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Professor @hhu_de Mitochondrial Biology 🧬 | Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I | mitochondria, mtDNA and mitophagy

Düsseldorf, Germany
Joined January 2012
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@Dpla_
David Pla-Martín
1 year
These beauties.... #FluorescenceFriday
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Did you know that you could separate two dyes with similar spectra? I did not till a couple of weeks back! Dancing #mitochondria for #fluorescenceFriday
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
One of my students celebrates today her master’s degree. We are not sure if we can eat this cake or just fix it in formalin.
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
#fluorescencefriday again with these beauties, mtDNA in all their greatness
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David Pla-Martín
7 months
Finally I can say it! I am flattered to announce that I have been appointed as a W2 professor for Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I - HHU Düsseldorf
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David Pla-Martín
5 months
Reconstructed mito from Electron Tomography using Imaris. Lot of work but stunning result
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
You have to taste mitochondria piece by piece 😋
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
This dye is nuts. Stop using long and expensive EM to check for cristae structure. Just 1h and you will get the most beautiful images of your inner membrane mitos
@stephan_till
Till Stephan
1 year
Our paper introducing PK Mito Orange (PKMO) has finally been published. It was a great pleasure to work together with @TianyanL on this project. Wonderful collaboration between @ZhixingChen2 and @JakobsLab ! #mitochondria #STED
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Microscopy day finished at the STED with PKMO staining. I am just wordless with the quality of this dye. No possible without the magician from @CECAD_ light microscopy @ChristianJungst
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
We are hiring! Are you interested in mitochondrial dynamics and mtDNA maintenance related to heart diseases? We have a full 2 years Postdoc position to join the exciting mitochondrial community in Cologne. Please retweet! @CECAD_ @MPIAGE @UKKoeln @UniCologne
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Mitochondria and endosomes in all their beauty.
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Sometimes they send me messages, although I am not sure if this is mutual love... #mitochondria
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
You better never disrespect an autophagosome… you don’t know how it would end
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Such a pleasure to present our data @CellSymposia #CSmito2022
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
Please! Retweet: We have an open #PhDposition funded by DFG-CNRS to study mtDNA deletions in heart. Starting January 2021 and for 3 years. DM for more info
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David Pla-Martín
6 months
Really interesting paper. Might be this behind the “inflammaging” ? Apoptotic stress causes mtDNA release during senescence and drives the SASP
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
Happy to share my first preprint as a corresponding author now online in BioRxiv.
@biorxiv_cellbio
bioRxiv Cell Biology
3 years
Mitochondrial membrane proteins and VPS35 orchestrate selective removal of mtDNA #biorxiv_cellbio
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Hey ScienceTwitter and EM aficionados. What are these black foci inside MVB? I thought they were an artifact but they are always there. I just can say, sample belongs to an organism with mito dysfunction
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
I am happy to announce that I have been awarded with the Career Advanced Program from CMMC and ⁦ @UKKoeln ⁩. So excited about what comes next!!! CMMC: Pla Martín, David - CAP 25
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
I am thrilled to announce that @dfg_public has approved my proposal and now I am not anymore a postdoc but a Junior PI. From now 3 years of exciting research in #mitochondria and #mtdna quality control mechanisms
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David Pla-Martín
8 months
Pues me han dado la Ramón y Cajal de este año con atracción de talento. Y ahora que?! Menudo dilema #RyC2022
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
Happy to announce that our last paper is finally out in @embojournal . Check out about #mitochondria , #mTOR and #mitophagy here 👇🏻
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
More than one year ago, we had the idea to import mitoTIMER mice from USA to @UKKoeln . We got today the first pictures of skeletal muscle fibers expressing mitoTIMER. Btw, we are not slow, it was just a Pandemic in the middle
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
My two favorite organelles #mitochondria #er
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
We can get amazing pictures in cool microscopes, but at the end, what only matters is a difference in these lines #mitochondria #oroboros
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David Pla-Martín
7 months
Today I say good bye to these amazing people and goodbye to @UKKoeln and @UniCologne . Thank you for making my life great! Will miss u!
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Mitochondrial cristae using NAO and Airy Scan. High Resolution day together with @ChristianJungst @CECAD_ @UniCologne
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3 years
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No! It’s #mitoTIMER MEFs
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
Are you looking for some summer reads? Check out the last review from our lab! Selective Neuron Vulnerability in Common and Rare Diseases—Mitochondria in the Focus
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Finally Out!!! If you want to learn most recent techniques about mitochondria and mtDNA, do not hesitate and take a look!, btw... I wrote one of the chapters....
@whansi
Hansi WEISSENSTEINER
1 year
Mitochondrial DNA: Methods and Protocols
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David Pla-Martín
7 months
Because wherever we are, we Spanish celebrate with food…
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
🔔🔔🔔 It seems that my breakdown at the beginning of the week was worth..paper accepted! 🚨🚨🚨. Stay tuned!
