Thea Jacobs
@theajacobs.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Luschnig lab. Flyologist 🪰 here to share my excitement about oogenesis, forces, actomyosin and adhesion!
Check out how contractility controls paracellular permeability here: https://shorturl.at/Wnb2n
Check out how contractility controls paracellular permeability here: https://shorturl.at/Wnb2n
A patient has been successfully treated with his own CRISPR-modified stem cells and does not rely on regular blood transfusions anymore. This is so cool!
Ein 19-Jähriger lebt mit einer genetisch bedingten Erkrankung. Dank eines Medikaments, das auf der Crispr-Technologie beruht, soll er jetzt nicht mehr auf Bluttransfusionen angewiesen sein.
Berliner Charité: Erstmals Patient in Deutschland mit Genschere behandelt
Ein 19-Jähriger lebt mit einer genetisch bedingten Erkrankung. Dank eines Medikaments, das auf der Crispr-Technologie beruht, soll er jetzt nicht mehr auf Bluttransfusionen angewiesen sein.
www.spiegel.de
October 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
A patient has been successfully treated with his own CRISPR-modified stem cells and does not rely on regular blood transfusions anymore. This is so cool!
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🔬🔦Our latest Imaging spotlight highlights FOCUS-3D, a tool for segmenting cells from 3D fluorescence images from Qinghua Zhang, @mads100tist.bsky.social, @gqyu.bsky.social & team. They tell us what’s different about FOCUS-3D and what makes it so useful and usable for biologists.
Imaging spotlight: FOCUS-3D - FocalPlane
Imaging spotlight: FOCUS-3D - News
focalplane.biologists.com
September 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🔬🔦Our latest Imaging spotlight highlights FOCUS-3D, a tool for segmenting cells from 3D fluorescence images from Qinghua Zhang, @mads100tist.bsky.social, @gqyu.bsky.social & team. They tell us what’s different about FOCUS-3D and what makes it so useful and usable for biologists.
Things that sound weird if you are not a scientist: Look I found @maikbischoff.bsky.social ‘s testis (or the muscles that surround them)!
The Correze doctor said "you need to pay attention to the ergonomics of your work station"
August 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Things that sound weird if you are not a scientist: Look I found @maikbischoff.bsky.social ‘s testis (or the muscles that surround them)!
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Last few days to apply for a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant!
You can apply for a grant to attend a microscopy/bioimage analysis training course taking place up to 6 months after the deadline. These grants are open to ECRs in cell biology.
🗓️14 August 2026
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
You can apply for a grant to attend a microscopy/bioimage analysis training course taking place up to 6 months after the deadline. These grants are open to ECRs in cell biology.
🗓️14 August 2026
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
August 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Last few days to apply for a JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant!
You can apply for a grant to attend a microscopy/bioimage analysis training course taking place up to 6 months after the deadline. These grants are open to ECRs in cell biology.
🗓️14 August 2026
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
You can apply for a grant to attend a microscopy/bioimage analysis training course taking place up to 6 months after the deadline. These grants are open to ECRs in cell biology.
🗓️14 August 2026
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !
I have cuticula-shedding office company at the moment, so I took the opportunity to take some cool autofluorescent images of Flossis cuticula! (Plus an image of Flossi herself!)
I have cuticula-shedding office company at the moment, so I took the opportunity to take some cool autofluorescent images of Flossis cuticula! (Plus an image of Flossi herself!)
August 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday !
I have cuticula-shedding office company at the moment, so I took the opportunity to take some cool autofluorescent images of Flossis cuticula! (Plus an image of Flossi herself!)
I have cuticula-shedding office company at the moment, so I took the opportunity to take some cool autofluorescent images of Flossis cuticula! (Plus an image of Flossi herself!)
