Manuel Thery
@manuelthery.bsky.social
cytoskeleton self-organization / shape, patterns and symmetry / minimal and artificial cells / biophysics teacher @ ESPCI ParisTech
www.cytomorpholab.com
www.cytomorpholab.com
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Manuel Thery
@manuelthery.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Mix two motors of opposite polarity with microtubules and they will partition space !
Microtubules will get organized in polar and active barriers, sorting the two motors in separated domains, leading to the emergence of a new type of patterns.
#morphogenesis
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Microtubules will get organized in polar and active barriers, sorting the two motors in separated domains, leading to the emergence of a new type of patterns.
#morphogenesis
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
(1/n)
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Reposted by Manuel Thery
#JobOffer
💼 Ingénieur de recherche H/F en biophysique de l'infection bactérienne
📆 12 Janvier 2026
📍équipe Bonazzi
Candidatez sur le portail emploi CNRS avant le 15 décembre 🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
💼 Ingénieur de recherche H/F en biophysique de l'infection bactérienne
📆 12 Janvier 2026
📍équipe Bonazzi
Candidatez sur le portail emploi CNRS avant le 15 décembre 🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#JobOffer
💼 Ingénieur de recherche H/F en biophysique de l'infection bactérienne
📆 12 Janvier 2026
📍équipe Bonazzi
Candidatez sur le portail emploi CNRS avant le 15 décembre 🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
💼 Ingénieur de recherche H/F en biophysique de l'infection bactérienne
📆 12 Janvier 2026
📍équipe Bonazzi
Candidatez sur le portail emploi CNRS avant le 15 décembre 🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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This ‘fundamental’ study uncovers how directing pyruvate into mitochondria can shrink cells by shifting their metabolism away from building amino acids and proteins.
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buff.ly/hFHjKy9
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This ‘fundamental’ study uncovers how directing pyruvate into mitochondria can shrink cells by shifting their metabolism away from building amino acids and proteins.
buff.ly/hFHjKy9
buff.ly/hFHjKy9
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There's only one week left to apply to our Integrated MSc/PhD program - apply now! mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/application
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There's only one week left to apply to our Integrated MSc/PhD program - apply now! mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/application
The law of the jungle.
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The law of the jungle.
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
Interactions of cells in a collective lead to global rotation.
In 80% of the case HUVEC cells turn clockwise.
How many cells does it take for this to happen?
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Ever wanted to do a genome-scale CRISPR screen for a microscopy phenotype? Pooled CRISPR screens are amazing, but hard to combine with imaging... Excited to share our latest work in Dev Cell on a technology platform for imaging screens and applications to primary cilia: www.cell.com/developmenta...
A microscopy-based CRISPR screening platform enables organellar functional genomics and illuminates ciliary biology
Sun et al. develop a microscopy-based CRISPR screening platform that combines ease
of implementation with flexible analysis of live-cell or antibody-based markers. Screens
in human cells using a serie...
www.cell.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Ever wanted to do a genome-scale CRISPR screen for a microscopy phenotype? Pooled CRISPR screens are amazing, but hard to combine with imaging... Excited to share our latest work in Dev Cell on a technology platform for imaging screens and applications to primary cilia: www.cell.com/developmenta...
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Microfluidic pumping with active nematics! Self-organized and self-sustained. No external pumps.
@pnas.org @ub.edu
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#ActiveMatter #Microfluidics #SoftMatter
@pnas.org @ub.edu
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#ActiveMatter #Microfluidics #SoftMatter
Active nematic pumps | PNAS
Microfluidics involves the manipulation of flows at the microscale, typically requiring
external power sources to generate pressure gradients. Alte...
www.pnas.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Microfluidic pumping with active nematics! Self-organized and self-sustained. No external pumps.
@pnas.org @ub.edu
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#ActiveMatter #Microfluidics #SoftMatter
@pnas.org @ub.edu
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#ActiveMatter #Microfluidics #SoftMatter
nine fold symmetry
those-who-know know what i mean
those-who-know know what i mean
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
nine fold symmetry
those-who-know know what i mean
those-who-know know what i mean
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. Livestream is planned too. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. Livestream is planned too. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Domesticated animals have pulled our heavy carts and turned our large mills for centuries. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum—what if the wheel you want to turn is so small you can’t see it?
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Domesticated animals have pulled our heavy carts and turned our large mills for centuries. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum—what if the wheel you want to turn is so small you can’t see it?
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
Tomorrow at @ISTAresearch.bsky.social in Vienna at 4:30 PM I will show and discuss how shapes can emerge (and disappear) from mixture of microtubules and molecular motors.
