📢 The preliminary research day programme for the Galleria Mellonella Workshop 2026 is now available! 👉 Registration remains open until the 1st of September and we continue to welcome poster submissions until the 31st of August. 🧑‍💻Visit www.gmrcuk.org/gmw-2026.html for more info

Congratulations to the 2026 ASCB Fellows! ASCB is proud to recognize 15 scientists whose careers have advanced cell biology through outstanding research, leadership, mentorship & service. Meet the 2026 Fellows: https://www.ascb.org/society-news/fifteen-visionary-scientists-named-2026-ascb-fellows/

Today's @cosheidelberg.bsky.social seminar speaker is @chc-evobio.bsky.social talking on chromatin evolution #evochromo. Check out his really cool #preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

You're probably already doing science advocacy — you just might not call it that. Our new commentary (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) makes the case that every scientist has a role, and that advocacy takes many forms. Find and embrace yours! @natcellbio.nature.com @vfarm15.bsky.social

Every scientist has a role in advocacy - Nature Cell Biology

In this Comment, we call on scientists to share their stories. Through casual conversation or prepared presentations, with images or essays, scientists can advocate for their research and reach taxpay...

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Available in MBoC A yeast study shows that depletion of the ribosomal protein Rpl32 disrupts ribosome biogenesis & triggers G1 arrest. Surprisingly, translation remains efficient, revealing links between ribosome assembly & cell cycle control. https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-10-0479

Excited to share the first preprint from my lab! Transcription has been implicated in regulating SMC complex function, but how this works has been unclear. Here, we use a yeast quiescence model to examine how transcription targets condensin.

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 3w ago

Asymmetric condensin loop extrusion is regulated by RPA-coated single-stranded DNA in quiescent cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.10.737861v1

White House draft regulations could reshape federally funded research, including peer review and international collaborations. Learn what's proposed and why it matters. Comments due July 13. https://www.ascb.org/science-policy/white-house-draft-regulations-could-reshape-american-science/

The mycobiont of the lichen Xanthoria parietina produces the siderophore ferrichrome which enables iron acquisition and nutrient exchange with its algal photobiont. Great collaboration with my group & @metalichen.bsky.social led by Hubertus Haas 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The NIH is an ENORMOUS bargain for the American people. Do folk think that private industry will do the background slog work for drug discovery for 250K direct costs?

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last mo.

Scott Atlas, the champion of herd immunity as an Fox News commenter and the Trump Advisor during COVID, weighs in with a DEEPLY MININFORMED op-ed in the WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/7

New preprint from the lab led by grad student Dallas Moses! Our first adventure into watermelon found a bacterium that affects fungal virulence. 🍉 #NewPI #MicroSky #PlantPathology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

An endosymbiotic Paenibacillus sp. modulates disease severity caused by the common watermelon pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f sp. niveum

Fungal plant pathogens can be affected by the bacteria they interact with in their environment, yet the characterization of these interactions beyond direct antagonism is lacking, especially in the ca...

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Our paper on the evolution of cellular miniaturization is now out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... A short recap 🧵

Marco Fumasoni@marcofumasoni.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🗞️ New preprint from the lab, led by our postdoc Ana Garoña (not on here) in collab with @andreagiometto.bsky.social: “Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a mechanism for cell size evolution”, aka: “honey, we shrank the yeasts!” 🎥 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨 Postdoc opportunity at the MRC CMM 🚨 Working with Prof. Elaine Bignell and Dr Sandra Catania, contribute to a multidisciplinary research programme investigating how chromatin regulation shapes transcriptional adaptation in Aspergillus fumigatus. 🔗 buff.ly/MYLEJvE

Our newest review on septins as makers & breakers of membrane contacts in J Neurochem Fun writing with new PhD grad (and FASEB Septin Conference A/V Assistant Extrordinaire) TJ Holt Thanks @mcmurraylab.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social for input. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Septins in the Middle—Makers and Breakers of Membrane Contact Sites

Septins are a family of GTP-binding proteins that assemble into heteromeric oligomers and polymers, associating with specific membrane domains and organelles according to their subunit composition. G...

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Contribute to research science and preparedness for a crop disease with genomics and molecular biology skills on a project targeting Claviceps gigantea, which damages corn and produces toxic ergot alkaloids. 🌽🧬🖥️🌱🍄🦠 jobs.apsnet.org/job/postdoct... #plantpathsky #jobs #fungi #mycology #USDA

"OMB proposes the new discretionary termination provision to provide that the Federal agency or pass-through entity, to the extent permitted by law, may terminate a Federal award in part or its entirety...

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

To my fabulous colleagues: this seminar is open for anyone to register! Registrants just need to make a GSA account. Please send this information to your students and advisers who may benefit from the discussion!

Genetics Society of America@genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Interested in an academic career in Europe? Join this workshop for practical advice on funding pathways, job applications, and navigating the European academic job market from experts who’ve successfully done it. 📅 June 2, 2026 | 11am–12pm EDT 🔗: buff.ly/K7Z4tcj @aniekj.bsky.social

UK-based cell biologist? Interested in membrane trafficking? Want to find a conference? Looking for a job (PI, postdoc...)? Do link to www.ukmembranetraffic.com, where @jezcarlton.bsky.social and Chris Stefan (not here?) do sterling work

In this review, Audrey P. Gasch reflects on the history of the Environmental Stress Response (ESR) in #yeast, from its discovery 25 years ago to more recent insights into its purpose and regulation, focusing on remaining questions in #stress biology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Twenty‐Five Years of the Environmental Stress Response and the Enduring Power of Yeast in Stress Biology

All organisms must be able to sense and respond to adverse environments, especially those that threaten cellular integrity. The age of genomics clarified the breadth and specificity of cellular stres...

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Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

I'm really looking forward to seeing folks at #2026SFS (the annual Society for #Freshwater #Science meeting) next week! Talks by lab members & collaborators are below. Please reach out if you'd like to connect in Spokane! @freshwaterscience.bsky.social @sfs-src.bsky.social @sfsemerge.bsky.social 💧🌎🧪

The X-linked Septin6 strikes in the immune system!

Casanova Lab@casanovalab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

X-linked SEPTIN6 deficiency as a novel cause of syndromic T cell deficiency ! X-linked SEPTIN6-related congenital neutropenia and B cell deficiency rupress.org/jhi/article/...

I will always remember her kindness. In addition to being an incredible mycologist, Adriana was a fierce advocate for early career researchers and equity in ecology. What a loss 💔 This hits hard. A meal train is circulating to support her family: www.mealtrain.com/trains/l3kg64

Meal Train for Jovani Catalan (Spouse of Adriana Romero Olivares)

Hi all, Please help out the family of Adriana Romero Olivares. Her husband, Jovani, and kids can be helped with meals over the next weeks as Adriana recovers.

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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe@aaberhe.com · 3mo ago

Prof. Adriana Romero-Olivares, UC Riverside, was doing incredible work on how fungi and ecosystems respond to global change. A rising voice, a dynamic scientist and educator, a young mother, wife and daughter gone far too soon. A huge loss. Her family, students and community are in my thoughts.

In case anyone feels a little lost on how to break into the microbiome field/literature, I've recently put together some resources online: alexforscience.wordpress.com/resource-list/ Feel free to share with students - I hope it's helpful!

Resource list

Academia can be very hard to break into. I’ve posted here a number of resources, both for microbiome research and teaching/outreach, that I hope anyone might find helpful. Microbiome Research…

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We're hiring! 🔬🏔️ Looking for curious, open-minded, and multidisciplinary #PhD candidates to research at the intersection of #mitochondria, #metabolism, #imaging & #physiology, with the #Alps as a backdrop. Sounds like you or someone you know? Link below! @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social

Juan C. Landoni@jclandoni.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Landoni Lab opens this summer at UNIL! @fbm-unil.bsky.social 🔬 Quantitative #imaging + systems biology to decipher how #metabolic architecture & #mtDNA dynamically shape tissue development, #aging and #mitodisease. Beyond excited to fire up the lasers, open positions soon! 🧪 #mitochondria #newPI

Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic

I am hiring a popgen postdoc! Looking for a creative scientist to join us at USC to investigate recessive variation and complex traits in model or non-model species. The project is funded by a multi-year NIH grant, contract can be renewed. Job add & details 👇🏽 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

There are two!! meetings on insect-associated (fungal and other) pathogens taking place soon: 1) The Arthropod-Fungal Associations workshop (3rd edition) in Łódź, Poland, 20-22 May 2026 #AFAworkshop 2) The Insect Pathology Short Course in Ithaca, New York, 7-12 June 2026

In MBoC: αβ-Tubulin heterodimers assemble into microtubules critical for cell division, transport, and cilia. This review covers their evolution and regulation, providing insight into how cells maintain robust microtubule networks. https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-05-0247

A Mechanism Driving Echinocandin Heteroresistance in Candida glabrata https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.16.718912v1

It’s an honor to be part of Virginia Tech’s Vet School. Over the last year our NIH funding nearly doubled — from $3.8M to $7.5M — propelling our college to No. 13 nationally among vet schools. news.vt.edu/articles/202...