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Masha Makarova
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Associate Professor at University of Birmingham, UK. Study lipids, membranes, and how cells respond to the lack of oxygen
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 12h
#lipidtime alert!
This preprint by Kenji Maeda (cannot find him here) & colleagues is mandatory reading by everybody with even a cursory interest in lipid biology:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Lipid Landscape of human cells
Eukaryotic cells synthesise thousands of lipid species, yet the principles that organise them across compartments remain unclear. Here we introduce PAP-SL, parallel (immuno)affinity purification coupl...
www.biorxiv.org
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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · Sep 3
We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.

Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Masha Makarova @mashauob.bsky.social · Aug 21
Imaging lipids! The dream! How cool is that!
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · Aug 21
Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · Aug 21
Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Itay Budin @ibudin.bsky.social · Aug 4
Honored to be among this amazing group and be recognized for the early career research award in memory of Günter Blobel
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Aug 4
Meet the 2025 ASCB Award Winners—trailblazing scientists honored for research, mentoring, education, and innovation. Celebrate excellence across all career stages in cell biology. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
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Masha Makarova @mashauob.bsky.social · Jul 10
It was great! I really enjoyed talks!
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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · Jul 7
Really enjoyed (and learned a lot) at the 1st day of #BPSmembranecomplexity run by @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

Kudos to the organizations & companies who stepped up to support this international event:
@pubs.acs.org
@embo.org
@febspress.bsky.social
@biologists.bsky.social
@lipotype.bsky.social
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James Saenz @jamessaenz.bsky.social · Jul 7
@leventallab.bsky.social kicking off the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social conference on membrane complexity…looking forward to an awesome week exploring membrane complexity! #BPSmembranecomplexity
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Feb 28
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I just donated. Slava Ukraini!
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James Saenz @jamessaenz.bsky.social · Feb 27
Just published! 🎊 Effects of lipid membranes on RNA catalytic activity and stability 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bcube-tud.bsky.social
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Erdinc Sezgin @sciezgin.bsky.social · Feb 19
New paper out 🎇
It has been 13 years since @owenlabuob.bsky.social and co. published a stellar protocol on how to measure membrane order with smart probes! Since then, there has been new dyes, imaging modes and biology! We wrote a protocol for Nature Protocols:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Measuring plasma membrane fluidity using confocal microscopy - Nature Protocols
Membrane fluidity is a crucial feature in understanding cellular physiology. This protocol describes a robust pipeline for measuring plasma membrane fluidity using confocal imaging and new environment...
www.nature.com
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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · Nov 10
UK research fellowship interview season is upon us - here are some tips to help you prepare! Featuring a list of 100(!) popular Q&A questions elisagranato.com/how-to-apply...
How to apply for a (UK) postdoc fellowship - Elisa Granato
How to apply for a (UK) postdoc fellowship Disclaimer: this guide was written based on my experience applying for (and being awarded) a BBSRC Discovery Fellowship in 2020/2021. Some of this might appl...
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