Molecular and Cellular Function, University of Manchester
@mcf-uom.bsky.social
We are the Division of Molecular and Cellular Function Division at the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester. We perform discovery research to provide insight into crucial cellular processes.
Two positions (research assistant and PhD student), great science and the cake! Check @buckleylab.bsky.social thread for more info: 👇
Clare Buckley Lab@buckleylab.bsky.social · 9mo ago2 positions up for grabs in the Buckley lab - join us for some fun with optogenetics, zebrafish, neural tubes, biomechanics and cake
Structural biologists! Our division has an opening for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer—apply now! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Structural Biology:Oxford Road
The purpose of this post is to undertake high quality research and also excellent teaching. Hence, the ability to enhance teaching activities within our UG/PG programmes will also be expected.
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21 fully funded PhD projects are available in our division! www.findaphd.com/phds/divisio...
The University of Manchester, Division of Molecular and Cellular Function PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 21 PhDs Listed
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships at The University of Manchester, Division of Molecular and Cellular Function.
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New preprint from MCF: Kerrie Marie and collaborators reveal dynamic patterns of lineage state switching correlated with melanoma tumor evolution, offering insights into potential new therapeutic targets. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transitory Schwann Cell Precursor and hybrid states underpin melanoma therapy resistance and metastasis
Melanoma plasticity, driven by phenotype state switching, underlies clinically relevant traits such as metastasis and therapy resistance. As melanoma progression is thought to recapitulate aspects of ...
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We are excited to announce that Professor Graham Pavitt, Chair in Molecular Biology, has been appointed as our new Head of Division! Join us in welcoming Graham to his new role—we look forward to the exciting times ahead! research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/g...
Graham Pavitt
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In our study @elife.bsky.social we uncover the mechanism of mPPase inhibition. Over 20x structures to date are in a symmetric form. We use EPR(PELDOR/DEER) and reveal asymmetric binding at the active site while maintaining symmetric conformation at periplasmic site elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Very special graduation... Congratulations Katie and @tranejoan.bsky.social !
Joan Chang@tranejoan.bsky.social · last yr.Yesterday I attended the #graduation of my #firstPhD student Katie Lowles. What a moment! No longer her PI but still feeling very proud @mcf-uom.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social (Oh and I also attended my first ever #GRCCollagen...it was awesome even though I had to leave early!)
Super excited to host Dr Kerrie L Marie @mcf-uom.bsky.social today @liigh-unam.bsky.social! She talked to us about the embryonic pathways that are co-opted by #melanoma cells, a great talk with lots of questions 🤓
We're ready for #BritishScienceWeek @ManchesterMuseum! All about #secretion, #ECMatrix assembly, from cells to #zebrafish! @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social
Fantastic postdoc opportunities available @fbmh-uom.bsky.social! 💡 Please get in touch if you're interested in using biomaterials, cell biology, 'omics technologies and data science to investigate cell adhesion networks and gene expression in cancer #science #research #jobs #careers
Molecular and Cellular Function, University of Manchester@mcf-uom.bsky.social · last yr.Early-career fellowships at the University of Manchester! To celebrate 200 years of The University of Manchester, the Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health offers a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship to support exceptional early-career researchers: www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Our researchers leb by @hilaryashe.bsky.social show the versatility of the SunTag system by providing proof-of-principle data for new avenues of exploration, quantitation and visualisation of protein synthesis. @biologists.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Exploiting the SunTag system to study the developmental regulation of mRNA translation
The ability to quantitatively study mRNA translation using SunTag imaging is transforming our understanding of the translation process. Here, we expand the SunTag method to study new aspects of transl...
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Our new paper describes how SunTag imaging of mRNA translation can be used to study ribosome pausing in development. We also adapt the system to study translation of a secreted protein. Work done in collaboration with @mrattray.bsky.social and @markashe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Exploiting the SunTag system to study the developmental regulation of mRNA translation
The ability to quantitatively study mRNA translation using SunTag imaging is transforming our understanding of the translation process. Here, we expand the SunTag method to study new aspects of transl...
