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09 April

Rhian Walther on her recent Journal of Cell Science paper

Cartoon of epithelial cell to cell contacts

We've asked Rhian Walther from the Pichaud Lab to tell us about her recent publication in Journal of Cell Science:

What discoveries led you to the research described in your publication?

Studying how epithelial cell-cell contacts are formed so that these cells can assemble into organs has be

09 April

Christina Dix on her recent Developmental Cell paper

Congratulations to the Baum Lab for their publication “The Role of Mitotic Cell-Substrate Adhesion Re-modeling in Animal Cell Division” in Developmental Cell.

26 March

Alessandro Bossio is one of the BSCB 2018 Image Competition winners

Congratulations to Alessandro Bossio, Salinas Lab! He is one of the winners of the 2018 BSCB Image Competition.

To know more about Alessandro and the image, click here.

28 February

MRC Insight | Behind the picture - How fly eye cells get their shape

Fluorescent photoreceptors in fruit fly eye

Insight, the MRC blog, ask the Pichaud lab about the story behind the picture. How do fly eye cells get their shape? Why do fly eyes matter? And how can studying fruit fly eyes help us fight cancer in humans? Franck Pichaud and Rhian Walther explain all.

26 February

Nitya Ramkumar on her recent BBSRC grant

Dr Nitya Ramkumar and Prof Buzz Baum have recently been awarded a BBSRC Responsive Mode grant for their project entitled “The causes and consequences of cell division asymmetries”.

19 February

Super-Resolution Microscopy: is your data nuts?

Graphic representation of super resolution imaging

Congratulations to the Henriques Lab for their publication “NanoJ-SQUIRREL: quantitative mapping and minimisation of super-resolution optical imaging artefacts” in Nature Methods.

09 February

Michela Mazzon on her recent publication in PLOS Pathogens

We've asked Michela Mazzon from the Marsh Lab to tell us about her recent publication in PLOS Pathogens:

What discoveries led you to the research described in your publication?

I have been interested in how viruses modulate cell metabolism since my previous post in Geoffrey Smith’s lab.

23 January

Publication in BMC Biology for Baum Lab

Two-step interphase microtubule disassembly aids spindle morphogenesis

Mchedishvili et al, BMC Biology, DOI 10.1186/s12915-017-0478-z

Abstract from the article.

Background | Entry into mitosis triggers profound changes in cell shape and cytoskeletal organisa

23 December

2017 Membrane Trafficking Meeting

Another great membrane trafficking meeting has come to a close.

Junior scientists had the opportunity to present to over 300 of their UK colleagues this year.

We look forward to seeing you again next year!

The Membrane Trafficking Meeting is generously sponsored by the Journal of Cell Science and British Society of Cell Biology.

14 November

Jonathan Chubb is promoted to Professor of Quantitative Cell Biology

About Jonathan's research:

Most of human development and disease is the result of a cell becoming different from its neighbours. Yet biological analysis usually makes measurements on homogenised cells or tissues.

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