Simone Reber
@simonereber.bsky.social
Scientist. Interested in complexity, organisational principles, quantitative biology, infographics, frogs & coffee. Opinions here are my own.
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Simone Reber
@simonereber.bsky.social
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Cell state-specific cytoplasmic density controls spindle architecture and scaling
Nature Cell Biology - Kletter et al. show that cell state-specific cytoplasmic density controls spindle architecture and scaling in neural differentiation, suggesting that the physical properties...
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✨Thanks to amazing students @tobiaskletter.bsky.social, postdocs @biswashere.bsky.social & collaborators @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social & ALMF @embl.org ✨
👉Cytoplasmic material properties control spindle architecture and scaling 👉 out today @natcellbio.nature.com rdcu.be/eqPr8
👉Cytoplasmic material properties control spindle architecture and scaling 👉 out today @natcellbio.nature.com rdcu.be/eqPr8
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PIs & Group Leaders, do your trainees need to learn light microscopy and image analysis? Send them to us! Financial aid is available! Applications due Friday 1/30. meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
Quantitative Imaging: From Acquisition to Analysis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
meetings.cshl.edu
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
PIs & Group Leaders, do your trainees need to learn light microscopy and image analysis? Send them to us! Financial aid is available! Applications due Friday 1/30. meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
We spend way too much time manually analyzing #microtubules 🔬
Together with Mario, Justus, Dominik, Felix & Erik we used synthetic data and foundation models to build a fully automated segmentation pipeline.
#microscopy, #imageanalysis & #AI
Check out our preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Together with Mario, Justus, Dominik, Felix & Erik we used synthetic data and foundation models to build a fully automated segmentation pipeline.
#microscopy, #imageanalysis & #AI
Check out our preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
We spend way too much time manually analyzing #microtubules 🔬
Together with Mario, Justus, Dominik, Felix & Erik we used synthetic data and foundation models to build a fully automated segmentation pipeline.
#microscopy, #imageanalysis & #AI
Check out our preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Together with Mario, Justus, Dominik, Felix & Erik we used synthetic data and foundation models to build a fully automated segmentation pipeline.
#microscopy, #imageanalysis & #AI
Check out our preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb.
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
Work for us
Working for us We’re always looking for talented and motivated people to work as part of our close-knit team. Roles range from editorial to production, marketing to event co-ordination, HR to accounts...
www.biologists.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb.
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
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For decades, scientists have designed drugs to slow down or block enzymes, but Tarun Kapoor wondered if tackling some diseases requires the opposite approach.
We spoke with Kapoor about why speeding up an enzyme is so difficult, and how his team is cracking this problem.
See the full Q&A here:
We spoke with Kapoor about why speeding up an enzyme is so difficult, and how his team is cracking this problem.
See the full Q&A here:
Scientists have gotten good at blocking enzymes to treat disease. Now can they speed them up? - News
Enzymes are the molecular machines that power life; they build and break down molecules, copy DNA, digest food, and drive virtually every chemical reaction in our cells. For decades, scientists have d...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For decades, scientists have designed drugs to slow down or block enzymes, but Tarun Kapoor wondered if tackling some diseases requires the opposite approach.
We spoke with Kapoor about why speeding up an enzyme is so difficult, and how his team is cracking this problem.
See the full Q&A here:
We spoke with Kapoor about why speeding up an enzyme is so difficult, and how his team is cracking this problem.
See the full Q&A here:
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Please apply for the @cshlxeno course:
Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
April 7 - 21, 2026
Application Deadline: January 16.
youtu.be/T6wu7XYOP3E?...
Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
April 7 - 21, 2026
Application Deadline: January 16.
youtu.be/T6wu7XYOP3E?...
Frogs: A biologist’s best friend
YouTube video by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Please apply for the @cshlxeno course:
Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
April 7 - 21, 2026
Application Deadline: January 16.
youtu.be/T6wu7XYOP3E?...
Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
April 7 - 21, 2026
Application Deadline: January 16.
youtu.be/T6wu7XYOP3E?...
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Apply for a PhD in Singapore at NUS! Deadline Jan 12. I'm recruiting:
Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...
and
Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/
Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...
and
Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/
www.mbi.nus.edu.sg
January 6, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Apply for a PhD in Singapore at NUS! Deadline Jan 12. I'm recruiting:
Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...
and
Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/
Here with Mechanobiology Institute: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/education/gr...
and
Here with Biomedical Engineering dept: cde.nus.edu.sg/bme/
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📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...
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Apps are open for our Idea Scholar program! The program invites distinguished scientists with an interest in developing scientific talent in the workforce for extended visits at the Flatiron Institute. Deadline is 1/13/2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/idea_scholar_program/ #science
Idea Scholar Program
The Flatiron Institute’s Idea Scholar program invites distinguished scientists for extended visits to develop scientific talent and foster collaboration.
www.simonsfoundation.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Apps are open for our Idea Scholar program! The program invites distinguished scientists with an interest in developing scientific talent in the workforce for extended visits at the Flatiron Institute. Deadline is 1/13/2026: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/flatiron/idea_scholar_program/ #science
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Now recruiting several PhD students and postdocs for different projects of our excellence cluster SynthImmune: application.synthimmune.de
For more info see perspective article below and synthimmune.de
For more info see perspective article below and synthimmune.de
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Now recruiting several PhD students and postdocs for different projects of our excellence cluster SynthImmune: application.synthimmune.de
For more info see perspective article below and synthimmune.de
For more info see perspective article below and synthimmune.de
Very much looking forward to Marino's visit! Everyone is welcome!
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week Wednesday for a talk by Marino Zerial, director at @humantechnopole.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ November 12
🕓 2 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43768...
Join us next week Wednesday for a talk by Marino Zerial, director at @humantechnopole.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ November 12
🕓 2 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43768...
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Very much looking forward to Marino's visit! Everyone is welcome!
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
@humantechnopole.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
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🔭 Are you looking for a #PhD project in infectious disease research and #immunology?
🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🔭 Are you looking for a #PhD project in infectious disease research and #immunology?
🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
Congratulations to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social for receiving the Nikon Young Scientist Award! Thanks to DGZ.bsky.social and @healthcare.nikon.com for the award ceremony 🍾🍾🍾
#ProudPI
#ProudPI
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Congratulations to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social for receiving the Nikon Young Scientist Award! Thanks to DGZ.bsky.social and @healthcare.nikon.com for the award ceremony 🍾🍾🍾
#ProudPI
#ProudPI
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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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🚀 Exciting Job Opportunity: Project Coordinator at the Cluster of Excellence SCALE
We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.
👉 Learn more and apply here:
We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.
👉 Learn more and apply here:
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🚀 Exciting Job Opportunity: Project Coordinator at the Cluster of Excellence SCALE
We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.
👉 Learn more and apply here:
We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.
👉 Learn more and apply here:
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📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
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Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? We're still accepting submissions for our special issue on this topic!
Find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
Find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? We're still accepting submissions for our special issue on this topic!
Find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
Find out more at:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
Very much looking forward to hosting @stephangrill.bsky.social from @mpi-cbg.de ! 🥳
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Next week, Stephan Grill @stephangrill.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, will give a talk on "Chiral Morphogenesis" - kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43511...
Next week, Stephan Grill @stephangrill.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, will give a talk on "Chiral Morphogenesis" - kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)
Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43511...
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Very much looking forward to hosting @stephangrill.bsky.social from @mpi-cbg.de ! 🥳
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
Everyone is welcome @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
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🚨🚨Please repost!! 📢📢
Still time to submit short talk abstract for EindPBS2025!
Five themes this year:
• Mechanobiology
• Protein pattern formation
• 4D Genome
• Stochastic biology
• Biohydrodynamics
bit.ly/EdinPBS2025
Still time to submit short talk abstract for EindPBS2025!
Five themes this year:
• Mechanobiology
• Protein pattern formation
• 4D Genome
• Stochastic biology
• Biohydrodynamics
bit.ly/EdinPBS2025
February 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨🚨Please repost!! 📢📢
Still time to submit short talk abstract for EindPBS2025!
Five themes this year:
• Mechanobiology
• Protein pattern formation
• 4D Genome
• Stochastic biology
• Biohydrodynamics
bit.ly/EdinPBS2025
Still time to submit short talk abstract for EindPBS2025!
Five themes this year:
• Mechanobiology
• Protein pattern formation
• 4D Genome
• Stochastic biology
• Biohydrodynamics
bit.ly/EdinPBS2025
Congrats to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social! Well deserved 🍾🍾🍾
I'm very grateful and honoured to be on this list! Looking forward to finally visiting Heidelberg again!
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 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Congrats to @tobiaskletter.bsky.social! Well deserved 🍾🍾🍾
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We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22.
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
Join our Faculty | Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Call for applications:We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the newly established Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We are conducting an open search for ou...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu
September 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22.
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
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Join us for the #CellDivision2026 meeting in Okinawa. Abstract Submission Deadline: Nov 3. www.oist.jp/conference/c...
October 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Join us for the #CellDivision2026 meeting in Okinawa. Abstract Submission Deadline: Nov 3. www.oist.jp/conference/c...
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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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How exactly are proteins structured and how do they work?
@cecclementi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social takes us into the world of proteins & shows how machine learning is revolutionizing biophysical research.
⚛️ November, 5 / 7 pm / free tickets www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
@cecclementi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social takes us into the world of proteins & shows how machine learning is revolutionizing biophysical research.
⚛️ November, 5 / 7 pm / free tickets www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
October 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
How exactly are proteins structured and how do they work?
@cecclementi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social takes us into the world of proteins & shows how machine learning is revolutionizing biophysical research.
⚛️ November, 5 / 7 pm / free tickets www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
@cecclementi.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social takes us into the world of proteins & shows how machine learning is revolutionizing biophysical research.
⚛️ November, 5 / 7 pm / free tickets www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Thank you @djdavid.bsky.social 🤩
1/5 in 4 years is not too shabby!
1/5 in 4 years is not too shabby!
Fourth paper to higlight!
@tobiaskletter.bsky.social , @biswashere.bsky.social, @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social, @simonereber.bsky.social & colleagues propose that physical properties of the cell’s cytoplasm is a determinant in organelle size control.
(Open Access): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@tobiaskletter.bsky.social , @biswashere.bsky.social, @vasilyzaburdaev.bsky.social, @simonereber.bsky.social & colleagues propose that physical properties of the cell’s cytoplasm is a determinant in organelle size control.
(Open Access): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thank you @djdavid.bsky.social 🤩
1/5 in 4 years is not too shabby!
1/5 in 4 years is not too shabby!