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JCC Fellow Madeleine Junkins, PhD, describes her research identifying the specialized brain cells that control that icky feeling we get when we're sick, and the implications that her research has for allergies, neurodegenerative diseases, and more: youtu.be/N10lanNTS9Q?...

We're excited to support the Everyday Scientists project, aimed at connecting scientists with a general audience to directly share their cutting-edge research. Our own Jamie Garcia, PhD, kicks off the project with an introductory video: youtu.be/gUsg5JMq7LM?...

Siyu Chen, PhD, is our Featured Fellow! Dr. Chen's [email protected] Fellowship in @thevillalab.bsky.social's lab is focused on the structure of of LRRK2, a protein that's frequently mutated in familial forms of Parkinson's Disease. 1/

The Department of Chemistry at The University of Chicago is excited to invite applications for tenure-track Assistant Professor of Chemistry positions in Origins of Life or Inorganic Chemistry 🔗 Full Application Details: apply.interfolio.com/175745 #EOE #EEO #UChicagoChemistry #AcademicJobs

Reminder 🎗️: Applications for Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB are due on 10/20/25!

Reminder 🎗️: Applications for Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB are due on 10/20/25!

Super excited about first Shendure/Baker Lab collaboration & preprint on a multiplex sequencing-based strategy for screening de novo proteome editors in mammalian cells. Kudos to the brilliant Chase Suiter (not here) & @greenahn.bsky.social on the work! Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our work on the Panoptes antiphage system is published! Here we find that Panoptes "watches" the cytosol for phage immune evasion proteins–captured in this illustration by Clair Huffine of Insight Illustrations. A beautiful example of the effector triggered immunity paradigm.

Very proud to have Leah working with us.

Leah Elias, Ph.D., is our Featured Fellow! Elias' postdoctoral research in @sethblackshaw.bsky.social's lab is dissecting how the need for restorative sleep is encoded into our brains at the level of cellular circuits and molecular signals. Her findings may reveal novel therapeutic targets ... 1/

The application portal for the 2026 cycle of Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowships is now live! We'll be accepting applications through February 2nd, 2026 at 3PM EST. www.jccfund.org/eligibilty-c... 1/

Also thankful for fellowship support from @hhmi.org in my PhD and now from @jcchildsfund.bsky.social! #Neurodevelopment #Psychedelics #ChoroidPlexus #CSF #DevNeuro #Pregnancy #LSD #Preprint

TL;DR: Maternal psychedelics reach embryonic CSF within minutes, activate the choroid plexus, alter CSF, and shift cortical development in mice—yielding lasting behavioral changes. A discrete embryonic window is vulnerable via the ChP–CSF axis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our growing team at @uchicagocancer.bsky.social is building on these concepts, with the goal of translating this knowledge to improved therapies for metastatic cancers. More to come! (4/4)

Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this team effort #LoweLabMSKCC #LabMassague @danapeer.bsky.social #ChristineIacobuzio #CPCRMSK @ronanchaligne.bsky.social #SAIL #RichardKoche #ERIL, and key funding support from #NCI @jcchildsfund.bsky.social #KatzmanFellowship #GMTEC! (3/4)

🚨Location, location, location! Now out @natcancer.nature.com, the final version of our study showing how a tumor's anatomic site can impact the function of driver gene mutations, using SMAD4 inactivation as in pancreatic cancer as a clinically relevant example: nature.com/articles/s43.... (1/4)

Science of the day: Some spikes are just more positive than others, at least waveform-wise. Side science: interested in these positive units (Punits), check out this work by Shirly Someck www.nature.com/articles/s42... #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #punits #PositiveVibes

Science of the day: the activity of thalamic neuronal population during slow wave sleep. Here, dozens of neurons synchronize their firing activity in a Delta rhythm Side science: Shana Tova to you all! I hope this year will be a year of science and peace #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #ShanaTova

Science of the day: the distance between shanks of this silicone probe, used for electrophysiological recordings from the brain, is 0.125 mm. For scale, a hair at the bottom of the image Side science: my go to probe is the diagnostic biochips 8 shanks, 128 channels. #Neuroscience #neuroskyence

Changkun Hu, PhD, is our featured fellow! Dr. Hu uses in vitro reconstitution and TIRF microscopy (😍😍) to investigate the kinetochore, a protein complex that's required for the proper segregation of chromosomes. 1/

Our sincerest appreciation goes out to all postdoctoral fellows during National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2025 - especially to our fabulous JCC Fellows, past and present!

