The American Society for Cell Biology members elected Rebecca Heald, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, to serve as the Society’s President in 2028. https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1050 #science #devbio #cellbio #xenopus #frogs
Φ80 is a stealth phage that is invading biology labs by hitchhiking with genome editing techniques (!)
https://www.asimov.press/p/phi80 #biomol #virus #BMC #cellbio
How Φ80 Infiltrates Research Labs

While some bacteriophages play vital roles in laboratory research, others are bent on sabotage.

Asimov Press
“Chemically linked to proteins and lipids on the cell surface, glycans direct communication and the exchange of materials between cells; they guide immune responses and substantially affect a cell’s functions and growth; they’re exploited by disease-causing viruses and other pathogens to gain entry. Glycans attach to biomolecules in every living creature”
#Science #Glycans #CellBio #Scicomm
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/role-of-glycome-biology
Sweet! The cell’s sugary coating comes into view

Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews
Aging researchers find new puzzle piece in the game of longevity

The lab of Kris Burkewitz just made a key discovery: How cellular machineries are structured and organized within a cell has implications for healthy aging. “We didn't just add a piece to the puzzle—we found a whole section that hasn't even been touched,” Eric Donahue, first author of the study, said.

Vanderbilt University

Join our FocalPlane and preLights online event tomorrow.

Felipe and Vibha will present a 'preLight' on their chosen preprints followed by research talks from Carmen Rodilla-Ramírez and Eva Mejia-Ramirez, the authors of the preprints.

Register now:

https://focalplane.biologists.com/2025/08/20/focalplane-features-meets-prelights/

#FocalPlaneFeatures #CellBio #PrePrints #Microscopy #Research #Biology

July in preprints, the CellBio edition, is out now on the preLights website.

Thanks to Girish Kale, Matthew Davies, Barbora Knotkova and Sristilekha Nath for their contributions.

Have a look:

https://prelights.biologists.com/prelists/july-in-preprints-the-cellbio-edition/

#PrePrints #Academia #Publishing #Science #Biology #Research #CellBio #PreLights

Scientists have found a new way to recreate inner ear hair cells in the lab to study hearing loss.
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/106550?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_pr
#DevBio #CellBio

May in #preprints – the #CellBio edition!

Curated by #preLighters from across the field. Barbora Knotkova, Matthew Davies, Girish Kale, Chee Kiang Ewe, Felipe Del Valle Batalla & Sristilekha Nath

New discoveries and bold hypotheses you shouldn’t miss.
#preList ⬇️
https://prelights.biologists.com/prelists/may-in-preprints-the-cellbio-edition/

May in preprints – the CellBio edition - preLights

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🧬 Sticky situation in the nucleolus?

A new study shows that the ‘Treacle’ protein forms liquid-like condensates that organise nucleolar structure and keep ribosome production flowing. #Genetics #CellBio
https://elifesciences.org/articles/96722?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

Issue 7 is complete

Explore our ToC: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/138/7
Our cover image shows the musculature (turquoise, phalloidin) & tendon cells (red, tendon cell-driven F-tractin–RFP) of a formin 3 mutant Drosophila larva (Pissarek et al.)
https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/138/7/jcs263543/367667/Formin-3-stabilizes-the-cytoskeleton-of-Drosophila

Also in Issue 7:
- Research Highlights on ATG9A INVs, airway epithelia & Formin 3
- JCS–David Stephens Prize
- Emmanuel Derivery Interview
- Regulation of cell migration by ECM mechanics
- Data exploration in quantitative #cellbio