Reposted by Thea Jacobs
1/8 Breathing seems automatic. But it's a finely tuned motor behavior that has to be controlled. In this preprint, I map the circuits that match a fly's respiration to the metabolic demands of flight and mitigate the risk of dehydration. 🧵🪰
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
August 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
1/8 Breathing seems automatic. But it's a finely tuned motor behavior that has to be controlled. In this preprint, I map the circuits that match a fly's respiration to the metabolic demands of flight and mitigate the risk of dehydration. 🧵🪰
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Thrilled to share my first publication from my PhD is now out in Journal of Cell Biology!!!! 😇 💖 Have you ever wondered how multicellular vertices are maintained and remodeled in an epithelia? 💭 Here, we investigate the role of junctional kinase PAK4 in vertex maintenance and remodeling!
@babliadhikary.bsky.social, Higashi et al. show that PAK4 drives dynamic vertex remodeling in cells and embryos through spatiotemporal regulation of #myosin II. Inhibition of PAK4 disrupts tissue packing and compromises junctional continuity and barrier function. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
July 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Thrilled to share my first publication from my PhD is now out in Journal of Cell Biology!!!! 😇 💖 Have you ever wondered how multicellular vertices are maintained and remodeled in an epithelia? 💭 Here, we investigate the role of junctional kinase PAK4 in vertex maintenance and remodeling!
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Two days left to apply for a PhD position in our group, see below!
🚨Job Alert: PhD in Theoretical Biophysics 🚨
we are looking for a PhD student to join our group at Uni Münster to work on models of multi-layered active materials @uni-muenster.de
More details here: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/6...
Please share and contact me if interested!
we are looking for a PhD student to join our group at Uni Münster to work on models of multi-layered active materials @uni-muenster.de
More details here: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/6...
Please share and contact me if interested!
Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 67%)
stellen.uni-muenster.de
July 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Two days left to apply for a PhD position in our group, see below!
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I love these funky basal epithelial cells in axolotl. Looks just like plant pavement cells
July 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I love these funky basal epithelial cells in axolotl. Looks just like plant pavement cells
Great scientist, even better person 💕
Biologist Angelica Coculla is researching the internal circadian clock of fruit flies. A recent paper published in the journal Science shows that the insects can reset their internal clock through their behaviour. With the molecular rhythm, the sleep-wake cycle returned. #Biology
A switch for the right rhythm
Biologist Angelica Coculla is researching the internal circadian clock of fruit flies. Her latest studies show that the insects are able to reset their internal clock. As the molecular clock resets, t...
www.uni-muenster.de
July 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Great scientist, even better person 💕
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🌈 At a time when progress can't be taken for granted, I 'm especially proud to share this @natcellbio.nature.com Q&A piece. I had the pleasure to discuss with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his inspiring journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. #PrideInSTEM
👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A scientist can come from anywhere - Nature Cell Biology
This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...
www.nature.com
June 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🌈 At a time when progress can't be taken for granted, I 'm especially proud to share this @natcellbio.nature.com Q&A piece. I had the pleasure to discuss with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his inspiring journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. #PrideInSTEM
👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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✨ Serving egg-cellent organization and fluorescent elegance 🥚 Partial Drosophila 🪰 ovariole with WGA staining of nuclear envelopes 🔬 📸 Image by Michelle Giedt #FluorescenceFriday 🐣
May 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
✨ Serving egg-cellent organization and fluorescent elegance 🥚 Partial Drosophila 🪰 ovariole with WGA staining of nuclear envelopes 🔬 📸 Image by Michelle Giedt #FluorescenceFriday 🐣
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Excited to share our new review in @dev-journal.bsky.social on tissue phase transitions during development!
@karengrace12.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/dev....
@karengrace12.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Tissue phase transitions in development: more than just mechanics
Summary: Tissue material phase transitions are classically thought to regulate tissue deformability. This Review emphasises their unexpected roles in directly influencing growth and patterning signall...
doi.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Excited to share our new review in @dev-journal.bsky.social on tissue phase transitions during development!
