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Max Gutierrez
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Cell Biologist 🇦🇷&🇬🇧 at The Crick in London
...Students will need to develop sufficient expertise to identify when AI systems produce plausible but incorrect outputs — which poses a dilemma because this requires the very skills that AI is starting to replace...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
PhD training needs a reboot in an AI world
As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Proud to share a preprint of our paper on how bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C senses lysosomal membrane tension in anticipation of membrane lesions to initiate net ER-to-lysosome lipid transfer for efficient lysosomal repair www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
VPS13C/PARK23 initiates lipid transfer and membrane remodeling for efficient lysosomal repair
Perturbations in lysosome integrity are tightly linked to neurological disorders and ageing, but the underlying pathogenic mechanisms are incompletely understood. Using an unbiased proteomic approach,...
www.biorxiv.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Crick group leaders work across disciplines, supported by core funding and mentoring to build ambitious, curiosity-driven research.

Apply now to join us ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring a postdoc! 🚨
Interested in lysosomes, Parkinson’s disease, cell biology, microscopy — or all of the above? Come work with us at the Bonet-Ponce Lab!
Reach out directly: luis.bonetponce@osumc.edu
Learn more: bonetponcelab.com
Let’s chat!
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New paper - MAPL strikes again! Interested in mitochondrial signalling, inflammation, lysosome biology, pyroptosis, and Parkinson's disease? Have a look, there's something for everyone! Feeling grateful! @mitocollier.bsky.social Funded by #CIHR, @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org.
rdcu.be/eKKz1 🇨🇦
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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WHO reports 1 in 6 bacterial infections worldwide are antibiotic-resistant, with resistance rising sharply since 2018. Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli and K. pneumoniae pose the biggest threat. Action on #AMR surveillance and responsible antibiotic use is needed.

www.who.int/news/item/13...
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
www.who.int
October 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What an example of courage, resistance and hope. Maria Corina Machado is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. @nobelprize.bsky.social
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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We are inviting applications for postdoctoral fellows in immunology of TB at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town. For more information see the attached ad:

idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223
October 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬

The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Excited to share Wendy Le Mouëllic’s PhD work, now published in @pnas.org!
It reveals that M. tuberculosis depends on inorganic sulfate import to survive inside host cells—fueling essential processes such as redox balance and stress resistance.
Huge congrats to Wendy & colleagues!
shorturl.at/WbFQC
Inorganic sulfate is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung tissue colonization and redox balance | PNAS
Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease caused by a single pathogen, highlighting the urgent need for novel therapies. A deeper under...
www.pnas.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What I would tell my younger self if I could go back in time: enjoy life as in 2025 you will be mostly charging devices, downloading apps and updating software…
September 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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🦠 Mycobacteria aren't just tough, they're interior designers! 🦠 Check out our latest #preprint 🚨, led by our PhD student @camimille.bsky.social , where we show that #Mycobacterium tuberculosis builds secret cytoplasmic membranes to adapt its metabolism and sneak past immunity 🤫

Thread coming soon!
Nitrate-responsive Mycobacterial Intracytoplasmic Membranes dampen Inflammation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676823v1
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Watch @maxgg.bsky.social, Group Leader at the Crick, as he explains what happens to cells that are infected with tuberculosis and how his lab is studying our bodies’ response to this infection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCt...
Researching the World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease – with Maximiliano Gutierrez
YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below ⬇️
August 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Very excited to announce that my first, first author paper, is now on BioRxiv! In this paper we unambiguously show #COPII coated vesicles in unperturbed human cells for the very first time!!

Make my day and check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬
July 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Happy to share the most recent preprint from the lab, the thesis work of Dr. Adam Krebs and a collaboration with many, including the Geissmann lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social
Here is a short paper thread. #tuberculosis #macrophages 🦠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Human iPSC derived alveolar macrophages reveal macrophage subtype specific functions of itaconate in M. tuberculosis host defense
M. tuberculosis must survive within multiple macrophage populations during infection, including alveolar macrophages (AM) and recruited inflammatory macrophages. In mice, itaconate, produced in macrop...
www.biorxiv.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Newest paper from the lab out today (doi.org/10.1084/jem....)! Here, we describe PathMHC, a novel MS-based approach to identify rare pathogen-derived peptides on MHC-I and MHC-II. We apply this to a range of pathogens Mtb, SARS-CoV-2, and Listeria.
Targeting infection-specific peptides in immunopeptidomics studies for vaccine target discovery
MS-based immunopeptidomics can facilitate vaccine antigen discovery, but self-MHC peptides greatly outnumber pathogen-derived MHC peptides, presenting a ch
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The magic of Mafalda by the great Joaquin Lavado (Quino)- the mendocino did indeed galvanised a generation @newyorker.com Lahttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/the-argentinean-comic-strip-that-galvanized-a-generation
The Argentinean Comic Strip That Galvanized a Generation
How the politically aware six-year-old heroine of “Mafalda” became an international phenomenon.
www.newyorker.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups!

🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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🔬Calling all microbiologists. 🔬 Ever feel like your paper is too small for some journals, but too solid to sit on?
#FEMSMicrobes welcomes well-executed microbiology manuscripts, and they put special attention on promoting ECR authors, eg the webinar below. 👇 @femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
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July 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM