Sarah Woolner's lab at the University of Manchester, UK. We investigate mechanical regulation of cell division in developing tissues.
University of Manchester
Joined February 2019
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We’re looking for a PhD student to join our team:
findaphd.com/phds/project/bb…
The localisation of the mitotic spindle orientation protein, NuMA, is highly dynamic and sensitive to tissue stretch. Frogs are also great for live imaging 🐸
Check out our preprint:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Check out our new preprint on bioRxiv. We show that NuMA localisation is sensitive to tissue stretch and acts to fine-tune division orientation.
Mitotic spindle orientation and dynamics are fine-tuned by anisotropic tissue stretch via NuMA localisation biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Baby you’re a fiiiiirework!!!
Explanted Xenopus neural crest cell, microtubules (green) and actin (magenta). Imaging in frogs rocks- this is done room temp, no incubation, no problem. 🐸🔬✨
By Micaela Lasser, Helen Willsey @goodfrognosis Lab
@zeiss_micro LSM980 fast airyscan
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Now online at Bull. Math. Bio. doi.org/10.1007/s11538-024-0…
Relaxation and noise-driven oscillations in a model of mitotic spindle dynamics, with Dionn Hargreaves and @LabWoolner
arxiv.org/abs/2402.10638
Come join the Manchester Xenopus community: the Dorey lab are recruiting a Research Associate to study the response of neural progenitor cells to spinal cord injury.
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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We are thrilled to announce that our @wellcometrust application to establish a Discovery Research Platform for Cell-Matrix Biology @OfficialUoM was successful! 🎉 Here’s what to expect #cellmatrixbiology 👇 (thread)
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Interested in how mechanical forces regulate cells and tissues? We're looking for a postdoc, ideally with experience in proteomics, to join us in the Woolner lab.
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displa…
Thanks @YanlanMao for setting up this petition. Age limits on fellowships/grants are stifling and can prevent the best research being funded.
Remove academic age limits on ERC grants - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9SLy7pNf via @UKChange
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Post-doc position available modelling epithelial mechanics, closing date 19 Sept 2022 jobs.ac.uk/job/CSR834/resear… @LabWoolner @ManUniMaths
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🚨 Application deadline *tomorrow* for a postdoc with me @mathsatshefuni @shefmathbio on modelling tissue patterning - please consider applying, or forwarding on to anyone who might be interested! jobs.ac.uk/job/CQL924/resear…
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Biggest story on the front page of the Financial Times.
Rightly.
UK commits scientific, business and cultural suicide.
My latest for @ftopinion on the insanity of leaving HorizonEurope, how 🇬🇧 gov policy is slowly destroying British science & why academics are leaving.
#Science
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New pre-print alert from the Miller lab @UMich_MCDB 🎉 Grad student @ShahanaChumki1 shows how Rho-mediated junction remodeling is regulated in developing epithelia. Check it out! 🐸👀🔥
p115RhoGEF activates RhoA to support tight junction maintenance and remodeling biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_cellbio
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Roberto @mayor_lab zooms in after his talk this morning to help out with some neural crest explants!
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Started the day off with a fantastic lecture by Sarah Woolner @LabWoolner
Stoked to check out some animal caps later today!
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We are so looking forward to the BSDB Spring Meeting this year. We once again join forces with our friends at @Official_BSCB. Check out the programme, submit your abstract, and register here:
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Congratulations @emmaljohns on passing your viva yesterday! Thanks to @integrintraffic and @AlexGFletcher for acting as examiners. In addition to being an amazing interdisciplinary scientist, Dr Johns is also a fabulous potter, check out the family of frogs she made for us 🐸🐸🐸
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New on the Node: BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report – Stephanie Leadbitter
Read about Stephanie's research on mechanical regulation of cell division in developing tissues in the @LabWoolner @OfficialUoM , funded by a Gurdon/@_BSDB_ summer studentship
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The amazing Andrea Wills @WillsLabFroggos gives the Inaugural IXB Young Investigator Award Lecture at #frogfest21 #womeninstem
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Kick ass talk from @RobertJHuebner1 at #frogfest2021!
If you wanna read more about it, check out his paper in @biorxivpreprint:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
