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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 12d

Channeling my Robert Millikan!

Levental Lab @leventallab.bsky.social · 12d

Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social rocking #BiomembraneDays25 with an awesome story on how PIP lipids are regulated!

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Ewerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · 14d

So much looking forward to get going!

Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Finally: tomorrow Sept 29 we open BIOMEMBRANE DAYS 2025 in Berlin: 3 days packed with exciting science on membranes!
Looking forward to an amazing program of invited & contributed talks, posters & lively discussions.

📍 events.mpikg.mpg.de/event/15/

@ewerslab.bsky.social @mpici.bsky.social

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 16d

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪

Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360

PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!

Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:

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Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Open Date: Sep 19, 2025

Description
The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area.

More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 23d

Josh Morgan discusses how progress in cell biology is hindered by significance testing and the need for a shift to effect size estimation. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

📕 In #Reproducibility and Best Practices in Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Sep 11

Always good to read JB and his lab's insights into one of the most important cancer targets, especially with their incredibly clear illustrations. So simple a basic cell biologist can follow it!

John Burke @jburkevic.bsky.social · Sep 10

New review out from my lab on class I PI3Ks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., was fun to write where we are and where we are going in PI3K research
Great work from Isobel and Alex in my lab @alexlouiseshaw.bsky.social

Molecular basis for regulation of the class I phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks), and their targeting in human disease

The class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway (PI3K) is a master regulator of cellular growth, and plays essential roles in controlling immune cell fu…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Sep 10

The plasmids are available on addgene now.

Note, we did control for competition with an endogenous PA effector (Nir2). However, your mileage may vary – like ethanol, too much PILS-Nir1 may impair your cells’ ability to signal via PA 😂

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Sep 10

Announcing our new PA biosensor, PILS-Nir1 – seen here in HeLa cells during PLC activation #lipidtime #phospholipids

Read the OA paper in JCB

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Aug 22

How do swelling lysosomes not burst? Because they literally suck more lipids into their membranes from the ER via this protein straw. Amazing piece of this particular molecular puzzle from my colleague jay tab!

Cell Biology J-Club @cellclub.bsky.social · Aug 21

LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator

Lysosomal vacuolation is commonly found in many pathophysiological conditions, but its molecular mechanisms and functions remain largely unknown. Here, we show that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–anch...

www.science.org

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is such a beautiful mechanism for #phosphoinositide mediated regulation of integral membrane protein. Highly recommended #lipidtime read!!

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology @natsmb.nature.com · Jul 17

ICYMI: New online: Structural basis of ClC-3 transporter inhibition by TMEM9 and PtdIns(3,5)P2

Structural basis of ClC-3 transporter inhibition by TMEM9 and PtdIns(3,5)P2

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 16 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41594-025-01617-2Schrecker, Son and colleagues identify the accessory subunits transmembrane protein 9 (TMEM9) and TMEM9B for chloride transporters ClC-3, ClC-4 and ClC-5 and establish the roles of TMEM9 and phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate in the regulation of ClC-3 activity and endosomal ion homeostasis.

go.nature.com

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Jul 18

This is the author of an eye-opening paper - tracking back through evolution to figure out the still very enigmatic function of a lipid kinase. It’s changed my view on these enzymes, and leaves me with many questions. That's what all the best papers do!

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Jul 18

Read more about this research in our ‘First person’ interview with Harini Krishnan: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congratulations!

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Jun 6

Whoa! Your weekend #lipidtime read: Our best view yet of lipids flowing along a bridge. Stunning work! If only we could see the “one-way” sign…

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Structural basis of lipid transfer by a bridge-like lipid-transfer protein - Nature

The LPD-3 complex structure reveals protein–lipid interactions that suggest a model for how the native LPD-3 complex mediates bulk lipid transport and provides a foundation for mechanistic studies of ...

www.nature.com

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 15

The last #lipids and membranes session at #asbmb25 starts at 9 am. Hear everything you didn’t know about the biology of neurodegeneration!

The inage is flier for the session stating the 9 am start and room number W179

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join us for a firecracker of a #lipids and membranes session on lysosomal lipids at 9 am tomorrow #asbmb25

Flier stating you can find out how lysosomal lipid BMP is really made

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 13

They’re lining up to learn more after @wumin-lab.bsky.social gave a fantastic talk on dynamic PI signaling in the opening #lipids and membranes session at #asbmb25!

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 13

Emma Drew from U Oregon giving an amazing talk in the first #lipids and membranes session at #ASBMB2025. Single molecule experiments to show real time activation of a lipid phosphatase 🤯

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 13

Volker Haucke kicks off our #lipids and membranes theme at #ASBMB25! Fantastic session

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 13

And I am giving a talk tomorrow morning #asbmb25! Cheers Batman

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 12

Excited for the start for #ASBMB25!

A view of the massive and packed auditorium

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Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · Apr 12

We have some #lipids talks at #asbmb25 on PI signaling that will blow your mind! Join us Sunday at 9 a.m. in room W179

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · Apr 7

📣For lipid-focused sessions at #ASBMB25, add the symposium on #lipids and membranes, organized by @gerryhammond.bsky.social of the University of Pittsburgh and @judisimcox.bsky.social of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, to your schedule: www.asbmb.org/annual....

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Apr 9

Did you know…
It’s free to publish in Journal of Cell Science – there are no submission charges, page charges or colour fees. We also plant a tree for every peer-reviewed article we publish🌳
For details, visit our website:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...

Image of three covers of Journal of Cell Science

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · Apr 9

Matching dieticians & shoppers at risk for #cardiovasculardisease is just one of the innovative clinical trials Robert Helsley, Shaw Award winner, has managed: ow.ly/vSqF50VxLUH.
➡️Attend his lecture at #ASBMB25 at 2:25 p.m. CDT on 4/15: ow.ly/jOQh50VxLUI.
#Lipids

A photo of Robert Helsley with text that reads Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research.

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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · Apr 9

Judith Storch won the Avanti Award in #Lipids. Her lab studies lipid traffic in cells, w/emphasis on the proteins that bind long-chain fatty acids, monoacylglycerols & #cholesterol.
ow.ly/GK6K50VxOy4
➡️Attend her lecture at 1:50 p.m. CDT on April 15: ow.ly/HEsg50VxOy7.
#ASBMB25

A photo of Judith Storch with text that reads Avanti Award in Lipids.

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adam grieve @adamgrieve.bsky.social · Apr 9

Pls re-skeet! There's a postdoc job available to join us in Bristol! We're looking for a molecular cell biologist to help us investigate plasma membrane proteostasis in neurons. Apply here by 23 April: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO097/r.... If interested, do contact me and check out grieve-lab.com! Thanks!

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