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Verhelst Lab @verhelstlab.bsky.social · Aug 12

My lab has two open positions! One in Organic Chemistry (focus on carbohydrates), one in Cell Biology/Biochemistry. Deadline Sept 3rd, 2025!

PhD student Organic Synthesis: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

PhD student Cell Biology/Biochemistry: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

PhD student in Organic Synthesis

Organic synthesis in chemical biology project

www.kuleuven.be

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Iqbal Dulloo @iqbaldulloo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hi everyone!
New to the community and thrilled to be starting a lab @warwicklifesci.bsky.social focused on the intersection of membrane protein biogenesis and gene regulation.
Looking forward to connect with fellow researchers.
#AcademicSky #NewLab #CellBiology #Science #Research #MembraneProteins

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Marcel Dickmanns | 🌿❄️🔬 @madic.bsky.social · Jul 26

New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.

Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.

🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM

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Marius Lemberg @marius-lemberg.bsky.social · Jun 7

Just stumbled upon a German tongue-twister song by Bodo Wartke… about the sexiest cell organelle. Yes, endoplasmic reticulum - your moment has come.
youtube.com/shorts/EP5pd...

Das endoplasmatische Retikulum

YouTube video by Bodo Wartke

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MolinariLab-ER @molinarilab-er.bsky.social · May 22

Dan, a friend for many of us, passed at the end of last year. Before leaving, with his students and colleagues, he prepared this gift. Amazing.
N-glycan-dependent protein maturation and quality control in the ER | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

N-glycan-dependent protein maturation and quality control in the ER - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

N-glycosylation of secretory pathway proteins in the ER is crucial for their maturation and quality control. Recent insights into the enzymes and chaperones that facilitate N-glycosylation have expand...

www.nature.com

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CECAD Cologne @cecad.bsky.social · May 22

CECAD receives renewed DFG funding! 🎉 We continue to unlock the biology of aging 🧬 and advance healthy aging for all! 👵👴

➡️ uni.koeln/GAPGK

#CECAD #AgingResearch #ExcellenceCluster #DFG #HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · May 2

📡 Broadcasting a new signal
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025

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Verena Kohler @verenakohler.bsky.social · Apr 18

🔬 Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow

Seeking a bioinformatician/screening expert to be part of our team running genome‑wide screens, building data‑integration pipelines & validating hits in higher organisms.

🌱 2‑yr fellowship with tailored mentorship, leadership & science‑communication training

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Michael Lazarou @lazaroulab.bsky.social · Apr 2

This is a very sad day. Shock, despair, disappointment, disbelief... These only scratch the surface in describing this decision and how I feel. I began my career in Parkinson's research in Richard's lab. What happens now to all the trainees still there?

WIRED @wired.com · Apr 2

NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...

Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH

Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.

www.wired.com

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Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social · Nov 29

And another poignant reminder that scientists are human too
www.science.org/content/arti...

As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone

The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write

www.science.org

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Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · Apr 2

🚨 The April 13 deadline to submit abstracts for short talk consideration is coming up fast!

Trainees and early-career researchers—don’t miss your chance to present your work and be eligible for talk and poster prizes at @faseborg.bsky.social
#FASEB2025 #ERSRC

Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · Dec 11

🌟 Registration is now OPEN for the #FASEB Endoplasmic Reticulum Conference 2025 #ERSRC! 🎉 Join us June 8-12, 2025, in Melbourne 🏖️, FL, for cutting-edge science and networking.

Check out the program and register here 👇

events.faseb.org/event/endoplasmic-reticulum-function-disease

Endoplasmic Reticulum

events.faseb.org

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Stella Hurtley @smhsci.bsky.social · Mar 27

Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins

Breakdown of every transmembrane protein trafficked to lysosomes requires proteolysis of their hydrophobic helical transmembrane domains. Combining lysosomal proteomics with functional genomic dataset...

www.science.org

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Alison Forrester @aforrester.bsky.social · Mar 20

The 16th ER & Redox club meeting ends. THANK YOU to co-organiser @fenech-lab.bsky.social & to everyone for outstanding presentations, discussions, posters and fun over the last 4 days in Namur. Huge thanks to @unamur.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @febspress.bsky.social for support and funding!

