New preprint from the lab, an old work from Z. Ben Meriem! We compress cells in 2D and show that proliferation and motility decrease. Crowding increases under pressure, which may explain this result. Interestingly, more mesenchymal cells seem to be more sensitive to pressure!
tinyurl.com/ybfu62yf

I want to share three reviews on crowding and spatial confinement, active areas of research on our end:
- on the dynamic structure of the cytoplasm: tinyurl.com/4d6drhnv
- on the sensing of and response to crowding: tinyurl.com/959ht4fw
- on the effect of spatial confinement: tinyurl.com/nhh7sk9w

Happy to bring this to light!
The result of quite a few years and fabulous collaborations with wonderful colleagues! Thread from Antonio Serrano (@antonioserrano) coming soon!

Pre-announcing the EMBO/EMBL symposium "Mechanobiology Across the Tree of Life", Heidelberg, 9-12 June 2026. It is still very very far away, but save the date 🗓️. With Alba Diz-Munoz, @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social, Enrique Rojas.
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🚨 Excited to share our new study on the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans! Thread 👇 (1/11)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Science #Microbiology #CellBiology

This work wouldn’t be possible without the incredible collaboration of wonderful colleagues.Thanks to Charles Puerner, Emily Plumb, Louis Chevalier, Johannes Elferich, Ludwig Sinn, Niko Grigorieff, Markus Ralser, @delarueresearch.bsky.social, Martine Bassilana and
@robertarkowitz.bsky.social (9/11)