Renkawitz Lab
@renkawitzteam.bsky.social
Our lab unravels the mechanobiology and cellbiology of immune cells, their migration & cytoskeleton, their organelles, and their cell-matrix interplay using #imaging, #screening, and #bioengineering
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· Apr 28
Excited to share our discovery www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
that the #centrosome is prone to breakage!
Using #motile cells, we identify centrosome breakage during #pathfinding, caused by #actin #forces, & prevented by #Dyrk3
Kudos to 1st author Madeleine & thanks to all collaborators!
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that the #centrosome is prone to breakage!
Using #motile cells, we identify centrosome breakage during #pathfinding, caused by #actin #forces, & prevented by #Dyrk3
Kudos to 1st author Madeleine & thanks to all collaborators!
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Thanks to @katemiro.bsky.social , Megan King, Verena Ruprecht & @lammerdinglab.bsky.social for organising the very first meeting on the “Mechanobiology of the Nucleus” #MBNSRC @faseborg.bsky.social and for the invitation to present our discoveries. The conference was fantastic!
End of an incredible meeting — Mechanobiology of the Cell Nucleus #MBNSRC.
So proud of my PhD student @leamayeur.bsky.social for winning the Best Early Career Researcher Presentation Award! 🏆👏
So proud of my PhD student @leamayeur.bsky.social for winning the Best Early Career Researcher Presentation Award! 🏆👏
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thanks to @katemiro.bsky.social , Megan King, Verena Ruprecht & @lammerdinglab.bsky.social for organising the very first meeting on the “Mechanobiology of the Nucleus” #MBNSRC @faseborg.bsky.social and for the invitation to present our discoveries. The conference was fantastic!
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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
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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.
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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 …
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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 🧪
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Want to apply for an EMBO Postdoctoral #Fellowship? 🧪
Here are tips from the EMBO Fellowship Committee:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7c...
#LifeSciences #grant #funding
Here are tips from the EMBO Fellowship Committee:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7c...
#LifeSciences #grant #funding
How to apply for an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship: Tips from the Committee
YouTube video by EMBO - excellence in life sciences
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October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Want to apply for an EMBO Postdoctoral #Fellowship? 🧪
Here are tips from the EMBO Fellowship Committee:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7c...
#LifeSciences #grant #funding
Here are tips from the EMBO Fellowship Committee:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7c...
#LifeSciences #grant #funding
Thank you for the fantastic organisation of the conference and for assembling this excellent scientific program with numerous great poster sessions. I am already looking forward to the next CellMech conference in two years!
And now our keynote speaker Jorg Renkawitz will share how mechanics and the microenvironment regulate immune cell behaviour. @renkawitzteam.bsky.social #cellmech2025
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Thank you for the fantastic organisation of the conference and for assembling this excellent scientific program with numerous great poster sessions. I am already looking forward to the next CellMech conference in two years!
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How do #stemcells integrate information to coordinate fate decisions? Delighted to finally see our work showing how growth factors regulate the mechano-osmotic state of the #nucleus and #chromatin to control #pluripotency exit out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... see 🧵 👇
Mechano-osmotic signals control chromatin state and fate transitions in pluripotent stem cells - Nature Cell Biology
McCreery, Stubb et al. show that mechano-osmotic changes in the nucleus induce general transcriptional repression and prime chromatin for cell fate transitions by relieving repression of specific differentiation genes.
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
How do #stemcells integrate information to coordinate fate decisions? Delighted to finally see our work showing how growth factors regulate the mechano-osmotic state of the #nucleus and #chromatin to control #pluripotency exit out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... see 🧵 👇
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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
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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…
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July 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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
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Can pressure gradients persist over long timescales in animal cells? We induced intracellular pressure gradients and examined the resulting flows in single cells. We reveal surprisingly long lasting pressure gradients.
More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
elifesciences.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Can pressure gradients persist over long timescales in animal cells? We induced intracellular pressure gradients and examined the resulting flows in single cells. We reveal surprisingly long lasting pressure gradients.
More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
More here: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
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Congrats to @errricpeterman.bsky.social on leading our latest paper now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social ! Eric found multiple roles for microtubules in tissue-resident macrophage homeostasis and function -- including in helping macrophages navigate around epithelial obstacles during wound repair👇
now online! check out our work describing roles for microtubules in tissue-resident macrophages during directed cell migration. thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for a stress-free publication process
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
September 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats to @errricpeterman.bsky.social on leading our latest paper now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social ! Eric found multiple roles for microtubules in tissue-resident macrophage homeostasis and function -- including in helping macrophages navigate around epithelial obstacles during wound repair👇
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SCHEPHERD--the bioelectric cell herding platform built for YOU. Single cells, monolayers, organoids--this herds them all + new tricks. Plz try it-- we will *give* you parts! Teaser here of a steering a single cell. GS Yubin Lin's lifeblood with J. Yodh on piano; Celeste R. and Paul K. Thread 1/N
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
SCHEPHERD--the bioelectric cell herding platform built for YOU. Single cells, monolayers, organoids--this herds them all + new tricks. Plz try it-- we will *give* you parts! Teaser here of a steering a single cell. GS Yubin Lin's lifeblood with J. Yodh on piano; Celeste R. and Paul K. Thread 1/N
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To expand the Fast & Fair peer review experiment to more subject areas, we are inviting our community members to join the Biology Open peer reviewer pool. Your participation and commitment are key to the success of this initiative. Apply at bit.ly/428Cszt
#fastandfairpeerreview
#fastandfairpeerreview
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
To expand the Fast & Fair peer review experiment to more subject areas, we are inviting our community members to join the Biology Open peer reviewer pool. Your participation and commitment are key to the success of this initiative. Apply at bit.ly/428Cszt
#fastandfairpeerreview
#fastandfairpeerreview
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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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How can cells self-organize rapidly into complex patterns during development?
Let’s explore a powerful and underappreciated mechanism: Directed Cell Migration (DCM).
Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👇Thread 🧵(1/11)
Let’s explore a powerful and underappreciated mechanism: Directed Cell Migration (DCM).
Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👇Thread 🧵(1/11)
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
How can cells self-organize rapidly into complex patterns during development?
Let’s explore a powerful and underappreciated mechanism: Directed Cell Migration (DCM).
Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👇Thread 🧵(1/11)
Let’s explore a powerful and underappreciated mechanism: Directed Cell Migration (DCM).
Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1101/2025...
👇Thread 🧵(1/11)
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Our Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route is now open for applications, providing a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m over a five-year period.
#RSGrants
#RSGrants
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route is now open for applications, providing a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m over a five-year period.
#RSGrants
#RSGrants
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🚨 New EMBO Practical Course!
Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue 🔬
📅 20–24 Apr 2026 | 📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Co-organised with @banterlegroup.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social
💡 Register your interest to get notified when registration opens:
🔗 www.embl.org/about/info/c...
Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue 🔬
📅 20–24 Apr 2026 | 📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Co-organised with @banterlegroup.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social
💡 Register your interest to get notified when registration opens:
🔗 www.embl.org/about/info/c...
July 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚨 New EMBO Practical Course!
Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue 🔬
📅 20–24 Apr 2026 | 📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Co-organised with @banterlegroup.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social
💡 Register your interest to get notified when registration opens:
🔗 www.embl.org/about/info/c...
Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy: From Cells to Tissue 🔬
📅 20–24 Apr 2026 | 📍 EMBL Heidelberg
Co-organised with @banterlegroup.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social
💡 Register your interest to get notified when registration opens:
🔗 www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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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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📢Call for speakers
We are looking for ECRs to speak in our mini-symposium run together with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social @felixmendu.bsky.social & @ishier.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/14/f...
Apply by 24 August
We are looking for ECRs to speak in our mini-symposium run together with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social @felixmendu.bsky.social & @ishier.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/14/f...
Apply by 24 August
FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - apply to give a talk - FocalPlane
FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - apply to give a talk - News
focalplane.biologists.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📢Call for speakers
We are looking for ECRs to speak in our mini-symposium run together with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social @felixmendu.bsky.social & @ishier.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/14/f...
Apply by 24 August
We are looking for ECRs to speak in our mini-symposium run together with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social @felixmendu.bsky.social & @ishier.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/14/f...
Apply by 24 August
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🚨 There is a new W2 Professorship for Tumor Immunology (permanent position) available in our department. 🎓 🧫 🧪 🔬
ℹ️ Check out the details here: www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
⏰ Apply now! Application deadline is August 26, 2025.
📢 Please share!
@unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social
ℹ️ Check out the details here: www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
⏰ Apply now! Application deadline is August 26, 2025.
📢 Please share!
@unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social
W2 Professorship for Tumor Immunology
W2 Professorship
www.uni-bonn.de
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🚨 There is a new W2 Professorship for Tumor Immunology (permanent position) available in our department. 🎓 🧫 🧪 🔬
ℹ️ Check out the details here: www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
⏰ Apply now! Application deadline is August 26, 2025.
📢 Please share!
@unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social
ℹ️ Check out the details here: www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
⏰ Apply now! Application deadline is August 26, 2025.
📢 Please share!
@unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social
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More than 100 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellows from 30+ countries got together for this year's EMBO Fellows’ Meeting.
Read about the fellows' experience and the enriching programme: www.embo.org/features/sha...
#EMBOFellows #LifeSciences #Networking
Read about the fellows' experience and the enriching programme: www.embo.org/features/sha...
#EMBOFellows #LifeSciences #Networking
Sharing science and creating connections – Features – EMBO
More than 100 postdoctoral researchers met at the EMBO Fellows' Meeting
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July 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
More than 100 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellows from 30+ countries got together for this year's EMBO Fellows’ Meeting.
Read about the fellows' experience and the enriching programme: www.embo.org/features/sha...
#EMBOFellows #LifeSciences #Networking
Read about the fellows' experience and the enriching programme: www.embo.org/features/sha...
#EMBOFellows #LifeSciences #Networking
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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!
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Latest from Ivaska Lab ▶️ Niklas Jäntti et al delve deep into the roles of EPLINα/β on integrin trafficking and breast cancer outcomes!
Congratulations to all the authors!
Check the paper out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to all the authors!
Check the paper out here: 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…
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July 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Latest from Ivaska Lab ▶️ Niklas Jäntti et al delve deep into the roles of EPLINα/β on integrin trafficking and breast cancer outcomes!
Congratulations to all the authors!
Check the paper out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congratulations to all the authors!
Check the paper out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 Our final program is online!!!
You can now check the schedule for Invited Speakers, Oral talks, Poster sessions, etc!
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You can now check the schedule for Invited Speakers, Oral talks, Poster sessions, etc!
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Programme
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June 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 Our final program is online!!!
You can now check the schedule for Invited Speakers, Oral talks, Poster sessions, etc!
👇
You can now check the schedule for Invited Speakers, Oral talks, Poster sessions, etc!
👇
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SNAP-tag is a widespread tool for labelling protein for bioimaging. An article published in Nature Chemical Biology presents SNAP-tag2 with increased labelling kinetics and brightness, which translates into a better performance in live-cell super-resolution imaging. go.nature.com/46fMIZd 🧪
July 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
SNAP-tag is a widespread tool for labelling protein for bioimaging. An article published in Nature Chemical Biology presents SNAP-tag2 with increased labelling kinetics and brightness, which translates into a better performance in live-cell super-resolution imaging. go.nature.com/46fMIZd 🧪
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Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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The Company of Biologists Workshop - Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism
Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita.
#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research
Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita.
#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research
June 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Company of Biologists Workshop - Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism
Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita.
#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research
Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita.
#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research