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...

Our first lab paper is out! We identify and solve the first structure of the SND3 translocon involved in fungal membrane protein insertion. Congratulations @tzujingyang.bsky.social, and our colleagues @saumyakm.bsky.social, @hummerlab.bsky.social and Julian Langer. Read more ⬇️ and ➡️ rdcu.be/eNgIO

Thrilled to share "in situ APEX activation" (iAPEX), a proximity labeling technology for subcellular #proteomics applied to primary #cilia. iAPEX uses an enzymatic cascade, in which a D-amino acid oxidase locally produces H2O2 to activate ascorbate peroxidase. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Curious how proteins find their way to #LipidDroplets? Our bipartite review traces their journey from ER insertion to LD partitioning: 👉 Navigating lipid droplet proteins - part II: Molecular mechanisms of ER-to-LD protein partitioning #Organelles #EndoplasmicReticulum #ER_Literature

Curious how proteins find their way to #LipidDroplets? Our bipartite review traces their journey from ER insertion to LD partitioning: 👉 Navigating lipid droplet proteins - part I: ER targeting routes of LD-destined membrane proteins #EndoplasmicReticulum #ER_Literature #Organelles #Biochemistry

amazing #lipidtime story from Tontonoz lab! Lipid scrambling and cholesterol accessibility IN T-CELLS regulates nutrient uptake in small intestine 🤯🤯 Physiology is so weird! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

First pizza lunch after a whirlwind week moving into our brand-new research building. Exhausted, but absolutely thrilled by the incredible facilities & lab space. Can’t wait to dive back into science. A few benches are still waiting for curious minds: PhD students and postdocs, come join us! 😉

Upcoming interdisciplinary meeting: Cell Physics 2025 When? October 7-9, 2025 Where? Saarbruecken, Germany Relevant dates? Early-bird deadline: June 30, regular registration by August 31 Several opportunities for short-talks selected from abstracts More info at: cell-physics.uni-saarland.de

The abstract submission deadline for the 2nd edition of our #EMBOLipidDroplets Workshop (21-26 September 2025) is approaching. Check out the agenda with an amazing lineup of speakers and submit your abstract before 10 June 2025! @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-lip...

We are looking for a new colleague in the biology department at Saarland University! We are looking for excellent Cell Biologists / Cell Physiologists for a W2 tenure track W3 professorship in 'Dynamics of Biological Systems'. Please share! jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w2-prof...

Dear #LipidDroplet friends, we are so much looking forward to the 2nd edition of our #EMBOLipidDroplets Workshop. Join us 21-26 September 2025 at beautiful Costa Brava! Abstract submission deadline is 10 June 2025. @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-lip...

Hello Bluesky research community. I announce that it's time for lipid cell biology! rdcu.be/d8HKL

This cannot be reiterated enough.

Proud to share our work spear-headed by PhD student Tommy Sroka with major contributions by #xenopus expert Kerstin Feistel. Our iAPEX #ProximityLabeling method for #MassSpec based subcellular #proteomics works by locally generating H2O2 using a D-amino acid oxidase that activates APEX2 in situ.

Interested in #organelle biogenesis, subcellular #protein targeting, physicochemical #membrane properties or #LipidMetabolism? 👉 We are hiring! #PhDstudent #postdoc Interdisciplinary projects combining #Biochemistry & #CellBiology with Computational Modeling & Physical Chemistry available.

1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field

New grant approved! Hooray! Looking for a #PhDstudent with strong interest in membrane protein reconstitution, physicochemical membrane properties and FRET-based assays. 👉 Which membrane properties drive protein partitioning to #LipidDroplets? Please share! #organelles #PhDposition #ScienceJobs

Dear #LipidDroplet friends, we just launched the website for the next #EMBOLipidDroplets Workshop in September 2025, again at beautiful Costa Brava. Check out the amazing lineup of speakers. Abstract submission deadline is 10 June 2025. Hope to see many of you there! #organelles #LipidMetabolism

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Interested in #organelle biogenesis, subcellular #membrane #protein targeting or #LipidMetabolism? We are hiring! #PhD student or #postdoc. We combine #Biochemistry & #CellBiology with Computational Modeling & Experimental Physics / Physical Chemistry approaches. #research #academicsky #AcademicJob

Attention #LipidDroplet friends. The website for our 2nd edition of the #EMBO Workshop about lipid droplets will be launched soon. Stay tuned for an amazing lineup of speakers and sign up here for automatic notification when we go online: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-16 #Organelles #LipidMetabolism

The German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) founded a new study group on Cellular Organelles. We just had a first exciting ‚Organelles&Friends’ meeting here at the RPTU. If you are GBM member and want to join the group, just enroll on the GBM homepage. @gbmev.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/HU7e761 @mattoolab.bsky.social done !!!!

Ok, trying to bring my community back together... I created a starter pack for lipids and membrane protein aficionados! Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍 go.bsky.app/AEeXh86

Made one of these for lipids, will update continuously. Please share and let me know who I've missed go.bsky.app/A27yZA6

Our group investigates the role of #lipid droplets (green) in killing intracellular pathogens (blue, E coli in human macrophages) when they are searching for nutrients. In our family we have nicknamed them defensive lipid droplets and FATal attraction. Credit @robparton.bsky.social @UQpress

Ok, I made a starter pack for membrane trafficking and organelles (broadly defined). Feel free to self-nominate! go.bsky.app/RbtJjt7