James Olzmann
@olzmannlab.bsky.social
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Professor of Molecular Therapeutics and Metabolic Biology at UC Berkeley; Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology. Lipid droplets, ferroptosis, ubiquitin, drug development.
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I finally joined! I am a professor at UC Berkeley. My lab is interested in the cell biology and therapeutic targeting of lipid homeostasis: lipid droplets, protein & lipid quality control, lipid damage & ferroptosis, and drug discovery. Here is a pic of our group from our summer lab party. 💙
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Join us in celebrating the #ASBMB26 Award Winners!
@abu-remaileh.bsky.social
• Suzanne Barbour
@bradylabupenn.bsky.social
• George Carman
• Joseph Cotruvo
• Roger Davis
@rolanddunbrack.bsky.social
• Pamela Mertz
@olzmannlab.bsky.social
• Kim Orth
• Margaret Phillips
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Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on receiving the ASBMB 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids @asbmb.bsky.social! 👍🎉
James Olzmann receives 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids
olzmannlab.bsky.social
Humbled and honored to receive the 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids from ASBMB! Grateful to my exceptional lab, mentors, and collaborators for their support and inspiration. Excited to keep pushing the boundaries of lipid biology and therapeutics!
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...
ASBMB names 2026 award winners
Check out their lectures at the annual meeting in March in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
www.asbmb.org
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First day of class @UCBerkeley! Kicked off the day peeking in on the Therapeutic Discovery and Development class taught by @dannomura.bsky.social @robzonculab.bsky.social @urnov.bsky.social!! 🤩🔥!!
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First day of class @UCBerkeley! Kicked off the day peeking in on the Therapeutic Discovery and Development class taught by @dannomura.bsky.social @robzonculab.bsky.social @urnov.bsky.social!! 🤩🔥!!
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Tenure track position alert! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB @UCBerkeley. Apply and come be our colleague! 🎉
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098
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Congrats! Looking forward to digging into this important review! 🤩
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ubellackerlab.bsky.social
Hot off the presses! Was an honor to team up with Scott Dixon @stanforduniversity.bsky.social on this Nature Cancer review. We reflect on hurdles that have slowed translation of ferroptosis-directed therapies and share ideas on what it will take to bring these therapies to the clinic. rdcu.be/eBbqV
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met-hsph.bsky.social
Jessalyn Ubellacker @ubellackerlab.bsky.social was honored with a FASEB Journal Early Career Researcher Award at the first FASEB Ferroptosis, Oxidative Stress, and Lipid Metabolism meeting, co-organized by James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social and Scott Dixon, to support early career researchers.
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berkeleymcb.bsky.social
Congrats to MCB's Jennifer Doudna @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 ACS Priestley Medal from the @acs.org! 👏🏅
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Jennifer Doudna named 2026 Priestley Medalist by the American Chemical Society.
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lianafaye.bsky.social
This preprint from Helen Sakharova is one of the coolest things to come out of my lab: “Protein language models reveal evolutionary constraints on synonymous codon choice.” Codon choice is a big puzzle in how information is encoded in genomes, and we have a new angle. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Protein language models reveal evolutionary constraints on synonymous codon choice
Evolution has shaped the genetic code, with subtle pressures leading to preferences for some synonymous codons over others. Codons are translated at different speeds by the ribosome, imposing constrai...
www.biorxiv.org
olzmannlab.bsky.social
I am honored to be named a 2025 ASCB Fellow! It is a privilege to be part of the ASCB community. ASCB was the first conference I attended as a grad student, and it has always been a welcoming, supportive home. Thank you for this kind recognition! ☺️
www.ascb.org/society-news...
Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellows—a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...
www.ascb.org
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olzmannlab.bsky.social
Exciting work! Congrats, Pedro and Team! :D
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Excited to share our new preprint, led by Kirandeep Deol! 🤩 Genetic screens uncover mechanisms regulating FSP1 abundance in cancer. Vitamin B2 metabolism promotes FSP1 stability via FAD synth / binding, further linking nutrient metabolism to ferroptosis.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Vitamin B2 metabolism promotes FSP1 stability to prevent ferroptosis
Ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death driven by excessive lipid peroxidation, has emerged as a promising therapeutic target in cancer. Ferroptosis suppressor protein 1 (FSP1) is a critical regul...
www.biorxiv.org
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cenmag.bsky.social
@acs.org is recognizing Jennifer A. Doudna with the Priestley Medal for her discoveries on ribozyme function, the Dicer RNase enzyme, double-stranded RNA processing, and CRISPR gene editing, along with her impactful international science leadership. cen.acs.org/people/award... #chemsky 🧪
Jennifer Doudna is named 2026 Priestley Medalist
The award recognizes the biochemist for discoveries on ribozyme function and CRISPR gene editing, and international science leadership
cen.acs.org
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Thanks for coming, Kat! Look forward to hearing more about your exciting research in the future!
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What a wonderful meeting! Thanks to @olzmannlab.bsky.social and the whole community for being so welcoming.🙏🏻
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The first FASEB Ferroptosis conference! ✔️ Thank you to my co-organizer Scott Dixon, our sponsors, and the whole #Ferroptosis community for showing up and making this such a wonderful meeting! 🤩 ❤️
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The first FASEB Ferroptosis conference! ✔️ Thank you to my co-organizer Scott Dixon, our sponsors, and the whole #Ferroptosis community for showing up and making this such a wonderful meeting! 🤩 ❤️