Byron Lab
@thebyronlab.bsky.social
🔬 Cell adhesion networks lab
🥼 A new cell systems biology team
📍 University of Manchester, UK
🔗 https://linktr.ee/TheByronLab
🥼 A new cell systems biology team
📍 University of Manchester, UK
🔗 https://linktr.ee/TheByronLab
Two days left to apply for a Medical Research Council-funded PhD opportunity in the lab. This is a student-led project, so you can work with us to develop an exciting project in a research area of mutual interest! www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...
@mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
@mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
MRC Doctoral Training Partnership
Find out more about the Medical Research Council (MRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) studentships for postgraduate researchers undertaking PhDs in biomedical, clinical and health services areas.
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Two days left to apply for a Medical Research Council-funded PhD opportunity in the lab. This is a student-led project, so you can work with us to develop an exciting project in a research area of mutual interest! www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...
@mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
@mcf-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
Fantastic talks from the lab at this week's @mcf-uom.bsky.social Lab Showcase - well done Josie, Julio and Morgan! Calls for cake 🍰
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Fantastic talks from the lab at this week's @mcf-uom.bsky.social Lab Showcase - well done Josie, Julio and Morgan! Calls for cake 🍰
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Happy to share that my PhD has finally taken the shape of a paper! ✨
Huge thanks to all authors, especially @davidbrueckner.bsky.social & @ehannezo.bsky.social for leading the modeling and @raimonsunyer.bsky.social & @xaviertrepat.bsky.social for their invaluable supervision.
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Huge thanks to all authors, especially @davidbrueckner.bsky.social & @ehannezo.bsky.social for leading the modeling and @raimonsunyer.bsky.social & @xaviertrepat.bsky.social for their invaluable supervision.
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How do cells navigate up gradients of adhesive proteins?
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Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood
We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Termed "Haptotaxis", this effect is ubiquitous in cell migration, but it's mechanism was poorly understood
We show that passive friction directs cells & explains complex trajectories on gradients
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Happy to share that my PhD has finally taken the shape of a paper! ✨
Huge thanks to all authors, especially @davidbrueckner.bsky.social & @ehannezo.bsky.social for leading the modeling and @raimonsunyer.bsky.social & @xaviertrepat.bsky.social for their invaluable supervision.
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Huge thanks to all authors, especially @davidbrueckner.bsky.social & @ehannezo.bsky.social for leading the modeling and @raimonsunyer.bsky.social & @xaviertrepat.bsky.social for their invaluable supervision.
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Shoutout to our fantastic project and masters students! 🧪✨
It was a pleasure to have you in the lab @mcf-uom.bsky.social – your energy and hard work truly made a difference! 💫
#LabLife #CellBiology #ResearchStudents #ThankYou #AcademicLife @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
It was a pleasure to have you in the lab @mcf-uom.bsky.social – your energy and hard work truly made a difference! 💫
#LabLife #CellBiology #ResearchStudents #ThankYou #AcademicLife @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Shoutout to our fantastic project and masters students! 🧪✨
It was a pleasure to have you in the lab @mcf-uom.bsky.social – your energy and hard work truly made a difference! 💫
#LabLife #CellBiology #ResearchStudents #ThankYou #AcademicLife @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
It was a pleasure to have you in the lab @mcf-uom.bsky.social – your energy and hard work truly made a difference! 💫
#LabLife #CellBiology #ResearchStudents #ThankYou #AcademicLife @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
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My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Computational image analyst (m/f/d)
The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a
jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Fantastic time at the Adhere2 conference on cell adhesion - on the lovely Dalmatian coast.
#CellBiology #research #conference
#CellBiology #research #conference
September 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Fantastic time at the Adhere2 conference on cell adhesion - on the lovely Dalmatian coast.
#CellBiology #research #conference
#CellBiology #research #conference
Very enjoyable visit to the @qmbci.bsky.social yesterday, discussing fantastic science and presenting our work 🔬
Thank you for warmly hosting, @tysonsharp.bsky.social! @susanagodinho.bsky.social @drtanyasoliman.bsky.social
@cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
#research #collaboration
Thank you for warmly hosting, @tysonsharp.bsky.social! @susanagodinho.bsky.social @drtanyasoliman.bsky.social
@cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
#research #collaboration
July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Very enjoyable visit to the @qmbci.bsky.social yesterday, discussing fantastic science and presenting our work 🔬
Thank you for warmly hosting, @tysonsharp.bsky.social! @susanagodinho.bsky.social @drtanyasoliman.bsky.social
@cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
#research #collaboration
Thank you for warmly hosting, @tysonsharp.bsky.social! @susanagodinho.bsky.social @drtanyasoliman.bsky.social
@cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
#research #collaboration
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A new £50m Medical Research Council Centre is set to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases.
