From MBoC: How do cells coordinate their movements as a group?
New research shows how vimentin helps connect individual cell movement with coordinated collective migration and efficient wound closure.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-01-0052
New research shows how vimentin helps connect individual cell movement with coordinated collective migration and efficient wound closure.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-01-0052
October 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
From MBoC: How do cells coordinate their movements as a group?
New research shows how vimentin helps connect individual cell movement with coordinated collective migration and efficient wound closure.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-01-0052
New research shows how vimentin helps connect individual cell movement with coordinated collective migration and efficient wound closure.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-01-0052
From MBoC: Could a cellular cleanup process contribute to the spread of α-synuclein?
New research links RTN3L-mediated ER-phagy to α-synuclein secretion, offering insight into a pathway relevant to Parkinson’s disease.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-03-0138
New research links RTN3L-mediated ER-phagy to α-synuclein secretion, offering insight into a pathway relevant to Parkinson’s disease.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-03-0138
October 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
From MBoC: Could a cellular cleanup process contribute to the spread of α-synuclein?
New research links RTN3L-mediated ER-phagy to α-synuclein secretion, offering insight into a pathway relevant to Parkinson’s disease.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-03-0138
New research links RTN3L-mediated ER-phagy to α-synuclein secretion, offering insight into a pathway relevant to Parkinson’s disease.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E26-03-0138
From MBoC: What changes inside a cell as a fertilized egg prepares for its first division?
A new Perspective explores the rapid remodeling of spindles, centrosomes, and chromosomes that helps set the stage for embryogenesis.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-10-0484
A new Perspective explores the rapid remodeling of spindles, centrosomes, and chromosomes that helps set the stage for embryogenesis.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-10-0484
October 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
From MBoC: What changes inside a cell as a fertilized egg prepares for its first division?
A new Perspective explores the rapid remodeling of spindles, centrosomes, and chromosomes that helps set the stage for embryogenesis.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-10-0484
A new Perspective explores the rapid remodeling of spindles, centrosomes, and chromosomes that helps set the stage for embryogenesis.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-10-0484
From MBoC: Bacterial condensates may be an overlooked part of how cells organize themselves.
A new Perspective explores this “bacterial dark matter” and how it could be harnessed to engineer cellular functions.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0397
A new Perspective explores this “bacterial dark matter” and how it could be harnessed to engineer cellular functions.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0397
September 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
From MBoC: Bacterial condensates may be an overlooked part of how cells organize themselves.
A new Perspective explores this “bacterial dark matter” and how it could be harnessed to engineer cellular functions.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0397
A new Perspective explores this “bacterial dark matter” and how it could be harnessed to engineer cellular functions.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0397
From MBoC: How do patient mutations disrupt mitochondrial division?
New research shows that some Drp1 mutations impair interactions with Mff, a partner protein needed for mitochondrial fission.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-01-0022
New research shows that some Drp1 mutations impair interactions with Mff, a partner protein needed for mitochondrial fission.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-01-0022
September 28, 2026 at 11:55 AM
From MBoC: How do patient mutations disrupt mitochondrial division?
New research shows that some Drp1 mutations impair interactions with Mff, a partner protein needed for mitochondrial fission.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-01-0022
New research shows that some Drp1 mutations impair interactions with Mff, a partner protein needed for mitochondrial fission.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-01-0022
From MBoC: A kinesin known for regulating microtubules has another role. Researchers found Kar3 is important for protein quality control at the endoplasmic reticulum.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E24-10-0437
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E24-10-0437
September 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM
From MBoC: A kinesin known for regulating microtubules has another role. Researchers found Kar3 is important for protein quality control at the endoplasmic reticulum.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E24-10-0437
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E24-10-0437
From MBoC: Researchers uncover how anthracyclines disrupt an Nrf1-driven stress response and may help increase cancer cells’ sensitivity to proteasome inhibitors.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-04-0183
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-04-0183
September 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
From MBoC: Researchers uncover how anthracyclines disrupt an Nrf1-driven stress response and may help increase cancer cells’ sensitivity to proteasome inhibitors.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-04-0183
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-04-0183
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBoC...
Scenes from "The West Wing (S01E10)": In Excelsis Deo
YouTube video by Samuel
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September 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBoC...
September is for Septins!
#SeptforSeptins
Time for septin spice lattes... and submitting your septin paper to the MBoC Special Issue: Cell Biology of Septins
Still accepting papers @ascbiology.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/cell-biology...
#SeptforSeptins
Time for septin spice lattes... and submitting your septin paper to the MBoC Special Issue: Cell Biology of Septins
Still accepting papers @ascbiology.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/cell-biology...
