We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellows! 40 remarkable postdocs pursuing transformative research in biological/biomedical sciences. This is the 7th Leading Edge cohort and we are so excited to welcome them! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/
Reika Tei
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LSRF postdoc in Alice Ting Lab at Stanford | Protein engineering, cell signaling, chemical biology, lipids | PhD in Jeremy Baskin Lab at Cornell Chemistry
Thrilled to share our latest study, led by @reikatei.bsky.social, in @natchembio.nature.com! We began by asking a simple question—how do cells know if they have too much of a lipid in a particular membrane, and how do they respond to rectify this imbalance? www.nature.com/articles/s41... More info 👇
Membrane editing with proximity labeling reveals regulators of lipid homeostasis - Nature Chemical Biology
Coupling an optogenetic lipid-modifying enzyme with proximity labeling reveals protein networks and mechanisms regulating lipid homeostasis in the membranes of target organelles.
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It’s an honor to receive the ACS Chem Biol Young Investigator Award! I’m most grateful for the contributions from all past & present lab members — it is an award for all of you as much as for me. (& also grateful to still be considered young 😅) axial.acs.org/chemical-bio... @acsbiol.bsky.social 1/2
Dr. Jeremy Baskin wins the 2024 ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
Get to know more about Dr. Baskin's work and career in this exclusive interview.
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🚨🏆AWARD ALERT🏅🚨 The @acsbiol.bsky.social Young Investigator Award will honor a graduate student or postdoc in #biochem or #chembio at #ACSFall2025 with a symposium, plaque, and funding🤑. Nominations are due Tuesday April 1. More details: www.divbiolchem.org/awards/dbc-y...
DBC Young Investigator Award — Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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Some good news: applications are open for the Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium @ Cornell! Senior PhD students and, now, postdocs interested in networking & presenting their work in cell & molecular biology at Cornell should apply by Apr 14. Please repost! wicmb.cornell.edu/emerging-sch...
Our latest story: a protein-protein interaction between an E3 ubiquitin ligase and an autophagy adaptor affects liquid-liquid phase separation and sequestration of a key mediator of antioxidant signaling — but not via ubiquitination! Bravo to Lin Luan and Xiaofu Cao! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The actions of the Trump administration make me think of this quote 😞 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_t....
First they came ... - Wikipedia
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Are you a Japanese student interested in a postdoctoral fellowship in the US? The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has an exciting new fully-funded Global Science Scholars program to pair students who have received their undergraduate or doctoral degrees in Japan with US bioengineering and biomedical...
Global Science Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program SS-F
Apply for the new international postdoctoral fellowship program from the CZ Biohub Network and Stellar Science Foundation.
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We asked a collection of chemical biologists, “What do you think are the most exciting frontiers or the most needed developments in your main field of research?” You can read that they said in our Feature “Thoughts for the future” – Free to read in January. rdcu.be/d5Ksw
Thoughts for the future
Nature Chemical Biology - As Nature Chemical Biology approaches its third decade we asked a collection of chemical biologists, “What do you think are the most exciting frontiers or the most...
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Our paper about the development of programmable antigen-gated G-protein-coupled engineered receptors (PAGERs) is published today! www.nature.com/articles/s41... PAGERs couple detection of a wide range of custom-defined antigen to a variety of output including transgene expression and cell signaling.
Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from gene expression and real-time fluorescence to modulation..
Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from gene expression and real-time fluorescence to modulation..