Congrats to Dr. Saintilnord @wesaint.bsky.social on his recently published review on transposable elements in cancer - check it out! www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Joan Steitz was awarded the 2018 Special Achievement #LaskerAward for her pioneering discoveries in RNA biology, and her mentorship & support of #WomeninSTEM. 🧪 laskerfoundation.org/winners/lead... laskerfoundation.org/joan-steitz-... Find out who will be recognized on September 11th! #Lasker2025

First time at #MLCB! I'll be speaking tomorrow about my development of an ML predictor of domain–peptide interaction affinity to model proteome-scale signaling networks. It'll be livestreamed too.

✨ #TuesdayInspiration We’re celebrating ASBMB members Luis Cedeño–Rosario & Elizabeth Kaweesa, recipients of the Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award from @fredhutch.bsky.social. This award honors outstanding early-career scientists advancing research. Congratulations! #ASBMBmembernews ow.ly/qy1450WU9xk

Congrats Dr. Sinha!!! #blueskyhandleallstars

Naomi Genuth, Ph.D., is a joint Jane Coffin Childs - @hhmi.org Fellow researching the role of protein misregulation during aging. Genuth's studies @berkeleymcb.bsky.social are providing insight into how protein synthesis malfunctions at the molecular, tissue, and organism levels, and may ... 1/

Pablo Villar, Ph.D. is our current featured fellow. Villar's research @harvardmcb.bsky.social focuses on signal transduction in octopus chemotactile receptors. Why octopuses 🐙? Because they're awesome and have eight legs (usually), that's why! 1/

Congrats to JCC alum Dr. Whitney Henry on being named an @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! Dr. Henry and her lab @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social study ferroptosis, an iron-dependent mechanism of cell death. www.hhmi.org/programs/fre... 1/

The 2025 #LaskerEssay Contest winners envisioned how we can build a more inclusive, sustainable, and successful biomedical research workforce. 🧪 Read the essays and meet the winners: laskerfoundation.org/meet-winners... @jclinical-invest.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

Congrats to Ludwig Princeton’s Vanha Nhat Pham, who has been named the first Ludwig Cancer Research-Jane Coffin Childs Fellow @jcchildsfund.bsky.social. Pham plans to explore the roles molecular components of cell membranes known as phospholipids play in cellular physiology. bit.ly/463HJdQ #CanSky

It is with great pleasure that we announce the first Ludwig Cancer Research - Jane Coffin Childs Fellow: Vanha Nhat Pham, Ph.D. Pham's postdoctoral research @ludwigcancer.bsky.social will investigate the variation of phosopholipid composition in cell membranes across different regions of the 1/

BWF is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of its Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI). buff.ly/WDswUnt #bwfcasi

Congrats to my fellow @jcchildsfund.bsky.social Fellows, @itziknorman.bsky.social and @shiyuxia.bsky.social, and all new awardees!

As part of our latest funding cycle, we are excited to announce a new partnership with Hope Funds for Cancer Research. www.jccfund.org/blog/the-jan... 1/

Congrats Dr. Ledvina!!!

The Ledvina lab will open its doors at the beginning of August! Stay tuned for updates!

A monumental thank you to @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social for taking me on as a postdoc when the lab was still brand new. I have loved every minute of working together and exploring the bacterial immune system.

I would also like to thank both @jcchildsfund.bsky.social and @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social to believing in me when I was early in my postdoc training! These two incredible organization have provided me with incredible support and mentorship opportunities!

Congrats to MCB postdocs Aurora Alvarez-Buylla (Schepartz Lab), Grace Hibshman (Nogales Lab) and Heegwang Roh (Rapé Lab) for being selected as 2025 Jane Coffin Childs Fellows! 🎉👏 @jcchildsfund.bsky.social @nogaleslab.bsky.social @micharapelab.bsky.social www.jccfund.org/fellows/clas...

Congrats to Gladstone Postdoc Pascal Devant who was named a 2025 Jane Coffin Childs Fellow! #JCCFellow @jcchildsfund.bsky.social‬

Absolutely stoked to be part of the JCC community! Let’s do some awesome science together!

Honored to have been selected as a @jcchildsfund.bsky.social fellow. Grateful for your support and for the trust you have placed in me. Excited for what's ahead. #JCCFellow

Some familiar faces!! Congrats to @scienceyael.bsky.social, @lewsiferase.bsky.social, Aurora, and the rest!!

Congrats Brendan Camellato for his Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship!! 🎉🎉

Congrats @lewsiferase.bsky.social !