Ryszard Wimmer
@ryszardwimmer.bsky.social
Dr. in Neurobiology and Cell Biology, interested in how things move in the brain.
Looking at things in the human brain with a touch of live-imaging!
Currently in Institut Curie working on human brain development with a twist on cancer.
Looking at things in the human brain with a touch of live-imaging!
Currently in Institut Curie working on human brain development with a twist on cancer.
✨ #FluorescentFriday ✨
SOX2-positive cells forming the heart of the developing human cerebellum 🧡, framed by a glowing outline of PAX6-positive neighbors 💙. A tiny but breathtaking glimpse into brain development under the microscope. 🧠💡
SOX2-positive cells forming the heart of the developing human cerebellum 🧡, framed by a glowing outline of PAX6-positive neighbors 💙. A tiny but breathtaking glimpse into brain development under the microscope. 🧠💡
August 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
✨ #FluorescentFriday ✨
SOX2-positive cells forming the heart of the developing human cerebellum 🧡, framed by a glowing outline of PAX6-positive neighbors 💙. A tiny but breathtaking glimpse into brain development under the microscope. 🧠💡
SOX2-positive cells forming the heart of the developing human cerebellum 🧡, framed by a glowing outline of PAX6-positive neighbors 💙. A tiny but breathtaking glimpse into brain development under the microscope. 🧠💡
There is no better place to talk about Radial Glia Cells than on the beaches right under the Etna in Gardini Naxos @corticodevelopment.bsky.social !
May 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There is no better place to talk about Radial Glia Cells than on the beaches right under the Etna in Gardini Naxos @corticodevelopment.bsky.social !
Excellent work from @silvianeuro.bsky.social lab on DCHS1 ! @mveronicapravata.bsky.social congratulations!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
DCHS1 Modulates Forebrain Proportions in Modern Humans via a Glycosylation Change
Comparative anatomical studies of primates and extinct hominins, including Neanderthals, show that the modern human brain is characterised by a disproportionately enlarged neocortex relative to the st...
www.biorxiv.org
May 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Excellent work from @silvianeuro.bsky.social lab on DCHS1 ! @mveronicapravata.bsky.social congratulations!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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DCHS1 Modulates Forebrain Proportions in Modern Humans via a Glycosylation Change https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.654031v1
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
DCHS1 Modulates Forebrain Proportions in Modern Humans via a Glycosylation Change https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.654031v1
sciencebank.com/development-... A cool and smooth blog post on stem cell use, validation, quality control and on how to share Your precious stem cells with others! #stemcells I hope You enjoy!
Our community is thrilled to have Dr. Ekin Ucuncu join the ReplicApril conversation with a guest post on how shared standards in stem cell research can help drive reproducibility forward.
sciencebank.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
sciencebank.com/development-... A cool and smooth blog post on stem cell use, validation, quality control and on how to share Your precious stem cells with others! #stemcells I hope You enjoy!
In the neon glow of the cortex, a Radial Glia stretched its long, guiding arm. Suddenly, a rogue cell snatched a piece of its scaffold, disrupting the neural highway. "Hey!" it pulsed, but the thief vanished into the synaptic shadows. The network flickered—order shaken. #fluorescentfriday
February 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In the neon glow of the cortex, a Radial Glia stretched its long, guiding arm. Suddenly, a rogue cell snatched a piece of its scaffold, disrupting the neural highway. "Hey!" it pulsed, but the thief vanished into the synaptic shadows. The network flickered—order shaken. #fluorescentfriday
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Delighted to have this out as a preprint! Thanks to all authors, especially @estherkli.bsky.social and @djabaudon.bsky.social for leading the work. If you are interested in how conserved genes played a part in evolving human brains, give it a read!
✨ We tend to think of species-specific differences as resulting from the presence of species-specific genes. In our latest work with @djabaudon.bsky.social, we show that building brains is not only about which genes you use, but also about when and where you do.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Delighted to have this out as a preprint! Thanks to all authors, especially @estherkli.bsky.social and @djabaudon.bsky.social for leading the work. If you are interested in how conserved genes played a part in evolving human brains, give it a read!
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New preprint out from the lab, check out thread below!
✨ We tend to think of species-specific differences as resulting from the presence of species-specific genes. In our latest work with @djabaudon.bsky.social, we show that building brains is not only about which genes you use, but also about when and where you do.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New preprint out from the lab, check out thread below!