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A new day, a new preprint! @tranejoan.bsky.social lab demonstrated that macrophages promote collagen deposition in fibroblasts by inducing circadian rhythms, with M2-derived PDGFA playing a key role in this process. Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Macrophages promote collagen deposition through circadian regulation of fibroblasts
Collagen deposition in fibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells, is regulated by both macrophages and the circadian rhythm, although how these regulatory processes interact with one another i...
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Our lab's #1st manuscript from our #1st #PhD Katie is on #bioRxiv! Check it out 👇🏻 #macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Macrophages promote collagen deposition through circadian regulation of fibroblasts
Collagen deposition in fibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells, is regulated by both macrophages and the circadian rhythm, although how these regulatory processes interact with one another i...
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Exciting PhD opportunity available in my lab for the students from Black heritage background. Apply soon. 🤞🤞🤞 @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer Non-Clinical PhD Opportunity 📅 Deadline: 4 April 🔗 crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...
Research Opportunities - Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre
Explore the range of postgraduate cancer research opportunities available in Manchester.
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Early-career fellowships at the University of Manchester! To celebrate 200 years of The University of Manchester, the Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health offers a 3-year Postdoctoral Fellowship to support exceptional early-career researchers: www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
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A fantastic postdoc opportunity available for talented PhD graduates to work in our CRUK funded PhD project. jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job... @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
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New preprint! @sankarinagarajan.bsky.social and colleagues employed machine learning approaches to identify critical gene pathways and transcription factor networks in breast cancer
Sankari Nagarajan@sankarinagarajan.bsky.social · last yr.Our lab's very first manuscript is out in BioRxiv. Hope this would be interesting for breast cancer scientists: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @mcf-uom.bsky.social @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
Is there more to defining the eve stripes in the Drosophila embryo than just transcriptional regulation? We provide evidence that spatially regulated mRNA decay is also important.
Magnus Rattray@mrattray.bsky.social · last yr.Nice new paper from Jennifer Love and @hilaryashe.bsky.social lab members shows how mRNA decay is spatially and temporally regulated, ramping up at the edges of stripes in early drosophila embryos, with mRNAs increasingly localising to P-bodies for degradation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New paper by @pliotasgroup.bsky.social !
Pliotas Group@pliotasgroup.bsky.social · last yr.In our recent article we show the YbiO mechanosensitive channel can achieve pore openings of 3nS under membrane tension equalling the largest known gated-pore MscL and we also solve a cryo- EM structure of a YbiO in a sub-open state. Great effort by @lane-b.bsky.social www.cell.com/structure/fu...
Paper alert! Pliotas Group reviewed pulsed dipolar electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy applications and highlighted emerging strategies for future studies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enabling structural biological electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in membrane proteins through spin labelling
Pulsed dipolar electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (PDS), combined with site-directed spin-labelling, represents a powerful tool for the inve…
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Very glad to see this study finally out (and mentioned on bsky already!)- it's been a huge #collaboration across different groups🙏🏻 Fibroblasts recycles (in a #circadian manner) #collagen to make new fibrils, which is enhanced in #fibrosis. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @elife.bsky.social
Endocytic recycling is central to circadian collagen fibrillogenesis and disrupted in fibrosis
Secretion and fibrillogenesis of collagen-I are separately controlled molecular pathways in the fibroblast, where surprisingly endocytic recycling is required for fibril formation and is increased in ...
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Paper alert! A collaborative study led by @tranejoan.bsky.social shows that circadian-regulated endocytic recycling is central to homeostatic assembly of collagen fibrils and is disrupted in diseases. Published in @elife.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Endocytic recycling is central to circadian collagen fibrillogenesis and disrupted in fibrosis
Secretion and fibrillogenesis of collagen-I are separately controlled molecular pathways in the fibroblast, where surprisingly endocytic recycling is required for fibril formation and is increased in ...
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Bicentenary PhD scholarship is available in @ximenasotouom.bsky.social group. If you are enthusiastic and keen on using Zebrafish to elucidate signals and mechanisms involved in spinal cord regeneration apply! Deadline is the 10th of January, 2025. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(Bicentenary) Understanding Spinal Cord Regeneration: The Role of Dynamic Gene Expression at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (Bicentenary) Understanding Spinal Cord Regeneration: The Role of Dynamic Gene Expression at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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