Michael Way
@drmichaelway.bsky.social
Cell Biologist working at Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk - Cytoskeleton, Arp2/3 iso-complexes, Signalling and Vaccinia Virus. Editor-in chief Journal Cell Science - @jcellsci.bsky.social - comments are my own opinion
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Michael Way
@drmichaelway.bsky.social
· Dec 14
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Last tweet on X.....Echo & The Bunnymen - "In Bluer Skies"
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As the lyrics say - What needs must be, I realized, I'm walking out, From blackened skies.......What needs have been, You'll realize, I've found myself, In bluer skies
....Come find me
@drmichaelway.bsky.social
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As the lyrics say - What needs must be, I realized, I'm walking out, From blackened skies.......What needs have been, You'll realize, I've found myself, In bluer skies
....Come find me
@drmichaelway.bsky.social
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Excited to embark on this scientific journey with Ewa Paluch and Daniel StJohnston to understand fundamentals of epithelial tissue and cell shapes! Thank you to @erc.europa.eu for the support!
🚀 Exciting news! ERC Synergy Grant of €8.5 million to Sara Wickström @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, Daniel St Jonston @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch @universitypress.cambridge.org! This highly interdisciplinary project will boost our understanding of tissue biology. #ERCSyG @erc.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Excited to embark on this scientific journey with Ewa Paluch and Daniel StJohnston to understand fundamentals of epithelial tissue and cell shapes! Thank you to @erc.europa.eu for the support!
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Post-doc position alert!
We will use #cryo-EM to decipher how a set of actin-binding proteins organises the #cytoskeleton, including during #cancer and #viral pathogenic processes.
#KCL has access to;
Krios + K3
cryoARM200 + K3
FIB-SEM
Cryo-CLEM
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
We will use #cryo-EM to decipher how a set of actin-binding proteins organises the #cytoskeleton, including during #cancer and #viral pathogenic processes.
#KCL has access to;
Krios + K3
cryoARM200 + K3
FIB-SEM
Cryo-CLEM
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Post-doc position alert!
We will use #cryo-EM to decipher how a set of actin-binding proteins organises the #cytoskeleton, including during #cancer and #viral pathogenic processes.
#KCL has access to;
Krios + K3
cryoARM200 + K3
FIB-SEM
Cryo-CLEM
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
We will use #cryo-EM to decipher how a set of actin-binding proteins organises the #cytoskeleton, including during #cancer and #viral pathogenic processes.
#KCL has access to;
Krios + K3
cryoARM200 + K3
FIB-SEM
Cryo-CLEM
www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...
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Personal good news alert: I’ve been promoted to associate professor and it’s time to update the ol’ bio! Launching my lab at UCSF has been a privilege + I’m so grateful to my team and community here. More exciting science ahead! 🚀
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Personal good news alert: I’ve been promoted to associate professor and it’s time to update the ol’ bio! Launching my lab at UCSF has been a privilege + I’m so grateful to my team and community here. More exciting science ahead! 🚀
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Please repost - Multiple PhDs available
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November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Please repost - Multiple PhDs available
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Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
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Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
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Volume 138 Issue 20 | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists
Journal of Cell Science publishes cutting-edge science encompassing all aspects of cell biology. It is published by The Company of Biologists, a not-for-profit organisation.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together.
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Happy reading!
#cilia #flagella
journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
It's nice to see gallery proofs to see how the final accepted paper will look, but I do hate having to check the proofs!
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's nice to see gallery proofs to see how the final accepted paper will look, but I do hate having to check the proofs!
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Ready to start your own independent research programme?
We're inviting applications for early career group leaders in all areas of biology and biomedicine @crick.ac.uk
Apply by 27 Nov 2025:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
#EarlyCareerResearchers #GroupLeader #ScienceCareers
We're inviting applications for early career group leaders in all areas of biology and biomedicine @crick.ac.uk
Apply by 27 Nov 2025:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
#EarlyCareerResearchers #GroupLeader #ScienceCareers
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ready to start your own independent research programme?
