Pleased to finally see this paper out in
@PLOSBiology
!
In every publication, we usually describe the scientific discovery but rarely report the journey that leads to it! Today I wanna tell you about some personal events that sparked this story! a 🧵
S. arctica is an Ichthyosporean that undergoes several rounds of nuclear duplication without accompanying
#cytokinesis
to form a coenocyte. The coenocyte then “explodes” and releases hundreds of newborn cells.
We wondered how such
#cellularization
is achieved?
#Video
26 scientists have been selected to join the EMBO Young Investigator Programme
@embo_yip
, an initiative that supports excellent young group leaders in the early stages of their independent careers
«Ceci n’est pas un embryon» nor an organoid for the matter
This is a close animal relative, the
#Ichthyosporean
Sphaeroforma arctica.
We are thrilled to have our new story out in
@CurrentBiology
LINK:
Buckle up for a quick🧵
#invertedLUTs
@christlet
Please RT
With a bit of a delay, the lab webpage is finally up!
We aim to investigate the Cell & Developmental biology of
#Ichthyosporeans
!
@EPFL_en
@epflSV
We will be hiring at different levels! Get in touch by email or DM if you would like to chat!
Omaya Dudin
@dudin_o
will be speaking at our Journal Meeting in Spain this June. Come and join us!
Find out more, submit an abstract and register:
#JCSevocellbio
Today marks our lab's 4th Bday, our last at
@EPFL_en
, & I couldn't be prouder of our team's resilience & spirit. Despite Covid & the long journey in search for the next adventure, we've made beautiful discoveries & forged invaluable friendships along the way.
Thx to my team.
Finally out in
@eLife
. Thanks to 𝗔. 𝗢𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮,
@xgraubove
,𝗔. 𝗧𝗼𝘆𝗼𝗱𝗮, 𝗛. 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗮,
@___JonB___
,
@multicellgenome
and especially 𝗔. 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘀𝗲𝗻, our dear friend and colleague, who tragically passed away during the final stages of this project. RIP.
Happy to share our review with Brooke McCartney (Twiterless) about
#cellularization
across the
#eukaryotic
tree of life
#Cellularization
across eukaryotes: Conserved mechanisms and novel strategies
We are pleased to present our latest publication in
@CellCellPress
, work led by
@MarineLaporte8
, in which we used U-ExM expansion microscopy and time-series reconstruction to reveal the structural assembly steps of the human centriole:
The TREC expedition is starting!
EMBL researchers and partners are collecting the first samples in Roscoff, France to kick off the two-year mission!
Want to keep up with the expedition? Follow us on
@EMBLtrec
.
#EMBLtrec
Today its
#WorldMentalHealthDay2023
, and my
#PTSD
, which is caused by growing up in a warzone for 18 years, is so reactivated & triggered, that I dont have the energy to tell you anything more about it.
I'll try again next year.
As a Palestinian🇵🇸, I feel privileged, yet my heart is heavy thinking of all the kids, friends, and family back home🕊️✌️🏼.
This is just a small reminder that with a real shot at life and genuine opportunities, every Palestinian kid too, can aspire and follow their dreams.
On my way back home after an amazing couple of days at
@GTSciences
for the
#Suddath
symposium. Thx
@wc_ratcliff
& Frank for the invite.
I was truly humbled to be among my
#Multicellularity
heroes.
+ I got my signed copy on top 🤩
I hope to see you all very soon.
Not only do I want to give a shout-out to my friend and closest collaborator
@Dey_Gautam
, but also to our exciting
#planExM
adventure with
#TREC
@embl
@TaraOcean_
Cell scientist to watch – Gautam Dey
Yes there is the wines. But there is also a huge amount of serenity in Burgundy.
Much needed to cope with the shitshow back home.
#mentalhealth
#selfcare
Its a wrap for the
#Plankton
&
#PlanExM
teams at the
@EMBLtrec
1st Stop -
#Roscoff
.
A big thanks to the
@embl
Advanced mobile labs for bringing such cutting edge equipment as close as possible to the planktons we adore!
It's crazy how
#UExM
transformed our
#research
.
PS: We are very
#open
about helping people set up the method in their labs.
Feel free to reach out if you are interested.
We found that only ~30% of the cells within a colony
#differentiate
into flagellated cells & often cluster together spatially. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼-𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗖. 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀
Heads up! The
#MSCA
Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 call opens in April. 🔍 Start your journey early by exploring potential host organisations now and gear up to craft the perfect proposal! 🌟 🎓🔬
More info and opportunities this way ➡️
And that's my recent preprint highlight for
@MBoCjournal
for the fantastic story by
@jt_pentz
,
@wc_ratcliff
& Co.
