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Markku Hakala

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Postdoctoral researcher at UNIGE 🇨🇭. Protein scaffolds, membranes and their interplay with in vitro reconstitution. Always happy to talk about science (very broadly!), hiking, climbing, yoga, nature and sour things.


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Today I want to highlight this exciting paper from Simona Migliano from Stenmark Lab. They show that hypersignalimg due defective ESCRT-0 leads to autophagy of endosomes. Their study highlights the importance of clathrin in endosomal cargo sorting!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Looks interesting paper! Few of my colleagues are planning to try mStayGold in both budding yeast and mammalian cells!

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What have you done for science lately?

These scientists got down on their hands and knees right next to OLD ROTTING LION KILLS to find out how visibility impacted lion hunting.

Devotion. 🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/inva...

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A very nice and comprehensive-looking review about ER exit sites by @aforrester.bsky.social et al. Seems it’s about a time for me to learn more about this topic!

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Hey, science folks of Bluesky! Addgene has announced that it is fully committing to leaving X. They are taking a hit in their social media visibility to do this, but they have good reasons (blog.addgene.org/addgene-is-s...), as many of us do. Please give them a follow: @addgene.bsky.social

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Ishier Raote 's avatar Ishier Raote @ishier.bsky.social
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Tomorrow (Thursday 14th) we have our last #MembraneTrafficking seminar of the year. Please join us to hear great science
Seung-Yeol Park (Postech, Korea) talks about COPI and fission; and Cao Mian (Duke NUS, Singapore) discusses endocytosis and neurobiology.
Talks are at 2pm CET this time!

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Very cool talk today at #CellBio2023 by Ismail Abdus-Saboor about sensation of gentle touches. I recommend to check his papers, I learned so much about the importance of touches, why we want and need to be touched and what happens when we are touched.

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I’m a big fan of dual talks! They give a fresh angle on the topic and highlight the importance of sharing the knowledge and expertise. Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social and James Burgess nailed it at #CellBio2023 and showed there’s enough space on the stage for two. A great talk from both!

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This goes to my reading list! Very nice and clear drawings, looks something very useful for teaching purposes too!

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Thanks a lot this looks very interesting and useful!

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By a large margin the most popular session at the #cellbio2023 ! A bigger lecture hall next time please!

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Taking notes in an old-fashioned way seems more difficult this year at the #cellbio2023 😂

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On my way to #cellbio2023

Looking forward to meeting you all who are coming too! I have a poster on Sunday, and there are multiple other posters from Roux lab and Kaksonen and on show too!

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Biochem & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University. Developed techniques of single-particle reconstruction, specializing in math and comp approaches. Has applied these techniques to explore the structure & dynamics of ribosome during protein synthesis and to elucidate the structure of ion channels.

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Liz Miller's avatar Liz Miller @lizmillercu.bsky.social
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Last few days to apply for our open call to join my new department at the University of Dundee. There are lots of great reasons to apply: we have outstanding infrastructure, supportive friendly colleagues, and a city full of natural beauty.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDQ887/p...

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An excellent study by Lamb et al from Di Pietro lab on yeast #actin Capping Protein. CPI-motif proteins Bsp1 and Aim21 synergistically recruit CP to actin patches, whereas twinfilin promotes the CP turnover. Brilliant biochemistry and cell biology, happy to see this it’s finally out!

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Rebecca Heisman's avatar Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social
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I did my first-ever *live* radio interview yesterday morning, chatting about my bird migration book for This Green Earth, a public radio program based out of Utah! It was fun (if terrifying). 🪶 www.kpcw.org/show/this-gr...

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Nice portrait! Is it a mandarin duck in the back?

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This is on our coffee room door at the University of Geneva! Are you saying it’s not true?! 😅

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Nina Molin Høyland-Kroghsbo 's avatar Nina Molin Høyland-Kroghsbo @ninamolinhk.bsky.social
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Happy halloween 🦠

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