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Marius Lemberg @marius-lemberg.bsky.social · Mar 20

Congrats!

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Marius Lemberg @marius-lemberg.bsky.social · Mar 20

That was an inspiring meeting! Huge tanks to @aforrester.bsky.social and Emma @fenech-lab.bsky.social for hosting this incredible event!

Ishier Raote @ishier.bsky.social · Mar 20

That’s a wrap on the ER Redox meeting in Namur! Four days of fantastic science from speakers and poster presenters. Huge thanks to Alison Forrester and Emma Fenech for a seamless event. The University of Namur was a fantastic and welcoming host! #ERRedox2025
Already looking forward to #ERRedox2027

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Ishier Raote @ishier.bsky.social · Mar 20

Susanne Steigleder (University of Cologne) showed exciting data on the role of the intramembrane protease RHBDL4 in regulating protein trafficking. #ERRedox2025

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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · Mar 14

Structure of human PINK1 at a mitochondrial TOM-VDAC array | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Structure of human PINK1 at a mitochondrial TOM-VDAC array

Mutations in the ubiquitin kinase PINK1 cause early onset Parkinson’s Disease, but how PINK1 is stabilized at depolarized mitochondrial translocase complexes has remained poorly understood. We determi...

www.science.org

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Mar 5

Wow! The Proteasome generates antimicrobial peptides that directly affect bacterial membranes #proteostasis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cell-autonomous innate immunity by proteasome-derived defence peptides - Nature

Proteasomal degradation of cellular proteins generate defence peptides constitutively and in response to bacterial infection. Such peptides might provide a source of natural antibiotics that...

www.nature.com

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The Freeman Lab @spencerfreeman.bsky.social · Feb 27

We've been studying mechanisms of resilience that protect lysosomes from damage and wrote a review on the topic. We consider lysosomal stress and damage on a spectrum. Please help me share as this is my first post 😀 and I don't have many followers! 🙏 Open Access: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · Feb 14

Incredible work led by Dr. Satarupa Bhaduri, co-authors
@mackevinbraza.bsky.social and others. This work wouldn't have been possible without our collaborators
Dr. Anthony O'Donoghue, @rommieamaro.bsky.social @marius-lemberg.bsky.social and Dr. Kvido Strisovsky

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Ulrich Lab @ulrichlab.bsky.social · Feb 13

Join our GBM Redox Meeting 2025 in Saarbrücken! We put together an exciting program covering diverse aspects of Redox Regulation in Life.
Check out the Programm and register until Feb 28!
redox-gbm-meeting-2025.uni-koeln.de
#redox #redoxbiology #gbm
@gbmev.bsky.social

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Marius Lemberg @marius-lemberg.bsky.social · Jan 30

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Hellerschmied Lab @hellerschmiedlab.bsky.social · Jan 30

Had a great time in Cologne talking science with @trentini-lab.bsky.social @ulrichlab.bsky.social @riemerlab.bsky.social @marius-lemberg.bsky.social and many more! Thank you for the warm welcome! And for the invitation @valentinapiano.bsky.social

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Achim Zolke 🇪🇺 @zolke.bsky.social · Jan 19

This is a turning point.

We Europeans have the power to push X into irrelevance across our continent. Freeze or delete your accounts now.

Media, it’s time to stop citing X.

Dozens of universities are leading the way. Let’s limit Elon Musk’s influence in 🇪🇺.

#eXit #SciXit #Democracy

Article on the mass eXit of German universities from plattform X in protest against anti-democratic discourse pushed by Elon Musks algorithms.

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