@karengrace12.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/dev....
@karengrace12.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Registration is now open! Secure your spot for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting “Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces” @uni-muenster.de from May 27–29, 2026! More informationen and registration: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
February 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Registration is now open! Secure your spot for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting “Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces” @uni-muenster.de from May 27–29, 2026! More informationen and registration: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
New work from our group now online @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social 🤩
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
See tinyurl.com/yhbwd9xh
@sfb1348.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM
New work from our group now online @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social 🤩
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Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026.
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026.
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w
@uni-muenster.de
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Looking forward to an exciting @sfb1348.bsky.social seminar with Lucia Baldauf @ucl.ac.uk on January 8, 2026. She will speak about "Illuminating Forces in Living Tissues". More info: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/i... Everyone's welcome!
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Looking forward to an exciting @sfb1348.bsky.social seminar with Lucia Baldauf @ucl.ac.uk on January 8, 2026. She will speak about "Illuminating Forces in Living Tissues". More info: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/i... Everyone's welcome!
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Interested in working in an exciting project on morphogenesis, in a great environment for imaging? 🪰🔬
🚨 PhD Position Available 🚨
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Münster, Germany.
www.bischofflab.com/jobs
Fully funded ✅
#Cellbio #Morphogenesis #Microscopy
#Drosophila #PhD
(Details Below)
Original Posting:
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Interested in working in an exciting project on morphogenesis, in a great environment for imaging? 🪰🔬
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Super proud to be part of SFB1348 — and excited to share that I now officially have my own lab in Münster! 🎉🪰
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Super proud to be part of SFB1348 — and excited to share that I now officially have my own lab in Münster! 🎉🪰
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
We’ll study #cellbio & #morphogenesis, focusing on organ sculpting and #chirality in #Drosophila.
I’ll soon hire my first #PhD student — feel free to reach out!
#juniorPI #Science #devbio
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Dynamic cellular interfaces reloaded!🎉 Happy and excited to receive extended funding @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @mpi-muenster.bsky.social and to push our collaborative science forward in the next 4 years! Big thanks @dfg.de, reviewers, and everyone else involved for the continued support!
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Dynamic cellular interfaces reloaded!🎉 Happy and excited to receive extended funding @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @mpi-muenster.bsky.social and to push our collaborative science forward in the next 4 years! Big thanks @dfg.de, reviewers, and everyone else involved for the continued support!
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Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
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Excited to embark on this scientific journey with Ewa Paluch and Daniel StJohnston to understand fundamentals of epithelial tissue and cell shapes! Thank you to @erc.europa.eu for the support!
🚀 Exciting news! ERC Synergy Grant of €8.5 million to Sara Wickström @sarawickstrom.bsky.social, Daniel St Jonston @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch @universitypress.cambridge.org! This highly interdisciplinary project will boost our understanding of tissue biology. #ERCSyG @erc.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Excited to embark on this scientific journey with Ewa Paluch and Daniel StJohnston to understand fundamentals of epithelial tissue and cell shapes! Thank you to @erc.europa.eu for the support!
Reposted by Thea Jacobs
Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster 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...
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster 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...
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Approximately 14,000 visitors attended the “Lange Nacht der Universitätsmedizin Münster”, which marked the highlight of the anniversary year celebrating 100 years of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital. www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Mot...
@sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de
@sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de
Photo gallery: “Lange Nacht der Universitätsmedizin” – Impressions from the Multiscale Imaging Centre
On September 12, 2025, the University and University Hospital Münster opened their doors to the public during the “Lange Nacht der Universitätsmedizin”. At the Multiscale Imaging Centre, many visitors...
www.uni-muenster.de
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Approximately 14,000 visitors attended the “Lange Nacht der Universitätsmedizin Münster”, which marked the highlight of the anniversary year celebrating 100 years of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital. www.uni-muenster.de/Cells-in-Mot...
@sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de
@sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de