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
It has been an amazing time in the first “in vivo” EMBO workshop. Extremely happy to have shown my work to my peers and the very supportive scientific discussions. It was also great to meet in person a lot from the mitoTwittersphere. See you next time!
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David Pla-Martín
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Wiesner’s leave Andalucía after a visit to the beautiful town of Ronda. Very happy to have presented our data in @CellSymposia Mito2022. Looking forward to the next mito-meeting
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Isn’t it a great place to start over live conferences? @EMBOevents
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Wiesner Lab just landed in Sevilla. Looking forward to amazing science in my even more amazing country @CellSymposia #mitochondria
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David Pla-Martín
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The most frustrating thing in 3 weeks of starting my new group is to have tons of ideas and no people to carry on with them. I need hands!
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3 years
What the heck! That’s #mitoTIMER muscle fibers!
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Mycoplasma wishes you all happy Christmas Eve and lot of presents 🎁 tomorrow morning
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
Sunset from our institute’s roof terrace @UKKoeln @CECAD_
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Today in my hometown #valencia , there are plenty of fireworks. I am not missing them as I am in @UKKoeln enjoying my own made ones
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David Pla-Martín
11 months
Already in Bologna, a bit of relax before Euromit 2023! Looking forward to seeing you there!
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Are you in Sevilla and still sleeping? Get up! Come to see my short talk at @CellSymposia Multifaceted mitochondria! #CSmito2022
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
What a day! Two outstanding research from @lenapernas and @AWartiovaara out today! Beautiful work!
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
This topic is definitely on fire 🔥. Stay tuned
@embojournal
The EMBO Journal
2 years
Inner #mitochondrial membrane protein #prohibitin #PHB1 regulates #mtDNA release and downstream #inflammatory innate immune responses
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
When the gel doc system breaks but you still need a picture. Can I use it for a paper, even with me backwards?
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
I am so happy to see this art piece finally published! Congrats to all team @LabPrudent @FrezzaLab . mtDNA release through MDVs!!!! I must definitely check on that in my models!
@LabPrudent
PrudentLab
1 year
Delighted to share our last study @Nature . A wonderful collab with @FrezzaLab , led by @vincentZecchin1 and Vincent Paupe! We show that Fumarate drives mtDNA release in the cytosol via mitochondrial-derived vesicles (MDVs) to trigger innate immunity!
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Ohhh I am featured in @NatureComms 😊
@NatureComms
Nature Communications
1 year
Sen and colleagues show that mtDNA elicit local rearrangements in mitochondrial membrane potential, cristae structure and in the ATAD3-SAMM50 axis. @Dpla @UniCologne @UKKoeln
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Today I received an email that a book chapter I wrote almost 2 years ago, is going to be published in December. To be fair, I don’t remember what I wrote, must check if it is still the state-of-the-art
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
I can see you #mitochondria
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
What a week for Twitter-Science! Started the week with “you shouldn’t use endnote for references” and continued with “don’t use Prism for statistics”. What would be next? Don’t use computers to write papers!
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Beautiful review for mitochondria & inflammation lovers! Worth to read! I am definitely taking it to my Easter break 🐣
@LauraENewman1
Laura E Newman
1 year
I'm thrilled to finally share our review on mtDNA release in Annual Review of Biochemistry!! Check it out if you're interested in learning more about this exciting and rapidly growing topic!
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
It was in 2014 when I started my first post doc and met these fantastic people. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for them. Magic reunion in the #CologneSpringMeeting2023
@ElenaRugarli
Elena Irene Rugarli
1 year
Very happy to meet previous group members at the Cologne #Spring meeting
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
Aren’t they beautiful? Mostly when results fit with the hypothesis ☺️ #mitochondria #mtDNA
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
@BioRender is just amazing
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
Next paper submitted 🤞🤞
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
When your student gets excited about an amazing result and it is just #mycoplasma . Beautiful though
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
- 5 años de Licenciatura en España - 1 año de Máster en España - 5 años de doctorado en España - 2 años de postdoctoral en España Y después? - 6 años en Alemania y sumando Ganas de volver? Muchas Expectativas de volver? Ninguna #SinCienciaNoHayFuturo
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
If you have not heard, Carnival in Köln is huge, massive. Whoever had the idea to set an exam for medical students the day after Weiberfastnach (first day of craziness) is a dickhead. Why am I pissed? Because I have to control the exam!!!
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David Pla-Martín
6 months
Check out this beautiful work by @LabKondadi . What happen to mitochondria cristae when you use mitochondrial drugs? You have never seen such detailed ultra structure!!
@KondadiLab
KondadiLab
6 months
We present exciting live-cell super-resolution data exploring the connection between cristae dynamics and bioenergetics. @MathiasGolombek @ReichertLab @HHU_de @UniklinikDUS
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David Pla-Martín
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And last! We use a mouse model which accumulates mtDNA deletions and show that Rapamycin eliminates specifically mtDNA damage without affecting healthy mtDNA
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Check out! There’s a new publication from our group!
