Gaurav Kumar
g2kumar.bsky.social
Gaurav Kumar
@g2kumar.bsky.social
Cell Biologist interested in intracellular trafficking and 🔬. HHMI-PostDoc associate in @samreckpeterson lab @UCSD.
Reposted by Gaurav Kumar
From MBoC… Cells move cargo in clever ways. John Salogiannis (University of Vermont) reveals how the protein AcbdA helps peroxisomes hitchhike on early endosomes—connecting intracellular transport with fatty acid metabolism. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Reposted by Gaurav Kumar
The Reck-Peterson lab at Weill Cornell Medicine is seeking a technician or staff scientist to work on Aspergillus projects. Broad background in fungal biology and techniques required. Bioinformatics skills preferred. Find out more at: reckpetersonlab.org.
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted by Gaurav Kumar
Snake bites kill/debilitate 1000s of people annually in Sub-Saharan African. A new nanobody cocktail is shown to be highly effective against 17 of the most dangerous African snake species. Unlike other anti-venoms it also protects against venom-induced dermal necrosis🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites - Nature
A recombinant antivenom composed of eight nanobodies provides broad protection against venom-induced lethality and dermonecrosis in mice challenged with venoms from cobras, mambas and rinkha...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM