Rikki Garner
@rikkigarner.bsky.social
Helen Hay Whitney Fellow with Sean Megason at HMS SysBio (PhD w/ Julie Theriot). Biophysicist and quantitative cell biologist, integrating theory and experiment.
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Rikki Garner
@rikkigarner.bsky.social
· Apr 24
In developing embryos, cells move a lot! Plenty of that movement is random. Is random cell mixing a feature or bug for tissue patterning? Turns out, it’s both! Excited to share the 1st preprint from my postdoc w/ Sean Megason @seanemcgeary.bsky.social and Allon Klein. 1/20 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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We wrote two reviews on cell migration, published today in Nature Methods.
They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data
Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41...
Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data
Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41...
Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We wrote two reviews on cell migration, published today in Nature Methods.
They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data
Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41...
Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data
Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41...
Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
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“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
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Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH.
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
Organelles harbour pH gradients https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.12.694065v1
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH.
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
See you at board 34 today!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at #cellbio2025! Excited to share new work from my postdoc to measure, model, and control the interplay of tissue fluidity and multicellular patterning in a living organism. Come see me at my talk or poster (details below), or DM me if you want to meet up!
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
See you at board 34 today!
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I’d like to invite everyone working on engineering living materials to share this starter pack. Please drop me a message or leave a comment if you like to join the #ELMs community. go.bsky.app/RinsDZh
November 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
I’d like to invite everyone working on engineering living materials to share this starter pack. Please drop me a message or leave a comment if you like to join the #ELMs community. go.bsky.app/RinsDZh
Hope to see you all at 10AM today!
If you're at #cellbio2025, @atmolines.bsky.social Hernan Garcia and I invite you to attend our Minisymposium “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” for incredible talks on epigenetic mechanical memory, viscoelasticity, cortical flows, morphogenesis, tissue wetting, size scaling, et al!
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hope to see you all at 10AM today!
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Flagellar length control in Chlamydomonas is a paradigm for organelle size regulation. In poster 163 at CellBio2025 Sunday Dec 7, I present work by Hiro Ishikawa using a synthetic biology approach to test a length-sensing model based on diffusion of kinesin in flagella
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Flagellar length control in Chlamydomonas is a paradigm for organelle size regulation. In poster 163 at CellBio2025 Sunday Dec 7, I present work by Hiro Ishikawa using a synthetic biology approach to test a length-sensing model based on diffusion of kinesin in flagella
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I’m so excited to be at #CellBio2025 with my trainees! Elizabeth (#259) and Olivia (#251) have posters in Sunday’s session. Please stop by to hear about the work we are starting up in the lab looking at Rap1 GTPase signaling in epithelial migration in human carcinoma cells and in Drosophila embryos.
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I’m so excited to be at #CellBio2025 with my trainees! Elizabeth (#259) and Olivia (#251) have posters in Sunday’s session. Please stop by to hear about the work we are starting up in the lab looking at Rap1 GTPase signaling in epithelial migration in human carcinoma cells and in Drosophila embryos.
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Attending #Cellbio2025?
I am presenting two posters, stop by if you are interested in epithelial dynamics.
Looking forward to all the amazing conversations and feedback!!
I am presenting two posters, stop by if you are interested in epithelial dynamics.
Looking forward to all the amazing conversations and feedback!!
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Attending #Cellbio2025?
I am presenting two posters, stop by if you are interested in epithelial dynamics.
Looking forward to all the amazing conversations and feedback!!
I am presenting two posters, stop by if you are interested in epithelial dynamics.
Looking forward to all the amazing conversations and feedback!!
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My former bench mate @joellemiere.bsky.social from the @fredchanglab.bsky.social giving a killer talk about nuclear size regulation in fission yeast at #ASCB #CellBio2025
Stay tuned for the paper to come soon !
Beautiful experimental data falling on the mathematical model, no fit needed 🤩
Stay tuned for the paper to come soon !
Beautiful experimental data falling on the mathematical model, no fit needed 🤩
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My former bench mate @joellemiere.bsky.social from the @fredchanglab.bsky.social giving a killer talk about nuclear size regulation in fission yeast at #ASCB #CellBio2025
Stay tuned for the paper to come soon !
