Catalina Vasilescu, PhD
cvasilescu.bsky.social
Catalina Vasilescu, PhD
@cvasilescu.bsky.social
Biomedical researcher studying mitochondrial disorders. PhD from Anu Suomalainen lab, Helsinki. Postdoc at Prokisch lab, Munich.
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Reposted by Catalina Vasilescu, PhD
Reposted by Catalina Vasilescu, PhD
Delayed weekly selection of articles on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social -- biomed.news/bims-proteo/...
Highlight - Pooled overexpression screening identifies PIPPI as a novel microprotein involved in the ER stress response academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
bims-proteo 2025-11-16 papers
biomed.news
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
biomed.news/bims-enlima/... #ELMs
via @biomednews.bsky.social #livingmaterials

includes research on: 3D necroprinting, self-assembling protein materials, directed self-assembly of 3D interconnected networks & more 🧪
3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing
Dead mosquitoes find new life as ultrafine 3D printer nozzles, enabling sustainable microscale manufacturing.
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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This week's (on time) selection of articles and #preprints on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social -- biomed.news/bims-proteo/...
Highlight - @drsimoncook.bsky.social RAF inhibitors activate the integrated stress response by direct activation of GCN2 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
bims-proteo 2025-11-23 papers
biomed.news
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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📢Last 2 weeks of #immunometabolism discoveries @biomednews.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️

biomed.news/bims-imicid/...
biomed.news/bims-imicid/...

Exciting to have a paper in the collection!

An inherited mitochondrial DNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo in mice
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Explore the newest issue of the weekly digest on the analytical and computational methods for small molecule analysis:

biomed.news/bims-metlip/...

In collaboration with @biomednews.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Good Sunday, all. What a great week for #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology. Find here a selection of groundbreaking discoveries: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social #keepreading

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."-Alan Watts
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Ho ho ho, happy Sunday egg-ficionados! Here is another great issue of #cebooc: biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41241715/
Runner-up: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41271398/

Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Reposted by Catalina Vasilescu, PhD
Very excited to announce that the first paper from the lab is now live @natcomms.nature.com #mitochondria #immunometabolism

This work was led by postdoc Eloise marques with many important contributions from all of our co-authors.

Please check it out!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An inherited mitochondrial DNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo in mice - Nature Communications
Inherited mitochondrial DNA mutations can result in diverse clinical phenotypes. Here, the authors characterise a heteroplasmic tRNAAla mutation (m.5019A>G) in mice and demonstrate that macrophages...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Only good papers on mitophagy this week!

biomed.news/bims-tofagi/...

Highlights:
-The bottleneck for maternal transmission of mtDNA is linked to purifying selection by autophagy
-Piecemeal Mitochondrial degradation in plants
-Allophagy?!

Thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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"Ora a ciência contribui de forma ampla para o desenvolvimento de toda a sociedade: não é necessário subordinar o seu financiamento ao Ministério da Economia para gerar crescimento económico (...) Este é um erro de conceção."
Por uma ciência autónoma, ambiciosa e responsável
Reformas desta escala, quando feitas sem um claro desenho institucional, modelo de governança e plano de transição rigoroso, correm o risco de gerar incerteza, inércia e paralisia administrativa.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Good Sunday!. A wonderful selection of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology is waiting for you here: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social #keepreading

"99.9 per cent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn't one."
-Wei Wu Wei
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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It's Sunday again and a new issue of #cebooc is out!
biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41223274/ on the maternal #mitochondria selection

Runner-up: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41210958/

Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Last week's #immunometabolism discoveries @biomednews.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

biomed.news/bims-imicid/...

Interesting finding:

Intracellular Salmonella hijacks the mitochondrial citrate carrier to evade host oxidative defenses
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
biomed.news/bims-enlima/... #ELMs
via @biomednews.bsky.social

includes research on: vector-stimuli-responsive magnetorheological fibrous materials, mechanophore crosslinkers, humidity responsive origami metamaterials, & more 🧪
Vector-stimuli-responsive magnetorheological fibrous materials - Nature
Vector-stimuli-responsive magnetorheological fibrous materials can be mass-produced, which can be assembled into yarns and woven into a variety of fabrics with actuation and stiffening abilities.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Here is my weekly selection of #anticancer #therapy and #metabolic #reprogramming! Super interesting papers this issue (including our last study😂🤩😛) Enjoy! 🙏 @biomednews.bsky.social biomed.news/bims-meract/...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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This week's manually curated selection of novel methods for small molecule analysis

biomed.news/bims-metlip/...

A collaboration with @biomednews.bsky.social
#metabolomics #lipidomics
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November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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1/ Everyone’s chasing AI.
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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bims-auttor 2025-10-26 papers
biomed.news
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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What an egg-cellent Sunday for oocyte papers! This week we have even TWO highlights:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41188464/ by T. Kitajima

and pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41184483/ by @binyammogessie.bsky.social

Read the full issue here: biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

#cebooc
@biomednews.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Good Sunday, all. The weekly curated issue of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology is out, a concentrate of groundbreaking discoveries:

biomed.news/bims-camemi/...
@biomednews.bsky.social #keepreading

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."-Zora Neale Hurston
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM