So excited to share the preprint with the bulk of my PhD work in the Beach @myosincity.bsky.social and Oakes @pwoakes.bsky.social Labs at Loyola University Chicago! We investigate the structure, recruitment, and function of septin networks around the nucleus. A thread: doi.org/10.64898/202...

Two new 🔥pre-prints 🔥 TODAY by us & @pwoakes.bsky.social @myosincity.bsky.social change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes! Septins are like intermediate filaments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...

We are getting closer to Toledo CellulART 2025! Please register early if you would like to be considered for a talk! More at www.toledocellulart.org

Our new preprint is out! Led by @stefanosala89.bsky.social sky.social we investigate the difference between molecular tension sensing and global tension on the focal adhesion. Follow along for a thread of our findings: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

LIM Domain Proteins link molecular and global tension by recognizing strained actin in adhesions

Mechanotransduction is fundamental to cell signaling and depends on force-sensitive adhesion proteins. How these proteins differentiate and integrate their responses to tension remains an open questio...

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A big shout out to @septinlab.bsky.social for organizing an awesome septin meeting this past week. It was great to catch up in person with so many of the people in this amazing community and meet so many new people working on septins! #SeptSRC

@maggieutgaard.bsky.social from @pwoakes.bsky.social and @myosincity.bsky.social labs with a killer talk on the coupling of the nucleus to septins in response to mechanical stress. #SeptSRC

Veni, vidi, vici #SeptSRC @mcmomany.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @pwoakes.bsky.social

5 days left to register at discounted rate, and 3 weeks left from Sunday for FASEB - Septins: spatial regulators of cell biology. An exciting program of over 50 talks. Daily meet the speakers luncheons/dinners Career development sessions Poster prizes & a killer dance party mix in the making!?!

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Only 5 days left to save $150 for #SeptSRC in Niagara! Join organizers @septinlab.bsky.social, @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social, and @mcmomany.bsky.social for a chance to get in on the ground floor of a brand new conference exploring spatial regulators of cells! Save your space: buff.ly/vnCmywW

The feeling when you get back to the lab after a week at a gordon conference - totally inspired and energised after hearing incredible science and meeting amazing people. Thank you @tanentzapflab.bsky.social and @sarawickstrom.bsky.social for GRC Fibronectin, Integrins and related molecules.

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LAST CALL for FASEB Septins - Spatial Regulators of Cell Biology June 15-19, Niagara Falls, New York Register now: events.faseb.org/event/septin... Submit abstract by Monday or DM me after that. 80 participants and counting cant be wrong!

The Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine seeks a full-time tenure track Investigator at the rank of Assistant Professor. Click here to learn more. www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/cdb/do... For questions, contact Vanessa Gonzalez vanessa.g@northwestern.edu

It'll be a slightly smaller crew than previous years but we'll still be at #cellbio24 #ASCB! If you like LIM proteins or septins come check out our posters:

So many stunning images in this group! Vote for your favorite!

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Help choose JCB’s cover of the year! 🔬 Explore 12 breathtaking images submitted by our talented authors and vote for your favorite. 🗓️ Voting closes on Friday, December 20! Have your say in celebrating the beauty of science 👉 https://buff.ly/3BdttSI #CellBio2024

From the archive - integrins and actin. I never get tired of looking at the cytoskeleton!

We have a bunch of posters at the ASCB meeting in Boston for those that are around. Come check out everything we’ve been working on!