New review out in Chem Rev: "Navigating Misfolded Terrain: ER-Associated Degradation of Membrane Proteins." We loved pulling together the whole story of ERAD, from the discovery of ubiquitin to today's cryo-EM structures of ERAD machineries. (1/3) doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Navigating Misfolded Terrain: ER-Associated Degradation of Membrane Proteins

Integral membrane proteins face unique folding challenges in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) due to their hydrophobic transmembrane domains and complex topologies. Membrane protein misfolding disrupts ...

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“Being a #GilliamFellow has been the most life-changing experience of my career. The impact goes far beyond funding." A powerful letter to this year's potential applicants, from current Fellow Denethi Wijegunawardana. Read the full text on our Instagram, & bookmark 9/1 to apply! bit.ly/4sDHjlS

This program transformed my career! Please apply. @hhmi-science.bsky.social's #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits. Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4vhC0LA

Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI

The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...

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“[We] found that [rhbdl2] does not affect normal development, but triggers enhanced regenerative growth following injury, accompanied by increased macrophage accumulation at the wound site, which is accompanied by increased early apoptosis and proliferation.” New work from @neal-lab.bsky.social 🐟

bioRxiv Immunology@biorxiv-immuno.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Rhomboid protease Rhbdl2 regulates macrophage recruitment and wound regeneration in zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705804v1

Happy Black History Month! I am sharing a permanent and continuously updated list of inspiring Black scientists! Check it out! Huge thank you to the folks who gathered this info. Thank you to @drstarbird.bsky.social and the rest of the Index Committee! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

Index of Inspiring Black Scientists | Wiley

The Inspiring Black Scientists Index is a curated database celebrating diverse contributions to science. Join us in promoting education and collaboration.

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Congratulations to ASBMB member @ericjordahl.bsky.social, who has earned a 2025 Gilliam Fellowship from @hhmi-science.bsky.social! Jordahl is a #PhD candidate in the @neal-lab.bsky.social and will receive three years of funding to support his thesis research. www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

Jordahl named Gilliam Fellow

He will receive three years of funding to support his thesis research.

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I could not be luckier to have such an amazing mentor behind me as I develop myself both personally and professionally. Thank you @neal-lab.bsky.social for standing behind and with me in this journey and @hhmi.org for this opportunity!

Sonya Neal@neal-lab.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Scientific pursuit is a team effort, built on mutual trust, respect and collaboration from mentor & mentee. Grateful every day for this journey, and so proud of my mentee @ericjordahl.bsky.social for being selected as @HHMINEWS Gilliam fellow! biology.ucsd.edu/about/news/2...

So proud of my trainee, @ericjordahl.bsky.social , for being selected as an HHMI Gilliam Fellow! Your dedication to outreach and your relentless pursuit of inclusive excellence are unmatched! You are so deserving of this honor!!!!!!! www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

The 2025 Gilliam Fellows & Advisors | HHMI

The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.

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Congratulations 2025 Gilliam Fellows and Advisors! 🎉 The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments. Through this program, HHMI supports both graduate students and their faculty thesis advisors.

I am so humbled and excited to be selected as a 2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellow! Thank you to all of the mentors I have worked with to get me to this point, especially my advisor @neal-lab.bsky.social for her guidance. I am so excited to join the @hhmi.org community! www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

The 2025 Gilliam Fellows & Advisors | HHMI

The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.

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Thrilled to share two amazing grad students @dagarwal.bsky.social @ericjordahl.bsky.social have advanced to candidacy! Milking these moment for all they’re worth…pure joy radiating through the Neal lab today🎊🙌🏽

Thrilled to be amongst this cohort of exceptional scientists receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)!!!! #NSFCAREER #PECASE www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House

Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...

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Time to celebrate for Neal lab members and @bummpucsd.bsky.social! Everyone delivered amazing talks, workshops and poster presentations at @ascbiology.bsky.social 🎉🎉Until next year!

To my @ascbiology.bsky.social fam… @bummp_ucsd will be leading a session tomorrow on culturally aware mentorship. Spearheaded by our amazing BUMMP board members♥️Please stop by!

Holding back tears all throughout the morning while delivering the Mentoring Keynote. It was more moving than anything to be in a room full of trailblazers in academia. Thank you @ASCBiology for this amazing recognition♥️♥️♥️

American Society for Cell Biology@ascbiology.bsky.social · 2y ago

ASCB President Sandra Murray with our 2024 Mentoring Keynote, Sonya Neal, Associate Professor, HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, UC San Diego, HHMI #CellBio2024

Congratulations to all of you out there who: - submitted grad apps! 🎉 - submitted fellowship apps! 🎉 - submitted letters of rec! 🎉 - submitted your grants! 🎉 - submitted your paper! 🎉 Just making it through the process is a triumph. I complain about failures- but we must celebrate the wins too. ❤️

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Hello, BlueSky Universe! I'm Sonya Neal, an Associate professor at UC San Diego and HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. Proudly First-Gen, Black in STEM and passionate about paying it forward. In my people-first lab, we are driven to explore the most understudied membrane proteins