Preprint Highlight: Clonal Development, Not Aggregation, Drives the Transition to Multicellularity in an Isogenic Model System
So we delved into the
#CellBiology
using Live, fixed and expansion microscopy (
#UExM
with markers for actin, membranes & microtubules. & we were able to reconstruct the early
#developmental
patterns of C. perkinsii
Not only did we have a great meeting - but we also got a cool catch of protists in the ponds around!
Thx
@Dey_Gautam
&
@EelcoTromer
&
@Co_Biologists
The movies are below in the comments!
Thank you to organisers Gautam Dey
@Dey_Gautam
& Eelco C. Tromer
@EelcoTromer
and all attendees for a great Workshop on Genotype to Phenotype: Bridging Comparative Genomics and Cell Biology.
#BiologistsWorkshops
A single-celled creature living in shallow sea sediments develops into multicellular structures with remarkable similarities to animal embryos, offering clues about how and when embryonic development evolved.
We've been having some fun in the lab lately.
@SniaGPereira1
got us some samples from a Portuguese beach & we managed to get a Ciliate culture growing from there.
#SciTwitter
Can you help us identify which ciliate this is?
Time interval = 1 sec
Also a dream come true for me as well and for our lab!. The Iceland Pilot was already a blast, i can't wait for the upcoming couple of years.
Feel free to get in touch with Us if you want to be part of
#TREC
&
#WeFreezeOnTheBeach
A childhood dream come true, thanks to amazing collaborators and
@EMBL
@TaraOcean_
- as part of the pan-European 2023-24
#TREC
expedition, we will use
#ExM
and FISH to create an ultrastructural atlas of microplankton sampled from coastal waters!
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In our work in co. with
@Dey_Gautam
and
@HiralABShah
, we found that, unlike S. arctica, C. perkinsii has centrioles and undergoes animal-like open
#mitosis
, highlighting the cellular diversity within the Ichthyosporea.
As we embrace the
#NewYear2024
, I wish you all a year of
#peace
.
It's time for the 'international community' to abandon
#Hypocrisy
and embrace true
#justice
– for everyone, everywhere.
Our 🍉
#resilience
will always outshine our suffering.
Drawing by Naji Al Ali (1936-1987)
Check this out! This work is a straight emanation of harnessing both the strength of
#vCLEM
and
#vEM
and the huge potential of
#WeFreezeOnTheBeach
workflows that were developed for the
@EMBLtrec
expedition.
"This is a very significant study because it illuminates processes and underlying mechanisms that could have played a major role in the transition to multicellularity."
Reviewer # 2
We are looking for Master students with
@GonczyLab
!
One project includes functional and structural analysis of the
#flagellum
of C. perkinsii ! A very exciting
#ichthyosporean
!
Anyone up for it?
Alongside
@vincentflora
@JohanD13016359
@bengeliscious
@SchwabYannick
teams we were able to chemically fix, plunge freeze, HPF, cell sort and attempt to culture planktons in a record time <3hrs from the boat reaching the harbour till the sample is processed!.
It’s here!
Happy to see our Advanced Mobile Service trailer arrive at Kristineberg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
It allows the
#EMBLtrec
expedition and our partners to perform leading subcellular research in direct proximity to the field.
📸 Terry O'Connor / EMBL
Pour la première fois à
#Kristineberg
, les équipes de
@embl
/
@EMBLtrec
ont pu rejoindre celles de Tara avec leur “laboratoire avancé mobile”. 🚛
Pour découvrir ce
#laboratoire
unique, découvrez notre vidéo complète :
🇫🇷
🇬🇧
📣 Good news!
As negotiations between the 🇪🇺 EU and 🇨🇭 Switzerland have been officially launched today, researchers based in Switzerland can now once again apply for ERC grants.
Read more 👉
These
#microtubules
, organized by a unique MTOC interact & radially organize the NPCs beneath them!
It's not 9-fold
#symmetry
but gosh they are a beauty! If you have some clues - reach out!
Buried by necessity in Figure S5, these Sphaeroforma radial NPC arrays really grabbed our attention - we think they're interacting with & stabilising polar microtubules, but no clue why. Any ideas? Anyone ever seen something like this?
Paper here:
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3D time-lapse analysis of mitosis in sea star embryos (Patiria miniata) embryos, using deep learning. Here imaged between the 32- and 2000-cell stages (membrane in yellow and nucleus in cyan)
Barone et al. Luis Escudero lab
@unisevilla