Valentine Thomas
@valthomas.bsky.social
Passionnate about microscopy and sharing science @PintofScience.ch
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Mammalian cells have KSR, budding yeast has Ste5… and fission yeast has Sms1 as the MAPK scaffold for sexual reproduction!
Very excited to share my postdoc work where we discover that the hemi-arrestin Sms1 binds all components of the MAPK cascade, including ERK-like Spk1
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Very excited to share my postdoc work where we discover that the hemi-arrestin Sms1 binds all components of the MAPK cascade, including ERK-like Spk1
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Mammalian cells have KSR, budding yeast has Ste5… and fission yeast has Sms1 as the MAPK scaffold for sexual reproduction!
Very excited to share my postdoc work where we discover that the hemi-arrestin Sms1 binds all components of the MAPK cascade, including ERK-like Spk1
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Very excited to share my postdoc work where we discover that the hemi-arrestin Sms1 binds all components of the MAPK cascade, including ERK-like Spk1
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Be our new colleague! 🎉
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
The Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva is hiring an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
👉 More details here: lnkd.in/e8Z9eAm4
👉 Our department: mocel.unige.ch
Please feel free to share this opportunity with your network.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends.
We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June.
This is your last chance of joining us this summer.
#Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy
We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June.
This is your last chance of joining us this summer.
#Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy
With Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan we are very happy to announce the upcoming Latsis Symposium " Shaping microbial life in a changing environment" over July 8-10 at #EPFL
Registrations are open til May 23rd.
LINK: www.epfl-latsis-2025.org
Registrations are open til May 23rd.
LINK: www.epfl-latsis-2025.org
June 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Share with your network, group members, colleagues & friends.
We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June.
This is your last chance of joining us this summer.
#Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy
We are extending the deadline till the 10th of June.
This is your last chance of joining us this summer.
#Science #ProtistsOnSky #Cell #Biology #Microscopy
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📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology!
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣 We are recruiting new group leaders in Innovative Biology!
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
RNA biology
Epigenetic regulation
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer, immunology
Virology
Application and information ⬇️
application.igmm.cnrs.fr
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
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Show us your creativity and the beauty of Science 😙🥰
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
May 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Show us your creativity and the beauty of Science 😙🥰
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
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😎Thank you for joining Pint of Science Switzerland 2025! We'd love to hear your feedback so we can make future events even better. This form only takes 4 minutes to complete. 🎁 If you’d like to enter the national prize draw for some festival goodies, leave your email at the end! ➡️ bit.ly/pint25
May 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
😎Thank you for joining Pint of Science Switzerland 2025! We'd love to hear your feedback so we can make future events even better. This form only takes 4 minutes to complete. 🎁 If you’d like to enter the national prize draw for some festival goodies, leave your email at the end! ➡️ bit.ly/pint25
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Pint of Science was again a great success in Lausanne, with >500 people attending our events!
Kudos to co-coordinators @miriamlisci.bsky.social and @juliensluneau.bsky.social, and to the fantastic team of 19 volunteers at the bars 🥳!
#PINT25 #scicomm
Kudos to co-coordinators @miriamlisci.bsky.social and @juliensluneau.bsky.social, and to the fantastic team of 19 volunteers at the bars 🥳!
#PINT25 #scicomm
May 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Pint of Science was again a great success in Lausanne, with >500 people attending our events!
Kudos to co-coordinators @miriamlisci.bsky.social and @juliensluneau.bsky.social, and to the fantastic team of 19 volunteers at the bars 🥳!
#PINT25 #scicomm
Kudos to co-coordinators @miriamlisci.bsky.social and @juliensluneau.bsky.social, and to the fantastic team of 19 volunteers at the bars 🥳!
#PINT25 #scicomm
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If you need to attend a microscopy or bioimage analysis training course to support your #cellbio research but don't have funding, check out our JCS–FocalPlane Training Grants.
🔬🖥️https://www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-focalplane-training-grants/
🔬🖥️https://www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-focalplane-training-grants/
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If you need to attend a microscopy or bioimage analysis training course to support your #cellbio research but don't have funding, check out our JCS–FocalPlane Training Grants.
🔬🖥️https://www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-focalplane-training-grants/
🔬🖥️https://www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-focalplane-training-grants/
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You shouldn't be dissapointed (yet).⚡️Pint of Science is in full force across Switzerland (and the world) 🧠We’re diving into Day 2 with more exciting talks.
🎟️All events are FREE and no registration needed.
