Andi Brunner
@andibrunner.bsky.social
PostDoc @EllenbergLab @EMBL working on Genome Organization. Interested in Cell Biology, Climate Change & Politics
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Our work on NPC biogenesis is now out! Wanlu Zhang investigated the role of FG-Nups in NPC reassembly, pore dilation, and the nuclear envelope remodelling using acute depletions, correlative EM, and MINFLUX imaging 💫.
Thanks, Wanlu and all the collaborators!
Thanks, Wanlu and all the collaborators!
Excited to share the preprint from my postdoc work @ellenberglab.bsky.social! 🌟
During mitotic exit, cells rebuild thousands of nuclear pores within minutes. How do tiny holes expand to selective channels, and how is this coordinated with the nuclear envelope remodeling? 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
During mitotic exit, cells rebuild thousands of nuclear pores within minutes. How do tiny holes expand to selective channels, and how is this coordinated with the nuclear envelope remodeling? 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Hydrophobic interactions of FG-nucleoporins are required for dilating nuclear membrane pores into selective transport channels after mitosis
Nuclear envelope (NE) reformation after mitosis is essential for daughter cell viability and requires tightly coordinated nuclear pore complex (NPC) assembly and nuclear membrane reformation. To revea...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our work on NPC biogenesis is now out! Wanlu Zhang investigated the role of FG-Nups in NPC reassembly, pore dilation, and the nuclear envelope remodelling using acute depletions, correlative EM, and MINFLUX imaging 💫.
Thanks, Wanlu and all the collaborators!
Thanks, Wanlu and all the collaborators!
Congratulations Wanlu!! 🚀🚀
Excited to share the preprint from my postdoc work @ellenberglab.bsky.social! 🌟
During mitotic exit, cells rebuild thousands of nuclear pores within minutes. How do tiny holes expand to selective channels, and how is this coordinated with the nuclear envelope remodeling? 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
During mitotic exit, cells rebuild thousands of nuclear pores within minutes. How do tiny holes expand to selective channels, and how is this coordinated with the nuclear envelope remodeling? 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Hydrophobic interactions of FG-nucleoporins are required for dilating nuclear membrane pores into selective transport channels after mitosis
Nuclear envelope (NE) reformation after mitosis is essential for daughter cell viability and requires tightly coordinated nuclear pore complex (NPC) assembly and nuclear membrane reformation. To revea...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Congratulations Wanlu!! 🚀🚀
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Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-
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August 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
Indeed as Ilya says, BrdU should only be added for a single S-phase. The longer you incubate with BrdU (the more replication cycles incorporate BrdU) the less available DNA you will habe after the RASER-FISH procedure :)
July 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Indeed as Ilya says, BrdU should only be added for a single S-phase. The longer you incubate with BrdU (the more replication cycles incorporate BrdU) the less available DNA you will habe after the RASER-FISH procedure :)
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Our new non-denaturing nanoscale 3D DNA tracing technology provides single-cell (and sister-chromatid specific!) readout of chromatin structure with 10kb genomic resolution - Check it out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
Nanoscale 3D DNA tracing in non-denatured cells resolves the Cohesin-dependent loop architecture of the genome in situ - Nature Communications
A nanoscale 3D DNA tracing workflow visualizes Cohesin-dependent loops in single, structurally well-preserved cells. Computer simulations based on the tracing data give further insight into how Cohesi...
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our new non-denaturing nanoscale 3D DNA tracing technology provides single-cell (and sister-chromatid specific!) readout of chromatin structure with 10kb genomic resolution - Check it out!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Kai and Oyvind!!
Indeed difficult! Only the replicated strands are available for degradation, do ideal would be to BrdU-label in the S-phase prior to fixation. I guess for zebrafish embryos there is no uptake from outside?
July 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Indeed difficult! Only the replicated strands are available for degradation, do ideal would be to BrdU-label in the S-phase prior to fixation. I guess for zebrafish embryos there is no uptake from outside?
BrdU incorporation during S-phase, UV-induced single-strand nicking after cell fixation and Exonuclease based digestion of the nicked DNA strand! :)
July 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BrdU incorporation during S-phase, UV-induced single-strand nicking after cell fixation and Exonuclease based digestion of the nicked DNA strand! :)
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"Nicht einen Millimeter überlassen..."
Ich habe das jetzt erst gesehen und was soll ich sagen, was Igor Levit da anlässlich des Todes von Margot Friedländer aus dem Stand heraus sagt, ist das Berührendste, Wahrste und Richtigste, was ich seit ewig im deutschen Fernsehen gehört habe.
