Sandra Iden
@sandraiden.bsky.social
Professor for Cell and Developmental Biology, Saarland University, Homburg │ #cellcellcommunication #cellpolarity #skinbiology #cellcelladhesion│ acting president German Society of Cell Biology, @DGZ.bsky.social │https://www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/iden
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Sandra Iden
@sandraiden.bsky.social
· Sep 22
… and we are very happy that our study on extrinsic control of melanocyte functions is published - kudos to @caroleluthold.bsky.social & co-authors! We found that distinct #ECM components impinge on #MITF, #melanocyte differentiation & #mechanosensation. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
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Happy holiday season everyone.
Thanks to our wonderful team, colleagues, the many people behind the scene for an exciting year. Thanks also to the @dfg.de , @cibss.bsky.social , @sfb1453.bsky.social , @for5547.bsky.social , @hetcci.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and the tax payer for funding. 🐸🌲🍾
Thanks to our wonderful team, colleagues, the many people behind the scene for an exciting year. Thanks also to the @dfg.de , @cibss.bsky.social , @sfb1453.bsky.social , @for5547.bsky.social , @hetcci.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and the tax payer for funding. 🐸🌲🍾
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy holiday season everyone.
Thanks to our wonderful team, colleagues, the many people behind the scene for an exciting year. Thanks also to the @dfg.de , @cibss.bsky.social , @sfb1453.bsky.social , @for5547.bsky.social , @hetcci.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and the tax payer for funding. 🐸🌲🍾
Thanks to our wonderful team, colleagues, the many people behind the scene for an exciting year. Thanks also to the @dfg.de , @cibss.bsky.social , @sfb1453.bsky.social , @for5547.bsky.social , @hetcci.bsky.social, @erc.europa.eu and the tax payer for funding. 🐸🌲🍾
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Exciting PhD opportunity in cell migration, developmental biology, and morphogenesis using #Drosophila 🧬
As a bonus, you’ll be joining the lab of one of the nicest, most enthusiastic, and truly supportive scientists out there 👇
As a bonus, you’ll be joining the lab of one of the nicest, most enthusiastic, and truly supportive scientists out there 👇
🚨 PhD Position Available 🚨
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity in cell migration, developmental biology, and morphogenesis using #Drosophila 🧬
As a bonus, you’ll be joining the lab of one of the nicest, most enthusiastic, and truly supportive scientists out there 👇
As a bonus, you’ll be joining the lab of one of the nicest, most enthusiastic, and truly supportive scientists out there 👇
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Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
congratulations, Stefan (!) and colleagues. Huge achievement; looking forward to your next 4 years!
Dynamic cellular interfaces reloaded!🎉 Happy and excited to receive extended funding @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @mpi-muenster.bsky.social and to push our collaborative science forward in the next 4 years! Big thanks @dfg.de, reviewers, and everyone else involved for the continued support!
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
congratulations, Stefan (!) and colleagues. Huge achievement; looking forward to your next 4 years!
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Thrilled to share "in situ APEX activation" (iAPEX), a proximity labeling technology for subcellular #proteomics applied to primary #cilia. iAPEX uses an enzymatic cascade, in which a D-amino acid oxidase locally produces H2O2 to activate ascorbate peroxidase.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An enzymatic cascade enables sensitive and specific proximity labeling proteomics in challenging biological systems - Nature Communications
Proximity labeling allows proteomic mapping of subcellular structures. Here, Sroka et al. develop in situ APEX activation (iAPEX) to overcome limitations of labeling specificity and H2O2 toxicity, app...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thrilled to share "in situ APEX activation" (iAPEX), a proximity labeling technology for subcellular #proteomics applied to primary #cilia. iAPEX uses an enzymatic cascade, in which a D-amino acid oxidase locally produces H2O2 to activate ascorbate peroxidase.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I am happy to announce that my group has an opening for a funded PhD position to explore the intersection between mechanobiology and inflammation in the intestine. Please see the attached advertisement below. Thanks for circulating and forwarding!
www.srcsb.uni-stuttgart.de/news/New-ope...
www.srcsb.uni-stuttgart.de/news/New-ope...
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I am happy to announce that my group has an opening for a funded PhD position to explore the intersection between mechanobiology and inflammation in the intestine. Please see the attached advertisement below. Thanks for circulating and forwarding!
www.srcsb.uni-stuttgart.de/news/New-ope...
www.srcsb.uni-stuttgart.de/news/New-ope...
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We had a good line up of speakers at the 50 years anniversary meeting of the german society of cell biology @dgz.bsky.social in Heidelberg. Tony gave the plenary, Koichiro talked about spatial control of P granules and Silja received a price for her Master thesis and gave a talk. Congratulations!
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We had a good line up of speakers at the 50 years anniversary meeting of the german society of cell biology @dgz.bsky.social in Heidelberg. Tony gave the plenary, Koichiro talked about spatial control of P granules and Silja received a price for her Master thesis and gave a talk. Congratulations!
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We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
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Only a few hours away! Today our #DGZ50 meeting will start with true highlights: Keynote speakers Stefan W. Hell @stefanhelllabs.bsky.social and Tony Hyman @hymanlab.bsky.social, followed by the #CarlZeissLecture by Julia Mahamid. See you soon!
Stefan Hell Labs (@stefanhelllabs.bsky.social)
nanobiophotonics.mpibpc.mpg.de
stefanhelllabs.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Only a few hours away! Today our #DGZ50 meeting will start with true highlights: Keynote speakers Stefan W. Hell @stefanhelllabs.bsky.social and Tony Hyman @hymanlab.bsky.social, followed by the #CarlZeissLecture by Julia Mahamid. See you soon!
Recent interview for @jcellsci.bsky.social. Thx for important services JCS & @biologists.bsky.social provide to the cell science community. Glad we could share aspects on #50yearDGZ @dgz.bsky.social, @dfg.de @hetcci.bsky.social SPP2493, #CGBM & my great team @uni-saarland.de
shorturl.at/rCQg5
shorturl.at/rCQg5
Interview with Sandra Iden – President of the German Society for Cell Biology
ABSTRACT. Sandra Iden is Professor and Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology at Saarland University in Homburg, Germany. Her research focuses on cell–cell communication in epithelial tissue homeosta...
journals.biologists.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Recent interview for @jcellsci.bsky.social. Thx for important services JCS & @biologists.bsky.social provide to the cell science community. Glad we could share aspects on #50yearDGZ @dgz.bsky.social, @dfg.de @hetcci.bsky.social SPP2493, #CGBM & my great team @uni-saarland.de
shorturl.at/rCQg5
shorturl.at/rCQg5
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We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
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#DGZ #MasterThesisAward will go to Silja Zedlitz and Bastian Hinkel – congratulations!
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#DGZ #MasterThesisAward will go to Silja Zedlitz and Bastian Hinkel – congratulations!
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#Nikon Young Scientist Award goes to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social. Very grateful to our long-standing NYSA partner @healthcare.nikon.com!
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#Nikon Young Scientist Award goes to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social. Very grateful to our long-standing NYSA partner @healthcare.nikon.com!
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#InnovationPrize: @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social is this year’s recipient!
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#InnovationPrize: @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social is this year’s recipient!
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As shared earlier: The most prestigious #CarlZeissLecture 2025 will be delivered by Julia Mahamid, EMBL, sponsored by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
As shared earlier: The most prestigious #CarlZeissLecture 2025 will be delivered by Julia Mahamid, EMBL, sponsored by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
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Very excited to announce the #DGZ awardees 2025. We look forward to welcoming all award winners to our meeting in Heidelberg, where they will present their work!
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very excited to announce the #DGZ awardees 2025. We look forward to welcoming all award winners to our meeting in Heidelberg, where they will present their work!
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The next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #Cilia & #Centrosomes will take place November 25 (end of October is our DGZ meeting in HD). Join us for a great speaker line-up, and big thanks to David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social & Dagmar Wachten @wachtenlab.bsky.social for organizing!
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #Cilia & #Centrosomes will take place November 25 (end of October is our DGZ meeting in HD). Join us for a great speaker line-up, and big thanks to David Mick @mick-lab.bsky.social & Dagmar Wachten @wachtenlab.bsky.social for organizing!
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With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
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@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With deep sadness, we share that Prof. Jochen Guck, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light passed away on October 3. His visionary work bridged physics and medicine. We have lost a brilliant scientist and dear friend.
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
mpl.mpg.de/news/article...
@fau.de
📸 Stephan Spangenberg
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Looking forward to our next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #Mitosis & #Meiosis on Sept. 30 at noon, organized by simonereber.bsky.social & Thomas Mayer - join us!
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Looking forward to our next #DGZ Focus Workshop on #Mitosis & #Meiosis on Sept. 30 at noon, organized by simonereber.bsky.social & Thomas Mayer - join us!
… and we are very happy that our study on extrinsic control of melanocyte functions is published - kudos to @caroleluthold.bsky.social & co-authors! We found that distinct #ECM components impinge on #MITF, #melanocyte differentiation & #mechanosensation. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
… and we are very happy that our study on extrinsic control of melanocyte functions is published - kudos to @caroleluthold.bsky.social & co-authors! We found that distinct #ECM components impinge on #MITF, #melanocyte differentiation & #mechanosensation. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1038/s443...
The lab had several reasons to celebrate… Here is our newly minted PhD, Dr. Burkhart! Ann-Kathrin defended her thesis with flying colors and graduated with a well-deserved summa cum laude. Congratulations!
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The lab had several reasons to celebrate… Here is our newly minted PhD, Dr. Burkhart! Ann-Kathrin defended her thesis with flying colors and graduated with a well-deserved summa cum laude. Congratulations!
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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/...
#PhDstudent position in our lab – come join us to study epithelial:non-epithelial cell-cell interactions in mammalian tissues. We provide thorough training & an awesome team!
Apply by Sept. 16: shorturl.at/o9vzd
#epithelia #cellbiology #nextgenerationPhD #cellcellcommunication @hetcci.bsky.social
Apply by Sept. 16: shorturl.at/o9vzd
#epithelia #cellbiology #nextgenerationPhD #cellcellcommunication @hetcci.bsky.social
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August 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#PhDstudent position in our lab – come join us to study epithelial:non-epithelial cell-cell interactions in mammalian tissues. We provide thorough training & an awesome team!
Apply by Sept. 16: shorturl.at/o9vzd
#epithelia #cellbiology #nextgenerationPhD #cellcellcommunication @hetcci.bsky.social
Apply by Sept. 16: shorturl.at/o9vzd
#epithelia #cellbiology #nextgenerationPhD #cellcellcommunication @hetcci.bsky.social
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Today we are happy to announce this year's Carl Zeiss Lecture, a prestigious award sponsored by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social, and going to Julia Mahamid, EMBL. Julia will present at our International Meeting. There is still time until Sept. 15 to sign up for #DGZ50
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Today we are happy to announce this year's Carl Zeiss Lecture, a prestigious award sponsored by @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social, and going to Julia Mahamid, EMBL. Julia will present at our International Meeting. There is still time until Sept. 15 to sign up for #DGZ50