We've been seeing a lot of "in situ" lately in titles from fancy journals (not pointing any fingers 👀). I’ve delayed posting this, but as more and more come out, I'm afraid "in situ" is becoming an empty buzzword, much like "near-atomic" was for SPA 🔬 1/n #cryo-ET #cryo-EM #cryoET #cryoEM 🧪

⏰ 6 days left to apply for an in-person spot on the Wellcome–MRC in situ Cryo-ET Workshop 2026! 📅 28 Sept – 2 Oct '26 🔬 #Cryo-ET & #Cryo-FIB lectures, demos & practicals 📍 @diamondlightsource.bsky.social & @astburycentre.bsky.social 💻 Lectures also available on Zoom Apply now: shorturl.at/LRihg

Caitie’s a lion 💪♌️🦁🐥. Go work with her to do and learn cool stuff. I’d consider myself… but photosynthesis > cilia 😉@sofie-dot-rec.bsky.social . Congrats Caitie!

Caitie McCafferty@computingcaitie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy to finally share that I will be starting my independent group at the @fmiscience.bsky.social in Feb 2027 in a vibrant new environment. We will use integrative in situ structural cell biology methods to investigate ciliary structure and dynamics in several model (and non-model 👀) systems!!

Our next DinoSphere seminar will be June 18th at 9 AM PDT / 6 PM CEST hosting Jana Pilátová and @gracezhong.bsky.social 🪱 Grace Zhong: Symbiont mobility in a dinoflagellate–acoel worm symbiosis 🪩 Jana Pilátová: Eyespots as photonic mirrors in Symbiodiniaceae More details on tinyurl.com/43uckr2w!

Great opportunity to work in an exciting environment and a wonderful group!!

FMI science@fmiscience.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Postdoc opportunity at FMI + Novartis Biomedical Research 🧬 The Dahmane lab (FMI) & Farady lab (Novartis) are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study how extracellular inflammasome particles propagate inflammation during neurotropic RNA virus infection. Apply by May 31: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

🎥 Kicking off now: the eBIC Cryo Lift-Out webinar @diamondlightsource.bsky.social Join us to learn about new cryo lift-out workflows for vitrified tissues and small organisms using cryo-ET, plus a live Q&A with the team 🕚 Happening now! 🔗 bit.ly/cryo-Lift-Out 🔐 #CryoEM #CryoET

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Interesting and important research, with someone that will care for you. Recommended. Allez Manon!

Manon Demulder@manondemulder.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to announce I’m starting a new lab at @gmivienna.bsky.social (Vienna BioCentre) in Sept 2026 We study how carbon fixation is inherited and maintained in algae using cryo-ET, imaging, environmental sampling&more Looking for people who want to build the lab together, get in touch! #teamtomo

Excited to announce I’m starting a new lab at @gmivienna.bsky.social (Vienna BioCentre) in Sept 2026 We study how carbon fixation is inherited and maintained in algae using cryo-ET, imaging, environmental sampling&more Looking for people who want to build the lab together, get in touch! #teamtomo

Apply now! @vbcscitraining.bsky.social offers more than 25 fully-funded PhD positions! GMI group leaders are also recruiting new students.

Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training@vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 25+ fully-funded positions in the Spring Call which is now open. Have a look at our campus: www.vbcphd.at Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Max Perutz Labs Vienna, IMP, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology

🔬 Postdoc position – Infection Biology & Cryo-ET (Zurich) 🇨🇭 We are looking for a motivated Postdoc to join our interdisciplinary team. 📩 Interested? Check out the job advert: www.imm.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:cb17... 👉 More info on the lab: www.weiss-laboratory.com Please share with interested colleagues!

The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Sven Klumpe from the IMP/IMBA is recruiting! https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/

It’s out! Using cryo-ET in Dicty cells, we take a fresh in situ look at vaults. Surprisingly, we uncover vaults associated with ER and NE membranes, and find that many vaults enclose ribosomes in defined orientations, opening new avenues to their cellular function! www.biorxiv.org/lookup/conte...

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The vault associates with membranes in situ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.12.693869v1

Our new preprint 🚨🌱☀️on flourescent biosensing of ATP levels in chloroplasts in vivo shows disequilibrium between proton motive force and ATP levels. We show PGR5 dependent cyclic electron transfer does not augment ATP/NADPH ratios @gustaf23.bsky.social 🙌 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

It’s strange. I know it’s just an option and not the first AI-assist. but imo the main positive sounds like endorsing scientist to trust opinions of a company(?)-run blackbox. A posterior rather than during design. And it’s coming from the place that to many was the first step to improve publishing…

Richard Sever@richardsever.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Excited to launch an openRxiv partnership with the scientist-run AI review service qed (@qedscience.bsky.social), the brainchild of @odedrechavi.bsky.social 1/n openrxiv.org/enabling-rev...