@Dpla_
David Pla-Martín
2 years
Combined fibre atrophy and decreased muscle regeneration capacity driven by mitochondrial DNA alterations underlie the development of sarcopenia
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
What would be a better plan for a Sunday than reading this amazing story about mtDNA, inflammation and organelle contact sites? Big congrats to @A_Irazoki @_DavidSebast and @AntonioZorzano
@A_Irazoki
Andrea Irazoki
1 year
Thrilled🤩 to share that our study identifying the molecular links between altered mitochondrial dynamics and muscle inflammation is out in @NatureComms ! Big thanks to my mentors @_DavidSebast and @AntonioZorzano , and colabs🙌🏻 Enjoy the read!🤓
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David Pla-Martín
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„Remove academic age limits on ERC grants” - Jetzt unterschreiben! a través de @ChangeGER
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David Pla-Martín
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Can the name of this technique be longer? “fluorescence-activated cell-sorting-based genome-wide screens” 🙄🙄 Nice work though! Enjoy the read for the weekend! Regulators of mitonuclear balance link mitochondrial metabolism to mtDNA expression
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David Pla-Martín
11 months
This is an incredible work. I hope one day I can do something as clear and polish as these guys did!
@MuenchLab
Christian Münch
11 months
I am happy to propose a model for mammalian #mitochondria UPR signaling, published @Nature . Mito protein misfolding induces two cytosolic signals –mtROS and mito protein precursor accumulation. These activate the mito UPR via a DNAJA1-HSF1 signaling axis.
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David Pla-Martín
4 years
Check out! There’s a new publication from Wiesner Lab! Have you ever been curios to know why mitochondrial myopathy patients develop Ptosis?
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David Pla-Martín
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😂😂😂 joke for nerds 🤓
@catgyoung
Dr. Catharine Young
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
What a blast! I don’t want to disrespect anyone, but don’t lose the chance to see @A_Irazoki @TniaMedeiros7 and @sahola6 ! You won’t regret it!
@bomba_ewa
Ewa Bomba-Warczak
2 years
The first MITOchat of the Fall'22 is NEXT Thursday, October 20th featuring @rsisaac @A_Irazoki and @mitobrandon , followed by @TniaMedeiros7 @manorlaboratory and @niiraajan on Nov 17th, and @rhodophila @sahola6 , and Alva Sainz on Dec 8th!
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David Pla-Martín
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New paper on GDAP1, my PhD monster 🥲. Happy to see what I found in a neuroblastoma model is replicated in more complex systems like neuron-derived iPSC.
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David Pla-Martín
3 years
Autophagy also mediates mtDNA degradation. More evidence here 👇🏻
@MitochondriaNe1
Mitochondrial News
3 years
#mitochondria Decreased mitochondrial DNA copy number in nerve cells and the hippocampus during nicotine exposure is mediated by autophagy via @MitochondriaNe1
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
I was glad that a top journal picked me as a reviewer. I discovered today I was one of 11 reviewers!! 11 reviewers!! I fell bad now for the authors
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David Pla-Martín
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Are you interested in writing a review in any of these topics? Please, contact me (and retweet!) We are looking for contributors.
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
#Valencia waking up
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Check out our working model and find out all our data in our publication! @NatureComms
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David Pla-Martín
10 months
Dear Ms Alma Yang. I have no idea how to tell you that I don’t want to go to Nagoya, Osaka or Sapporo as speaker for any topic, not even mine. #academicSpam #leavemealoneforgodsshake
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David Pla-Martín
2 years
Beautiful work!
@JCellBiol
JCellBiol
2 years
. @nitish_dua3 @AkshayaSesha & @dnarepairlab @NCBS_Bangalore develop a novel system to induce mitochondrial DNA-specific damage using the bacterial toxin DarT. The study reveals unique insights into the consequences of mtDNA damage on #mitochondria dynamics
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Another piece of mito-art from @langer_lab . Congratulations to all and specially to @DeshwalSoni
@DeshwalSoni
Soni Deshwal
1 year
Thrilled to share my work from @langer_lab on #mitochondria and #ferroptosis in @NatureCellBio Here we show how mitochondria communicate with other organelles to protect cells against ferroptosis 🧵 (1/6)
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David Pla-Martín
1 year
Who takes care of them? VPS35!! The endosomal retromer eliminate mtDNA to avoid the activation of innate immune response
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@Dpla_
David Pla-Martín
4 years
@Correos Que los sellos valen dinero, 1€ cada uno, que el gobierno no se ha gastado un duro, pesaos! Y lo que correos se haya gastado lo recuperará!
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David Pla-Martín
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I am speechless for this great opportunity. Thanks to all who contributed to my scientific growth!
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