Laura Isabel Betancur
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Laura Isabel Betancur
@lauraisabel.bsky.social
PhD student in the Biophysics in Cell Biology group @gallegolab.bsky.social at @upfbarcelona.bsky.social
Researching spatiotemporal organization of proteins in their native context 🦠🧫
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#Research
1/📦 Scientists uncover the tiny machine that delivers essential molecular packages to the cell surface

This fundamental activity for maintaining healthy cells has been revealed by combining cutting-edge microscopy techniques and artificial intelligence
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Descobreixen el nanomissatger que manté les cèl·lules en funcionament
Es tracta d’una petita màquina que lliura paquets moleculars essencials a la superfície cel·lular, una activitat fonamental per mantenir la salut de les cèl·lules. Aquest enigmàtic mecanisme s'ha pogu...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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🥳 our #exocyst paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social, led by Marta, Sebas & @sasmeek.bsky.social in collab with @jonasries.bsky.social, @cmanzo.bsky.social & Castaño-Díez labs #Quantitative_Cell_Biology

Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
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Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
Data from complementary imaging techniques were integrated into a model that resolves the dynamic exocyst ensemble and membrane architecture during exocytosis, an essential cellular pathway. Sec18 med...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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We just opened a PhD position to investigate biophysics in eukaryotes that grow in the cryosphere (glaciers, snow, Mars....)! If you like advanced imaging, evolution and quantitative biology, apply!! we are looking for you! More details here👇
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April 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Nice preprint from @gallegolab.bsky.social!
Bridging static structures of exocyst with dynamic function provides really interesting flexible, ring-shaped higher-order exocyst structure (ExHOS).

Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM