Thrilled to have been a part of this amazing paper with beautiful #imaging How does the #oocyte combat cytoplasmic dilution during growth ? #Translation in the Zollo Body is one way Below are our main findings 👇

Christopher Thomas@ovarylab.bsky.social · 20h ago

Excited to share this fantastic collaboration with the teams of @mhverlhac.bsky.social and @bokelab.bsky.social, where we identify and characterise the Zollo body — a transient RNP compartment that drives oocyte and follicle growth! 🥚🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A transient RNP compartment boosts translation and growth of mammalian oocytes | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A transient RNP compartment boosts translation and growth of mammalian oocytes

Mammalian oocytes undergo an extended growth phase, during which transcription gradually declines. To sustain meiotic divisions and early embryonic development, growing oocytes must accumulate materna...

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Interested in a cross-scale understanding of #mechanobiology? Join the EMBO Workshop "Forces across scales" in Porto, Portugal, 27–30 April 2027. Deadline: 1 December 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/27-forces-scales #EMBOforces #EMBOevents 🧪

Congratulation @gaellel.bsky.social for the crystal medal ! So well deserved, you've been transformative for the democratisation of image analysis and deep learning. www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/talents/c...

CNRS@cnrs.fr · 2mo ago

#TalentsCNRS 🏅 Le CNRS décerne ses médailles de cristal et cristal collectif 2026, récompensant des femmes et des hommes ayant contribué à l’avancée des savoirs et à l’excellence de la recherche française. Félicitations 👏 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite... 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

Congratulations to superstar and awesome colleague Gaëlle Letort @gaellel.bsky.social, bioimage analyst extraordinaire for THE CRYSTAL MEDAL OF THE CNRS 2026!!! 🥳🎉🕺🦄🥳 We work with amazing people www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/...

Check out our latest review in Advanced Science, "From Cytoskeletal Remodeling to Oocyte Quality: The Emerging Role of Mechanics": advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Congratulations to all the authors for this comprehensive work! Anastasia Shihabi, Rose Bulteau, Lucie BARBIER

From Cytoskeletal Remodeling to Oocyte Quality: The Emerging Role of Mechanics

Mechanical properties of the oocyte are increasingly recognized as critical determinants of meiotic success and developmental potential. How actomyosin remodeling controls oocyte mechanics, how these....

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Infertilité liée à l’âge La conservation des gamètes est-elle une solution ? Par Anastasia Shihabi, unité Sciences de la vie du Palais de la découverte Aujourd’hui, en France, un quart des couples rencontre des difficultés à concevoir un enfant. Si la procréation médicalement assistée... ⬇️

Un pétition du collège des sociétés savantes pour mettre en avant le rôle de la recherche dans la campagne politique à venir et rappeler le sous investissement chronique en France depuis 20 ans. N'hésitez pas à faire ciculer recherche-publique-2027.fr

Applications are open for the international course “Developmental Biology” organized by the Institut Curie in partnership with @sorbonne-universite.fr 📅 Oct. 19–28, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Jul. 19 & Sept. 18 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/developmental-biology-2026

📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social! Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.

Registration for the Cell Biology and Cancer course at Institut Curie is now open! Explore how biological forms emerge across scales, from intracellular organization to tissues. 📅 November 16th-20th, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Deadline: September 10th, 2026 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/cours/biolog...

Thanks for the invitation @biolum-montpellier.bsky.social , looking forward to it!

BIOLuM Montpellier@biolum-montpellier.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are delighted to announce the inaugural Symposium of the Cell Cycle and Cancer axis, taking place on June 3, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on our campus. 👉 Registration is free but mandatory via the dedicated website before May 6, 2026: cellcyclecancer.sciencesconf.org

Thanks @aljordlab.bsky.social for hosting me at CRG. I met great people doing very interesting science!

Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)@crg.eu · 6mo ago

Next Monday, we mark International Women’s Day with a special seminar by Marie-Emilie Terret. Her research explores the mechanics of cell division during oocyte development, bridging cell biology and physics for a better understanding of female fertility. Open to all! www.crg.eu/en/event/oth...

We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics — please share, and get in touch for more info! 🧬📣

IBDM, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille@ibdm.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🧬 The Department of Biology at @univ-amu.fr will soon recruit a lecturer in Molecular Genetics & Genomics (Eukaryotes). 🧪 Apply with an eligible team: Bertrand; Delacour; Kodjabachian; Libé-Philippot; Mann; Schaeffer; Thomas. Details: lnkd.in/eFS8qQpU

Inside the Ross Sea dinoflagellate, native to Antarctic waters, expansion microscopy revealed protein complexes crucial for photosynthesis. These interactions offer insight into early evolutionary steps of eukaryotes but are still not fully understood. www.quantamagazine.org/expansion-mi...

