Cell Biologist with interest in renal disorders #PKD #cilia #cancermetabolism Ts&RTs=my view
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🎉Beyond happy to receive an #ERCAdG! @ERC_Research
QtCilia studies a novel nutrient sensing role of #cilia (@NatMetab rdcu.be/dDTn3).We will study how #cilia sense glutamine(Q) and talk to #mitochondria to regulate #metabolism. In health and disease #ciliopathies #PKD
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We are very proud of our @Saar_Uni B.Sc. student Smilla Koy for winning the Euro #Cilia2027 image competition. A well-deserved recognition of her amazing work. We're lucky to have such talent in the lab!
🏆 GRAND PRIZE WINNER 🏆
Congrats to Smilla-Maria Koy (BSc Student, Mick Lab, Saarland University, Germany) for winning our Image Competition!
🔬 "IMCD3 Spheroid with Cilia" captures primary cilia emerging into the lumen to show cell polarity.
#FluorescenceFriday #cilia.
ALT Confocal image of a hollow spheroids with apical ZO-1 signal and primary cilia emerging from the apical site pointing towards the lumen. This 3D technique is used to assess apicobasal polarity characteristics in cells, where primary cilia play an important role in establishment and maintenance.
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🏆 Second Prize Winner! Congrats to PhD student @chandrama_ghosh (Kodjabachian Lab,IBDM,France) for "Cells in Bloom"! 🌸 These "flowers" in the image are actually cells on a live frog embryo's skin. 🐸Magenta: Cell membranes & cilia;Green: Basal bodies #cilia #FluorescenceFriday
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Jun 10
📢 Good news: the abstract deadline for the FASEB Conference on Cilia and Centrosomes has been extended to June 23.
If you missed the original deadline, there’s still time to submit your abstract and join us in Washington, DC, August 2–6.
events.faseb.org/event/cilia…
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Excited to share our new paper in Science Advances on the proteome of neuronal primary cilia. We found that neuronal cilia are enriched in postsynaptic signaling proteins, including mGluR5, GABAB receptors, GPR158, ion channels, and transporters.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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🏆 GRAND PRIZE WINNER 🏆
Congrats to Smilla-Maria Koy (BSc Student, Mick Lab, Saarland University, Germany) for winning our Image Competition!
🔬 "IMCD3 Spheroid with Cilia" captures primary cilia emerging into the lumen to show cell polarity.
#FluorescenceFriday #cilia.
ALT Confocal image of a hollow spheroids with apical ZO-1 signal and primary cilia emerging from the apical site pointing towards the lumen. This 3D technique is used to assess apicobasal polarity characteristics in cells, where primary cilia play an important role in establishment and maintenance.
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Thanks to all for sending in some spectacular images. And congratulations to the winners!! 🎉🎉
Big congratulations to our winners: Smilla-Maria Koy (1st), Chandrama Ghosh (2nd), and Anthony Rabaté (3rd)! Check out their breath-taking micrographs and the rest of the Top 15 entries in the stunning poster attached. The future of cilia research looks beautiful. 📸 #Cilia2027
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Big congratulations to our winners: Smilla-Maria Koy (1st), Chandrama Ghosh (2nd), and Anthony Rabaté (3rd)! Check out their breath-taking micrographs and the rest of the Top 15 entries in the stunning poster attached. The future of cilia research looks beautiful. 📸 #Cilia2027
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🚨 Abstract deadline is Monday for the FASEB Conference on Biology of Cilia and Centrosomes (Aug 2–6, Washington, DC).
We have an outstanding lineup of speakers spanning cilia, centrosomes, signaling, development, neuroscience, and disease.
events.faseb.org/event/cilia…
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🤩 Thrilled to share our new paper from @NaldiniLab in @NatureBiotech!
📖Learn more: nature.com/articles/s41587-0…
We developed #SMArT, an AND logic gate that enables enrichment of #CRISPR-edited cells, boosting efficiency and precision of #geneediting for therapeutics.
🧵 below!
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🙏 Thank you EMBO @EMBO for selecting our application for funding!!
Proud to announce that Cilia2027 @EuroCilia2027 will be EMBO Cilia! 🥳🥳
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So many beautiful images!! 🤩👏🙏
Submissions are officially CLOSED! 🖼️✨
Our #Cilia2027 gallery is full of stunning entries. Thank you for sharing your incredible #SciArt with us. Stay tuned for the winners! 🧪✨
#Imaging #microscopy #cilia
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🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨
The Cilia 2027 Best Image Competition is now open until May 7, 2026.
Got a striking microscopy image? This is your chance to have it showcased at #Cilia2027 🦠🏆
Submit now and share your science through art!
#Microscopy #SciArt #CellBiology #imaging
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Apr 22
Travel opportunity for an ***all expenses paid*** trip to Seattle for trainees interested in polycystic kidney disease and #organoids! Come learn what our new PKD-InVent Center has to offer, in a special two day meeting June 23-24.
Apply here by May 1:
freedmanlab.com/center
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One week to go! ⏳
Don’t wait until the final hour—get those entries in now!
Check the original post below for all the details. 👇 #Cilia #Cilia2027 #SciArt #Microscopy
📣 The #Cilia2027 Best Image Competition is open! 🧬✨
🏆 1st Prize: Cover of the program & website FREE registration to Cilia2027
🥈🥉 2nd & 3rd: Featured in the event screensaver website
Submit your best cilia visuals: forms.gle/jUC2tnsa5Cs88HMy9
#Microscopy #SciArt #Cilia
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Apr 11
Last year, a baby boy with a life-threatening metabolic condition became the world’s first patient to receive a personalized gene-editing treatment.
The feat could pave the way for gene editors tailored to people with unique or ultrarare mutations.
Learn more: scim.ag/3O8t4Yk @NewsfromScience
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Apr 10
🚨Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders?
In our new paper in @ScienceMagazine, we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸
🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… #EvoDevo
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What would it look like to see all ~13,000 proteins inside a single human cell at once?
We share ProtiCelli — a generative model that makes this possible. Besides benchmarking, we demonstrate utility in many tasks.
Preprint: bit.ly/3NY175q
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In memory of Claudio Bordignon, pioneer of gene therapy
fondazionetelethon.it/en/sto…
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Claudio Bordignon was a true pioneer of molecular medicine — a scientific leader whose vision, generosity and honesty set a standard few have matched since. Privileged to have known and worked with him at @SanRaffaeleMI . He will be deeply missed. 🙏
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