We’re back with the next DinoSphere Online Seminar! Join us on Nov 4th, we're hosting: Edmée Royen (ULiège) - Symbiodinium
 Nicolas dos Santos Pacheco (Cambridge) - Perkinsids 📅 Tue, Nov 4 - 4 PM CET/3 PM GMT 
💻 Zoom link: sites.google.com/view/dinosphere
 Please spread the word! #protistonsky

Have you registered to the next EMBO Practical Course on In-situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET? 🧊 Join us in Frankfurt for hands-on training on cryo-techniques and networking with experts! 🔗 Apply by Dec 8, 2025: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-... 📍 Frankfurt | 📆 April 12–20, 2026

Thanks to @snsf.ch, we are hiring two PhD students to investigate frontier topics in lipid biology using a combination of MD simulations and experiments. Preferred starting date: ASAP. Fribourg - and Switzerland - are quite nice, for both work and private life! Please spread the word!

Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio... #biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging

Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on! #TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾 elifesciences.org/articles/105... 1/🧵

Extremely excited for the second version of this workshop at the MPI of Biophysics l, Frankfurt, that will happen 12-20. April 2026. Absolutely amazing lineup of speakers, I am very much looking forward to learning from everyone! Apply here: meetings.embo.org/event/26-in-...

In situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET

Cryo-focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (cryo-FIB/SEM) and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are emerging, versatile tools for structural cell biologists, aiming at the exploration of mol…

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Sven Klumpe@svenklumpe.bsky.social · 3y ago

It is my pleasure to announce the @EMBO course on “In situ structural biology by Cryo-FIB and Cryo-ET” taking place @MPI_Biochem from 8.-14. April 2024. If you are interested in learning about cryo-ET and cryo-FIB including lift-out, apply by December 8th! meetings.embo.org/event/24-in-...

Apply now for the prestigious and independent #BiozentrumPhDFellowships. Great science. Unique rotation-based selection of research group and other incentives. The summer call is open until October 12, 2025. bit.ly/4caiqqX @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch #fellowship #PhD#Switzerland

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Our first DinoSphere seminar is this Tuesday, 1 July at 9 AM CEST! A good way to start the day if you're in Europe ☕ We will hear from Yong Heng Phua (OIST) and Karel Mocaer (Heidelberg) 🔗 Zoom link on our website: tinyurl.com/4duvwtvp

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After 5 amazing years @pilhoferlab.bsky.social I'm starting my lab @embl.org Grenoble this November embl.org/wollweber We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6

We’re kicking off the DinoSphere Online Seminar Series! Join us for our first session with Karel Mockaer (Heidelberg) & Yong Heng Phua (OIST) 📅 1 July 9AM CEST 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mjaverj Spread the word! @protistwtmostest.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social @chandnibhickta.bsky.social&Norico Yamada

Pleased to share my very general review of Photosynthesis now published in Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol 🌞🌱 rdcu.be/em1lz Hopefully a useful primer for Postgrad and undergrad students

Structure, regulation and assembly of the photosynthetic electron transport chain

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - The electron transfer chain in chloroplast thylakoid membranes uses solar energy to produce NADPH and ATP, which power carbon fixation into biomass. This...

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Does publishing serve science or is science serving publishing? Damian Pattinson and I (@elife.bsky.social) argue scientific publishing has evolved into a system that, rather than facilitate scholarly communication, distorts and dictates it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #OpenScience

Hey #TeamTomo, Ever been in need of a tutorial about the fundamentals of cryo-electron tomography? From preprocessing raw frames to high-res subtomogram averaging? That's why @florentwaltz.bsky.social and I made this website! tomoguide.github.io Follow the thread 1 /🧵 #CryoET #CryoEM 🔬🧪

You want to start tomography? Solve structures inside cells? Reach Nyquist 😳 ? @phaips.vd.st and I have a website for you! tomoguide.github.io You'll find a tutorial on how to reconstruct tomograms, pick particles and do subtomogram averaging, using different software! Hope it will be useful !

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Hey #TeamTomo, Ever been in need of a tutorial about the fundamentals of cryo-electron tomography? From preprocessing raw frames to high-res subtomogram averaging? That's why @florentwaltz.bsky.social and I made this website! tomoguide.github.io Follow the thread 1 /🧵 #CryoET #CryoEM 🔬🧪

🦠🧠 MemBrain update! 🧠🦠 We’ve updated our preprint! It now covers the full MemBrain v2 pipeline for end-to-end membrane analysis in #CryoET: segmentation, particle picking, and spatial statistics. 🔗 Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🔗 Code: github.com/CellArchLab/... 🧵(1/6) #TeamTomo

Hey Everyone!❄️🔬 We have two fully funded PhD positions @humantechnopole.bsky.social this year! Help us understand better how one of the main stress regulators - the nucleolus - integrates synaptic inputs!🧠Find all the calls - also from my amazing colleagues - here: www.semm.it/education/ho...