Asifa Islam, MBBS PhD

Finally made it to Bluesky.. see you all there! @asifami.bsky.social

Get out your calendars! The motors are out of quarantine and we plan to assemble in person on 8th May 2026 at University of Warwick Campus for a fun day on motors and the filaments they walk along. More details on registration, travel bursaries etc. will be revealed soon.

@xZoeAlicex @TeessideUni @TU_NHC Congratulations! 👏

Last week (15.07.25) I graduated as Dr Bell with a PhD in Microbiology from @TeessideUni @TU_NHC . I had lovely celebrations with those who have supported me the most on this journey and look forward to seeing what opportunities the future has in store! 👩‍🔬🎓

Chengchen Wu presented FRAP-SR at the #mmc2025 workshop on “Optogenetics in the SR regime’. Thanks to @RoyalMicroSoc for offering the opportunity to host the workshop.

A must read for young scientists! A career in science requires a thick skin. embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…

Excited to speak on actin & organelle transport @ #BiochemEvent @BiochemSoc (Thurs, Session V, OC022) - thanks to @Official_BSCB for supporting my trip! Bit of a fiery start (literally, city centre fire 😬), but here’s to a smoother rest of the week.

Also, the conference was fantastic - filled with stunning science and engaging discussions. Grateful to the sponsors and organisers for bringing such an inspiring event together - already sad that it’s over 😔. @Official_BSCB @_BSDB_ @Co_Biologists #biologists100

Won the best postdoc poster award!! 🎉 Thank you @Official_BSCB, @Co_Biologists and my amazing supervisor - Dr Alistair Hume, who constantly inspires, supports and challenges me to grow. #biologists100

We caught up with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano, who acquired this beautiful image of an actinotroch that you can view in our image gallery at #biologists100. Keywords from Allan’s research are #spiralia and #evodev.

For anyone who has seen my poster and is interested in looking at the movies, please come to my flash talk “Actin in organelle transport..” When: Organelle Dynamics session, Hall 1C When: 13.30-15.00 #biologists100

And the poster is up! #129 #biologists100

Excited to be presenting @ #biologists100 For pretty movies: flash talk, session=organelle dynamics For interesting data on actin in organelle transport: poster #129

Our spindle and kinetochore tracker paper is out! The code is available on GitHub - for those who don't like dealing with code SpinX is available via @zeiss_micro @arivis More on expanding SpinX to crowded environments: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@LautaroBaro @pharma_john @zech_lab @Dr_akrrrs @JuanesLab @cla_angione @TeessideUni Congratulations Lauti! 👏

🎉 Big news! I passed my PhD viva last Friday! 🎓 Huge thanks to the chair @pharma_john, examiners @zech_lab & @Dr_akrrrs, and the best supervisors someone could ever have @juaneslab & @cla_angione. Special thanks to @TeessideUni for all the support on this amazing journey. 🚀

Had a great time presenting my latest work at #Actin2024 in Bristol! Thank you Prof Harry Mellor for organising the conference again this year and giving me the opportunity to speak. #BSCB #RMS Now on to attending the #UKmembranetraffickingmeeting2024 in London on Monday!

@DuccioConti @AndreaMusacchi1 @AriannaEVerza @VCmentowski @EMBO Congratulations, Duccio! 👏

Pleased to share that our contribution for a collaborative study led by Prof. Eugen Kerkhoff is out! If you’re interested in the evolution of SPIRE and actomyosin transport of exocytic vesicles, go check it out 🤩. Thrilled to have been a part of this research! 👏🏼

Beautiful work! Congratulations Alistair, Deb, Asmahan, Noura, Tobias and Eugen 👏

Our latest: An actin-myosin driven exocytic transport mechanism preceding animals? Nice collaborative work led by Eugen Kerkhoff including beautiful choanoflagellate overexpression studies by @aishwarya12ravi out now in @CommsBio. @MSarsCentre @UiBmatnat nature.com/articles/s4200…

And won the second prize!! Thank you so much @vmdraviam for inviting me. It was great being back and meeting everyone 😍 #CIVa #CenterofCellDynamics #QMUL #BrunelUniversityLondon #UKRI