Checking in from the Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago #Dros2026, starting the day with some beautiful images.

If you are in Philly and #CellBio2025, and want to hear more on "Cross-species dissection of αII-spectrin function in neurons", stop by today at Board No. 235/P1361 during the poster session.

Our paper is now part of the newest Cellular Neurobiology collection @jcb.org, check it out if you haven't yet. 🔬📖

Journal of Cell Biology@jcb.org · 9mo ago

@biljanaermanoska.bsky.social, Baets, and @rodallab.bsky.social show that nonmuscle myosin II regulates presynaptic actin and neuronal mechanobiology in #Drosophila. rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 In Cellular Neurobiology collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #SfN25

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Our new preprint is up! This is the main postdoc work of @wiesner-t.bsky.social focusing on exocytosis along the axon shaft and its regulation by the sub membrane actin-spectrin scaffold: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Read the thread below for a summary of our findings 🧵1/11

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My first thought when reading the title was integrins, and it was nice to see that authors established that link bringing together previous and new stuff.

@biljanaermanoska.bsky.social, Baets, and @rodallab.bsky.social show that a presynaptic actomyosin core coordinates with Integrin receptors to maintain neuron-muscle mechanical continuity at #Drosophila neuromuscular junctions. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

In @jcb.org, @biljanaermanoska.bsky.social, Baets, and @rodallab.bsky.social show that a presynaptic actomyosin core coordinates with Integrin receptors to maintain neuron-muscle mechanical continuity at #Drosophila neuromuscular junctions. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Honored that our work with @rodallab.bsky.social and Jonathan Beats has found its final home @jcb.org. We identify a presynaptic actin core at the Drosophila NMJ—a long-lived, NMII-dependent structure that may help synapses withstand mechanical stress. 🧵 1/5

Nonmuscle myosin II regulates presynaptic actin and neuronal mechanobiology in Drosophila

Neurons and muscles must maintain structural contact despite mechanical strain. Ermanoska et al. identify a presynaptic actomyosin core at Drosophila neuro

rupress.org

The first article that I edited for @jcb.org is out! It's about presynaptic actin, it's in Drosophila, and it's from @biljanaermanoska.bsky.social, Jonathan Baets and @rodallab.bsky.social. Congrats for this neat work!

Nonmuscle myosin II regulates presynaptic actin and neuronal mechanobiology in Drosophila

Neurons and muscles must maintain structural contact despite mechanical strain. Ermanoska et al. identify a presynaptic actomyosin core at Drosophila neuro

rupress.org