#morphogenesis
#morphogenesis
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Tomorrow at @ISTAresearch.bsky.social in Vienna at 4:30 PM I will show and discuss how shapes can emerge (and disappear) from mixture of microtubules and molecular motors.
#morphogenesis
#morphogenesis
We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
I see intraflagellar transport and dynamic steady states in living systems in this work by www.perry-cooper.com/about
Should we think of the bias in intracellular transports by "rewards"?
Should we think of the bias in intracellular transports by "rewards"?
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I see intraflagellar transport and dynamic steady states in living systems in this work by www.perry-cooper.com/about
Should we think of the bias in intracellular transports by "rewards"?
Should we think of the bias in intracellular transports by "rewards"?
Each cube can emit a light and sound to tell its neighbours it has heard something.
Check www.scenocosme.com/reactive_mat... for more details on this reactive matter.
Check www.scenocosme.com/reactive_mat... for more details on this reactive matter.
October 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Each cube can emit a light and sound to tell its neighbours it has heard something.
Check www.scenocosme.com/reactive_mat... for more details on this reactive matter.
Check www.scenocosme.com/reactive_mat... for more details on this reactive matter.
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026.
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪
Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton
The cytoskeleton, a dynamic and intricate network of protein filaments, is found within the cytoplasm of all cells, from bacteria and archaea to complex eukaryotes. This essential cellular component …
meetings.embo.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026.
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪
Reposted by Manuel Thery
MAP4-MAP7D1 partitioning on tyrosinated-detyrosinated microtubules coordinates lysosome positioning in nutrient signalling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680844v1
October 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
MAP4-MAP7D1 partitioning on tyrosinated-detyrosinated microtubules coordinates lysosome positioning in nutrient signalling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680844v1
What would happen if cells would express more molecular motors ?
They would break all microtubules 😱
As shown by recent great work from @kjverhey1.bsky.social
rupress.org/jcb/article-...
They would break all microtubules 😱
As shown by recent great work from @kjverhey1.bsky.social
rupress.org/jcb/article-...
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What would happen if cells would express more molecular motors ?
They would break all microtubules 😱
As shown by recent great work from @kjverhey1.bsky.social
rupress.org/jcb/article-...
They would break all microtubules 😱
As shown by recent great work from @kjverhey1.bsky.social
rupress.org/jcb/article-...
Reposted by Manuel Thery
Yusuke Maeda, from the department of Chemical Engineering of Kyoto University for a seminar on
Tuesday the 21st of October at 12:00
in the main amphitheatre of the IPGG (6 rue Jean Calvin).
Title and abstract:
From Flow to Shape: Biophysical Principles of Confined Actomyosin
Tuesday the 21st of October at 12:00
in the main amphitheatre of the IPGG (6 rue Jean Calvin).
Title and abstract:
From Flow to Shape: Biophysical Principles of Confined Actomyosin
October 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yusuke Maeda, from the department of Chemical Engineering of Kyoto University for a seminar on
Tuesday the 21st of October at 12:00
in the main amphitheatre of the IPGG (6 rue Jean Calvin).
Title and abstract:
From Flow to Shape: Biophysical Principles of Confined Actomyosin
Tuesday the 21st of October at 12:00
in the main amphitheatre of the IPGG (6 rue Jean Calvin).
Title and abstract:
From Flow to Shape: Biophysical Principles of Confined Actomyosin
THE Erwin Frey, talking about self-organization in biological systems. Title of the seminar serie suggests it might be intended for physicists.
📌 Join us for the next klogW seminar on October 21st at 12PM EST (register below) by Erwin Frey @physicsoflifelmu.bsky.social on "Emergence and Self-organization in Biological Systems".
Registration link:
apsphysics.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration link:
apsphysics.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
THE Erwin Frey, talking about self-organization in biological systems. Title of the seminar serie suggests it might be intended for physicists.
intracellular mechanics ! in Barcelona in February (when its freezing anywherelse) !
Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio
meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...
meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...
Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology
Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…
meetings.embo.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
intracellular mechanics ! in Barcelona in February (when its freezing anywherelse) !
associate prof position in biophysics !
Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
associate prof position in biophysics !
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Beautiful drawing of ciliogenesis in airway cells from Sorokin, 1968: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/.... Just shown on stage by @mahjoublab.bsky.social at #GEF25
September 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Beautiful drawing of ciliogenesis in airway cells from Sorokin, 1968: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/.... Just shown on stage by @mahjoublab.bsky.social at #GEF25
The program is outstanding. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate a giant.
We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The program is outstanding. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate a giant.