@luskinglab.bsky.social
The joint King and Lusk Labs. Interested in nuclear dynamics, mechanics and quality control.
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We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue:
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue:
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
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Did you know that all nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are not the same? @luskinglab.bsky.social propose a new hypothesis for how nuclear mechanics may impact the compositional plasticity of NPCs with implications for tissue-specific diseases caused by NPC dysfunction.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nuclear mechanics as a determinant of nuclear pore complex plasticity - Nature Cell Biology
In this Review, Lusk et al. discuss emerging insights into nuclear pore complex variability with regard to composition and dilation state, and propose nuclear mechanics as a key determinant of driving...
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Did you know that all nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are not the same? @luskinglab.bsky.social propose a new hypothesis for how nuclear mechanics may impact the compositional plasticity of NPCs with implications for tissue-specific diseases caused by NPC dysfunction.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In our September issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): A confocal image of an iPSC cell nucleus visualized by pan-expansion microscopy. Stained w/ SYTOX Green (cyan), an NHS ester pan-stain (magenta) & an anti-NUP98 nucleoporin antibody (yellow). By @luskinglab.bsky.social rupress.org/jcb/article/...
September 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In our September issue (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): A confocal image of an iPSC cell nucleus visualized by pan-expansion microscopy. Stained w/ SYTOX Green (cyan), an NHS ester pan-stain (magenta) & an anti-NUP98 nucleoporin antibody (yellow). By @luskinglab.bsky.social rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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More insight into the ever expanding roles of bridge-like lipid transfer proteins from @pdc-lab.bsky.social !
Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics url: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics url: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press
Dai et al. report the localization of BLTP2 in different human cell types and reveal binding partners that mediate its tethering to the PM and to PM-connec
rupress.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
More insight into the ever expanding roles of bridge-like lipid transfer proteins from @pdc-lab.bsky.social !
Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics url: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Multiple interactions recruit BLTP2 to ER-PM contacts to control plasma membrane dynamics url: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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🚨 New call for preLighters!🚨
Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍
Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢
More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...
Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍
Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢
More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🚨 New call for preLighters!🚨
Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍
Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢
More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...
Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍
Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢
More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...
Last day to submit abstracts! Nuclear cell biologists, mechanobiologists, et al. don’t miss out - amazing interdisciplinary line up: computational biology, biophysics, development, genomics - we will have it all!
Final call to register and submit abstracts for the @faseborg.bsky.social conference on the Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus (#MBNSRC) to be considered for platform presentations. The conference takes place in Melbourne, FL, Oct. 26-30, 2025. See more info at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
August 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Last day to submit abstracts! Nuclear cell biologists, mechanobiologists, et al. don’t miss out - amazing interdisciplinary line up: computational biology, biophysics, development, genomics - we will have it all!
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Final call to register and submit abstracts for the @faseborg.bsky.social conference on the Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus (#MBNSRC) to be considered for platform presentations. The conference takes place in Melbourne, FL, Oct. 26-30, 2025. See more info at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
August 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Final call to register and submit abstracts for the @faseborg.bsky.social conference on the Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus (#MBNSRC) to be considered for platform presentations. The conference takes place in Melbourne, FL, Oct. 26-30, 2025. See more info at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
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Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
August 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social alongside JCS Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Deadline: 3 November
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
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Speakers include: @luskinglab.bsky.social @renkawitzteam.bsky.social @pcusachs.bsky.social @gabrielneurohr.bsky.social @simonereber.bsky.social @zierlab.bsky.social @katemiro.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @stroudlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social & many more!
August 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
11 days left to get abstracts in for our first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus FASEB meeting in October!
Join us for the first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus conference supported by @faseborg.bsky.social. Co-organized with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, @katemiro.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht, the amazing program is here:
events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
August 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
11 days left to get abstracts in for our first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus FASEB meeting in October!
Abstract deadline approaching! Don’t miss out!
⏰ Final call for abstracts for #EESNucleus!
📥 Submit your abstract by 26 August: https://s.embl.org/ees25-07-bl
Don't miss your chance to discover the cutting-edge research shaping our understanding of the nucleus - from its dynamic architecture to its role in cell division and pathology ⚛️
📥 Submit your abstract by 26 August: https://s.embl.org/ees25-07-bl
Don't miss your chance to discover the cutting-edge research shaping our understanding of the nucleus - from its dynamic architecture to its role in cell division and pathology ⚛️
August 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Abstract deadline approaching! Don’t miss out!
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Congrats to everyone including JCS @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social & Editorial Advisory Board members Dennis Discher, Miho Iijima, James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social, Kristen Verhey @kjverhey1.bsky.social for becoming ASCB fellows
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellows—a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...
www.ascb.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Congrats to everyone including JCS @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social & Editorial Advisory Board members Dennis Discher, Miho Iijima, James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social, Kristen Verhey @kjverhey1.bsky.social for becoming ASCB fellows
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
Don’t miss out!
