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Sara Wickstrom

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Stem cell and mechanobiologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine and University of Helsinki

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Cool discovery how cancer modifies its own niche from the very beginning ๐Ÿคฉ Congratulations Maria and team ๐Ÿ”ฅ

05.03.2026 05:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations @ivaskalab.bsky.social team for this study on the role of vibration in vocal cord cancer! Was a fun collaboration ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽค

20.02.2026 16:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Glutamine metabolism tunes myeloid responses to drive resolution of inflammation during skin repair Xu et al. uncover how metabolites regulate cellular communication during inflammatory resolution and tissue repair in vivo. They find that glutamine metabolism alters chromatin accessibility and suppr...

Glutamine metabolism gives the immune system precisionโ€”quieting inflammation while rebuilding tissue!
Proud of my lab team for this exciting work as we venture into immunometabolism to learn how wound cells are fed!

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

19.02.2026 04:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New preprint @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social by Harshath Amal and colleagues from our lab @uni-muenster.de shows how a BMP #morphogen gradient is translated into graded junctional permeability by tuning adhesion and actomyosin contractility in #Drosophila
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social

18.02.2026 08:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 80 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Tread -1- EpiSci - I am very proud to share with you our new study that you can access on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social (see link below)
"The Interaction with Nanotopographical Environment regulates nuclear mechanoresponse in mESCs via Histone Demethylase KDM3A.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

14.02.2026 10:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 60 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Dynamic Cellular #Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the
@sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on 'Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces' in Mรผnster, May 27โ€“29, 2026.
Registration is open - Limited spots โ€“ first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de

16.02.2026 10:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Adrien!

15.02.2026 16:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exciting and important preprint from @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen Labs on the role of mechanical forces and cell mechanical properties on skin epidermis stratification๐Ÿ‘‡!

Congratulations @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social and to all authors ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€!

15.02.2026 12:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Hao Yin! Look forward to hearing what you figure out ๐Ÿ˜€

11.02.2026 04:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excited to share our work on epithelial multilayering - identifying why stem cell stay in the basal layer and how and why differentiating cells move up. Great collab with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Niessen labs! Check out preprint and great summary below www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

10.02.2026 06:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 84 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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@sarawickstrom.bsky.social we are looking forward to your presentation at our #FusionEpigenetics meeting in Portugal this October!
Please share this with your followers to let them know you will speaking, and to register & submit today to join us
๐Ÿ”— bit.ly/4rC6B45

04.02.2026 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Job alert! ๐Ÿ“ฃ Iโ€™m looking for a research assistant to join my new team @idrm.ox.ac.uk

Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart ๐Ÿซ€generate natural diversity ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿญ and contribute to congenital defects โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

Full info below, and please share! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

bit.ly/467TO0M

02.02.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congratulations Rashmi! Fantastic!

24.01.2026 07:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028

๐Ÿšจ Job Alert! ๐Ÿšจ

We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ.
If you love imaging ๐Ÿ”ฌ and helping scientists succeed, we want you! ๐Ÿ‘‡

abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social

15.01.2026 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 74 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Our #FusionEpigenetics speaker line-up is ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Join us in Portugal in October 2026 to hear directly from the scientists shaping the field.
See whoโ€™s speaking and save your spot here!
โžก๏ธ bit.ly/4sq1khf

07.01.2026 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apply soon: Full professorship in Systems #Neuroscience @uni-muenster.de
See shorturl.at/VczFp

23.12.2025 09:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Mรผnster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...

27.10.2025 07:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Peters, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social et al. show that #sphingolipid #metabolism orchestrates establishment of the hair follicle #StemCell compartment. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

๐Ÿ“• From The Year In Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
#CellBio2025

06.12.2025 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Postgraduate Associate โ€“ Koh Lab, Yale Stem Cell Center, Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2025-1...

The Koh Lab is hiring!! Please reach out to join our newly established lab as a postgraduate associate! Come help us write the first exciting chapter of our (hopefully epic) saga! #CraniofacialBM #HSCniche #Vascularbiology #Immunology #YaleStemCellCenter #YaleCMED

05.12.2025 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our annual collection highlights 13 of the year's most impactful papers that have garnered exceptional interest from our readership. Explore cutting-edge findings spanning the diverse spectrum of cell biology ๐Ÿ‘‰ rupress.org/jcb/collecti...

#CellBio2025
@ascbiology.bsky.social

03.12.2025 15:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Congrats Alejo!

02.12.2025 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!

28.11.2025 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Main - Cell Dynamics and Fragmentation Lab The Cell Dynamics and Fragmentation lab at We study how single cells move and fragment in complex environments using microfluidics. We bring tools and concep...

Launching celldynamicslab.com, the homepage of our new group at EPFL working on cell fragmentation, membrane and cortex mechanics, FLIM imaging, and microfluidics tools. MSc/PhD or postdocs interested in quantitative cell biology are welcome to reach out. We're also hiring a lab manager in 2026!

11.11.2025 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 74 ๐Ÿ” 35 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congratulations Romain!

26.11.2025 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ™Œ Hello from #EESNucleus.
The organisers Simone Kรถhler, Patrick Lusk,
Thomas Quail, @sarawickstrom.bsky.social and Karo Wolkersdorfer are welcoming all participants to the four day symposium in Heidelberg.

19.11.2025 13:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

- A postdoc to work on cancer extravasation (4-year project).
- A postdoc help in completing Filopodia-related lab projects (2-year).
- Multiple Marie Curie postdoc positions that will open in the fall.
- We will open a 5-year position to cover my teaching (70% research and 30% teaching).

01.07.2025 04:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 65 ๐Ÿ” 59 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Congratulations Elias!

14.11.2025 18:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Marie Emilie!

13.11.2025 03:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Stefan!

09.11.2025 17:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Joris!

07.11.2025 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0