We're inviting applications for early career group leaders in all areas of biology and biomedicine @crick.ac.uk
Apply by 27 Nov 2025:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
#EarlyCareerResearchers #GroupLeader #ScienceCareers
We're inviting applications for early career group leaders in all areas of biology and biomedicine @crick.ac.uk
Apply by 27 Nov 2025:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
#EarlyCareerResearchers #GroupLeader #ScienceCareers
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We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #Autophagy : Mechanisms to Therapy, this February in Keystone! keysym.us/KSAutophagy26 #KSAutophagy26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Autophagy: Mechanisms to Therapy | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Autophagy: Mechanisms to Therapy, February 2026, in Keystone, with field leaders!
keysym.us
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #Autophagy : Mechanisms to Therapy, this February in Keystone! keysym.us/KSAutophagy26 #KSAutophagy26 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Love this
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
October 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Love this
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I forgot that I had this made. As a prototype that never went into full production, it's the only one in existence and, therefore, highly desirable.
Let's start the bidding at £1,809, £1 for every day since the very first CBIAS.
For an extra 50%, you can have it signed by @martinjones.bsky.social.
Let's start the bidding at £1,809, £1 for every day since the very first CBIAS.
For an extra 50%, you can have it signed by @martinjones.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I forgot that I had this made. As a prototype that never went into full production, it's the only one in existence and, therefore, highly desirable.
Let's start the bidding at £1,809, £1 for every day since the very first CBIAS.
For an extra 50%, you can have it signed by @martinjones.bsky.social.
Let's start the bidding at £1,809, £1 for every day since the very first CBIAS.
For an extra 50%, you can have it signed by @martinjones.bsky.social.
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Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.
Apply by 05 November 2025
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Apply by 05 November 2025
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PhD students
Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.
Apply by 05 November 2025
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Apply by 05 November 2025
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Thinking we should make some monoclonal antibodies so wondering what experiences people have had with different companies, as it's not going to be cheap so want to get our moneys worth?
October 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Thinking we should make some monoclonal antibodies so wondering what experiences people have had with different companies, as it's not going to be cheap so want to get our moneys worth?
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kids! science heroes! axolotls! (cuter story than the headline suggests) ꒰(˶• ᴗ •˶)꒱
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When your research donor is 6 — Harvard Gazette
First-grader raises $1,000 for axolotl research, meets her scientist hero — and maybe gets taste of what she wants to do when she grows up
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September 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
kids! science heroes! axolotls! (cuter story than the headline suggests) ꒰(˶• ᴗ •˶)꒱
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More reviewers means more headache right! @jcellsci.bsky.social we now only use 2 reviewers - this speeds up the time to the decision process, which we all want!
September 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
More reviewers means more headache right! @jcellsci.bsky.social we now only use 2 reviewers - this speeds up the time to the decision process, which we all want!
Now isn't this just the best reason to accept to review JCS papers as well as our sister journals Development, Biology Open, DMM and J Experimental Biology!
Huge thanks to all of our peer reviewers! Thanks to your efforts, we’ve helped to restore and preserve over 10,000 trees in ancient woodland! 🌳
#PeerReviewWeek
#PRW2025
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#notforprofit
#ForestofBiologists
In our Forest of Biologists we fund the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicate these trees to our peer reviewers.
There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews!
Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more:
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There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews!
Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more:
forest.biologists.com
#PRW2025 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Now isn't this just the best reason to accept to review JCS papers as well as our sister journals Development, Biology Open, DMM and J Experimental Biology!
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Congratulations @drmichaelway.bsky.social , Carolyn and @tianyang22.bsky.social for the wonderful work. Happy to see that this is similar to our observations @natsmb.nature.com bit.ly/41T60R2 . Happy that both the independent studies came out together.
