Study of acoel Hofstenia miamia reveals a wide range of strategies of wound repair before whole body regeneration – insights for mammalian tissue healing 📷 @apkann.bsky.social & Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Intestinal stem cells optimise receptiveness to signals within the niche by orientating Golgi apparatus laterally towards Paneth cells 📹 Ilya Belevich et al Sandra Scharaw @katajistolab.bsky.social @helsinki.fi in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

TAK1 is a vital signalling molecule at cilia level regulating cardiogenesis 📸 Canan Doganli, Oskar Kaaber Thomsen, Daniel A. Baird & Yeasmeen Ali et al University of Copenhagen in @plosbiology.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Connections in Sight: AI-based computational approach creates a connectome of the 50+ neuron types of the fovea in the human retina 📷 Yeon Jin Kim et al Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics @uwnews.uw.edu in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Mouse with USP: Mouse model of Cushing's disease which bears human mutated USP gene recapitulates a range of abnormalities - incl. corneal (depicted) 📷 Tamara González-Costa et al @jldelapompa-cnic.bsky.social CNIC Madrid in @dmmjournal.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Tissue of Lights: PhotoFRESH 3D Bioprinting with photochemistry creates tuneable, complex cellularised scaffolds 📹 Caner Dikyol et al @cmu.edu in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Groovy Situation: The longitudinally folded inner architecture of the fallopian tubes isn't vital for successfully transporting the egg to the uterus 📷 Fumiko Matsukawa Usami & Masaki Arata et al National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Retinal cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells show promise for treatment of retinal blood vessel disorders 📷 @yingyulin.bsky.social & Parker Esswein et al @gerechtlab.bsky.social @dukeubme.bsky.social in @natbiomedeng.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/8/9 +@rooph.bsky.social

Functional remodelling of the plasma membrane - such as to enable signalling - is the result of coordinated action of multiple caveolin-1 complexes 📹 Korbinian Liebl & Gregory A. Voth University of Chicago in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Testes' cell types have distinct calcium signals regulated by hormones – insights for function & fertility 📷 J Fischoeder, D Fleck, J Schröer & C Wiesbrock et al @rwth.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org Image with @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + @antdlewis.bsky.social

Plumb-ilical Cord: Yolk sac membrane the allantois gives rise to the umbilical cord vessels' endothelial cells & DLL4 gene plays a vital role 📷 Derek C. Sung et al @pennmedicine.bsky.social in @insight.jci.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

A compound called N-oleoyl-leucine (OLE) shows promise as a promoter of Alzheimer's amyloid plaque removal 📷 Victoria Pozzi-Ruiz et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in @springernature.com Cell Death & Disease ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Ectopic expression of PROX1 on endothelial cells underlies blood-brain barrier compromise in brain diseases such as tumours & vascular malformation 📷 Sara González-Hernández et al NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in @insight.jci.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Base editing – altering the DNA code with precise targeting – reveals the essential role of the NANOG gene in embryo development 📷 Oliver J Bower et al @niakanlab.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

3D super-res microscopy reveals ultrastructure of asymmetric adherens junctions between leader & follower cells in angiogenesis – BIN1 & SNX9 are regulators 📹 Vera Janssen et al University of Amsterdam in @jcb.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Role for non-neuronal cells in memory maintenance – loss of ankyrin-2 protein from the brain's astrocytes impairs recall 📸 Hayoung Kim, Jiwoon Lim & Jooyoung Kim et al Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

The rare renin cells of the kidney (here in green) are the organisers of their local nerve/hormone microenvironment 📹 Manako Yamaguchi et al, University of Virginia School of Medicine @insight.jci.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Live 3D imaging of capillaries reveals a blood flow- & permeability-regulating conserved network of Ca2+ signalling-endothelial cells 📹 Anush Swaminathan et al @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with John Ankers

Malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium achieves high-fidelity replication throughout its complex life cycle due to proteins SFA1 & SFA2's stabilising role 📸 Buyuan He & Ilzat Ali et al @uniheidelberg.bsky.social & @harvardmed.bsky.social in @embojournal.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Hear, Here: Major cause of deafness the apparently irreversible loss of sensory hair cells can be reversed by NOTCH inhibition 📹 Lama Khalaily et al @karenavraham.bsky.social Tel Aviv University in @science.org Advances 📷 bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with John Ankers

Theory, simulations & experiments elucidate details of phase separation & pattern formation in a liquid crystal – insights for applications in biomedicine & beyond 📹 Ana Bensabat et al Physics and Astronomy, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Fish eye & skin iridescence is formed by a subtype of lysosome-related organelle (LRO) as found in humans – a study model for LRO-related disorders 📹 Anna Gorelick-Ashkenazi et al @weizmann.ac.il @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + John Ankers

Ear Defenders: Organoids that model inner ear cells' response to ototoxic drugs like gentamicin & cisplatin & how cells might be protected from damage 📷 @amylucassen.bsky.social et al @unileiden.bsky.social in & on cover of @dmmjournal.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Under Siege: Pyocin antibiotics block bacteria getting vital nutrients via a protein called BAM A without need for the drug to enter the cell 📹 @fabianmunder.bsky.social et al @rhyswg.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with John Ankers

Wrinkliness of giant cancer cells' nuclear lamina is associated with reduced mechano-sensitivity which slows spreading 📷 Samere Abolghasemzade & Ryan Blanchard et al @tamu.bsky.social in @science.org Advances ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Brain Drain: 3D-PAULM combines photoacoustic imaging with ultrasound localisation microscopy => super res images of CSF flow through the glymphatic system 📷 Nanchao Wang & Xinyuan Yu et al @duke-university.bsky.social in @science.org Advances ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + John Ankers

To Boldly Go: Magnetic microrobot system of drug-loaded nanoparticles protected by pH-responsive coating - makes a delivery in pig stomach 📹 Rujie Sun, Junyoung Kim, Yixuan Leng et al @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @kavlioxford.bsky.social in @science.org Advances ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Live Wiring: Active self-organising neuron networks in 'biobots’ grown from frog embryo tissue 📷 Haleh Fotowat et al @drmichaellevin.bsky.social Allen Discovery Center @tufts.edu in Advanced Science ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @antdlewis.bsky.social

Stn1 protein regulated by the Wnt signalling pathway plays a key role in zebrafish early egg development Image made using @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscopy 📷 Xin Zhang, Yanpeng Zhai & Caixia Wang et al Ocean University of China in @emboreports.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Fitness Race: Modelling antibody evolution by replaying a monoclonal germinal centre reaction over a 100 times 📷 William DeWitt, Ashni Vora, Tatsuya Araki et al @victora.bsky.social @rockefeller.edu @matsen.bsky.social in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + John Ankers