Few statisticians know that Frank Yates, pioneer of experimental design, is responsible for the annoying practice of indicating 3 tiers of statistical significance by stars (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001). He soon regretted it and “vehemently opposed its unthinking use”. And here we are.

Two proud graduations from our lab @manchester.ac.uk this week! 🎓 Huge congratulations to our MSci and BSc Medical Biochemistry research project students, Morgan and Hugo. Thank you for all your hard work and contributions to the lab @mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social 🔬 #Science #HigherEd

We are very happy to share our latest work exploring the role of newly synthetized integrin-α5 using RUSH. We found that a subset goes to the PM via unconventional secretion! Big thanks to all involved! Read more at doi.org/10.1083/jcb.... @mathildemathieu.bsky.social @martina-lerche.bsky.social

Delighted to share our new pre-print from PhD student Ziyun Zhang joint with @tracyh9494.bsky.social demonstrating that lung alveolar macrophages have a dense glycocalyx and interstitial macrophages do not, @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Airway macrophage specific expression of a dense glycocalyx and its remodelling following viral infection

The glycocalyx is best studied for its regulation of immune cell trafficking from the vasculature into inflamed tissues. The glycocalyx is composed of a range of glycans and glyco-proteins that form a...

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🌍🌎🌏Open to students worldwide! I m super excited for this project 🎉

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🧠 Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship 🧠 Please repost BBSRC NWD project with @parikki.bsky.social and @iamabyron.bsky.social Come join us to look at how mechanical and oxidative stress signalling pathways converge on the synaptic scaffold protein talin. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🧠 Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship 🧠 Please repost BBSRC NWD project with @parikki.bsky.social and @iamabyron.bsky.social Come join us to look at how mechanical and oxidative stress signalling pathways converge on the synaptic scaffold protein talin. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

(BBSRC NWD) A novel redox mechanosignalling nexus in the synapse that is misregulated in neurodegeneration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) A novel redox mechanosignalling nexus in the synapse that is misregulated in neurodegeneration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Two days left to apply for a Medical Research Council-funded PhD opportunity in the lab. This is a student-led project, so you can work with us to develop an exciting project in a research area of mutual interest! www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear... @mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

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Fantastic talks from the lab at this week's @mcf-uom.bsky.social Lab Showcase - well done Josie, Julio and Morgan! Calls for cake 🍰

Happy to share that my PhD has finally taken the shape of a paper! ✨ Huge thanks to all authors, especially @davidbrueckner.bsky.social & @ehannezo.bsky.social for leading the modeling and @raimonsunyer.bsky.social & @xaviertrepat.bsky.social for their invaluable supervision. 🧵👇

David Brückner@davidbrueckner.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How do cells navigate up gradients of adhesive proteins? 🤔 Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Shoutout to our fantastic project and masters students! 🧪✨ It was a pleasure to have you in the lab @mcf-uom.bsky.social – your energy and hard work truly made a difference! 💫 #LabLife #CellBiology #ResearchStudents #ThankYou #AcademicLife @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...

Computational image analyst (m/f/d)

The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a

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Fantastic time at the Adhere2 conference on cell adhesion - on the lovely Dalmatian coast. #CellBiology #research #conference

Very enjoyable visit to the @qmbci.bsky.social yesterday, discussing fantastic science and presenting our work 🔬 Thank you for warmly hosting, @tysonsharp.bsky.social! @susanagodinho.bsky.social @drtanyasoliman.bsky.social @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social #research #collaboration

A new £50m Medical Research Council Centre is set to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

New £50m MRC Centre to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases

The environment is increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in our risk of developing diseases, with 30,000 deaths attributed to air pollution alone in the UK each year. A new research centre...

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Excited to share our most recent study on #integrintraffic #cancer #migration #focaladhesion by @ivaskalab.bsky.social @drpaulinamoreno.bsky.social Niklas Jäntti et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

EPLINα controls integrin recycling from Rab21 endosomes to drive breast cancer cell migration

Epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN), an actin-binding protein, has been described as both a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor in different c…

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We're Hiring: Postdoctoral Position in Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry Join our team at the Center for Structural Mass Spectrometry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Sinz Lab) to develop and apply cross-linking mass spectrometry techniques for studying protein interactions.

Delighted to advertise a collaborative postdoc position available in the lab to develop new proximity labelling tools, funded by a BBSRC Transformative Research Technology grant: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry

Research Associate in Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology:Oxford Road

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Just back from a fantastic research visit to the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, working with Dr Paola Nisticò and the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy team 🔬 Amazing cancer biology research, inspiring discussions and such warm hospitality from the team ☀️ #CancerResearch #Collaboration

Had a chat with @ajbrenes.com at #BSPR2025 about data reuse, and how some datasets, once combined and reused for a new biological question, are absolute gold. It's always worth depositing your data. 💿 Here are the statistics of his #HipSci dataset, which has remained at 2% after 6 years. 📈

🚨 Paper Alert 🚨 Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A computational pipeline for spatial mechano-transcriptomics - Nature Methods

The authors present a computational framework that leverages mechanical force inference and spatial transcriptomics to enable analyses of the interplay between the transcriptomic and mechanical state.

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Free Hands-On Training in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI)! A unique training opportunity in MSI, open to both national and international attendees in collaboration with BMSS and catapult. For more information please check this link: www.bmss.org.uk/meetings/bms...

Do you want to play a pivotal role in groundbreaking research at IGC? In this role you will work at the intersection of computational and experimental science, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to address fundamental questions in genetics and disease. Apply by 31 March: edin.ac/3R5dEBU

Happy to share our new publication in @naturematerials.bsky.social on mechanical cell competition! Great collaboration between our CAM team, Chavrier's and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats @luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, Siavash Monfared! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Measuring and manipulating mechanical forces during development - Nature Cell Biology

This Review discusses the recent advances in experimental approaches to interrogate the mechanical forces that mediate tissue deformations during development, highlighting the insights afforded at bot...

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It’s #BritishScienceWeek and our researchers, academics and students have been at Manchester Museum! Students from far and wide, alongside the general public and visitors to the museum, have been finding out about the exciting work going on in the Faculty @officialuom.bsky.social.

Come and find out how the Protein and Metabolite Analysis group can support your research at the Protein and Metabolite Analysis 2025 Showcase! 📅 31 March 2025 | 🕒 9am - 3:00pm 📍 Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/protein-me...

@the-node.bsky.social #biologists100 reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social is putting together a conference survival guide. What are your top tips for getting the most out of your conference experience.

Jen Annoh@jens-cells.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪Getting ready for #biologists100; what’s the best way to prepare? 🤔 Conference Survival Guide Needed! 📝 If you could give ONE piece of advice to a first-time attendee, what would it be? Let’s help the newcomers thrive! ✨ #SciComm #ConferenceTips #AcademicLife #AcademicSky @the-node.bsky.social

Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required. Please Repost 🙏 thanks !

"Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties" and are distinct from other large EVs both in their content and morphology. This video shows a blebbisome (magenta) in the same field of view as forming migrasomes (yellow). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Maybe of interest to the talented ECR network of @themeshwork.bsky.social ? www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...

Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships | The University of Manchester

Learn more about the Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships launched as part of The University of Manchester's 200th year.

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