Sometimes, the only way to build back up is to let everything fall apart. This is certainly true at the cellular level. www.quantamagazine.org/break-it-to-...

Break It To Make It: How Fracturing Sculpts Tissues and Organs | Quanta Magazine

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

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#LivingArchitectures Congratulations @manuelthery.bsky.social @lblanchoin.bsky.social and all Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab for their poetic vision of the microscopic level.

Félicitations à Sylvia Serfaty qui rejoint l' @academiesciences.bsky.social Signalons qu'elle a écrit un témoignage personnel de son expérience de mathématicienne, partageant sa vision et son enthousiasme (aux @editionsflammarion.bsky.social ) editions.flammarion.com/des-equation...

Des équations personnelles de Sylvia Serfaty - Editions Flammarion

Des équations personnelles : présentation du livre de Sylvia Serfaty publié aux Editions Flammarion. Et si les mathématiques étaient le lieu de la vérité et de la beauté par excellence ? C’était l’hyp...

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CNRS Mathématiques@cnrs-insmi.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Découvrez les 18 nouvelles et nouveaux membres élus à @academiesciences.bsky.social pour l'année 2026 🔎 Communiqué de presse à lire sur ➡️ www.academie-sciences.fr/sites/defaul...

New paper out! We show how mechanosensitive adherens junction proteins link actomyosin contractility to actin assembly using in vitro reconstitution. Huge congrats to Aurélie Favarin, Rayan Said, & all authors! In Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #actin #myosin #mechanobiology

Happy 2026! As usual now, jellyfish in Paris @clytia-vlfr.bsky.social

Dias Maia Henriques, Dumont, Maton et al. @ijmonod.bsky.social uncover an #anaphase A pathway, driven by the #kinesin-13 KLP-7 and opposed by the kinesin-12 KLP-18, that contributes to chromosome segregation in early #Celegans embryos. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Mitosis #CellDivision #Spindle

🚨 New preprint out! “Fluorescence lifetime estimation: a practical approach using Flipper-TR FLIM” with Tithi Mandal and @rouxlab.bsky.social We benchmark and describe step-by-step Flipper-TR FLIM measurements across different set-ups and and strategies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Fluorescence lifetime estimation: a practical approach using Flipper-TR FLIM

Flipper-TR is a membrane dye sensitive to lipid packing widely used to probe membrane tension in live cells via fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). However, no consensus currently exists ...

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🔬For 22 years, we have been organizing #Mifobio "Functional Microscopy for Biology" the @cnrs.fr thematic school. 🎓 Courses, Seminars, Round Tables, Workshops. The overall theme concerns #biological_imaging in its most interdisciplinary aspects. 👉 Program: imabio-cnrs.fr #GDRImaBio #Mifobio2025

Thank you @cellmech2025.bsky.social for the invitation, great science, great people, great community!

CellMech2025@cellmech2025.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What an interesting talk!! Thank you so much, @memilieterret.bsky.social! #cellmech2025

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

Which city is the best for Cytoskeleton research? Dresden? Barcelona? Cambridge ? Noooo ... you all know its Paris, right? 😎 Registering to the annual meeting on Friday 14th of November is now open: pcd2025.sciencesconf.org Keynote speeches by @carter-lab.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht !

Three-Year Funded Postdoctoral Position to study organelle architecture in mammalian oocytes – Terret-Verlhac Lab, CIRB, Collège de France (Starting 2026). For more information, please contact: marie-helene.verlhac@college-de-france.fr

What an incredible act of generosity!

Marine Biological Laboratory@mblscience.bsky.social · last yr.

We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki. His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬 Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m

This is a great meeting with great people and great science! Thanks again @jovinelab.org and @Rafael Fissore for the invitation!

Luca Jovine@jovinelab.org · last yr.

Excited that the Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization and Activation of Development 2025 (and associated GRS) is just a few days away! www.grc.org/fertilizatio... www.grc.org/fertilizatio... #GRC #GRS #fertilization #development #egg #sperm

[ #TalentsCNRS ]🥉 Simplifier pour mieux comprendre le vivant🔬 Au LPCV, @alexandra-colin.bsky.social étudie l’organisation du cytosquelette d’actine sur des systèmes biomimétiques. Ses recherches sur ces mécanismes clés de la cellule lui valent la médaille de bronze 2025 du @cnrs.fr 👏

CNRS Alpes@cnrsalpes.bsky.social · last yr.

[#TalentsCNRS] 🎖 10 médailles pour la délégation Alpes du @cnrs.fr en 2025 ! 4 médailles de bronze 🥉 3 médailles de cristal 💎 3 médailles de cristal collectif 💎🤝 👏 Félicitations à ces talents qui font avancer la recherche ! Portraits à découvrir ici chaque jour dès demain👇🧵