @mimsumea.bsky.social @fimm-uh.bsky.social

We have two funded postdoctoral positions available. Topics encompass:

-Next gen light-sheet fluorescence microscopy instrumentation

-Structured illumination microscopy and other approaches to extend the resolution limit.

-Nonlinear microscopy combined with adaptive optics / phase conjugation

Join us at CSHL for Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis—two weeks of advanced imaging, analysis, and hands-on labs with cutting-edge microscopes and open source software!
📅 April 6–21, 2026
📝 Applications due Friday Jan 30, 2026

Club Exo Endo - Exocytose Endocytose Le Club Exocytose-Endocytose est une association à but non lucratif, sans financement ni cotisation. Il rassemble près de 340 chercheurs, enseignants ou étudiants travaillant dans des domaines variés ...

🚀 Young scientists, this is your moment!
🏆 If you defended your PhD thesis in 2025 in areas like membrane dynamics, intracellular trafficking, exocytosis/endocytosis or microscopy, don’t miss out!
👤 Application is quick and easy!
👉 exoendo.org/en/the-endo-...

⏳ Deadline: 16 February 2026

CELL MIGRATION LAB We study cell migration in health and disease

🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶

I’ll soon share a call for a postdoc at Institut Jacques Monod (Paris) on fundamental mechanisms of membrane traffic and protein/collagen secretion in health and disease. Please get in touch if interested.

Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮.
If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇

abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social