🔗Check the program in your city 🌐pintofscience.ch and see you tonight!
@pintsworld.bsky.social
🎟️All events are FREE and no registration needed.
🔗Check the program in your city 🌐pintofscience.ch and see you tonight!
@pintsworld.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
You shouldn't be dissapointed (yet).⚡️Pint of Science is in full force across Switzerland (and the world) 🧠We’re diving into Day 2 with more exciting talks.
🎟️All events are FREE and no registration needed.
🔗Check the program in your city 🌐pintofscience.ch and see you tonight!
@pintsworld.bsky.social
🎟️All events are FREE and no registration needed.
🔗Check the program in your city 🌐pintofscience.ch and see you tonight!
@pintsworld.bsky.social
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Get ready for a night full of surprises in Lausanne!
With talks in both EN and FR, and topics ranging from AI & privacy, viruses and green revolution, your thirst for science in a fun and relaxed setting will be satisfied starting tonight!
Time: 7-9pm
Locations: Cylure, Sidewalk, On va où
#Pint25
With talks in both EN and FR, and topics ranging from AI & privacy, viruses and green revolution, your thirst for science in a fun and relaxed setting will be satisfied starting tonight!
Time: 7-9pm
Locations: Cylure, Sidewalk, On va où
#Pint25
✨#pintCH is starting today!✨3 nights of fun science talks for everyone!
🗓️ 19–21 May 2025
📍12 cities
🎤58 events
🎟️free entry
🌐 pintofscience.ch
#Baden #Basel #Bern #Brig #Fribourg #Geneva #Lausanne #Lugano #Neuchatel #Sion #StGallen #Zurich
#Pint25
@pintsworld.bsky.social
🗓️ 19–21 May 2025
📍12 cities
🎤58 events
🎟️free entry
🌐 pintofscience.ch
#Baden #Basel #Bern #Brig #Fribourg #Geneva #Lausanne #Lugano #Neuchatel #Sion #StGallen #Zurich
#Pint25
@pintsworld.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Get ready for a night full of surprises in Lausanne!
With talks in both EN and FR, and topics ranging from AI & privacy, viruses and green revolution, your thirst for science in a fun and relaxed setting will be satisfied starting tonight!
Time: 7-9pm
Locations: Cylure, Sidewalk, On va où
#Pint25
With talks in both EN and FR, and topics ranging from AI & privacy, viruses and green revolution, your thirst for science in a fun and relaxed setting will be satisfied starting tonight!
Time: 7-9pm
Locations: Cylure, Sidewalk, On va où
#Pint25
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12 days left to submit your art for our competition! Remember, it can fit this year’s theme or not. Artist’s choice! We are looking forward to build another great exhibition with you.
#sciart #sciartcommunity
#sciart #sciartcommunity
May 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
12 days left to submit your art for our competition! Remember, it can fit this year’s theme or not. Artist’s choice! We are looking forward to build another great exhibition with you.
#sciart #sciartcommunity
#sciart #sciartcommunity
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After the success of our 2023 Imaging Cell Dynamics conference, we’ll be hosting a second #JCSImaging meeting in 2026, organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti.
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
May 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
After the success of our 2023 Imaging Cell Dynamics conference, we’ll be hosting a second #JCSImaging meeting in 2026, organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti.
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
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This #FluorescenceFriday became a #SynapticSaturday 😁. I'm checking the expression of different neuronal proteins in the primate neocortex.4 markers below: SMI32🟡 for the large pyramidal neurons, calbindin, a calcium-binding protein in 🟣, Neun for neuron nuclei in 🟢. Dapi 🔵 for nuclei of all cells.
May 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This #FluorescenceFriday became a #SynapticSaturday 😁. I'm checking the expression of different neuronal proteins in the primate neocortex.4 markers below: SMI32🟡 for the large pyramidal neurons, calbindin, a calcium-binding protein in 🟣, Neun for neuron nuclei in 🟢. Dapi 🔵 for nuclei of all cells.
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🧓 Longevity Unlocked: Perspectives of Healthy Aging🦠
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 7 PM 🇬🇧
📍 Sidewalk Café, Place du Tunnel 9, Lausanne
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/longevity-unlocked-perspectives-of-healthy-aging
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@unil.bsky.social
#Pint25 #pintCH
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 7 PM 🇬🇧
📍 Sidewalk Café, Place du Tunnel 9, Lausanne
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/longevity-unlocked-perspectives-of-healthy-aging
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@unil.bsky.social
#Pint25 #pintCH
May 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🧓 Longevity Unlocked: Perspectives of Healthy Aging🦠
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 7 PM 🇬🇧
📍 Sidewalk Café, Place du Tunnel 9, Lausanne
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/longevity-unlocked-perspectives-of-healthy-aging
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@unil.bsky.social
#Pint25 #pintCH
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 7 PM 🇬🇧
📍 Sidewalk Café, Place du Tunnel 9, Lausanne
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/longevity-unlocked-perspectives-of-healthy-aging
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@unil.bsky.social
#Pint25 #pintCH
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Preprint: IntAct-U-ExM enables robust, isoform-specific expansion microscopy of actin networks in yeast and mammalian cells. A cool study led by @anubhavdhar.bsky.social in collaboration with Sudarshan and Deepak Nair. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Preprint: IntAct-U-ExM enables robust, isoform-specific expansion microscopy of actin networks in yeast and mammalian cells. A cool study led by @anubhavdhar.bsky.social in collaboration with Sudarshan and Deepak Nair. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Can Turing and Ising models explain lizard skin color patterns—and be reconciled? 🦎📐
We bridge microscopic cell interactions & macroscopic scale patterns across evolutionary divergent lizards.
👉 www.lanevol.org/news/article...
#EvoDevo #TuringPatterns #IsingModel #MathematicalBiology
We bridge microscopic cell interactions & macroscopic scale patterns across evolutionary divergent lizards.
👉 www.lanevol.org/news/article...
#EvoDevo #TuringPatterns #IsingModel #MathematicalBiology
May 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Can Turing and Ising models explain lizard skin color patterns—and be reconciled? 🦎📐
We bridge microscopic cell interactions & macroscopic scale patterns across evolutionary divergent lizards.
👉 www.lanevol.org/news/article...
#EvoDevo #TuringPatterns #IsingModel #MathematicalBiology
We bridge microscopic cell interactions & macroscopic scale patterns across evolutionary divergent lizards.
👉 www.lanevol.org/news/article...
#EvoDevo #TuringPatterns #IsingModel #MathematicalBiology
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📍I-PUB - Bd Carl-Vogt 20, Geneva
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 6.30PM 🇬🇧
🔬 Seeing the invisible
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/seeing-the-invisible-from-organelles-to-atoms
@pintsworld.bsky.social #unigeneve
#Pint25 #pintCH @centriolelab.bsky.social
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 6.30PM 🇬🇧
🔬 Seeing the invisible
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/seeing-the-invisible-from-organelles-to-atoms
@pintsworld.bsky.social #unigeneve
#Pint25 #pintCH @centriolelab.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📍I-PUB - Bd Carl-Vogt 20, Geneva
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 6.30PM 🇬🇧
🔬 Seeing the invisible
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/seeing-the-invisible-from-organelles-to-atoms
@pintsworld.bsky.social #unigeneve
#Pint25 #pintCH @centriolelab.bsky.social
🗓Tuesday, May 20 – 6.30PM 🇬🇧
🔬 Seeing the invisible
🎟️FREE ENTRY
➡️https://pintofscience.ch/event/seeing-the-invisible-from-organelles-to-atoms
@pintsworld.bsky.social #unigeneve
#Pint25 #pintCH @centriolelab.bsky.social
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Deadline for the #BiozentrumPhDFellowships Summer Call: May 18, 2025
Don’t miss your chance — submit your application now and start your scientific journey @biozentrum.unibas.ch!
👉 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4caiqqX
Don’t miss your chance — submit your application now and start your scientific journey @biozentrum.unibas.ch!
👉 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4caiqqX
Apply now for the prestigious and independent #BiozentrumPhDFellowships. Great science. Unique rotation-based selection of research group and other incentives. The summer call is open until May 18, 2025. bit.ly/4caiqqX @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibasel.ch
#fellowship #PhD #Switzerland #lifesciences
#fellowship #PhD #Switzerland #lifesciences
May 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Deadline for the #BiozentrumPhDFellowships Summer Call: May 18, 2025
Don’t miss your chance — submit your application now and start your scientific journey @biozentrum.unibas.ch!
👉 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4caiqqX
Don’t miss your chance — submit your application now and start your scientific journey @biozentrum.unibas.ch!
👉 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4caiqqX
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Check out exciting protist research in JEM! Holly Moeller et al. explore the feeding habits of Mesodinium rubrum and provide a tool for studying its cell biology and photophysiology in their open access paper in our March/April issue!
doi.org/10.1111/jeu....
#protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1111/jeu....
#protistsonsky
May 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Check out exciting protist research in JEM! Holly Moeller et al. explore the feeding habits of Mesodinium rubrum and provide a tool for studying its cell biology and photophysiology in their open access paper in our March/April issue!
doi.org/10.1111/jeu....
#protistsonsky
doi.org/10.1111/jeu....
#protistsonsky
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Carburante vivo, AI che parlano local e gatti di Schrödinger, Pint of Science in LUGANO
📍 Bar Oops Lugano, Via Carlo Maderno 24
pintofscience.ch/event/carbur...
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@snf-fns-ch.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
📍 Bar Oops Lugano, Via Carlo Maderno 24
pintofscience.ch/event/carbur...
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@snf-fns-ch.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
May 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Carburante vivo, AI che parlano local e gatti di Schrödinger, Pint of Science in LUGANO
📍 Bar Oops Lugano, Via Carlo Maderno 24
pintofscience.ch/event/carbur...
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@snf-fns-ch.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
📍 Bar Oops Lugano, Via Carlo Maderno 24
pintofscience.ch/event/carbur...
@pintsworld.bsky.social
@snf-fns-ch.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
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How do neurons know their final position in the brain? They use a combination of chemical signals & physical guidance by radial glia 🟡. My favorite cell type in the brain is also temporary! After cortical development, most will transform into astrocytes. Nuclei of cells in🔵 #SciArt #Microscopy
May 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
How do neurons know their final position in the brain? They use a combination of chemical signals & physical guidance by radial glia 🟡. My favorite cell type in the brain is also temporary! After cortical development, most will transform into astrocytes. Nuclei of cells in🔵 #SciArt #Microscopy
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🚀 Mysteries of the Universe
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | 18:30 doors open and 19:00 start of the talks
📍 O bolles Restaurant - Bern, Bollwerk 35
👉 pintofscience.ch/event/myster...
@michellegalloway.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | 18:30 doors open and 19:00 start of the talks
📍 O bolles Restaurant - Bern, Bollwerk 35
👉 pintofscience.ch/event/myster...
@michellegalloway.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
May 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🚀 Mysteries of the Universe
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | 18:30 doors open and 19:00 start of the talks
📍 O bolles Restaurant - Bern, Bollwerk 35
👉 pintofscience.ch/event/myster...
@michellegalloway.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | 18:30 doors open and 19:00 start of the talks
📍 O bolles Restaurant - Bern, Bollwerk 35
👉 pintofscience.ch/event/myster...
@michellegalloway.bsky.social
#pintCH #Pint25
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We're hiring! The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB) seeks Scientific Editor or Senior Scientific Editor, dependent on experience. Join our team in New York City! Apply here 👉 careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs?keyword...
#STEMjobs #LifeScienceJobs #PublishingJobs #ScienceJobs
#STEMjobs #LifeScienceJobs #PublishingJobs #ScienceJobs
May 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We're hiring! The Journal of Cell Biology (JCB) seeks Scientific Editor or Senior Scientific Editor, dependent on experience. Join our team in New York City! Apply here 👉 careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs?keyword...
#STEMjobs #LifeScienceJobs #PublishingJobs #ScienceJobs
#STEMjobs #LifeScienceJobs #PublishingJobs #ScienceJobs
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The lab is on a roll. 2nd preprint in as many weeks!
High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse.
Great team effort led by PhD students @sajjitasaha.bsky.social and @aiswaryasajeevan.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@biology-unige.bsky.social
High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse.
Great team effort led by PhD students @sajjitasaha.bsky.social and @aiswaryasajeevan.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@biology-unige.bsky.social
High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse
Cdc42 is a Rho-family GTPase conserved across eukaryotes, where it plays essential roles in cell polarization. In single-celled yeast systems, Cdc42 is a key driver of symmetry breaking and polarized ...
www.biorxiv.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The lab is on a roll. 2nd preprint in as many weeks!
High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse.
Great team effort led by PhD students @sajjitasaha.bsky.social and @aiswaryasajeevan.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@biology-unige.bsky.social
High levels of Cdc42 GTPase underlie an all-or-none decision to fuse.
Great team effort led by PhD students @sajjitasaha.bsky.social and @aiswaryasajeevan.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@biology-unige.bsky.social