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Live imaging of dynein and kinetochores in embryonic #Drosophila #mitosis. David Salvador-Garcia, Simon Bullock et al. combine genetics, biochemistry, and biophysics to dissect the functions of the dynein motor. hubs.la/Q02F1QZd0

How did microtubules adapt to support life across 🐸species at divergent thermal niches? Excited to share our latest work! Thanks to @elladegaulejac Luca Troman Abin Biswas @CarolynMoores1 🙌 👉 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

📚New DORA Resource Library Entry "Towards responsible research assessment: How to reward research quality" is a 2024 piece that advocates for a holistic assessment approach that prioritizes quality, transparency, reproducibility, and innovation. ow.ly/QVEu50SNhCG

Our study on fungal zoospores swimming pattern is out in Current Biology! This study came from one simple question: Do all chytrid zoospores have the same swimming behavior? (No, they don’t!) doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.… 👇

Huge forest fires are burning across Portugal 🇵🇹🔥 Two of the largest fires in the Aveiro District have burned over an estimated 15,000 hectares so far.

Excited and proud to share our preprint! A network of glycan sensing controls endosymbiosis in the protist, Paramecium bursaria 🦠 This includes an ancient eukaryote immune-like factor, and prokaryote proteins acquired via horizontal gene-transfer! 1/10 doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

😭 The most epic and best beer hours were @IGCiencia. Deeply saddened by the end of this era...

Today, I reflect on the legacy of @IGCiencia over the last 60 years and what it has meant for research and the scientific community in Portugal and beyond. IGC was never just a place—it was a pioneering model. #IGCLegacyLivesOn 1/5

Luisa Padilla, Jonathan Lopez, Ke Hu and team use expansion microscopy to investigate the initiation of apical-basal polarity of Toxoplasma gondii. Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13… Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13…

Just became aware about this great initiative from UniBe on how to rethink and change towards a better culture in academia 👇 betterscience.ch/en/#/

Under the microscope: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2024 – in pictures theguardian.com/science/galler…

Our #PlanExM preprint is out! #U-ExM from 200 eukaryotes across the tree of life! Made possible with the amazing @F_Mikus & Armando R Gautam Dey @CentrioleLab Omaya Dudin🍉¦ 🦠¦🔬¦ EMBL UNIGE_en tinyurl.com/PlanExM1

Tissue-Like Multicellular Development Triggered by Mechanical Compression in Archaea biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio

And it's out! Ichthyos never cease to amaze - so happy to see this in print! 🩷🩷

Sem Ciência que se veja, orçamento foi aprovado e Portugal fica mais longe da média europeia expresso.pt/podcasts/expre…

My conference report for FocalPlane is online! I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Biologists@100 conference 2025 celebrating the 100 years of The Company of Biologists. Check it out!

YAP, a protein known to help #cancer cells survive treatment, behaves very differently in cell culture models depending on how they are grown in the lab, highlighting the importance of mimicking tumour architecture to guide better drug strategies. elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

Enorme, imensa… brilhante. Somos uma soma.

3D reconstruction of a 3-day-old zebrafish heart beating. Credit to Dr. Michael Weber (OpenSPIM). For those interested, you can read more about the acquisition and post-processing here: nature.com/articles/nmeth… #ZebrafishZunday