Beautiful experimental data falling on the mathematical model, no fit needed 🤩
Stay tuned for the paper to come soon !
Beautiful experimental data falling on the mathematical model, no fit needed 🤩
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Super excited to share some of my work in such a great session at #cellbio2025!! If you’re at the meeting come on down, I’ll be talking about cell density and its influence on tissue fluidization during epithelial morphogenesis 🔬👨🏻🔬🪰
If you're at #cellbio2025, @atmolines.bsky.social Hernan Garcia and I invite you to attend our Minisymposium “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” for incredible talks on epigenetic mechanical memory, viscoelasticity, cortical flows, morphogenesis, tissue wetting, size scaling, et al!
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Super excited to share some of my work in such a great session at #cellbio2025!! If you’re at the meeting come on down, I’ll be talking about cell density and its influence on tissue fluidization during epithelial morphogenesis 🔬👨🏻🔬🪰
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🚨 Link up with me at #Cellbio2025 ! 🚨 Excited to present the majority of my postdoc work in the Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms Minisymposium. Thanks to the organizers for putting together such an exciting session 🤩
If you're at #cellbio2025, @atmolines.bsky.social Hernan Garcia and I invite you to attend our Minisymposium “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” for incredible talks on epigenetic mechanical memory, viscoelasticity, cortical flows, morphogenesis, tissue wetting, size scaling, et al!
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🚨 Link up with me at #Cellbio2025 ! 🚨 Excited to present the majority of my postdoc work in the Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms Minisymposium. Thanks to the organizers for putting together such an exciting session 🤩
Featuring @katecavanaugh.bsky.social @yusuke-mori.bsky.social @fengtongji.bsky.social @liamjrussell99.bsky.social Gavin Schlissel, June Ho Hwan, Yuxuan Rain Xiong, Rohit Joshi, and myself!
Sun 10AM–12PM, Room 120 (The app is missing the first few talks, but I assure you talks start right at 10AM!)
Sun 10AM–12PM, Room 120 (The app is missing the first few talks, but I assure you talks start right at 10AM!)
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Featuring @katecavanaugh.bsky.social @yusuke-mori.bsky.social @fengtongji.bsky.social @liamjrussell99.bsky.social Gavin Schlissel, June Ho Hwan, Yuxuan Rain Xiong, Rohit Joshi, and myself!
Sun 10AM–12PM, Room 120 (The app is missing the first few talks, but I assure you talks start right at 10AM!)
Sun 10AM–12PM, Room 120 (The app is missing the first few talks, but I assure you talks start right at 10AM!)
Looks like I'm just an F0 founder in a tank all by myself.
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Looks like I'm just an F0 founder in a tank all by myself.
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I'm hiring a postdoc through Utah Math. Deadline Dec 15.
If you work in math/comp bio (SciML, stochastic modeling, single-cell data), please apply! Vibrant math bio community & unbeatable outdoors.
Mention me in your cover letter & reach out with any questions. www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...
If you work in math/comp bio (SciML, stochastic modeling, single-cell data), please apply! Vibrant math bio community & unbeatable outdoors.
Mention me in your cover letter & reach out with any questions. www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...
MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
www.mathjobs.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc through Utah Math. Deadline Dec 15.
If you work in math/comp bio (SciML, stochastic modeling, single-cell data), please apply! Vibrant math bio community & unbeatable outdoors.
Mention me in your cover letter & reach out with any questions. www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...
If you work in math/comp bio (SciML, stochastic modeling, single-cell data), please apply! Vibrant math bio community & unbeatable outdoors.
Mention me in your cover letter & reach out with any questions. www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...
If you're at #cellbio2025, @atmolines.bsky.social Hernan Garcia and I invite you to attend our Minisymposium “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” for incredible talks on epigenetic mechanical memory, viscoelasticity, cortical flows, morphogenesis, tissue wetting, size scaling, et al!
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If you're at #cellbio2025, @atmolines.bsky.social Hernan Garcia and I invite you to attend our Minisymposium “Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms” for incredible talks on epigenetic mechanical memory, viscoelasticity, cortical flows, morphogenesis, tissue wetting, size scaling, et al!
