We are passionate about how cells squeeze through tiny in spaces in vivo, and how they get to divide and make fate decisions whilst they are at it!
We love fish, frogs, live microscopy and arts and crafts.
Elena Scarpa & The Squeezable Cells Lab
Loading...
📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social!
Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.
We are thrilled to announce our new preprint from the wonderful @sorayavillaseca.bsky.social
Ever wondered how cells squeeze through tiny spaces in embryos?
Neural crest cells use Dynein to transport their nucleus along microtubules.
Check out the preprint!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Now (finally) #published @natcomms.nature.com: "A multi-tiered mechanical mechanism shapes the early neural plate" @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
A great collaboration of experiment and theory to explain the tissue flows shaping the #zebrafish neural plate!
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61303-1
Very excited to share our latest preprint! We looked at loss and gain of function, innervation, reinnervation, and in vivo axonal transport in a FUS-ALS mouse model!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @beccasimkin.bsky.social @andrewtosolini.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social
👋 Are you looking for a postdoc position? Do you think microtubules are fascinating? Then we might have the job for you! 2-year funded postdoc to join our lab!
👉 deadline 20/06
👇 check it out
www.godinholab.com
This Friday, UK Cell Motility Club symposium in Cambridge, UK: exciting PhD student and Postdoc speaker line up! A few last minute spots available. Organised by @squeezycellslab.bsky.social and @matthias-krause.bsky.social
cytoskeleton.wixsite.com/londoncellmo...
No plans for this Friday?
Come join us at the UK Cell Motility Club, last chance to register cytoskeleton.wixsite.com/londoncellmo...
How innate immunity starts? Early embryos eliminate bacterial infections by epithelial phagocytosis, a conserved process from zebrafish to human embryos. Check our story:
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Hot from the #preprint
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pablo J. Sáez
Directed migration in chemical gradients is crucial to the immune response, yet how immune cells navigate complex tissues remains incompletely understood. Using in vitro migration assays and theoretic...
