JianLiu-Theoretical Cell Physics Lab

Golgi apparatus is a daunting target for imaging for its uniquely stacked morphology throughout 3D space. To see how we combined super-resolution microscopy and biochemistry to study Golgi, please read our manuscript with all supplementary in BioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Trick bacteria with light! It took us a very long time to publish this work, but perseverance and teamwork prevailed. @ Ryan McQuillen @novayang1112 @ Amilcar Perez @Malcolm Winkler @ Erin Goley @ Kumaran Ramamurthi nature.com/articles/s4146…

Rosalind Picard made gross racist comments at NeurIPS 2024. we urge #mit and the #us Department of Education to investigate her and her claim. there is no place for rasicts in #ml and #ai. don't stop sharing this! help exposure! we need her investigated!

@juanmagararc shows that plasma membrane tension gradients are spontaneously formed in adherent cells. Unexpected because of membrane fluidity, cells combine adhesion to limit lipid diffusion and branched actin polymerization to increase tension at the cell edge, bravo Juanma!

Single Molecule Bacteriology III registration deadline of July 30th is coming up soon. eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/fro… Secure your spot and submit your abstract for a talk now!

Single Molecule Bacteriology III is coming in 2024! Great working again with my favorite colleagues @AchillesKap @stephan_uphoff and Meriem El Karoui, and welcome @seamus_holden! Register your interest here to receive the latest news: biochemistry.org/events-and-tra…

😍 while F-BAR proteins have been proposed to link curvature-sensing to actin polymerization before, previous in vitro assay using liposomes of different sizes actually found the opposite. This might be the first conclusive evidence from an in vitro system.

Very excited to share that our paper about Inducible RNA decay and P-Body is published on ⁦@natcomms⁩. This work was spearheaded by ⁦@LABlake93⁩ ⁦⁦@BiophysicsJHMed⁩ in collaboration with ⁦@InoueLabJHMI⁩ and ⁦@yliu_UofU⁩. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Taking postdoc applications till the end of March. One week left to submit. Please RT!

Determination of single-molecule loading rate during mechanotransduction in cell adhesion | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Interested in the mechanisms driving subcellular organization in bacteria? The Vecchiarelli lab has a postdoc position available! docs.google.com/document/d/1jH… Plz RT!

We shows that FtsZ treadmilling acts both as a template to corral cell wall enzymes into close contacts for priming and as a conveyor to homologize the septal distribution of cell wall synthesis for even septum constriction. Great collaborations w/t @jiexiao_lab & D.S. Weiss.

FtsZ-mediated spatial-temporal control over septal cell wall synthesis dlvr.it/T28P6z

I am hiring in 2024. Contact me if you'd like to learn about my lab and the NIH

Proud to present @novayang1112 and Jason Lyu's hard work in this detailed STAR Protocol for single-molecule labeling and tracking of bacterial cell d... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… If you want to become an expert in SMT of cell division proteins, follow this protocol!

So proud of @paul_s_maddox innovate.unc.edu/the-most-amazi…

Only 6 days left to submit your abstract for #bps2024 Feb 10-14th, 2024 in Philadelphia The ✨Physical Cell Biology ✨ subgroup is soliciting nominations for Early Career & Student awards. Nominate your colleague #biophysics #cellbiology #SoftMatter here: biophysics.org/awards-funding…

Physical Cell Biology Across Scales biophysics.org/webinars/physi…

Our work "Bursting translation on single mRNAs in live cells" is now published on Molecular Cell. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…. It is incredible when working with such an amazing group of people, @nliving93, @jiwoong_kwon, @JianLiu_Lab, @GreenLabJHMI , @taekjip.

How is endocytosis initiated at synapses? In this new collaborative paper with @JianLiu_Lab, led by @UnculturedTy & Haoyuan, we suggest a novel idea - exocytosis causes lateral membrane compression, leading to the pit formation! rdcu.be/dczkM