If you are looking for a cool PhD project on lysosome biogenesis under supervision of an excellent mentor in a thriving research community, this is your chance ungermannlab.bsky.social👇

ungermannlab.bsky.social@ungermannlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Three PhD positions available to work on yeast lysosome biogenesis and reconstitution of membrane fusion as of July or September 2026. Details can be found here: myshare.uni-osnabrueck.de/f/76c16d1fcc...

We offer a PostDoc position for a fully funded project on lipid-encoded #lipidtime protein quality-control checkpoints at the Golgi: great collaborators, excellent working & living conditions & benchspace with a view ;) Please share and repost!

Holy smoke. What ultimately happened???

Very happy to share our recent preprint describing #Golgi protein quality control #PQC in mammalian cells. #proteasome #ubiquitin #ChemBio Fantastic work by @joaodiamantino.bsky.social and team! #proudPI @unidue-zmb.bsky.social @imprs-lm.bsky.social

bioRxiv Cell Biology@biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Selective proteasomal degradation from the Golgi apparatus membrane https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.04.703791v1

Für seinen Beitrag zum Verständnis der zellulären Kraftwerke (Mitochondrien) wurde Nikolaus Pfanner in die Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, die nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Italiens, aufgenommen. Zudem erhielt er die Walter Neupert-Medaille. ufr.link/auszeichnung-pfanner @cibss.bsky.social

Thrilled to share our latest work showing that the bridge lipid transport protein ATG2A transfers diacylglycerol (DAG), and some TAG/PA, from the ER to LDs, thereby recruiting DGAT2 to drive local TAG synthesis, promoting LD expansion while protecting ER membranes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ATG2A-mediated DAG transfer recruits DGAT2 for lipid droplet growth - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Elhan et al. show that ATG2A acts with DGAT2, the enzyme producing triacylglycerol (TAG), in lipid droplet growth. By delivering diacylglycerol to lipid droplets, ATG2A not only fuels TAG production b...

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Welcome @bohnertlab.bsky.social 🥰

Such a worthy recipient. Maya is not only a great scientist but also a fantastic mentor and a rich source of inspiration.

GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie)@gbmev.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🎉 Huge congrats to Maya Schuldiner from the Weizmann Institute (Israel) for the 🏅 Otto Warburg Medal 2026! Her work on how proteins find their way to organelles and how these organelles talk to each other has reshaped how we think about cells 🧬✨ #OWM #WeizmannInstitute @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

Quiescent cells stay alive by eating less. They downregulate amino acid transporters to match reduced demand. When this brake fails -> cell death & disease. More info in our new paper 👇

Cell Biology J-Club@cellclub.bsky.social · 10mo ago

TXNIP mediates LAT1/SLC7A5 endocytosis to limit amino acid uptake in cells entering quiescence | The EMBO Journal www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com

GBM Lunch: July 16, 12:30 Speaker: Volker Haucke (@volkerhaucke-lab.bsky.social, @fmp-berlin.de) Title: "Lipid control of membrane dynamics in health and disease" Chair: Johannes Herrmann (RPTU) Organized by GBM Study Group "Cellular Organelles" gbm-online.de/gbm-lunch.html #GBMLunch

Just stumbled upon a German tongue-twister song by Bodo Wartke… about the sexiest cell organelle. Yes, endoplasmic reticulum - your moment has come. youtube.com/shorts/EP5pd...

Das endoplasmatische Retikulum

YouTube video by Bodo Wartke

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Incredibly grateful to my mentors, lab members, and generous collaborators who continue to inspire our work. Thankful also to microbial cell surfaces and tomography, which continue to deliver the excitement everyday!

EMBO@embo.org · last yr.

EMBO is delighted to announce that this year the EMBO Gold Medal is awarded to Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social ‬ @mrclmb.bsky.social and David Bikard @dbikard.bsky.social @pasteur.fr for their remarkable contributions to the #LifeSciences. www.embo.org/press-releas... #award 🧪

We're on the cover of @science.org this week. Awesome work by @florentwaltz.bsky.social. #CryoET is reaching crazy resolutions inside cells, and this is just the beginning. Fantastic interpretation of the proton motive force by @verenaresch.bsky.social. Always a pleasure making #SciArt with you!🧪🧶🧬🌾

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

In a new Science study, cryo–electron tomography captures the in-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, illuminating how the coordinated action of molecular machines drives life’s fundamental energy conversion. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/3FA3Ygq

Amazing structure... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... TOM complex and kinase... wait, something feels rather familiar here ;)

Structure of human PINK1 at a mitochondrial TOM-VDAC array

Mutations in the ubiquitin kinase PINK1 cause early onset Parkinson’s Disease, but how PINK1 is stabilized at depolarized mitochondrial translocase complexes has remained poorly understood. We determi...

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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.

🚨🚨 We are proud to launch MemBioMed, a new international Master program offering interdisciplinary training in biomembrane research at 3 sites: Université de Côte d'Azur 🇫🇷 Università di Genova 🇮🇹 & Osnabrück University 🇩🇪. We offer 15 scholarships & encourage talented students to apply by April 6th ♻️🙏