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
www.molbiolcell.org
September 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
September is for Septins!
#SeptforSeptins
Time for septin spice lattes... and submitting your septin paper to the MBoC Special Issue: Cell Biology of Septins
Still accepting papers @ascbiology.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/cell-biology...
#SeptforSeptins
Time for septin spice lattes... and submitting your septin paper to the MBoC Special Issue: Cell Biology of Septins
Still accepting papers @ascbiology.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/cell-biology...
Wow! So excited to see on cover #MBoC #ASCB in Forces On and Within the cells issue. Vimentin expressed highest in epithelial leader cells and studied its role in leader cell mechanics.
For interested ones, here is the link
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Thanks @ascbiology.bsky.social
For interested ones, here is the link
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Thanks @ascbiology.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Wow! So excited to see on cover #MBoC #ASCB in Forces On and Within the cells issue. Vimentin expressed highest in epithelial leader cells and studied its role in leader cell mechanics.
For interested ones, here is the link
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Thanks @ascbiology.bsky.social
For interested ones, here is the link
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Thanks @ascbiology.bsky.social
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Organelle scaling over a 100-fold cell size range
Organelle scaling over a 100-fold cell size range
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
www.molbiolcell.org
September 3, 2026 at 9:09 AM
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Organelle scaling over a 100-fold cell size range
Organelle scaling over a 100-fold cell size range
🎉 Congrats MCB @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social faculty Jen Landino & Landino Lab postdoc Gregory Schwarz! "Membrane Composition-Dependent Patterning of Rho and F-actin in an Artificial Cell Cortex" was awarded Paper of the Year by @ascbiology.bsky.social and MBoC!
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/ge...
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/ge...
Geisel School of Medicine’s Landino Lab Receives Paper of the Year Award
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), Paper of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding scientific achievements of early care…
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu
September 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
🎉 Congrats MCB @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social faculty Jen Landino & Landino Lab postdoc Gregory Schwarz! "Membrane Composition-Dependent Patterning of Rho and F-actin in an Artificial Cell Cortex" was awarded Paper of the Year by @ascbiology.bsky.social and MBoC!
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/ge...
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/ge...
Congrats to the @ascbiology.bsky.social MBoC 2026 Early Career Award winners! 🧬👏 Their outstanding papers showcase exciting science and important contributions to the field. Drubin Lab: @drubin.bsky.social, Samantha Smith & Yuichiro Iwamoto and Ünal Lab: Madison Walsh
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
ASCB and MBoC Announce 2026 Paper of the Year Award Winners - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers ...
www.ascb.org
August 28, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Congrats to the @ascbiology.bsky.social MBoC 2026 Early Career Award winners! 🧬👏 Their outstanding papers showcase exciting science and important contributions to the field. Drubin Lab: @drubin.bsky.social, Samantha Smith & Yuichiro Iwamoto and Ünal Lab: Madison Walsh
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
✍️The @bladoux.bsky.social / @rmmege.bsky.social lab published a new article
📖MBoC
📃Vimentin bridges scales to convert polarized cell locomotion into coordinated collective migration
🔗https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e26-01-0052
📖MBoC
📃Vimentin bridges scales to convert polarized cell locomotion into coordinated collective migration
🔗https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e26-01-0052
August 26, 2026 at 7:34 AM
✍️The @bladoux.bsky.social / @rmmege.bsky.social lab published a new article
📖MBoC
📃Vimentin bridges scales to convert polarized cell locomotion into coordinated collective migration
🔗https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e26-01-0052
📖MBoC
📃Vimentin bridges scales to convert polarized cell locomotion into coordinated collective migration
🔗https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e26-01-0052
Congrats to my colleague @jenelandino.bsky.social and lab members for paper of the year!
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
ASCB and MBoC Announce 2026 Paper of the Year Award Winners - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers ...
www.ascb.org
August 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Congrats to my colleague @jenelandino.bsky.social and lab members for paper of the year!
www.ascb.org/society-news...
www.ascb.org/society-news...
Many thanks to the team at MBoC for recognizing our lab's first publication with this award! Congrats to first author @gregoryschwarz.bsky.social and the other paper winners this year. Looking forward to celebrating at ASCB! 🐸🌊
Congratulations to Greg Schwarz, a postdoc in @jenelandino.bsky.social's lab! His study on cell membrane composition was just awarded Paper of the Year by @ascbiology.bsky.social and Molecular Biology of the Cell: www.ascb.org/society-news...
ASCB and MBoC Announce 2026 Paper of the Year Award Winners - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers ...
www.ascb.org
August 24, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Many thanks to the team at MBoC for recognizing our lab's first publication with this award! Congrats to first author @gregoryschwarz.bsky.social and the other paper winners this year. Looking forward to celebrating at ASCB! 🐸🌊
Congratulations to Greg Schwarz, a postdoc in @jenelandino.bsky.social's lab! His study on cell membrane composition was just awarded Paper of the Year by @ascbiology.bsky.social and Molecular Biology of the Cell: www.ascb.org/society-news...
ASCB and MBoC Announce 2026 Paper of the Year Award Winners - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers ...
www.ascb.org
August 24, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Congratulations to Greg Schwarz, a postdoc in @jenelandino.bsky.social's lab! His study on cell membrane composition was just awarded Paper of the Year by @ascbiology.bsky.social and Molecular Biology of the Cell: www.ascb.org/society-news...
Galileo & GPS history insidegnss.com/signal-desig...
Inside Galileo: Signal Design, International Diplomacy and the Birth of MBOC
After detailing the highs and lows of Galileo’s development in the first Inside Galileo column, the second installment looks back on negotiations between the
insidegnss.com
August 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Galileo & GPS history insidegnss.com/signal-desig...
Are you reading www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
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August 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Are you reading www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Excited that this is now out in MBoC @ascbiology.bsky.social Check out our new insights into the subset of cell junction proteins in action in migrating mesenchymal cells. Open access PMC version is in line being processed 🧪
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
August 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Excited that this is now out in MBoC @ascbiology.bsky.social Check out our new insights into the subset of cell junction proteins in action in migrating mesenchymal cells. Open access PMC version is in line being processed 🧪
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
I was so excited I screenshot and cropped out an important part of the cover! 😂 Sorry @ascbiology.bsky.social! Here is the full MBoC cover.
August 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I was so excited I screenshot and cropped out an important part of the cover! 😂 Sorry @ascbiology.bsky.social! Here is the full MBoC cover.
Yay! Just saw that we got the cover of the August 1 MBoC! Woot! 🎉 Please check out our paper if you are interested in it the tubulin code or early development. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
August 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Yay! Just saw that we got the cover of the August 1 MBoC! Woot! 🎉 Please check out our paper if you are interested in it the tubulin code or early development. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
From MBoC
A study in Drosophila shows that clock neurons capture circulating dense-core vesicles before daily neuropeptide release. The molecular clock prepares synapses in advance of neuronal activity.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-11-0558
A study in Drosophila shows that clock neurons capture circulating dense-core vesicles before daily neuropeptide release. The molecular clock prepares synapses in advance of neuronal activity.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-11-0558
July 31, 2026 at 11:45 AM
From MBoC
A study in Drosophila shows that clock neurons capture circulating dense-core vesicles before daily neuropeptide release. The molecular clock prepares synapses in advance of neuronal activity.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-11-0558
A study in Drosophila shows that clock neurons capture circulating dense-core vesicles before daily neuropeptide release. The molecular clock prepares synapses in advance of neuronal activity.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-11-0558
Featured in MBoC
MCTP1 and MCTP2 help form ER–PM contact sites by binding plasma membrane phospholipids. The study shows these proteins regulate PI4P homeostasis and influence cell migration.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-09-0445
MCTP1 and MCTP2 help form ER–PM contact sites by binding plasma membrane phospholipids. The study shows these proteins regulate PI4P homeostasis and influence cell migration.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-09-0445
July 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Featured in MBoC
MCTP1 and MCTP2 help form ER–PM contact sites by binding plasma membrane phospholipids. The study shows these proteins regulate PI4P homeostasis and influence cell migration.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-09-0445
MCTP1 and MCTP2 help form ER–PM contact sites by binding plasma membrane phospholipids. The study shows these proteins regulate PI4P homeostasis and influence cell migration.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-09-0445
New in MBoC
A study in budding yeast shows that timely release of mRNAs from the RNA-binding protein Rim4 is essential for meiotic exit, preventing cells from re-entering the cell cycle after meiosis II.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0379
A study in budding yeast shows that timely release of mRNAs from the RNA-binding protein Rim4 is essential for meiotic exit, preventing cells from re-entering the cell cycle after meiosis II.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0379
July 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
New in MBoC
A study in budding yeast shows that timely release of mRNAs from the RNA-binding protein Rim4 is essential for meiotic exit, preventing cells from re-entering the cell cycle after meiosis II.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0379
A study in budding yeast shows that timely release of mRNAs from the RNA-binding protein Rim4 is essential for meiotic exit, preventing cells from re-entering the cell cycle after meiosis II.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E25-08-0379