Katja Röper
@katjaroeper.bsky.social
Cell and developmental biologist, Drosophilist, renal organoids & kidney development, cytoskeleton, cell shape, supracellular coordination in morphogenesis, Cambridge, Berlin, Heidelberg, Alto, mum, views are my own… she/her
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Deadline for abstracts today!
Deadline for abstracts today!
The abstract submission deadline for our upcoming 'Imaging Cell Dynamics' meeting is this Friday. We still have a few places remaining so apply now to secure your spot!
Find out more at:
www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
Find out more at:
www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
#imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Join for our exciting meeting in Spain!
Deadline for abstracts today!
Deadline for abstracts today!
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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:47 AM
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!
Spotlight: Ball and Röper @pdncambridge.bsky.social discuss recent findings by Almasoud, Franz et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) describing how apical–basal polarity regulates cell–cell adhesion in the #Drosophila fat body. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Adhesion #Cytoskeleton #Development
#Adhesion #Cytoskeleton #Development
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!
Very cool story!
⚡👩🔬Electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth, a new study!
Out now in Science Advances, from the Mateus group @ritamateus.bsky.social at PoL and @mpi-cbg.de along with the lab of Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social
Read the news here: tud.link/7jzptz
Video:©️ Mateus group
Out now in Science Advances, from the Mateus group @ritamateus.bsky.social at PoL and @mpi-cbg.de along with the lab of Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social
Read the news here: tud.link/7jzptz
Video:©️ Mateus group
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Very cool story!
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Check out the tour de force by @jalehtimaki.bsky.social in its final form: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... . An elegant combination of transcriptomics, F0 screens and high end imaging unravels the cues that guide cells (here retinal horizontal cells) in an increasingly crowded tissue. #proudPI
Spatiotemporal coordination of Slit-Robo repulsion and neurturin-Gfrα attraction guides multipolar migration during retinal lamination
Multipolar migration is a conserved neuronal migration mode in the developing brain, enabling emerging neurons to navigate in crowded environments and…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Check out the tour de force by @jalehtimaki.bsky.social in its final form: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... . An elegant combination of transcriptomics, F0 screens and high end imaging unravels the cues that guide cells (here retinal horizontal cells) in an increasingly crowded tissue. #proudPI
Cool new paper from the Munro lab!
The small #GTPase Rab1 is a master regulator of #Golgi traffic and #autophagy. van Vliet, Munro et al. @mrclmb.bsky.social performed a proteomic screen to identify novel Rab1 effectors, including a #dynein motor adaptor and cargo receptors for autophagy. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Trafficking
#Trafficking
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Cool new paper from the Munro lab!
So cool! How any of these processes can happen with such precision and speed in a madly dense cytoplasm never stops amazing me!
Today, our animation synthesizing decades of research on actin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast was published:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration.
@margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social
movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
The result of a fantastic Iwasa-Drubin lab collaboration.
@margotriggi.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social
movie.biologists.com/video/10.124...
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So cool! How any of these processes can happen with such precision and speed in a madly dense cytoplasm never stops amazing me!
An amazing day, I was 17 and lived about 5 min away from Checkpoint Charlie!
The Berlin Wall, which divided Berlin and Europe for 28 years, fell on 9 November 1989.
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
An amazing day, I was 17 and lived about 5 min away from Checkpoint Charlie!
Beautiful image and cool story, congrats, Frank!
On the cover - Congrats @jeromeavellaneda.bsky.social @nunoluis.bsky.social
flies fly! @fly-eds.bsky.social www.cell.com/developmenta...
flies fly! @fly-eds.bsky.social www.cell.com/developmenta...
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Beautiful image and cool story, congrats, Frank!
Amazing, Emma, congrats! One to read!
Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
October 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Amazing, Emma, congrats! One to read!
Very sad news indeed…
John Gurdon, former Group Leader and Head of @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social has died.
Despite calling himself a "total non-intellectual” his work to reprogramme somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells transformed the field of developmental biology.
More: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/john-gurdon-...
#LMBNews
Despite calling himself a "total non-intellectual” his work to reprogramme somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells transformed the field of developmental biology.
More: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/john-gurdon-...
#LMBNews
October 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Very sad news indeed…
Lovely summary of how the advent of confocal microscopy changed our research and ability to understand biology
New Online! The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research
The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00905-5The advent of laser-scanning confocal microscopy revolutionized cell biology, offering unprecedented resolution and depth and enabling scientists to visualize cellular structures in 3D.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Lovely summary of how the advent of confocal microscopy changed our research and ability to understand biology
Brilliant postdocs in my lab! Here they are, plus an undercover MPhil student, for Postdoc Appreciation Week! #LovePostdocs #NPAW2025
September 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Brilliant postdocs in my lab! Here they are, plus an undercover MPhil student, for Postdoc Appreciation Week! #LovePostdocs #NPAW2025
Cool!
Check out this new paper on programmable cell culture matrix #DyNAtrix
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
Reconfigurable Microenvironments Uncover Mechano‐Sensing Timescales and Direct Cell Polarity | Elisha Krieg
Exciting new application of our programmable cell culture matrix #DyNAtrix. 🎉
By creating a dynamically reconfigurable microenvironment, we can now invert epithelial cell polarity and guide morphogen...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Cool!
If you love cytoskeleton and tissue morphogenesis, have a read!
Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development
In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If you love cytoskeleton and tissue morphogenesis, have a read!
Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Dear president@harvard.edu, dear gaudet@mcb.harvard.edu,
to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link:
droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/
to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link:
droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/
August 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Dear president@harvard.edu, dear gaudet@mcb.harvard.edu,
to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link:
droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/
to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link:
droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/
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We cannot provide invoices at present but are working on a system to do so in the near future. However, you will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible donation. Large teams of people work to keep FlyBase going, and the need is great, so please donate generously.
August 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We cannot provide invoices at present but are working on a system to do so in the near future. However, you will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible donation. Large teams of people work to keep FlyBase going, and the need is great, so please donate generously.
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Flybase is free to use but not free to make. It takes large teams of people and millions of dollars a year to create the knowledgebas and tools for fly research. Please donate generously.
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
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August 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Flybase is free to use but not free to make. It takes large teams of people and millions of dollars a year to create the knowledgebas and tools for fly research. Please donate generously.
If you run a fly lab and have not yet contributed to save FlyBase, please look at our wiki page for the latest information!
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
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August 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If you run a fly lab and have not yet contributed to save FlyBase, please look at our wiki page for the latest information!
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For something as classic as the Spemann-Mangold organizer first discovered in amphibians, the existence of such an organiser in mammals remains elusive. In this thought provoking review by Kate Mcdole et al, they discuss the evidence for and against such organiser in mouse.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
August 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For something as classic as the Spemann-Mangold organizer first discovered in amphibians, the existence of such an organiser in mammals remains elusive. In this thought provoking review by Kate Mcdole et al, they discuss the evidence for and against such organiser in mouse.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
Congrats to all newly elected Members!
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO
Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
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July 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Congrats to all newly elected Members!
In the current Cambridge temperatures, this is the only way to do lab meeting! And the first Röper Lab outing from PDN!
July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In the current Cambridge temperatures, this is the only way to do lab meeting! And the first Röper Lab outing from PDN!
Amazing when something like this comes through!
Mary Catchpole has become the first person to be treated for APDS, a rare inherited disorder identified by a collaborative Cambridge team, including Roger Williams’ group in the LMB’s PNAC Division.
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
#LMBResearch 🧪
Read more: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
#LMBResearch 🧪
Breakthrough for teen who lost four family members to inherited condition
Mary Catchpole, 19, has the same life-threatening genetic condition, activated PI3-Kinase delta syndrome (APDS)
www.independent.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Amazing when something like this comes through!