Activation of Arp2/3 complex by a SPIN90 dimer in linear actin-filament nucleation - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Francis et al. used cryo-electron microscopy to show how a SPIN90 dimer activates the metazoan Arp2/3 complex to nucleate linear actin filaments for unidirectional and bidirectional growth, forming po...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congratulations @drmichaelway.bsky.social , Carolyn and @tianyang22.bsky.social for the wonderful work. Happy to see that this is similar to our observations @natsmb.nature.com bit.ly/41T60R2 . Happy that both the independent studies came out together.
And now for something completely different @tianyang22.bsky.social & #YanCao uncover of how SPIN90 dimers activate Arp2/3 to nucleate bidirectional linear actin filaments. Great collaboration with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social & @carolynmoores1.bsky.social #Cryo-EM #Arp2/3 rdcu.be/eGoH4
Arp2/3-mediated bidirectional actin assembly by SPIN90 dimers
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Liu et al. show that SPIN90 dimerizes and binds two Arp2/3 complexes to nucleate two bidirectional actin filaments and the dimerization domain is...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
And now for something completely different @tianyang22.bsky.social & #YanCao uncover of how SPIN90 dimers activate Arp2/3 to nucleate bidirectional linear actin filaments. Great collaboration with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social & @carolynmoores1.bsky.social #Cryo-EM #Arp2/3 rdcu.be/eGoH4
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Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting.
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
September 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting.
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
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When you had quals & published your first paper!✨behind✨SO PROUD to share we published our first piece of the CasL story!! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... The scaffold protein CasL restrains membrane blebbing and promotes T cell migration | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists
The scaffold protein CasL restrains membrane blebbing and promotes T cell migration
Highlighted Article: The scaffold CasL restricts membrane blebbing by controlling the balance of actin polymerization and myosin contractility during integrin-dependent T cell migration.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When you had quals & published your first paper!✨behind✨SO PROUD to share we published our first piece of the CasL story!! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... The scaffold protein CasL restrains membrane blebbing and promotes T cell migration | Journal of Cell Science | The Company of Biologists
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📢📢Hiring 2 Research Assistants & 2 Postdocs at Emory University in Atlanta to study cytoskeletal biophysics/biochemistry. Please RT.
RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to shekhar@emory.edu.
More info: www.shekharlab.org
RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to shekhar@emory.edu.
More info: www.shekharlab.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
📢📢Hiring 2 Research Assistants & 2 Postdocs at Emory University in Atlanta to study cytoskeletal biophysics/biochemistry. Please RT.
RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to shekhar@emory.edu.
More info: www.shekharlab.org
RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to shekhar@emory.edu.
More info: www.shekharlab.org
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Our latest is now available @jcellsci.bsky.social. The final research article from Bethany Campbell's thesis work. Endocytic patch dynamics are differentially regulated at distinct cell sites in fission yeast.
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Endocytic patch dynamics are differentially regulated at distinct cell sites in fission yeast
Endocytosis promotes polarity and growth in eukaryotes. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe fission yeast, endocytosis occurs at the polarized cell ends and division site and at the non-polarized cell sides....
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August 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our latest is now available @jcellsci.bsky.social. The final research article from Bethany Campbell's thesis work. Endocytic patch dynamics are differentially regulated at distinct cell sites in fission yeast.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
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Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
August 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
It's a great course with amazying world leaders as teachers!
🚨 Molecular Biology of the Cell – Pasteur Course 🧬
This 4-week course explores the molecular mechanisms of cellular life — from vesicular trafficking and cell division to autophagy, host-pathogen interactions, and tumor invasion.
🕰️Application deadline: Sept 15,2025
👉 Apply: bit.ly/47celmj
This 4-week course explores the molecular mechanisms of cellular life — from vesicular trafficking and cell division to autophagy, host-pathogen interactions, and tumor invasion.
🕰️Application deadline: Sept 15,2025
👉 Apply: bit.ly/47celmj
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's a great course with amazying world leaders as teachers!
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Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme
During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells acquire distinct identities that meet specific functional requirements. Epidermal identity is widely considered essential for plant morphogenesis du...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...