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
New £50m MRC Centre to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases
The environment is increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in our risk of developing diseases, with 30,000 deaths attributed to air pollution alone in the UK each year. A new research centre...
www.manchester.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A new £50m Medical Research Council Centre is set to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases.
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
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Excited to share our most recent study on #integrintraffic #cancer #migration #focaladhesion by @ivaskalab.bsky.social @drpaulinamoreno.bsky.social Niklas Jäntti et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
EPLINα controls integrin recycling from Rab21 endosomes to drive breast cancer cell migration
Epithelial protein lost in neoplasm (EPLIN), an actin-binding protein, has been described as both a tumor promoter and tumor suppressor in different c…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Excited to share our most recent study on #integrintraffic #cancer #migration #focaladhesion by @ivaskalab.bsky.social @drpaulinamoreno.bsky.social Niklas Jäntti et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We're Hiring: Postdoctoral Position in Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry
Join our team at the Center for Structural Mass Spectrometry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Sinz Lab) to develop and apply cross-linking mass spectrometry techniques for studying protein interactions.
Join our team at the Center for Structural Mass Spectrometry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Sinz Lab) to develop and apply cross-linking mass spectrometry techniques for studying protein interactions.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We're Hiring: Postdoctoral Position in Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry
Join our team at the Center for Structural Mass Spectrometry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Sinz Lab) to develop and apply cross-linking mass spectrometry techniques for studying protein interactions.
Join our team at the Center for Structural Mass Spectrometry at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Sinz Lab) to develop and apply cross-linking mass spectrometry techniques for studying protein interactions.
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Delighted to advertise a collaborative postdoc position available in the lab to develop new proximity labelling tools, funded by a BBSRC Transformative Research Technology grant:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry
Research Associate in Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Delighted to advertise a collaborative postdoc position available in the lab to develop new proximity labelling tools, funded by a BBSRC Transformative Research Technology grant:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#ChemicalBiology #SyntheticChemistry
Just back from a fantastic research visit to the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, working with Dr Paola Nisticò and the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy team 🔬
Amazing cancer biology research, inspiring discussions and such warm hospitality from the team ☀️
#CancerResearch #Collaboration
Amazing cancer biology research, inspiring discussions and such warm hospitality from the team ☀️
#CancerResearch #Collaboration
July 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Just back from a fantastic research visit to the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, working with Dr Paola Nisticò and the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy team 🔬
Amazing cancer biology research, inspiring discussions and such warm hospitality from the team ☀️
#CancerResearch #Collaboration
Amazing cancer biology research, inspiring discussions and such warm hospitality from the team ☀️
#CancerResearch #Collaboration
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Had a chat with @ajbrenes.com at #BSPR2025 about data reuse, and how some datasets, once combined and reused for a new biological question, are absolute gold. It's always worth depositing your data. 💿
Here are the statistics of his #HipSci dataset, which has remained at 2% after 6 years. 📈
Here are the statistics of his #HipSci dataset, which has remained at 2% after 6 years. 📈
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Had a chat with @ajbrenes.com at #BSPR2025 about data reuse, and how some datasets, once combined and reused for a new biological question, are absolute gold. It's always worth depositing your data. 💿
Here are the statistics of his #HipSci dataset, which has remained at 2% after 6 years. 📈
Here are the statistics of his #HipSci dataset, which has remained at 2% after 6 years. 📈
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🚨 Paper Alert 🚨
Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A computational pipeline for spatial mechano-transcriptomics - Nature Methods
The authors present a computational framework that leverages mechanical force inference and spatial transcriptomics to enable analyses of the interplay between the transcriptomic and mechanical state.
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨 Paper Alert 🚨
Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Absolutely delighted to share our last paper on "spatial mechano-transcriptomics" @naturemethods👇!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Free Hands-On Training in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI)!
A unique training opportunity in MSI, open to both national and international attendees in collaboration with BMSS and catapult. For more information please check this link: www.bmss.org.uk/meetings/bms...
A unique training opportunity in MSI, open to both national and international attendees in collaboration with BMSS and catapult. For more information please check this link: www.bmss.org.uk/meetings/bms...
March 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Free Hands-On Training in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI)!
A unique training opportunity in MSI, open to both national and international attendees in collaboration with BMSS and catapult. For more information please check this link: www.bmss.org.uk/meetings/bms...
A unique training opportunity in MSI, open to both national and international attendees in collaboration with BMSS and catapult. For more information please check this link: www.bmss.org.uk/meetings/bms...
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Do you want to play a pivotal role in groundbreaking research at IGC? In this role you will work at the intersection of computational and experimental science, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to address fundamental questions in genetics and disease.
Apply by 31 March: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
Apply by 31 March: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
March 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Do you want to play a pivotal role in groundbreaking research at IGC? In this role you will work at the intersection of computational and experimental science, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to address fundamental questions in genetics and disease.
