Janet Kumita
@jrkumita.bsky.social
MRC Career Development Award Fellow @ University of Cambridge. Protein Chemist. I love lysozyme, amyloid fibrils and bimolecular condensates.
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th December, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @rcollepardo.bsky.social and Yvonne Nyathi will be our speakers. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th December, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @rcollepardo.bsky.social and Yvonne Nyathi will be our speakers. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
Spread the word!! Our amazing EPLS programme is open for applications! @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
🔬 Experience Research Life at Cambridge!
Applications are now open for the 2026 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences Programme. Gain hands-on lab experience with an 8-week summer placement, in partnership with @corpuscambridge.bsky.social!
🔗 www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
#SummerPlacement #Cambridge
Applications are now open for the 2026 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences Programme. Gain hands-on lab experience with an 8-week summer placement, in partnership with @corpuscambridge.bsky.social!
🔗 www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
#SummerPlacement #Cambridge
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spread the word!! Our amazing EPLS programme is open for applications! @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
THIS FRIDAY! Come join us 😊
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (7th November, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen) @g-heller.bsky.social @dimitrislagos.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
THIS FRIDAY! Come join us 😊
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (7th November, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen) @g-heller.bsky.social @dimitrislagos.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (7th November, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen) @g-heller.bsky.social @dimitrislagos.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
So proud of Chris Ng who successfully defended his PhD thesis recently!! Thank you to his examiners Alex Borodavka & Paolo Arosio. It’s been such a fun journey and we wish Chris great success with his new job ❤️ @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk #biomolecular #condensates
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So proud of Chris Ng who successfully defended his PhD thesis recently!! Thank you to his examiners Alex Borodavka & Paolo Arosio. It’s been such a fun journey and we wish Chris great success with his new job ❤️ @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk #biomolecular #condensates
Join us THIS Friday (3rd October 2025).
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Join us THIS Friday (3rd October 2025).
Super proud of Nora, our amazing PhD student, for being awarded a poster prize at the GBM Compact 2025 conference "Focus on Condensate Biology"!! Congrats to all the awardees! @phar.cam.ac.uk @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social
The GBM Compact - Focus on Condensate Biology poster session has 5 winners: Miriam Linsenmeier (FEBS Open Bio award), Patrick McCall and Michal Kacper Bialobrzewski (sponsored by De Gruyter Brill). Two book vouchers from Wiley were awarded to Saskia Hutten and Nora Haanaes! Congratulations!
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Super proud of Nora, our amazing PhD student, for being awarded a poster prize at the GBM Compact 2025 conference "Focus on Condensate Biology"!! Congrats to all the awardees! @phar.cam.ac.uk @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
A fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD position with @delladavid-lab.bsky.social (and me!!) - if you are interested in #Proteostasis and #Aging, please check it out!!!
🔬We have a fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD postion to study #Proteostasis and #Aging in colloboration with @jrkumita.bsky.social @Pharmacology. Details on the project ▶️https://tinyurl.com/2zhkjjhs + bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/how-apply . Please RT.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A fully funded Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD position with @delladavid-lab.bsky.social (and me!!) - if you are interested in #Proteostasis and #Aging, please check it out!!!
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th September, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). Dr. Tatyana Shelkovnikova and Dr. Stefano Bo will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th September, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). Dr. Tatyana Shelkovnikova and Dr. Stefano Bo will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
Reposted by Janet Kumita
Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
August 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
www.nature.com/articles/nme...
When my RA (Dr. Ellis Wilde) isn’t busy in the lab or chasing after a toddler, she is contributing new articles to @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecul... Well done Ellis!! @phar.cam.ac.uk
Molecular motor stitches together catenane rings
The light-powered system produces interlocked rings, without the need for templating strategies
www.chemistryworld.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
When my RA (Dr. Ellis Wilde) isn’t busy in the lab or chasing after a toddler, she is contributing new articles to @chemistryworld.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecul... Well done Ellis!! @phar.cam.ac.uk
The Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme 2025 is underway!! ❤️ So proud to be involved with this @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
We are delighted to welcome summer students to the Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme!
The group met the 2025 interns from various university summer programmes at an event hosted by Corpus Christi College.
Read more about the programme: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/expe...
The group met the 2025 interns from various university summer programmes at an event hosted by Corpus Christi College.
Read more about the programme: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/expe...
