Brandon Jutras, PhD, joins #BreakthroughsPodcast to share how his lab is uncovering the biology behind persistent #LymeDisease symptoms and how these discoveries could lead to more targeted therapies and personalized diagnostics. spr.ly/6049hKQVv

Targeting neuronal signaling behind aberrant learning in the striatum may enhance first-line therapy for #Parkinsons and reduce therapy-related side effects, according to a Science Advances study led by D. James Surmeier, PhD.

Congratulations to Murali Prakriya, PhD, the Magerstadt Professor of Pharmacology, named a 2025 American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Fellow — one of just 17 honorees recognized nationally for excellence in pharmacology, mentorship and service.

A new year means new discoveries! 🔬🎆 Join us this January for Basic Science seminars and events and let’s kick off 2026 with learning, collaboration, and curiosity. Details🔗: tinyurl.com/9e34r7t6

If you missed the webinar held on December 2, 2025, you can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlS...

What happens when a cell’s internal scaffolding breaks down? Vladimir Gelfand, PhD, explores how cytoskeletal disruptions could play a role in motor neuron diseases like #ALS on the latest episode of #BreakthroughsPodcast. 🔗 spr.ly/6017COtU3

🎙️Egon Ozer, MD, PhD, co-director of the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, discusses investigating global infectious disease threats in the new episode of #ExploreGlobalHealthPodcast. Listen: www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/podca...

Iryna Boiko and Selma Mettane show that most gonococcal genomic sequences are from nonpiliated bacteria, even though clinical isolates are piliated. Publicly Available Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Genomes Predominantly Represent In Vitro-Derived Nonpiliated Variants: academic.oup.com/jid/article/...

🚨The Yap Lab at Northwestern Univ is looking to fill 2 postdoc positions in 2026 to study aspects of Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance and RNA synthesis-degradation. Please contact Frances Yap at [email protected] for details. sites.northwestern.edu/yaplab/. Pls repost #Microsky

NEW PREPRINT led by stellar postdoc @biophysben.bsky.social We turn diffusion models into inference machines. Score function→exact likelihoods, uncertainty estimate & interpretablity. Diffusion models generate. But classify? Untapped—until now @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social shorturl.at/s32uX

This December, explore our basic science events and seminars featuring exciting research. Join us for opportunities to connect with colleagues across Feinberg. Check out the event lineup here: tinyurl.com/dvyvrds4

New preprint! We measured temperature- and pH-induced aggregation for over 18,000 natural and de novo designed protein domains!

Join us this November for our virtual classes! Register here: galter.northwestern.edu/classes

Join us for basic science events and seminars in November. 🔗Explore upcoming talks, lectures and discussions: tinyurl.com/2tvstbce

Excited to share our latest work out today in @cp-molcell.bsky.social, revealing a molecular link between succinate dehydrogenase and purine synthesis, connecting two fundamental metabolic pathways. Huge congratulations to the first author, Mushtaq Nengroo! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... !

Online Now: Accumulation of succinate suppresses de novo purine synthesis through succinylation-mediated control of the mitochondrial folate cycle Online now:

DGP grad Sun Kim was first author of a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience! Read about the study: news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/10/16/u...

Congratulations to Dr. Yogesh Goyal on his appointment as a Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant Fellow! Dr. Goyal is an active member of our CRS community, including serving as MS-RSM mentor and T32 faculty member. news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/10/13/g...

Congratulations to Yogesh Goyal, PhD @goyallab.bsky.social, who was named a 2025–2028 Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant Fellow! His work bridges engineering and biology to advance understanding of cellular plasticity and fate in development and disease. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2rumf48v

CAM Director Dina Arvanitis is currently in Banos, Ecuador, where she is co-organizer of the @biologists.bsky.social workshop Democratizing Microscopy in Latin America together with Mario Del Rosario, Fernanda Latorre, Helena De La Torre, Licyel Paulas, and Mariana De Niz. @nu-bsa.bsky.social

Thanks for highlighting the work of Nikon Center Manager at CAM, Mariana De Niz. All the best at the Ecuador workshop!!! @nu-bsa.bsky.social @latambioimaging.bsky.social @bioimagingna.bsky.social

Congratulations to Richard Smith, PhD, on receiving the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, recognizing early-career scientists leading high-risk, high-impact research in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences. Learn more about his work: tinyurl.com/yrhnk7bn

Join us this October for our virtual classes! Register here: galter.northwestern.edu/classes

Postdoctoral Position (Please re-post) A funded postdoctoral position, will open in 2026 to study aspects of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis, antigenic variation, genetics, or physiology. If interested in more information, please contact Hank Seifert [email protected]

🍂 This October, explore our basic science events and seminars showcasing exciting research and join us for opportunities to connect with colleagues across Feinberg. Check out the full lineup here (link updated)👉 tinyurl.com/39z88nkp

🎉 Congratulations to our recently promoted faculty in the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and of Pharmacology! We’re proud to celebrate their achievements in advancing science, education and discovery at Feinberg and beyond.

Delight to see that our work on vimentin intermediate filament dynamics is part of JCB’s Special Collection: Intermediate Filaments 2025!!! Check it out: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... @jcb.org @nucdb.bsky.social @nu-bsa.bsky.social @hhmijanelia.bsky.social

Huiping Liu, MD, PhD, and team reveal how tumor–immune cell clusters fuel #BreastCancer metastasis in a pair of new studies published in @natcomms.nature.com and @jclinical-invest.bsky.social.

**POSTDOC POSITION** My lab (www.goyallab.org) at Northwestern and CZ Biohub Chicago looking for a postdoctoc in quantitative biology. We work on a range of topics, including single-cell cancer plasticity, modeling single-cell perturbations, theory, and stem-embryo models. contact via email. Pls RT

Premature babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia show enlarged airspaces and vascular damage. @lisyvila.bsky.social and team investigate endothelial injury in a mouse model of neonatal hyperoxia, revealing a key role for p53 in maintaining EC identity during repair. buff.ly/YUPSp4W

Welcome new @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social students! We’re excited to support you as you start this new journey! Get to know the library and start using the resources available to you 📚 Follow this link to a quick reference guide: galter.northwestern.edu/news/find-yo...

📣Call for Abstracts📣 Apply to present a poster on a project relevant to global health at this year's Global Health Day! Abstract submissions are open: www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/global-health-day/ Deadline to submit: Wed, Sept 24 #globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025

Nominations open through Sept. 25 for Northwestern’s annual $250K Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, honoring a scientist whose biochemical, genetics, or molecular research shows outstanding achievement with significant impact on clinic & human health: tinyurl.com/ptu697bx

Happy August!🌻 Join us this month for our virtual class offerings. Register here: galter.northwestern.edu/classes

A team co-led by Northwestern cell biologist Wilton Snead, PhD, discovered a new mechanism driving paraspeckle formation — challenging models of nuclear condensates and offering insight for future #cancer therapies, according to a recent study published in @pnas.org. tinyurl.com/j4t699zp

A clinical breakthrough using a novel #GeneEditing approach may offer effective treatment for alternating hemiplegia of childhood (#AHC), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, according to a recent study in Cell (@cp-cell.bsky.social).

A recent study from the DeCaen Lab has identified novel molecular mechanisms by which genetic mutations in the PKD2 gene cause the most common type of polycystic #KidneyDisease, according to findings in @pnas.org. #PKD

A new publication from the Brian Mitchell Lab reveals a novel mechanism epithelial cells use to alleviate tissue crowding, reducing cell damage and loss. Published in @natcomms.nature.com. @evesuva.bsky.social

Excited to share this preprint from my lab. We report a potent and site-specific inhibition of translation initiation by 2’O methylation. It’s been a though year, but these discoveries keep us excited and motivated! #RNAsky #RNAbiology

Honored to be hosting Rylie Pancoast as an AES Bridge Summer Intern 🧠🧪 @nu-bsa.bsky.social @amepilepsysoc.bsky.social

You are invited to join the Center for Human Immunobiology with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for the CHI Distinguished Lectureship Series. This will be our last Lecture of the academic year! More Details: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/621548

Feng Yue, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, has been inducted into the 2025 class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (‪@aimbe-official.bsky.social‬) College of Fellows. tinyurl.com/2w256kex

In a recent @natmicrobiol.nature.com study, scientists led by Derek Walsh, PhD, reveal how poxviruses — including deadly pathogens like #smallpox — hijack host protein synthesis to multiply and spread. tinyurl.com/ya7yukw4

A new Science Advances study led by Feng Yue, PhD, reveals that the genetic makeup and structure of #glioblastoma tumors can vary dramatically across different regions of a single tumor. @luriecancer.bsky.social‬

Mark your calendar and join us for upcoming events and seminars this June. All members of the Northwestern community are welcome. Details 🔗: tinyurl.com/yjpd2ysm

Heading to #ASCO25? Lurie Cancer Center’s physicians and scientists will present and discuss leading-edge research in cancer care, May 30-June 1. Visit us at Booth 11016 and view some of the highlights here: breakthroughsforphysicians.nm.org/asco.html @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social @nu-bsa.bsky.social

“Our recent discovery may provide a new treatment option for #LymeDisease that could help patients recover quickly…minus all those side effects,” said Brandon Jutras, PhD (@jutraslab.bsky.social), associate professor of Microbiology-Immunology, via @webmd.com. tinyurl.com/4pf3t4wm

Scientists led by @karlasatchell.bsky.social have discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms that help a type of foodborne bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, recognize host cells and initiate infection, according to a recent study in Science Advances. @jiexic.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mtu457fj

Our paper on the role of “mitotic” kinesin Eg5 in neuron development has been published in Development (see journals.biologists.com/dev/article-...). A great work by Wen Lu and colleagues!