Ich habe das jetzt erst gesehen und was soll ich sagen, was Igor Levit da anlässlich des Todes von Margot Friedländer aus dem Stand heraus sagt, ist das Berührendste, Wahrste und Richtigste, was ich seit ewig im deutschen Fernsehen gehört habe.
Igor Levit über Margot Friedländer beim Deutschen Filmpreis 2025 -
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May 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Nicht einen Millimeter überlassen..."
Ich habe das jetzt erst gesehen und was soll ich sagen, was Igor Levit da anlässlich des Todes von Margot Friedländer aus dem Stand heraus sagt, ist das Berührendste, Wahrste und Richtigste, was ich seit ewig im deutschen Fernsehen gehört habe.
Ich habe das jetzt erst gesehen und was soll ich sagen, was Igor Levit da anlässlich des Todes von Margot Friedländer aus dem Stand heraus sagt, ist das Berührendste, Wahrste und Richtigste, was ich seit ewig im deutschen Fernsehen gehört habe.
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🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social !
A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌
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A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌
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March 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🎉 Excited to share our new work: “Adhesion-driven tissue rigidification triggers epithelial cell polarity”, now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social !
A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌
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A huge thank you to @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, Bernat, @crisp-c.bsky.social, Adrián, and everyone involved! 🙌
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DWD-Fakten zur aktuellen #Trockenheit in #Deutschland: Noch nie seit Beginn der Auswertung 1931 war es in Deutschland im Zeitraum von Anfang Februar bis Mitte April so trocken wie 2025. Mehr Details auch zu #Europa in der heutigen Pressemitteilung unter www.dwd.de/presse
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
DWD-Fakten zur aktuellen #Trockenheit in #Deutschland: Noch nie seit Beginn der Auswertung 1931 war es in Deutschland im Zeitraum von Anfang Februar bis Mitte April so trocken wie 2025. Mehr Details auch zu #Europa in der heutigen Pressemitteilung unter www.dwd.de/presse
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Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation
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Our new findings on how chromosomes get ready for cell division are now published in @cellpress.bsky.social!
Congratulations, Kai, @andibrunner.bsky.social and everyone else involved! 🤩
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations, Kai, @andibrunner.bsky.social and everyone else involved! 🤩
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our new findings on how chromosomes get ready for cell division are now published in @cellpress.bsky.social!
Congratulations, Kai, @andibrunner.bsky.social and everyone else involved! 🤩
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations, Kai, @andibrunner.bsky.social and everyone else involved! 🤩
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Did you know that DNA must form overlapping loops to give rise to the well-known X-shape of chromosomes? 🧬🧪
New research from EMBL's Ellenberg Group provides new insights into the process of chromosome formation.
@ellenberglab.bsky.social
@andibrunner.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/science...
New research from EMBL's Ellenberg Group provides new insights into the process of chromosome formation.
@ellenberglab.bsky.social
@andibrunner.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/science...
How chromosomes shape up for cell division | EMBL
EMBL scientists have shown how overlapping loops of DNA stack upon each other in dividing cells to give rise to rod-shaped chromosomes
www.embl.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Did you know that DNA must form overlapping loops to give rise to the well-known X-shape of chromosomes? 🧬🧪
New research from EMBL's Ellenberg Group provides new insights into the process of chromosome formation.
@ellenberglab.bsky.social
@andibrunner.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/science...
New research from EMBL's Ellenberg Group provides new insights into the process of chromosome formation.
@ellenberglab.bsky.social
@andibrunner.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/science...
This has been an excellent collaboration together with Kai Beckwith in the @ellenberglab.bsky.social @embl.org. Thanks a lot to Kai, Jan, Natalia, and our collaborator Ralf Jungmann!!
A summary of the work can also be read at the @embl.org press release:
www.embl.org/news/science...
A summary of the work can also be read at the @embl.org press release:
www.embl.org/news/science...
How chromosomes shape up for cell division | EMBL
EMBL scientists have shown how overlapping loops of DNA stack upon each other in dividing cells to give rise to rod-shaped chromosomes
www.embl.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This has been an excellent collaboration together with Kai Beckwith in the @ellenberglab.bsky.social @embl.org. Thanks a lot to Kai, Jan, Natalia, and our collaborator Ralf Jungmann!!
A summary of the work can also be read at the @embl.org press release:
www.embl.org/news/science...
A summary of the work can also be read at the @embl.org press release:
www.embl.org/news/science...
We thus propose that mitotic chromosome shape is dictated by Condensin-driven extrusion of long and overlapping loops up to a density set by chromatin self-repulsion.
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We thus propose that mitotic chromosome shape is dictated by Condensin-driven extrusion of long and overlapping loops up to a density set by chromatin self-repulsion.
