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Michaela Medina @mmedina300kv.bsky.social · May 10

Thank you so much everyone who has supported me through this journey! I am so happy that I have an incredible lab!!! 🔬

Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social · May 10

It’s been a big week for the Grotjahn Lab—our very first graduate student, @mmedina300kv.bsky.social, successfully defended her PhD thesis! 🎉 So proud of everything she’s accomplished and grateful for the light she’s brought to our lab from day one ☀️⚡

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Michaela Medina @mmedina300kv.bsky.social · May 1

So excited for this work to be out!! Thanks to @attychang.bsky.social, @hamid13r.bsky.social, blue sky less Daniel Fuentes, @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social and @tomo.science!!!

Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social · May 1

🚨New preprint!🚨 #teamtomo
We expanded Surface Morphometrics to quantify membrane thickness from cryo-ET—revealing local variation across organelles.

Led by the lab’s first grad student, @mmedina300kv.bsky.social (defending Monday! 🍾) w/ @attychang.bsky.social @hamid13r.bsky.social & @tomo.science

bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · May 1

Surface morphometrics reveals local membrane thickness variation in organellar subcompartments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.30.651574v1

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Michaela Medina @mmedina300kv.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congratulations to the amazing @attychang.bsky.social !!!!

Reposted by Michaela Medina

Atty (Ya-Ting) Chang @attychang.bsky.social · Apr 10

Feeling so honored and thrilled to see our work make it to the cover—what a milestone in my career! I can’t wait to receive the poster from JCB🤩

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Apr 7

Our April issue is here! rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...
The cover shows a segmented model of cytoplasmic #ribosomes associated with mitochondrial membrane in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell. From Ya-Ting Chang, @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social and colleagues (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....)

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Reposted by Michaela Medina

Atty (Ya-Ting) Chang @attychang.bsky.social · Apr 9

Happy to share the first paper in my PhD is published in JCB!
It's my honor to work with amazing teammates! I really enjoy exploring mitochondrial protein import mechanism through cryo-ET!

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Mar 13

Cytoplasmic #ribosomes on #mitochondria alter the local membrane environment for protein import, say Ya-Ting Chang, Danielle Grotjahn (@nanigrotjahn.bsky.social) @scripps.edu and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#ProteinHomeostasis #Organelles #StructuralBiology #CryoET

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Michaela Medina @mmedina300kv.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yay!!! Congratulations Atty!!! So happy to see the paper and cover out!!! 🥳🔬

Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Apr 7

Our April issue is here! rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...
The cover shows a segmented model of cytoplasmic #ribosomes associated with mitochondrial membrane in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell. From Ya-Ting Chang, @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social and colleagues (doi.org/10.1083/jcb....)

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Michaela Medina @mmedina300kv.bsky.social · Feb 8

Had the incredible opportunity to present my work at #EMBOinsitu workshop in Heidelberg. It was filled with fantastic science and new friends! #teamtomo

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Reposted by Michaela Medina

Danielle Grotjahn @nanigrotjahn.bsky.social · Nov 23

Labs that clay together, stay together 🩶🌪️🥣
@hamid13r.bsky.social @mmedina300kv.bsky.social @callmemich.bsky.social @nitishdua.bsky.social

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