The cartwheel was first visualized ~70 years ago in the symbiont Trichonympha in the wood termite gut. We’ve discovered the cartwheel’s secret: a unique zigzag stacking of SAS-6 tetramers that facilitates the iconic 9-fold symmetry of cilia.

#cellbiology #teamtomo #SAS6 #cartwheel

The signal depends on a functional type III secretion system and ATP release via the translocon. High-speed imaging and modeling show that even low extracellular ATP can generate whole-cell Ca²⁺ responses with fast, local-like kinetics. #CellBiology

Join the NITheCS Colloquium: ‘Modelling deformation in biological cells’, presented by Dr Rhoda Hawkins (AIMS Ghana & University of Sheffield).
🗓 Mon, 13 Apr
⏰ 16h00–17h00 SAST
📍 Attend in person or online
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#Biophysics #CellBiology #ComputationalBiology #SoftMatter #BiologicalPhysics

Aurora B kinase = the quality control checkpoint of cell division 🧬

Part of the Chromosomal Passenger Complex (CPC), it:
✓ Detects wrong chromosome attachments
✓ Phosphorylates targets to correct errors
✓ Prevents aneuploidy & maintains genomic stability

#CellBiology #Aging #Science

Live-cell imaging in action 🔬

Our US partner, BioVision, is supporting the Quantitative Imaging course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, with our #VT-iSIM system, helping researchers get hands-on with advanced microscopy.

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#microscopy #cellbiology

Understanding how these cells behave is key to uncovering how kidney function is maintained and how it can be disrupted in disease.

#sciart #microscopy #kidney #cellbiology #immunology #biomedicalresearch #scienceisbeautiful #artinscience

Senescent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Differentially Alter Adipogenesis in Adipose Tissue, Skeletal Muscle, and Bone Marrow Objective Aging alters mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) function, leading to dysregulated adipogenesis across tissues through biased lineage commitment. Fat redistribution from adipose depots to skele...

Progenitor cells at the intersection of aging and adipose.

Researchers examined cells cultured from bone, muscle, and adipose to understand how these tissue-resident progenitors may contribute to fat deposition changes with induced senescence.
🧪 #CellBiology #StemCell

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U01.01.094 Universal electron acceptors A specialized review of U01.01.094 Universal Electron Acceptors. Understand how the cell uses NAD+, NADP+, and FAD to drive redox reactions, the importance of Niacin and Riboflavin, and the metabolic "destiny" of electrons carried by these molecular shuttles.

⚡ The Power Grid: Mastering Universal Electron Acceptors! ⚡#USMLEStep1 #MedEd #Biochemistry #Metabolism #Redox #NAD #NADPH #FAD #Step1Prep #HighYield #MedSchool #Vitamins #Niacin #Riboflavin #CellBiology #FutureDoctor #StudyGram #MedTwitter

U01.01.091 Metabolic compartmentation A deep dive into U01.01.091 Metabolic Compartmentation. Identify the spatial organization of cellular metabolism, the importance of shuttles (Malate-Aspartate, Carnitine), and the pathways that span multiple compartments.

🏢 Location, Location, Location: Mastering Metabolic Compartmentation! 🏢
#USMLEStep1 #MedEd #Biochemistry #Metabolism #CellBiology #Mitochondria #Cytosol #Step1Prep #HighYield #MedSchool #HemeSynthesis #UreaCycle #FutureDoctor #StudyGram

Register now for EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Membrane shaping and remodeling by proteins" in #Sanya, #China, 12–15 Nov 2026.

Abstract submission by 15 Sep
Registration by 15 Oct

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-membrane-shaping
#EMBOMembraneRemodeling #CellBiology #EMBOevents 🧪

#StemCells #CellBiology #YamashitaLab #‪WhiteheadInstitute‬ #MIT #ResearchSky #AcademicSky

New preprint out! 🚀
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We mapped how septins organise infection in the rice blast fungus—and found they are far more dynamic than previously thought.

Thread 👇

#FungalPathogenesis #CellBiology #septins

🧪 Just out: Issue 3 of ABBS
🔬 uncovers:
🧠 MOTS-c peptide against cancer-induced bone pain
🩺 Pancreatic sympathetic innervation diabetes
🌱 3D ovary culture model with quercetin
… and more
www.sciengine.com/ABBS/issue

#Biochemistry #Biophysics #CellBiology #OpenAccess #AcademicTwitter #BlueskyScience

A full session of rising international talent across 6 hot talks from ciliary gates to tips, centriolar satellites to centrosomes, signaling & centriole remodelling- we'll cover it all!!

#cilia #centrosomes #centrioles #CellBiology #StructuralBiology #CentriolarSatellites #Hedgehog #Kinesins
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Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "#MolecularBiology of #Archaea: Life Through the Prism of Archaea" in Cambridge, UK, 6–10 July 2026.

