Registration is now open! EMBO Workshop Cell Polarity & Membrane Dynamics, May 26-31, 2019, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain. Abstract & early-bird registration deadline Jan. 15, 2019, meetings.embo.org/event/19-cell-… #EMBOcellpolarity #cellpolarity

I have been traveling and knew how mad I'd be if the plane crashed and I died before I voted #ElectionDay2018

How does a-catenin interact with actin? Great new paper from Noboru Ishiyama and Mitsu Ikura with some help from us and others. "Force-dependent allostery of the α-catenin actin-binding domain controls adherens junction dynamics and functions" disq.us/t/3930143

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We posted our first paper on bioRXiv: "Role of α-Catenin and its mechanosensing properties in the regulation of Hippo/YAP-dependent tissue growth". Take a look. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Check out our latest preprint! "Together, our findings indicate that Cysts links apical polarity proteins to Rho1 and myosin activation at adherens junctions to support junctional and epithelial integrity in the Drosophila ectoderm." biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

With a heavy heart we have to inform you that SUZANNE is missing from her hotel Orthodox Academy Cr. since Tuesday. She was attending a meeting in Kolymbari, Crete. Search is on in full swing. Please spread this to reliable networks and PRAY for her safe return.(1/2)

Super important message. We do not have a "reproducibility crisis"--instead we work in a human enterprise that needs to be and often is self-correcting.

Great article from Mark Peifer on the history of the historiography of molecular biology. This is the best book on the early days of modern biology. I was fascinated by it as I read it first as an undergrad in the 1980s. doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E1…

Fruit Flies Are Essential to Science. So Are the Workers Who Keep Them Alive. nytimes.com/2020/12/14/sci…

Exciting research from @RFG_Lab sheds light on cellular processes in tissue development and repair. The study reveals the role of Rap1 protein in collective cell migration and wound healing, and could be a therapeutic target for cancer metastasis: uoft.me/9is

Am hearing that 🇨🇦 govt doesn’t think Naylor panel made case for more investment in research. David has been tireless. #SupportTheReport /1 x.com/InklessPW/stat…

Here’s some of what University of Toronto is doing to help #SupportTheReport: gicr.utoronto.ca/support-the-re…

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In 26 hours I will present a petition with 1626 signatures to the NIH NGRI working Group asking @NIHDirector Collins to "Cap NIH funding for individual Investigators to save the future of biomedical science". Still time to sign at change.org/p/dr-collins-c…

Cell Polarity Signaling 2018 GRC preliminary program. Join us Gordon Research Conferences at Mount Snow, VT, USA in early June. grc.org/cell-polarity-…

Our special issue celebrating the centenary of D'Arcy Thompson's 'On Growth and Form' is out now! View the table of contents here: dev.biologists.org/content/144/23

Nobel Prize winning developmental biologist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard "started a foundation with a very specific goal: to free women scientists with children from the burden of household tasks at a make-or-break point in their career." work.qz.com/1156034/nobel-…

The administration is prohibiting officials at CDC from using 7 words/phrases in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget. That list of forbidden words? Evidence-based science-based vulnerable entitlement diversity transgender fetus. washingtonpost.com/national/healt…

Great Photo! and wow! x.com/nasa/status/94…