📢 Abstract submission deadline reminder for 'Cell biology of the nucleus'!
Before packing your bags and leaving for your summer vacation, there is one important task left to do: submit your abstract for #EESNucleus ✍️
Deadline is 26 August: https://s.embl.org/ees25-07-bl
Before packing your bags and leaving for your summer vacation, there is one important task left to do: submit your abstract for #EESNucleus ✍️
Deadline is 26 August: https://s.embl.org/ees25-07-bl
July 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Don’t miss out!
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1 month to abstract deadline for the first cell biology of the nucleus meeting at @embl.org in many years - organised by the stellar @luskinglab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Tom Quail & Simone Koehler
Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️
#EESNucleus
Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️
#EESNucleus
July 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
1 month to abstract deadline for the first cell biology of the nucleus meeting at @embl.org in many years - organised by the stellar @luskinglab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social Tom Quail & Simone Koehler
Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️
#EESNucleus
Tons of open slots, invited and selected speakers all get 20 mins ❤️
#EESNucleus
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The nuclear lamina strengthens the nucleus and organizes the genome. So what happens when you acutely degrade it in living cells? Not what we thought! (1/n)
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Lamin B1 and LAP2β resist cytoskeletal force to maintain lamin A/C meshwork organization and preserve nuclear integrity | Molecular Biology of the Cell
The nuclear lamins are extremely long-lived proteins in most cell types. As a consequence, lamin function cannot be effectively dissected with temporal precision using standard knock-down approaches. ...
www.molbiolcell.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The nuclear lamina strengthens the nucleus and organizes the genome. So what happens when you acutely degrade it in living cells? Not what we thought! (1/n)
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
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Visualizing nuclear pore complex plasticity with pan-Expansion #Microscopy. New study from Kimberly Morgan, Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Technology #Disease #Organelles
#Technology #Disease #Organelles
June 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Visualizing nuclear pore complex plasticity with pan-Expansion #Microscopy. New study from Kimberly Morgan, Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Technology #Disease #Organelles
#Technology #Disease #Organelles
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Membranes are the bags that hold cells together. But, sometimes you need to patch a hole in that bag.
Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social), Patrick Lusk and I, provide perspective on how proteins contribute to supporting organelle compartmentalization
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social), Patrick Lusk and I, provide perspective on how proteins contribute to supporting organelle compartmentalization
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Sense, plug and seal: Proteins as both rapid responders and constitutive barriers supporting organelle compartmentalization | Molecular Biology of the Cell
While organellar compartmentalization is primarily established by the delimiting phospholipid bilayer membranes, the contribution of proteins has been less appreciated. Recently, studies across many r...
www.molbiolcell.org
July 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Membranes are the bags that hold cells together. But, sometimes you need to patch a hole in that bag.
Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social), Patrick Lusk and I, provide perspective on how proteins contribute to supporting organelle compartmentalization
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social), Patrick Lusk and I, provide perspective on how proteins contribute to supporting organelle compartmentalization
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
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Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
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Excited for our next special issue and looking forward to working with Abby Buchwalter (@abbybuch.bsky.social) and Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social)! Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? Send your papers our way!
#notforprofit
#notforprofit
Call for papers: Cell Biology of the Nucleus
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
We invite you to submit your latest research to our special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus, guest edited by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...
July 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excited for our next special issue and looking forward to working with Abby Buchwalter (@abbybuch.bsky.social) and Megan King (@luskinglab.bsky.social)! Working on the cell biology of the nucleus? Send your papers our way!
#notforprofit
#notforprofit
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Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC.
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!
July 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC.
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!
Join us for the first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus conference supported by @faseborg.bsky.social. Co-organized with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, @katemiro.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht, the amazing program is here:
events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
July 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Join us for the first Mechanobiology of the Nucleus conference supported by @faseborg.bsky.social. Co-organized with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, @katemiro.bsky.social and Verena Ruprecht, the amazing program is here:
events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Opportunities for talks! Abstracts by Aug. 31st.
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Yale folks: Tomorrow 12:30pm cross campus! @aaup.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Yale folks: Tomorrow 12:30pm cross campus! @aaup.bsky.social
Calling all nuclear cell biologists in the Northeast! Don’t miss the chance to engage with this awesome community. Abstracts due next week.
NENE2025 is soon upon us! Anyone doing interesting nuclear envelope or nucleus-related science in the Northeast should attend! Abstract submission is open until April 4th! Info and registration can be found on our website: sites.google.com/view/nene202...
March 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Calling all nuclear cell biologists in the Northeast! Don’t miss the chance to engage with this awesome community. Abstracts due next week.
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Our Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social is attending our Biologists @ 100 conference. Reach out to Megan if you have questions about submitting your research to JCS or visit our website to find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
#biologists100
#biologists100
March 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Our Editor Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social is attending our Biologists @ 100 conference. Reach out to Megan if you have questions about submitting your research to JCS or visit our website to find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
#biologists100
#biologists100
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
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Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.