Min Wu

Min Wu

@wumin-lab.bsky.social

Cell cortex dynamics, paradoxical circuits, and towards edge of chaos. Lab @YaleCellBio

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Min Wu
@wumin-lab.bsky.social

Biology is still before the three-body-problem in physics: that most are unaware three interacting components can defeat pairwise intuition

The Ramsey Lab@theramseylab.bsky.social

New 📄 🚨! #CellBio is teeming with simulations comprising an extraordinarily high number of components. We argue that model complexity will not automatically lead to a better understanding of biological systems & discuss how modeling practices could be repurposed: arxiv.org/abs/2608.06998 #philsci

arxiv.orgSimulating is not always understanding: When model complexity obscures biologyIn cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c...
Min Wu
@wumin-lab.bsky.social

A key finding is that variability in the oscillation period originates from oscillations of PI(3,4)P₂, a low abundance phosphoinositide that plays key roles in membrane signaling, endocytosis, and cell migration.

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Zach Marin
@zacsimile.bsky.social

Incredible 4Pi and pan-expansion imaging of the Golgi 👇

bioRxiv Cell Biology@biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social

The Golgi Rim is a Precise Tetraplex of Golgin Proteins that Can Self-Assemble into Filamentous Bands https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.27.645134v1

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Richard Sever
@richardsever.bsky.social

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

openrxiv.orgHomepage - openRxivopenRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.

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Cahir O'Kane
@cahirokane.bsky.social

An alarming trend for UK undergrad science courses. Not only in itself, but because it reduces the pool of second-level science teachers with the confidence and skills to teach it.

Amy Borrett@amyborrett.ft.com

NEW: The number of chemistry courses at UK unis has declined 26% and biosciences by 14% over the past 5 years, raising concerns about the viability of the government's industrial strategy Read more from @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social + @pmdfoster.bsky.social @financialtimes.com: on.ft.com/42gW2tR

Min Wu
@wumin-lab.bsky.social

while researching on the history of calcium oscillation, I really enjoyed reading this book from a 1995 Ciba Foundation Symposium (organized by M. J. Berridge). Each chapter is followed by a heated discussion, almost in the format of twitter, but in the 90s. 1/n

Min Wu
@wumin-lab.bsky.social

for example, Xenopus oocytes sea urchin egg is often cited as examples where calcium continue to oscillate independently of external calcium, it is also controversial whether fertilization needs external calcium. This exchange between Jaffe and Whitaker explains: 2/n

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Jerry C
@xianglejerry.bsky.social

Replying to @xianglejerry.bsky.social

I will be representing @wumin-lab.bsky.social group to present our recent work at ASCB, on Monday Dec 16th, 11:15 AM! Board Number B19, P1714. Come have a chat! I'd probably also be dropping teasers on where our follow-up study is heading 😎

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Jerry C
@xianglejerry.bsky.social

Look at these distinct clusters exhibited by N-WASP and Arp2/3 ! Is branched #actin polymerization the sole driving force for nucleating cortical actin waves? Cross-talks within the actin network can be messy, so how can we study such complexities? #CellBio2024 @ascbiology.bsky.social

Min Wu
@wumin-lab.bsky.social

Please visit our formal postgrad Jerry Chua's poster if you will be at ASCB. #CellBio2024 When Jerry started to work on actin, my view was, what can you possibly learn about actin that is new 🤭. I am glad that he ignored me and followed his heart ~ @xianglejerry.bsky.social

Jerry C@xianglejerry.bsky.social

Look at these distinct clusters exhibited by N-WASP and Arp2/3 ! Is branched #actin polymerization the sole driving force for nucleating cortical actin waves? Cross-talks within the actin network can be messy, so how can we study such complexities? #CellBio2024 @ascbiology.bsky.social

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