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme 2025 is underway!! ❤️ So proud to be involved with this @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
Join us THIS Friday for the next talks in our UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar series!! @luke-mathphys.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (1st August, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @luke-mathphys.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
July 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join us THIS Friday for the next talks in our UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar series!! @luke-mathphys.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
We (and many!) have been thinking a lot about how to quantifiably measure the material properties of biomolecular condensates inside cells. Chris (my final year PhD student) wrote this great review article about microscopy-based techniques link.springer.com/article/10.1... @phar.cam.ac.uk
Microscopy-based techniques for studying the material properties of biomolecular condensates in the cellular environment - Biophysical Reviews
The material properties of biomolecular condensates, such as interfacial tension, viscoelasticity, stiffness, and molecular dynamics, are crucial for their biological functions in processes like signa...
link.springer.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We (and many!) have been thinking a lot about how to quantifiably measure the material properties of biomolecular condensates inside cells. Chris (my final year PhD student) wrote this great review article about microscopy-based techniques link.springer.com/article/10.1... @phar.cam.ac.uk
An amazing trip to Poland spent meeting scientists at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań) and the SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre (Kraków). Thank you to my host and collaborator, Prof. Maciej Kozak for the invitation!! @phar.cam.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An amazing trip to Poland spent meeting scientists at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań) and the SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre (Kraków). Thank you to my host and collaborator, Prof. Maciej Kozak for the invitation!! @phar.cam.ac.uk
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (1st August, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @luke-mathphys.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (1st August, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @luke-mathphys.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
Back from a wonderful conference in Lisbon!! Thank you @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social
and Alice Melao for such a well organised event and the invitation to give a talk ❤️ #ISPIS2025 @TWIN2PIPSA
and Alice Melao for such a well organised event and the invitation to give a talk ❤️ #ISPIS2025 @TWIN2PIPSA
July 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Back from a wonderful conference in Lisbon!! Thank you @claudiogomeslab.bsky.social
and Alice Melao for such a well organised event and the invitation to give a talk ❤️ #ISPIS2025 @TWIN2PIPSA
and Alice Melao for such a well organised event and the invitation to give a talk ❤️ #ISPIS2025 @TWIN2PIPSA
An amazing start to the conference in Lisbon!! Can’t wait to present tomorrow ❤️#ISPIS2025 @phar.cam.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An amazing start to the conference in Lisbon!! Can’t wait to present tomorrow ❤️#ISPIS2025 @phar.cam.ac.uk
An amazing day of high quality talks and posters - well done everyone and a shout out to Mateo Hoare (our PhD student) for a Talk Prize ❤️ @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social
Today saw our final year PhD students and MPhil students give talks on their research, whilst 2nd years presented posters of their progress so far 😀
A great day showing the diversity of research in the Department - congratulations to poster and talk prize winners!
A great day showing the diversity of research in the Department - congratulations to poster and talk prize winners!
July 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
An amazing day of high quality talks and posters - well done everyone and a shout out to Mateo Hoare (our PhD student) for a Talk Prize ❤️ @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social
Reposted by Janet Kumita
We are hiring a research assistant 👉 tinyurl.com/yxebtjbj to join our lab working on healthy #ageing and protein #aggregation in C. elegans 🪱. Deadline August 4th. 🙏 RT. #proteostasis @babrahaminst.bsky.social
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July 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We are hiring a research assistant 👉 tinyurl.com/yxebtjbj to join our lab working on healthy #ageing and protein #aggregation in C. elegans 🪱. Deadline August 4th. 🙏 RT. #proteostasis @babrahaminst.bsky.social
Join us today (4th July) at 1pm GMT!!! 👇
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Join us today (4th July) at 1pm GMT!!! 👇
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
Reposted by Janet Kumita
How to spy on condensates: technology feature in
@natmethods.nature.com
Our views on the topic, by Hyman,Rosen,Brangwynne, Sabari, Kappel,Xu & myself, presented here
@hymanlab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social @bsabari.bsky.social @kallikappel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natmethods.nature.com
Our views on the topic, by Hyman,Rosen,Brangwynne, Sabari, Kappel,Xu & myself, presented here
@hymanlab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social @bsabari.bsky.social @kallikappel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to spy on condensates - Nature Methods
Scientists track how these membraneless biomolecular foci self-organize for their cellular tasks.
www.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How to spy on condensates: technology feature in
@natmethods.nature.com
Our views on the topic, by Hyman,Rosen,Brangwynne, Sabari, Kappel,Xu & myself, presented here
@hymanlab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social @bsabari.bsky.social @kallikappel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natmethods.nature.com
Our views on the topic, by Hyman,Rosen,Brangwynne, Sabari, Kappel,Xu & myself, presented here
@hymanlab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social @bsabari.bsky.social @kallikappel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In press!! NMR & MD simulations reveal how non-native contacts stabilise a key transient intermediate in the lysozyme amyloid cascade. Well done Minkoo and all!! @phar.cam.ac.uk For CMD ❤️ advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Amyloid Forming Human Lysozyme Intermediates are Stabilized by Non‐Native Amide‐π Interactions
Mutational variants of human lysozyme cause fatal systemic amyloidosis by depositing kilograms of protein in the viscera of patients. Central to this process is a partially unfolded protein intermedi....
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In press!! NMR & MD simulations reveal how non-native contacts stabilise a key transient intermediate in the lysozyme amyloid cascade. Well done Minkoo and all!! @phar.cam.ac.uk For CMD ❤️ advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...