Apply by 31 March: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
Apply by 31 March: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
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Happy to share our new publication in
@naturematerials.bsky.social
on mechanical cell competition! Great collaboration between our CAM team, Chavrier's and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats
@luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, Siavash Monfared! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturematerials.bsky.social
on mechanical cell competition! Great collaboration between our CAM team, Chavrier's and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats
@luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, Siavash Monfared! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Happy to share our new publication in
@naturematerials.bsky.social
on mechanical cell competition! Great collaboration between our CAM team, Chavrier's and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats
@luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, Siavash Monfared! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturematerials.bsky.social
on mechanical cell competition! Great collaboration between our CAM team, Chavrier's and Doostmohammadi's. Special congrats
@luanger.bsky.social, @andreasschoenit.bsky.social, Siavash Monfared! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Measuring and manipulating mechanical forces during development - Nature Cell Biology
This Review discusses the recent advances in experimental approaches to interrogate the mechanical forces that mediate tissue deformations during development, highlighting the insights afforded at bot...
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It’s #BritishScienceWeek and our researchers, academics and students have been at Manchester Museum!
Students from far and wide, alongside the general public and visitors to the museum, have been finding out about the exciting work going on in the Faculty @officialuom.bsky.social.
Students from far and wide, alongside the general public and visitors to the museum, have been finding out about the exciting work going on in the Faculty @officialuom.bsky.social.
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It’s #BritishScienceWeek and our researchers, academics and students have been at Manchester Museum!
Students from far and wide, alongside the general public and visitors to the museum, have been finding out about the exciting work going on in the Faculty @officialuom.bsky.social.
Students from far and wide, alongside the general public and visitors to the museum, have been finding out about the exciting work going on in the Faculty @officialuom.bsky.social.
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Come and find out how the Protein and Metabolite Analysis group can support your research at the Protein and Metabolite Analysis 2025 Showcase!
📅 31 March 2025 | 🕒 9am - 3:00pm
📍 Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/protein-me...
📅 31 March 2025 | 🕒 9am - 3:00pm
📍 Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/protein-me...
March 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Come and find out how the Protein and Metabolite Analysis group can support your research at the Protein and Metabolite Analysis 2025 Showcase!
📅 31 March 2025 | 🕒 9am - 3:00pm
📍 Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/protein-me...
📅 31 March 2025 | 🕒 9am - 3:00pm
📍 Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/protein-me...
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@the-node.bsky.social #biologists100 reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social is putting together a conference survival guide. What are your top tips for getting the most out of your conference experience.
🧪Getting ready for #biologists100; what’s the best way to prepare? 🤔
Conference Survival Guide Needed! 📝 If you could give ONE piece of advice to a first-time attendee, what would it be? Let’s help the newcomers thrive! ✨ #SciComm #ConferenceTips #AcademicLife #AcademicSky @the-node.bsky.social
Conference Survival Guide Needed! 📝 If you could give ONE piece of advice to a first-time attendee, what would it be? Let’s help the newcomers thrive! ✨ #SciComm #ConferenceTips #AcademicLife #AcademicSky @the-node.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@the-node.bsky.social #biologists100 reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social is putting together a conference survival guide. What are your top tips for getting the most out of your conference experience.
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Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required.
Please Repost 🙏 thanks !
Please Repost 🙏 thanks !
March 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Unique opportunity to join the CytoMorpho Lab (in Paris ❤️) as a postdoc to work on the self-organization and polarization of reconstituted networks made of microtubules, motors and actin filaments in vitro. Experience required.
Please Repost 🙏 thanks !
Please Repost 🙏 thanks !
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"Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties" and are distinct from other large EVs both in their content and morphology. This video shows a blebbisome (magenta) in the same field of view as forming migrasomes (yellow).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles with cell-like properties" and are distinct from other large EVs both in their content and morphology. This video shows a blebbisome (magenta) in the same field of view as forming migrasomes (yellow).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Maybe of interest to the talented ECR network of @themeshwork.bsky.social ? www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...
Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships | The University of Manchester
Learn more about the Bicentenary PhD Studentships and Fellowships launched as part of The University of Manchester's 200th year.
www.manchester.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Maybe of interest to the talented ECR network of @themeshwork.bsky.social ? www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bic...
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Happy to share our new paper about working part-time in academia. We hope it can help to get the conversation going about this important aspect of EDI and research culture elifesciences.org/articles/106... @elife.bsky.social @emiliapsantos.bsky.social @englishse.bsky.social @hammofish.bsky.social
Point of View: To be, or not to be, part-time in academia
Part-time working can be beneficial for individual academics, and also for academia as a whole.
elifesciences.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy to share our new paper about working part-time in academia. We hope it can help to get the conversation going about this important aspect of EDI and research culture elifesciences.org/articles/106... @elife.bsky.social @emiliapsantos.bsky.social @englishse.bsky.social @hammofish.bsky.social