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The #cellbio2025 is starting this week! I’ll be giving a talk on the first 1st day, in the session organized by @iaincheeseman.bsky.social and @abbybuch.bsky.social (Thx for the invitation!). If you’re interested in #oocytes, #proteostasis, and #aging come by to attend! @ascbiology.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The #cellbio2025 is starting this week! I’ll be giving a talk on the first 1st day, in the session organized by @iaincheeseman.bsky.social and @abbybuch.bsky.social (Thx for the invitation!). If you’re interested in #oocytes, #proteostasis, and #aging come by to attend! @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Come find out how to make your science more accessible. Hear and touch mitosis during my talk. @ascbiology.bsky.social #cellbio2025 #mitosis #midbody #tactilelearning
Here’s a sneak peek at two of the amazing topics that will be presented - Ahna Skop’s 'Tactile Mitosis' project to create more inclusive, multi-sensory learning tools, and Janet Iwasa’s software that allows users to create molecular visualizations!
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Come find out how to make your science more accessible. Hear and touch mitosis during my talk. @ascbiology.bsky.social #cellbio2025 #mitosis #midbody #tactilelearning
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Hey everyone and fellow #actin people! Here's a preview video for my upcoming talk at #cellbio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social next Wednesday at 10am! Because it's gonna happen on the last day, so I promise to be a little funny, and I might even throw in a song and dance! And some nice data too.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hey everyone and fellow #actin people! Here's a preview video for my upcoming talk at #cellbio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social next Wednesday at 10am! Because it's gonna happen on the last day, so I promise to be a little funny, and I might even throw in a song and dance! And some nice data too.
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Any other shoalmates in attendance? #cellbio2025
Looking forward to seeing everyone at #cellbio2025! Excited to share new work from my postdoc to measure, model, and control the interplay of tissue fluidity and multicellular patterning in a living organism. Come see me at my talk or poster (details below), or DM me if you want to meet up!
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Any other shoalmates in attendance? #cellbio2025
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If you will be at @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 this coming week, let’s connect! I'm giving a talk on Tue Dec 9 at 10 AM in the “From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Insights in Neurodegeneration” session and a poster on Mon Dec 8 in the “Organelles – Endosome and Lysosomes” session. See you there!
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you will be at @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 this coming week, let’s connect! I'm giving a talk on Tue Dec 9 at 10 AM in the “From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Insights in Neurodegeneration” session and a poster on Mon Dec 8 in the “Organelles – Endosome and Lysosomes” session. See you there!
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Cells can hunt prey, solve mazes, and learn from past experience. Does this mean they can think, at some level? Find out more at our upcoming session on "Cell Behavior and Cognition" at the ASCB/EMBO #cellbio2025 meeting, Saturday 1-3 pm rm 115.
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cells can hunt prey, solve mazes, and learn from past experience. Does this mean they can think, at some level? Find out more at our upcoming session on "Cell Behavior and Cognition" at the ASCB/EMBO #cellbio2025 meeting, Saturday 1-3 pm rm 115.
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Attending #CellBio2025? Come see the Cohen Lab - Monday will be a busy day for us, including my theatrical debut in WICB "Scripts of Success" skits!
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Attending #CellBio2025? Come see the Cohen Lab - Monday will be a busy day for us, including my theatrical debut in WICB "Scripts of Success" skits!
Presenting at #cellbio2025 this week? Please post your presentation info here on Bluesky so we can like and share!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at #cellbio2025! Excited to share new work from my postdoc to measure, model, and control the interplay of tissue fluidity and multicellular patterning in a living organism. Come see me at my talk or poster (details below), or DM me if you want to meet up!
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Presenting at #cellbio2025 this week? Please post your presentation info here on Bluesky so we can like and share!
Talk: Sun 11:21 AM, Room 120, Minisymposium: Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms, "Tissue fluidity: A double-edged sword for multicellular patterning"
Poster: Tues 2:15 – 3:45 PM, Board No. B034
Poster: Tues 2:15 – 3:45 PM, Board No. B034
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Talk: Sun 11:21 AM, Room 120, Minisymposium: Physical Cell Biology from Molecules to Organisms, "Tissue fluidity: A double-edged sword for multicellular patterning"
Poster: Tues 2:15 – 3:45 PM, Board No. B034
Poster: Tues 2:15 – 3:45 PM, Board No. B034