Deadline: 15 April

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-archaea
#EMBOArchaeaBiology #EMBOevents #CellBiology #StructuralBiology #ecology #evolution #biophysics 🧪

Caspase-3/Drice as a critical regulator of actin dynamics through its dual control of small RhoGTPase family and Gelsolin in the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila Cell Death Discovery - Caspase-3/Drice as a critical regulator of actin dynamics through its dual control of small RhoGTPase family and Gelsolin in the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila

Excited to share our second research article, now published in Cell Death Discovery!

🔗 rdcu.be/fbdvN
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We show a non-apoptotic role of Caspase-3/Drice in regulating actin dynamics in Drosophila Malpighian tubules.

#CellBiology #Drosophila #Cytoskeleton #RhoGTPase #Research

So excited to share this work that employs #FCS, TIRF, FRAP, SPT, SIM & #iPALM. Huge thanks to @cathygalbraith.bsky.social, James Galbraith, and @ulrikeboehm.bsky.social (the iPALM wizard) #OpenScience @hhmijanelia.bsky.social #CellBiology #Cytoskeleton #SuperResolution #Microscopy #Actin

At that moment, Rosaria was listening to Life on Mars? by David Bowie, an unexpectedly perfect match for a scene that felt more like a distant planet than a dish of living cells.

#sciart #stemcells #neuroscience #microscopy #cellbiology #scienceisbeautiful #artinscience

This suggests a non-chemical signaling layer, but signal strength and specificity are key challenges. How might cells decode such weak photonic signals? #CellBiology #academicsky

Scientists Capture Elusive Sodium Pump in Action, Solving a Long-Standing Biological Mystery A long-standing mystery in bacterial bioenergetics is beginning to unravel as researchers capture fleeting structural states of a sodium-pumping enzyme in action.

Scientists Capture Elusive Sodium Pump in Action, Solving a Long-Standing Biological Mystery #Science #Biology #CellBiology #SodiumPump #ScientificDiscovery

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🧪 We’re flooded with health advice: supplements, wearables, quick fixes. But lasting health isn’t built by hacks alone.

Beneath the noise is a quieter story of our health, one that begins at the smallest scale, before we even enter the world, in our stem cells.

Continued ⬇️
#SciComm #CellBiology

Scientists Finally Capture Elusive Lipids in Action Inside Cells A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.

Scientists Finally Capture Elusive Lipids in Action Inside Cells #Science #Biology #CellBiology #Lipids #ScientificResearch

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If microtubules do generate EM fields, how might this influence cell division or neural processing? What experiments could test this? #CellBiology #academicsky

10/🔗 Read the full stories here:

🌱Borniego, Pereyra, et al.: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🔬Wilkinson, Sageman-Furnas, et al.: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#PlantPhysiology #Auxin #Thermomorphogenesis #CellBiology #Arabidopsis #OpenAccess #PlantSci

As a medical school professor, I used to teach that aging is gradual wear and tear. But a Vanderbilt study in Nature Cell Biology reveals something far more dist... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/2602030...

#Longevity #Aging #MetabolicHealth #CellBiology #HealthLongevitySecrets

Blood feeding triggers the terminal differentiation of precursor cells in tick salivary glands Blood feeding rewires cell fate in tick salivary glands.

We are pleased to share our recent study published in #ScienceAdvances, describing a previously unrecognized cellular mechanism underlying the dynamic gene expression of tick salivary glands during blood feeding. scim.ag/4c8lmGE
#Ticks #VectorBiology #CellBiology #Lyme

Zapping Melanoma Cells with Terahertz Light Rewires Their Energy Economy Without Killing Them Start with a network map and you can see something odd. A cascade of molecular connections threads outward from a handful of membrane proteins, touching

Zapping Melanoma Cells with Terahertz Light Rewires Their Energy Economy Without Killing Them #Science #Biology #CellBiology #Melanoma #TerahertzLight

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Massive thanks to our global partners for the strategic alignment and hands-on #SameCellBiology sessions.
Huge shoutout to our guest speakers from @icepfl.bsky.social & #DTU for showcasing the incredible potential of the #FluidFM OMNIUM. The future of #SingleCell research is here! 🔬🚀 #CellBiology

Fluorescence Friday - Massage edition ! 🤏

By @pierre-bercier.bsky.social

#CellBiology #Microscopy #Nucleus #FluorescenceFriday
@crg.eu @prbb.org

Join us in #SanDiego for the American Society for Cell Biology | EMBO meeting "Cell Bio 2026" from 12–15 Dec 2026. 🧪

#CellBio2026 is where the #CellBiology community gathers to share and discuss science, #network with peers and grow together as a field.

More here:
https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/