While waiting on my paper to get rejected or accepted 🤗 I discovered that playing with clay is just a beautiful disconnection from everyday problems. Here is my first take at a flower-shaped candle ! #pottery #nature #flowers #qualitytime #science
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
While waiting on my paper to get rejected or accepted 🤗 I discovered that playing with clay is just a beautiful disconnection from everyday problems. Here is my first take at a flower-shaped candle ! #pottery #nature #flowers #qualitytime #science
Images and all scientific data needs a voice. @clarissebrunet.bsky.social is running a beautiful podcast in spannish called Ciencia en Voz Alta „Science Out Loud”. It’s a beautiful series of podcasts with scientists on spotify talking about their research! cienciaenvozalta.com
Enjoy! 🎧
Enjoy! 🎧
Ciencia en Voz Alta (Website)
cienciaenvozalta.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Images and all scientific data needs a voice. @clarissebrunet.bsky.social is running a beautiful podcast in spannish called Ciencia en Voz Alta „Science Out Loud”. It’s a beautiful series of podcasts with scientists on spotify talking about their research! cienciaenvozalta.com
Enjoy! 🎧
Enjoy! 🎧
Hello! My PhD pre-print is out on biorxiv, where in the Lab of @alexbaffet.bsky.social we managed to unravel how bRG (oRG) cells translocate and colonise the developing human brain. Interestingly features of these translocations are conserved in glioblastoma! Link : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Two independent translocation modes drive neural stem cell dissemination into the human fetal cortex
The strong size increase of the human neocortex is supported by the amplification and the basal translocation of a neural stem cell population, the basal radial glial cells (or bRG cells). Here, using...
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January 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hello! My PhD pre-print is out on biorxiv, where in the Lab of @alexbaffet.bsky.social we managed to unravel how bRG (oRG) cells translocate and colonise the developing human brain. Interestingly features of these translocations are conserved in glioblastoma! Link : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Ryszard Wimmer
I want to thank everyone involved in this work on top of Ryszard who did an amazing job. Laure Coquand, Amandine Di Cicco, Christophe Chehade, @clarissebrunet.bsky.social @pauline-lestienne.bsky.social, Julia Ladewig, Karin Forsberg-Nilsson, Fabien Guimiot and our fantastic imaging facility!
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I want to thank everyone involved in this work on top of Ryszard who did an amazing job. Laure Coquand, Amandine Di Cicco, Christophe Chehade, @clarissebrunet.bsky.social @pauline-lestienne.bsky.social, Julia Ladewig, Karin Forsberg-Nilsson, Fabien Guimiot and our fantastic imaging facility!
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Using 9 different glioblastoma lines we show that IST and MST both occur, although not in all cells, reflecting the heterogeneity of these tumors. Strikingly, glioblastoma undergoing IST and MST did so using the same molecular mechanism as the ones identified here in bRG cells.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Using 9 different glioblastoma lines we show that IST and MST both occur, although not in all cells, reflecting the heterogeneity of these tumors. Strikingly, glioblastoma undergoing IST and MST did so using the same molecular mechanism as the ones identified here in bRG cells.
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Finally, because past work form @bhadurilab.bsky.social and others had shown a facilitating similarity between bRG cells and glioblastoma cells (including the presence of MST), we tested the conservation of our mechanisms in these cells.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Finally, because past work form @bhadurilab.bsky.social and others had shown a facilitating similarity between bRG cells and glioblastoma cells (including the presence of MST), we tested the conservation of our mechanisms in these cells.
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Therefore, microtubule related genes are more likely to affect human oSVZ expansion than actin-related ones.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Therefore, microtubule related genes are more likely to affect human oSVZ expansion than actin-related ones.
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So MST and IST are totally different mechanisms, but what is their relative contribution to bRG dissemination in the human fetal cortex? After extensive recording in fetal explants, Ryszard could show that IST contributes to 85% of the total basal movement, while MST contributes to 15%.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So MST and IST are totally different mechanisms, but what is their relative contribution to bRG dissemination in the human fetal cortex? After extensive recording in fetal explants, Ryszard could show that IST contributes to 85% of the total basal movement, while MST contributes to 15%.
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Mechanistically, we demonstrate that MST is dependent on the mitotic cell rounding pathway, that enables most adherent cells to round up for proper chromosome segregation through an increase of the cell cortex stiffness. Knocking down ERM proteins (Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin) or Vimentin all alter MST.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Mechanistically, we demonstrate that MST is dependent on the mitotic cell rounding pathway, that enables most adherent cells to round up for proper chromosome segregation through an increase of the cell cortex stiffness. Knocking down ERM proteins (Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin) or Vimentin all alter MST.
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We next focused our attention on MST and, using Sir-tubulin dyes, first showed that it occurred after nuclear envelope breakdown, and is therefore a mitotic spindle translocation event!!! I find this crazy, and to our knowledge quite unique in biology (so far...).
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We next focused our attention on MST and, using Sir-tubulin dyes, first showed that it occurred after nuclear envelope breakdown, and is therefore a mitotic spindle translocation event!!! I find this crazy, and to our knowledge quite unique in biology (so far...).
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Together, this microtubule-dynein-LIS1-LINC pathway generates pulling force and the nucleus, for translocation. Interestingly, this mechanisms is different from INM in aRG cells, but similar to nucleokinesis in neurons. Neuronal migration disorders may therefore also result from bRG cell defects.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Together, this microtubule-dynein-LIS1-LINC pathway generates pulling force and the nucleus, for translocation. Interestingly, this mechanisms is different from INM in aRG cells, but similar to nucleokinesis in neurons. Neuronal migration disorders may therefore also result from bRG cell defects.
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We demonstrate that IST is dependent on the dynein motor and its activator LIS1. Accordingly, IST is severely affected in LIS1-patient derived organoids (Lissencephalic). We also show that the dynein-LIS1 complex is recruited to the nuclear enveloppe (and underlying Lamins) via the LINC complex.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We demonstrate that IST is dependent on the dynein motor and its activator LIS1. Accordingly, IST is severely affected in LIS1-patient derived organoids (Lissencephalic). We also show that the dynein-LIS1 complex is recruited to the nuclear enveloppe (and underlying Lamins) via the LINC complex.
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On top of identifying the mechanism for MST, we realised that bRG cells also translocate during interphase, a process we call Interphasic Somal Translocation (IST). We show that IST is microtubule dependent and actomyosin independent, while MST is actomyosin-dependent and microtubule independant.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On top of identifying the mechanism for MST, we realised that bRG cells also translocate during interphase, a process we call Interphasic Somal Translocation (IST). We show that IST is microtubule dependent and actomyosin independent, while MST is actomyosin-dependent and microtubule independant.
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bRG cells were known to translocate rapidly during mitosis, a process called Mitotic Somal Translocation (MST). This translocation relies on acto-myosin contractility and was identified by the Kriegstein lab.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
bRG cells were known to translocate rapidly during mitosis, a process called Mitotic Somal Translocation (MST). This translocation relies on acto-myosin contractility and was identified by the Kriegstein lab.
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Great work from @ryszardwimmer.bsky.social, who live imaged and manually tracked over 11,000 human bRG cells, for 48-96 hours 😱. (I feel bad)
What he realised is that bRG cells have two, totally independent modes of migration, for which he managed to identify the molecular mechanisms.
What he realised is that bRG cells have two, totally independent modes of migration, for which he managed to identify the molecular mechanisms.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Great work from @ryszardwimmer.bsky.social, who live imaged and manually tracked over 11,000 human bRG cells, for 48-96 hours 😱. (I feel bad)
What he realised is that bRG cells have two, totally independent modes of migration, for which he managed to identify the molecular mechanisms.
What he realised is that bRG cells have two, totally independent modes of migration, for which he managed to identify the molecular mechanisms.
Reposted by Ryszard Wimmer
Our new paper is out in BioRxiv. Using human fetal tissue and cortical organoids, we figured out how human bRG cells colonize the developing neocortex to expand the oSVZ stem cell niche. Turns out, it's a more complex process than we had anticipated!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our new paper is out in BioRxiv. Using human fetal tissue and cortical organoids, we figured out how human bRG cells colonize the developing neocortex to expand the oSVZ stem cell niche. Turns out, it's a more complex process than we had anticipated!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
There is something profoundly beautiful about using lineage tracing methods to live-image human neural stem cells in the developing human brain, observing in real time as they divide and give rise to their progeny. #fluorescentfriday #imaging #microscopy #stemcells #live #biology #neuroscience #cell
January 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
There is something profoundly beautiful about using lineage tracing methods to live-image human neural stem cells in the developing human brain, observing in real time as they divide and give rise to their progeny. #fluorescentfriday #imaging #microscopy #stemcells #live #biology #neuroscience #cell