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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · 8h

I just saw this in the NYT and now here- congratulations!

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Keystone Symposia @keystonesymposia.bsky.social · 2d

Early-career scientists - last call! ⏰ Submit your short talk abstract or scholarship app by Oct 8 (11:59 pm MDT) for Autophagy: Mechanisms to Therapy. Join @annesimonsen.bsky.social, Dan Baird & others!

🔗 keysym.us/KSAutophagy26
🎥 youtu.be/4Y6YvL-unAM

#KSAutophagy26 #autophagy #mitophagy

KSQA: Dr. Dan Baird (Autophagy)

YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia

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Aligning Science Across Parkinson's @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org · 2d

📣 Don't miss out on the upcoming mito911 #webinar featuring Karin Reinisch, PhD, from the Yale School of Medicine.

👇 Reserve your spot using the link below.

📅 October 20
⏰ 11:00 AM ET
RSVP: bit.ly/4gPqCjo

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · 18d

Position available! Team @mito911.bsky.social needs a new scientific program manager to take over from legendary super-PM @doroteaartscience.bsky.social, who is moving on to bigger things. This is a Berkeley-based position. Apply at aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05103.

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Zhicheng Cui | 崔志成 @chen3dem.bsky.social · 21d

Finally in @nature.com 🎉
We uncovered step-wise mTORC1 activation on membrane: RAG–Ragulator recruits, RHEB pushes closer, and direct membrane contacts by RAPTOR + mTOR trigger full kinase activity.👉 The membrane is not just a platform — it’s part of the mechanism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Structural basis for mTORC1 activation on the lysosomal membrane - Nature

Cryo-electron microscopy was used to study human mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) activation on lysosomal membranes, showing progressive recruitment by RAG–Ragulator, RHEB and R...

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, Brett. @chen3dem.bsky.social did an incredible job, and everything came together.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 4

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations (even if it is hardly a surprise!)

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Aligning Science Across Parkinson's @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org · Sep 2

📣 Don't miss out on the upcoming @mito911.bsky.social webinar featuring Katie Drerup, PhD, from the University of Wisconsin.

👇 Reserve your spot using the link below.

📅 September 8
⏰ 11:00 AM EST
RSVP: bit.ly/4mUJeAc

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Sep 1

🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget!

House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion.

To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle.

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 28

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.

They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.

(🎥 AP)

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · Aug 26

BIG NEWS!! We will be hiring a new professor with 25 years of endowed funding at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch, focused on using biophysics and structural biology to explore climate-related fundamental science topics. Come start an innovative research cluster with us! 🧪🔬🧶🧬🌾🌍

Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · Aug 26

🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...

New endowed professorship strengthens climate research at the University of Basel

The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship at the Biozentrum to make fundamental discoveries at the interface between biophysics and climate-relevant environmental biology. This...

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Aug 27

Spread the word - we at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social are searching to fill a new junior faculty at the interface of molecular and computational science. See link below!

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor

Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation.

Click the link above to learn more & apply!

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berkeleyMCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Aug 12

So happy to see @doroteaartscience.bsky.social 's art on the cover!

Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · Aug 12

🏖️Our August issue's out!
Cover: Flexibility of #autophagy initiation

👉🏼Review on #metabolism in #embryogenesis #devbio
👉🏼Review on #DNArepair
🔬 #ribosomes #neurodevelopment #mitophagy #ferroptosis #stemcells #epigenetics #leukemia #antitumor immunity & more!
www.nature.com/ncb/volumes/...

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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · Aug 10

New research reports the identification of a Mitophagic Stress Response ("MitoSR" - mmm, catchy!) activated by mitochondrial damage in neurons & operating in parallel to canonical Pink1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Aug 8

Scared to. Googling them is bad enough.

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Aug 8

nicht das Lysosom uber alles, das Lysosom ist alles

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Aug 8

Love the bendy microtubule

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Aug 8

Animal cell biology per gpt5:

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Jim Hurley @jimhurley.bsky.social · Aug 4

Want to share your work at the premiere meeting of the minds between basic membrane biology and therapeutics? Short talk deadline is coming up Oct. 8, 2025. www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology @natrevmcb.nature.com · Aug 4

New Online! Lysosomal membrane homeostasis and its importance in physiology and disease

Lysosomal membrane homeostasis and its importance in physiology and disease

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 04 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00873-wLysosomes degrade cellular components, and their membrane is an important signalling hub. Recent insights into the mechanisms that maintain lysosomal membrane homeostasis — including the interplay between membrane damage, repair, lysophagy and lysosome biogenesis — highlight their importance in physiology, in disease and during ageing.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Aug 1

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships:
Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jul 31

The National Institutes of Health’s budget, and structure, would be preserved under a Senate bill for the 2026 fiscal year.

With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency

Republicans on spending committee push back against proposed reorganization and overhead cuts

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