Darius V. Köster

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Assistant Professor @CMCB_Warwick, interested in actin-myosin and lipid membrane systems, cell mechanics and all sorts of fluorescence microsocpy.
lab websitehttps://mechanochemistry.org/Koester/
Some of my other autophagy experiments have been challenging but imaging these autophagosomes is so fun and has brought joy back to my work 🤩 To quote Marie Curie, ‘I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.’ (A quote I, admittedly, discovered when online stalking @ActinDomain’s work recently) #PhDlife
After two weeks of hectic competition in the #WarwickUni Tri-Grid Challenge, early indications are that CMCB flyers came 7th with IBR Labrats teams in 8th and 9th place. Jasmine was 3rd overall, and 1st in the Walking competition. Steve was 1st in Running. We await the final count…

Cell Bio world - we have extended our deadlines for our image and science writing competitions.

Get you entries in by 31st March 2024.

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I've been thinking about 'negativity bias' (that you can appear smart by being critical) and I just learned about the "Cynical Genius Illusion': https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/trust-games/202111/the-myth-the-cynical-genius

"Research suggests that trust, rather than cynicism, is a sign of intelligence. Most people inaccurately believe that cynics are smarter than those who trust in others. This means that perhaps you should trust in people, but not let them know how much you trust them."

Yeah no -- I'm going to be LOUD about trusting in people.

The Myth of the Cynical Genius

Why do so many people believe that cynicism is a sign of intelligence?

Psychology Today
If you are working in the UK on questions related to cell biology become a member of the BSCB and benefit of the many ways we can support early career researchers (travel awards, student summer projects, funds to organise small meetings...)
https://bscb.org/members/become-a-member/
Become a Member | British Society for Cell Biology

a few days left to register for the 2024 meeting of the European cytoskeleton forum, organised together with the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) and the British Biochemical Society.
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"Introducing the Java Deep Learning Library - JDLL"
https://forum.image.sc/t/introducing-the-java-deep-learning-library-jdll/82255

Can run models from #PyTorch, #TensorFlow, and #Onnx in #FijiSc https://fiji.sc and other java-based image processing open source software like Icy https://icy.bioimageanalysis.org

Code: https://github.com/bioimage-io/JDLL

Paper: "JDLL: A library to run Deep Learning models on Java bioimage informatics platforms"
by Carlos Garcia Lopez de Haro et al. 2023
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04796 and also https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-02129-x

#java #DeepLearning #JDLL

Sad to learn from the newspaper that the Institut Curie plans to demolish one of the buildings used for Marie Curie's research. And the building in whose basement I did my PhD work!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/06/unthinkable-marie-curies-paris-lab-saved-from-the-bulldozers-for-now?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘Unthinkable’: Marie Curie’s Paris lab saved from the bulldozers … for now

Last-minute reprieve keeps Nobel scientist’s legacy standing. Now campaigners want the building to be listed

The Guardian
Opto-RhoGEFs is an #optogenetic toolbox that can help researchers visualise and manipulate the barrier between endothelial cells like the ones in this clip. #12DaysOfeLife #Optogenetics https://elifesciences.org/articles/84364?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_12Days
Opto-RhoGEFs, an optimized optogenetic toolbox to reversibly control Rho GTPase activity on a global to subcellular scale, enabling precise control over vascular endothelial barrier strength

Optogenetic activation of Rho GTPases provides spatiotemporal control over endothelial cell shape and enables control over endothelial barrier function by manipulating the cell-cell overlap with blue light.

eLife
New review on membrane rearrangements driven by coronavirus proteins by our PhD candidate Lea Denker together with Ann Dixon from Warwick Chemistry!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003986123003557#sec5