Sara Wickstrom
@sarawickstrom.bsky.social
Stem cell and mechanobiologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine and University of Helsinki
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Tread -1- EpiSci - I am very proud to share with you our new study that you can access on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social (see link below)
"The Interaction with Nanotopographical Environment regulates nuclear mechanoresponse in mESCs via Histone Demethylase KDM3A.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"The Interaction with Nanotopographical Environment regulates nuclear mechanoresponse in mESCs via Histone Demethylase KDM3A.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Tread -1- EpiSci - I am very proud to share with you our new study that you can access on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social (see link below)
"The Interaction with Nanotopographical Environment regulates nuclear mechanoresponse in mESCs via Histone Demethylase KDM3A.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"The Interaction with Nanotopographical Environment regulates nuclear mechanoresponse in mESCs via Histone Demethylase KDM3A.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Dynamic Cellular #Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the
@sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on 'Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces' in Münster, May 27–29, 2026.
Registration is open - Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
@sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on 'Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces' in Münster, May 27–29, 2026.
Registration is open - Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Dynamic Cellular #Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the
@sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on 'Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces' in Münster, May 27–29, 2026.
Registration is open - Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
@sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on 'Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces' in Münster, May 27–29, 2026.
Registration is open - Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
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Exciting and important preprint from @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen Labs on the role of mechanical forces and cell mechanical properties on skin epidermis stratification👇!
Congratulations @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social and to all authors 👏😀!
Congratulations @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social and to all authors 👏😀!
Excited to share our work on epithelial multilayering - identifying why stem cell stay in the basal layer and how and why differentiating cells move up. Great collab with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen labs! Check out preprint and great summary below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Exciting and important preprint from @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen Labs on the role of mechanical forces and cell mechanical properties on skin epidermis stratification👇!
Congratulations @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social and to all authors 👏😀!
Congratulations @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social and to all authors 👏😀!
Excited to share our work on epithelial multilayering - identifying why stem cell stay in the basal layer and how and why differentiating cells move up. Great collab with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen labs! Check out preprint and great summary below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Excited to share our work on epithelial multilayering - identifying why stem cell stay in the basal layer and how and why differentiating cells move up. Great collab with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen labs! Check out preprint and great summary below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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@sarawickstrom.bsky.social we are looking forward to your presentation at our #FusionEpigenetics meeting in Portugal this October!
Please share this with your followers to let them know you will speaking, and to register & submit today to join us
🔗 bit.ly/4rC6B45
Please share this with your followers to let them know you will speaking, and to register & submit today to join us
🔗 bit.ly/4rC6B45
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
@sarawickstrom.bsky.social we are looking forward to your presentation at our #FusionEpigenetics meeting in Portugal this October!
Please share this with your followers to let them know you will speaking, and to register & submit today to join us
🔗 bit.ly/4rC6B45
Please share this with your followers to let them know you will speaking, and to register & submit today to join us
🔗 bit.ly/4rC6B45
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Job alert! 📣 I’m looking for a research assistant to join my new team @idrm.ox.ac.uk
Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart 🫀generate natural diversity 🐸🐭 and contribute to congenital defects ❤️🩹
Full info below, and please share! 🫶🏻
bit.ly/467TO0M
Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart 🫀generate natural diversity 🐸🐭 and contribute to congenital defects ❤️🩹
Full info below, and please share! 🫶🏻
bit.ly/467TO0M
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Job alert! 📣 I’m looking for a research assistant to join my new team @idrm.ox.ac.uk
Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart 🫀generate natural diversity 🐸🐭 and contribute to congenital defects ❤️🩹
Full info below, and please share! 🫶🏻
bit.ly/467TO0M
Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart 🫀generate natural diversity 🐸🐭 and contribute to congenital defects ❤️🩹
Full info below, and please share! 🫶🏻
bit.ly/467TO0M
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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮.
If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social
We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮.
If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social
Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028
abo.rekrytointi.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮.
If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social
We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮.
If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇
abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social
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Our #FusionEpigenetics speaker line-up is 🔥
Join us in Portugal in October 2026 to hear directly from the scientists shaping the field.
See who’s speaking and save your spot here!
➡️ bit.ly/4sq1khf
Join us in Portugal in October 2026 to hear directly from the scientists shaping the field.
See who’s speaking and save your spot here!
➡️ bit.ly/4sq1khf
January 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Our #FusionEpigenetics speaker line-up is 🔥
Join us in Portugal in October 2026 to hear directly from the scientists shaping the field.
See who’s speaking and save your spot here!
➡️ bit.ly/4sq1khf
Join us in Portugal in October 2026 to hear directly from the scientists shaping the field.
See who’s speaking and save your spot here!
➡️ bit.ly/4sq1khf
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December 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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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...
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
Peters, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social et al. show that #sphingolipid #metabolism orchestrates establishment of the hair follicle #StemCell compartment. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
📕 From The Year In Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025
📕 From The Year In Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Peters, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social et al. show that #sphingolipid #metabolism orchestrates establishment of the hair follicle #StemCell compartment. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
📕 From The Year In Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025
📕 From The Year In Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2025-1...
The Koh Lab is hiring!! Please reach out to join our newly established lab as a postgraduate associate! Come help us write the first exciting chapter of our (hopefully epic) saga! #CraniofacialBM #HSCniche #Vascularbiology #Immunology #YaleStemCellCenter #YaleCMED
The Koh Lab is hiring!! Please reach out to join our newly established lab as a postgraduate associate! Come help us write the first exciting chapter of our (hopefully epic) saga! #CraniofacialBM #HSCniche #Vascularbiology #Immunology #YaleStemCellCenter #YaleCMED
Postgraduate Associate – Koh Lab, Yale Stem Cell Center, Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
postdocs.yale.edu
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2025-1...
The Koh Lab is hiring!! Please reach out to join our newly established lab as a postgraduate associate! Come help us write the first exciting chapter of our (hopefully epic) saga! #CraniofacialBM #HSCniche #Vascularbiology #Immunology #YaleStemCellCenter #YaleCMED
The Koh Lab is hiring!! Please reach out to join our newly established lab as a postgraduate associate! Come help us write the first exciting chapter of our (hopefully epic) saga! #CraniofacialBM #HSCniche #Vascularbiology #Immunology #YaleStemCellCenter #YaleCMED
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
Our annual collection highlights 13 of the year's most impactful papers that have garnered exceptional interest from our readership. Explore cutting-edge findings spanning the diverse spectrum of cell biology 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025
@ascbiology.bsky.social
#CellBio2025
@ascbiology.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our annual collection highlights 13 of the year's most impactful papers that have garnered exceptional interest from our readership. Explore cutting-edge findings spanning the diverse spectrum of cell biology 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025
@ascbiology.bsky.social
#CellBio2025
@ascbiology.bsky.social
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!
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Launching celldynamicslab.com, the homepage of our new group at EPFL working on cell fragmentation, membrane and cortex mechanics, FLIM imaging, and microfluidics tools. MSc/PhD or postdocs interested in quantitative cell biology are welcome to reach out. We're also hiring a lab manager in 2026!
Main - Cell Dynamics and Fragmentation Lab
The Cell Dynamics and Fragmentation lab at We study how single cells move and fragment in complex environments using microfluidics. We bring tools and concep...
celldynamicslab.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Launching celldynamicslab.com, the homepage of our new group at EPFL working on cell fragmentation, membrane and cortex mechanics, FLIM imaging, and microfluidics tools. MSc/PhD or postdocs interested in quantitative cell biology are welcome to reach out. We're also hiring a lab manager in 2026!
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
🙌 Hello from #EESNucleus.
The organisers Simone Köhler, Patrick Lusk,
Thomas Quail, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Karo Wolkersdorfer are welcoming all participants to the four day symposium in Heidelberg.
The organisers Simone Köhler, Patrick Lusk,
Thomas Quail, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Karo Wolkersdorfer are welcoming all participants to the four day symposium in Heidelberg.
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🙌 Hello from #EESNucleus.
The organisers Simone Köhler, Patrick Lusk,
Thomas Quail, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Karo Wolkersdorfer are welcoming all participants to the four day symposium in Heidelberg.
The organisers Simone Köhler, Patrick Lusk,
Thomas Quail, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Karo Wolkersdorfer are welcoming all participants to the four day symposium in Heidelberg.
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- A postdoc to work on cancer extravasation (4-year project).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).
Are you looking for a postdoc?
I will be looking for 2-4 people after the summer to join the lab !!
Do not hesitate to reach out and disseminate !!
I will be looking for 2-4 people after the summer to join the lab !!
Do not hesitate to reach out and disseminate !!
July 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
- A postdoc to work on cancer extravasation (4-year project).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
I am honnestly a bit worried by the latest fuss about qed (the IA driven review). While the results are indeed quite impressive (it is very good at listing the claim and finding potential improvement), I don't quite see how this will eventually reduce the reviewing burden or help us
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am honnestly a bit worried by the latest fuss about qed (the IA driven review). While the results are indeed quite impressive (it is very good at listing the claim and finding potential improvement), I don't quite see how this will eventually reduce the reviewing burden or help us
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu
Strong as a team
Five Max Planck researchers secure prestigious ERC Synergy Grants in 2025, enhancing collaborative research in Europe.
www.mpg.de
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu
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📣 Read the full news here:
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/press-releas...
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/press-releas...
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📣 Read the full news here:
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/press-releas...
www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/press-releas...
Excited to embark on this scientific journey with Ewa Paluch and Daniel StJohnston to understand fundamentals of epithelial tissue and cell shapes! Thank you to @erc.europa.eu for the support!
🚀 Exciting news! ERC Synergy Grant of €8.5 million to Sara Wickström @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, Daniel St Jonston @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch @universitypress.cambridge.org! This highly interdisciplinary project will boost our understanding of tissue biology. #ERCSyG @erc.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Excited to embark on this scientific journey with Ewa Paluch and Daniel StJohnston to understand fundamentals of epithelial tissue and cell shapes! Thank you to @erc.europa.eu for the support!
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Ever wondered how adult organs preserve epithelial barrier integrity while continuously exposed to mechanical stress? We tackled this question in our new preprint – led by our brilliant PhD student Vishnu Krishnakumar! (1/11)
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Robust pan-junctional reinforcement preserves the gut epithelial barrier under mechanical stress
Epithelia are specialized tissue barriers that safeguard the organism's internal milieu from the hostile external environment, a function critically dependent on intercellular junctions. In the colon,...
www.biorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ever wondered how adult organs preserve epithelial barrier integrity while continuously exposed to mechanical stress? We tackled this question in our new preprint – led by our brilliant PhD student Vishnu Krishnakumar! (1/11)
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species
➡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Sara Wickstrom
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Welcome @shiori-iida.bsky.social , it’s great to have you in the lab! Excited about new directions in chromatin rheology and cell fate 🤓
I’ve recently joined @sarawickstrom.bsky.social lab at @mpi-muenster.bsky.social as a postdoc!
I’ll keep doing exciting science with joy and passion 🔬💫
Huge thanks to @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social lab for all the support during my PhD journey⛰️
I’ll start by tasting every single sausage here🇩🇪
I’ll keep doing exciting science with joy and passion 🔬💫
Huge thanks to @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social lab for all the support during my PhD journey⛰️
I’ll start by tasting every single sausage here🇩🇪
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Welcome @shiori-iida.bsky.social , it’s great to have you in the lab! Excited about new directions in chromatin rheology and cell fate 🤓