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Marc van Oostrum
@marcvoo.bsky.social
molecular systems biology of the synapse | snsf ambizione | spatial proteomics | molecular neuroscience
https://bit.ly/MvO
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Thank you to 250+ participants, our keynote speakers, and the Event Forum team for an inspiring Swiss Dementia Forum.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Check out our new preprint on an integrated pipeline combining in situ #cryo-ET with MALDI #MSImaging for single-cell identification and classification from previously analysed EM-grids.
Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🎉 Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 @hfspo.bsky.social ‬#neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward 👉 bit.ly/4m6g40P
Erin M. Schuman Wins 2026 Nakasone Award
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July 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Congratulations! The new Advanced Grant winners are great news.
But yet again, many scientists - around 260 - with ground-breaking ideas were rated as excellent, but remained unfunded due to a lack of funds at the ERC. Hope that more funding will be available in the future!
📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!

The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.

Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD

#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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We are accepting applications for a PhD opportunity at @scilifelab.se

this is part of a MSCA Doctoral Network on the topic of metabolic regulation of genome function and cell identity.

A EU funded generous fellowship is offered with possibility of industry experience. Apply here:
PhD project in METABOLIC REGULATION OF GENOME FUNCTION AND CELL IDENTITY – Ilaria Piazza Laboratory
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June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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@scheiffelelab.bsky.social and I discussed the unique properties of synapses onto parvalbumin interneurons, the current knowledge & future aspects of the molecular mechanisms regulating these synaptic inputs: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation
Parvalbumin-positive (PV) interneurons, a class of fast-spiking GABAergic interneurons, govern gain-control and the timing of neuronal signal propagat…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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"Exploring brain circuits, one cell type - or more - at a time" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
This one is for all the #ChandelierNeuron fans out there
#sciArt #sciComm #neuroscience #neuroskyence
May 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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🎉 Big congrats to @marcvoo.bsky.social for winning the Best Talk Prize sponsored by Proteomes at the Annual Swiss Proteomics Meeting 2025!

🎉Congratulations to all other prize winners!

👏 Warm congratulations to the organizers on the successful completion of the event!

#proteomes #proteomics
May 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Glad to see our new paper finally out! We show how the GPR158 receptor controls synapse maturation and function by silencing an intrinsic inhibitory mechanism.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l7HS5Sx5g...
Work from Ben Verpoort and colleagues, with special thanks to our collaborators.
May 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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We are happy to share our new work on glutamine addiction in cancer cells. By characterizing the exchange rate and dynamic metabolite response to extracellular glutamine deprivation, we shed light on long standing questions about glutamine addiction.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The glutamine-aspartate metabolic tradeoff between fast growth and metabolic flexibility.
Cancer cells develop unique addictions to nutrients offering attractive opportunities for clinical intervention. However, how cancer cells orchestrate and benefit from metabolic rewiring remain fundam...
www.biorxiv.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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A tissue-specific atlas of protein–protein associations enables prioritization of candidate disease genes - @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social @imsb-eth.bsky.social @opentargets.org go.nature.com/3Z1q0PM
A tissue-specific atlas of protein–protein associations enables prioritization of candidate disease genes - Nature Biotechnology
Protein–protein interactions specific to 11 individual tissues are presented in a comprehensive resource.
go.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Teamwork is crucial for proteins. Little is known, however, about which protein teams are actually active in which tissues. A new large-scale study by systems biologists at ETH Zurich is now redrawing the map. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Understanding which proteins work together
Teamwork is crucial for proteins. Little is known, however, about which protein teams are actually active in which tissues. A new large-scale study by systems biologists at ETH Zurich is now redrawing...
ethz.ch
May 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Our work on deriving protein-protein (functional) associations across different human tissues from proteomics data is now published. There is quite a lot in this paper, so I will just touch on a few highlights:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A tissue-specific atlas of protein–protein associations enables prioritization of candidate disease genes - Nature Biotechnology
Protein–protein interactions specific to 11 individual tissues are presented in a comprehensive resource.
www.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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New Preprint out !

The proteasome maturation factor POMP moonlights as a stress-induced transcriptional regulator
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Lead by: @sgiando.bsky.social
with: @muellermara.bsky.social , @erin-schuman.bsky.social , @marcvoo.bsky.social and many more

Short thread below 🧵1/4
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
50% of all proteins localize to multiple locations - but check this out, a proteasome maturation factor that acts as nexus linking protein turnover with RNA biogenesis! Congrats Stef & @erin-schuman.bsky.social from @mpibrain.bsky.social !
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The proteasome maturation factor POMP moonlights as a stress-induced transcriptional regulator
Proteostasis - the maintenance of proteins at proper concentrations, conformations, and subcellular locations - is essential for cellular function and is governed by tightly regulated protein synthesi...
www.biorxiv.org
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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On the value of exploration of nature and "fishing" expeditions. Hypothesis driven research is important but so is simply observing, measuring and looking for cool new unexpected things.
First study from the lab is out! We describe ApuRs, a new family of microbial rhodopsins unique from apusomonads. ApuRs represent the first anion-conducting rhodopsin channels that can be controlled by UV light, offering potential as new optogenetic tools. #protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Exciting paper - lots of things to discover in the data and the approach!
April 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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❗Serious consequences for the Swiss economy and society – the SNSF urges the abandonment of the proposed cuts to research funding in "Relief Package 27," as they threaten the country's innovative capacity and competitiveness.

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The SNSF urges against cuts
In its statement on "Relief Package 27", the SNSF speaks out against the proposed annual cuts of 10 percent.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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❗Gravierende Folgen für die Schweizer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Der SNF fordert den Verzicht auf die im «Entlastungspaket 27» vorgesehenen Kürzungen bei der Forschungsförderung. Diese würden die Innovationskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Landes gefährden.

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www.snf.ch
April 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Postdoc opportunity in the heart of Europe! Check out the flyer below.
Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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My lab at CUHK (QS: 36th) is hiring!
We are looking for motivated Research Assistants, PhD students (urgent🚨) and Postdocs who love solving problems. To understand the mysterious brain, we use a range of fun techniques. Please spread the word and get in touch if you are interested!
February 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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🚀 Excited to share our latest article in #singlecell proteomics published in Cell!
We've developed SC-pSILAC to simultaneously measure protein turnover and abundance in single cells, unlocking the first large-scale, 2D proteomic insights at single-cell resolution!

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Global analysis of protein turnover dynamics in single cells
The SC-pSILAC method enables single-cell measurement of both protein abundance and turnover, providing notable advances in the depth and versatility of proteomic technologies.
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March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Flow Cytometry Operator/Specialist at the FACS Core Facility (FCF) of the Biozentrum, University of Basel (60-80%)
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

@biozentrum @unibas.ch #Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #hiring #cytometry #operator
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Discover and follow the announcement of the Brain Prize 2025 winners today, March 5th, here: brainprize.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM