Building cheap microscopes is easier than ever dues to cheap electronics and cameras and 3D-printing. However, many solutions are always either: 1) based on HQ components but too complex for us cell biologists or 2) had too simple optics to yield research quality data in cells.

Does shape matter more than size when it comes to age-related myofibre changes? Full credit to Casper Casper Søndenbroe for his determination to convince me there might be something in this💪 Anders Karlsen Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen #myotwítter biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Delighted to share our latest work on BioRxiv. During her PhD, Pauline Garcia relentlessly studied the impact of removing the H3K9 methyltransferase Setdb1 in muscle stem cells. Strikingly she found Setdb1 is absolutely required for regeneration 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our manuscript is officially accepted 🍾! Terrific collaborative effort with Ben Cosgrove David McKellar Marie-Ange Renault & David Hammers. How do #cilia & ciliary hedgehog signaling balance intramuscular fat & muscle regeneration -> nature.com/articles/s4146…. #myotwitter UF Medicine

New on BioRxiv: Adhesion energy controls lipid-binding mediated endocytosis. A group effort lead by Raluca Groza with contributions from our friends @taraskalab Dimova Lab now at @DimovaLab.bsky.social Claudia Matthaeus and Thomas Weikl Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Biochemistry FU Berlin Freie Universität biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

So cool! From our Freie Universität Department Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy FU Berlin Biochemistry FU Berlin neighbors Ewerslab: An open-source, high resolution, automated fluorescence microscope biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New preprint from Fabien Le Grand Pauline Garcia : Setdb1 safeguards genome integrity in muscle stem cells to allow for regenerative myogenesis and inflammation biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Hey #myotwitter! Enjoy this week’s papers on the regulation of skeletal muscle. It features metabolism, sarcopenia, dystrophy, development, exercise, and more. 👇 biomed.news/bims-moremu/20… Highlighting work from Val A. Fajardo, PhD Sam Mathew StrickerLab Thanks Bims: Biomed News

So...Mammals normally store fat under the skin in an even layer, but camels evolved to pile fat in one spot, so the rest of their bodies can stay cool in the desert. Why don't other desert animals do this? Well, they do.... but for some reason, we never talk about them.....

Great Biochemistry FU Berlin retreat today; proud of my group, especially Hafsa Zahid winning the poster prize!

Mesenchymal Osr1+ cells regulate embryonic lymphatic vessel formation Read this Research Article by Pedro Vallecillo-García, Sigmar Stricker StrickerLab (Freie Universität Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Myc and muscle growth: necessary in muscle stem cells, dispensable in muscle fibers and harmful if overexpressed. Check out our latest work rdcu.be/eggcw in Nature Communications, where we explore the role of Myc in muscle growth and more.

Only a few more days left to register for the German Society for Developmental Biology (GfE) Summer school vbio.de/gfe-entwicklun…