Our model perfectly recapitulated our tracing data & the Condensin localization pattern as quantified recently in Walther et al. 2018.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
A quantitative map of human Condensins provides new insights into mitotic chromosome architecture | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press
Walther et al. systematically fluorescently tag endogenous Condensin subunits and map their abundance, physical spacing, and mitotic dynamics by fluorescen
rupress.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Our model perfectly recapitulated our tracing data & the Condensin localization pattern as quantified recently in Walther et al. 2018.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Feature 1: Condensins pass each other. This leads to the formation of large, extensively overlapping loops with sizes up to 6-8 Mb.
Feature 2: DNA self-repulsion. This leads to self-organization and stacking of loops into the rod-shape.
Feature 2: DNA self-repulsion. This leads to self-organization and stacking of loops into the rod-shape.
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Feature 1: Condensins pass each other. This leads to the formation of large, extensively overlapping loops with sizes up to 6-8 Mb.
Feature 2: DNA self-repulsion. This leads to self-organization and stacking of loops into the rod-shape.
Feature 2: DNA self-repulsion. This leads to self-organization and stacking of loops into the rod-shape.
Using a dynamic polymer constrained only by available quantitative Condensin chromatin-binding data, we could recapitulate the formation of native mitotic chromosome rods!
Two features were essential for that ->
Two features were essential for that ->
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Using a dynamic polymer constrained only by available quantitative Condensin chromatin-binding data, we could recapitulate the formation of native mitotic chromosome rods!
Two features were essential for that ->
Two features were essential for that ->
We found that Condensins are also responsible for the backfolding of DNA at much larger genomic distances: up to 6-8 megabases.
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We found that Condensins are also responsible for the backfolding of DNA at much larger genomic distances: up to 6-8 megabases.
Analyzing these traces, we found evidence for continuously growing loops, and our degron-based experiments showed that these loops are built by the Condensin complexes.
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Analyzing these traces, we found evidence for continuously growing loops, and our degron-based experiments showed that these loops are built by the Condensin complexes.
Kai and I used the recently established LoopTrace technology to trace the structure of single mitotic chromosomes in human cells in a very mild & structure pre-serving manner.
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Kai and I used the recently established LoopTrace technology to trace the structure of single mitotic chromosomes in human cells in a very mild & structure pre-serving manner.
Mitotic chromosomes form through long, overlapping and self-repelling DNA loops, generated by the Condensin complexes!
Check out our newest paper here, and see below for a short Bluetorial!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Check out our newest paper here, and see below for a short Bluetorial!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
March 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Mitotic chromosomes form through long, overlapping and self-repelling DNA loops, generated by the Condensin complexes!
Check out our newest paper here, and see below for a short Bluetorial!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Check out our newest paper here, and see below for a short Bluetorial!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
SO excited to see this out!
Did you know that DNA must form overlapping loops to give rise to the well-known X-shape of chromosomes? 🧬🧪
New research from EMBL's Ellenberg Group provides new insights into the process of chromosome formation.
@ellenberglab.bsky.social
@andibrunner.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/science...
New research from EMBL's Ellenberg Group provides new insights into the process of chromosome formation.
@ellenberglab.bsky.social
@andibrunner.bsky.social
www.embl.org/news/science...
How chromosomes shape up for cell division | EMBL
EMBL scientists have shown how overlapping loops of DNA stack upon each other in dividing cells to give rise to rod-shaped chromosomes
www.embl.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
SO excited to see this out!
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We are #hiring!
We have two open postdoc/research scientist positions to join our #ERC funded project MITOFOLD to resolve the organization of mitotic chromosomes!
1) experimental biologist shorturl.at/LjGEM
2) data scientist shorturl.at/nDdhQ
Please share! 🙌
We look forward to your application! 🤩
We have two open postdoc/research scientist positions to join our #ERC funded project MITOFOLD to resolve the organization of mitotic chromosomes!
1) experimental biologist shorturl.at/LjGEM
2) data scientist shorturl.at/nDdhQ
Please share! 🙌
We look forward to your application! 🤩
March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We are #hiring!
We have two open postdoc/research scientist positions to join our #ERC funded project MITOFOLD to resolve the organization of mitotic chromosomes!
1) experimental biologist shorturl.at/LjGEM
2) data scientist shorturl.at/nDdhQ
Please share! 🙌
We look forward to your application! 🤩
We have two open postdoc/research scientist positions to join our #ERC funded project MITOFOLD to resolve the organization of mitotic chromosomes!
1) experimental biologist shorturl.at/LjGEM
2) data scientist shorturl.at/nDdhQ
Please share! 🙌
We look forward to your application! 🤩