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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Join us for Journal Club next Wednesday, October 15th! 📆

✨ Dr. Lucille Ferret will present her recent work, “Lysosomal membrane permeabilization enhances the anticancer effects of POLR1 (RNA polymerase I) transcription inhibitors,” published in Autophagy earlier this year. ✨

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 The WIA Communications Committee is looking for new volunteers!

Love website design, content creation, or social media? Want to make an impact and connect with amazing scientists? 🌟 Join us and help boost WIA’s online presence!

💌Interested? Email us at [email protected]

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 15d

📆📣Join us for journal club tomorrow as Dr. Claudia Puri presents her work on "Transferrin receptor controls both autophagosome formation and closure via phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate synthesis", a recent work published in Developmental Cell!

Email [email protected] for Zoom link

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 19d

📣Deadline is tonight! Submit your abstract today!

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 20d

Final deadline to submit is tomorrow!

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 23d

📣 Deadline Extended! 📆

Abstract submissions for the WIA Symposium Webinar are now due Friday, Sept 19. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work to the autophagy community!

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 20d

Final deadline to submit is tomorrow!

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 23d

📣 Deadline Extended! 📆

Abstract submissions for the WIA Symposium Webinar are now due Friday, Sept 19. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work to the autophagy community!

👇Submit here:

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 22d

After the summer break☀️, the Scientific Advice Committee (SAC) is excited to be back with the Elevator Pitch series!
Get to know Dr. Ruheena Javed! 🚀

Join our community to drive scientific innovation and foster mentorship, team building and collaboration. 🌟 #ScienceCommunity #WomenInAutophagy #SAC

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 23d

📣 Deadline Extended! 📆

Abstract submissions for the WIA Symposium Webinar are now due Friday, Sept 19. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work to the autophagy community!

👇Submit here:

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 29d

📆 Abstract is due this Friday!

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Aug 6

📆✨Join us this November for the Women in Autophagy 6th Annual Symposium Webinar! Registration is free and abstract is due September 12th! 👇
Registration:
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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Sep 3

📅 Less than 2 weeks left to submit your abstract for our 6th Annual Symposium Webinar!

🎉Don’t miss this chance to share your work, hear the latest advances in autophagy research, and connect with a vibrant community! 🎉

The link for abstraction submission is below 👇

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Aug 18

📆 Mark your calendars!

The 2026 Keystone Symposium on Autophagy: Mechanisms to Therapy will take place February 2–5, 2026.

🔬 Check out the featured program and make note of key deadlines for registration and abstract submissions 👇

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Aug 6

📆✨Join us this November for the Women in Autophagy 6th Annual Symposium Webinar! Registration is free and abstract is due September 12th! 👇
Registration:
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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Aug 6

📆✨Join us this November for the Women in Autophagy 6th Annual Symposium Webinar! Registration is free and abstract is due September 12th! 👇
Registration:
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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎉 Check out this exciting new publication in Autophagy by one of our members, Dr. Mojgan Djavaheri-Mergny, titled:
“Lysosomal membrane permeabilization enhances the anticancer effects of POLR1 (RNA polymerase I) transcription inhibitors”! 👇

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NGSGV...

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 21

✨Be a part of an amazing community and learn about the latest discoveries in autophagy✨

Registration is FREE and abstraction submission deadline is September 12th. Preserve your spot today! 👇

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Save the Date! 📅 November 3-4, 2025 – The 6th Annual Symposium Webinar is coming soon! 🎉 Registration is FREE and abstract submission deadline is September 12th. 👇
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We look forward to seeing you there!

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Have you check our new interview from Dr. Sharon Tooze posted on the Scientific Advice platform "Meet our Autophagy Experts" section?
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Please note that a member account on WIA website is required to access this page.

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 7

Happening this Wednesday! We look forward to seeing you there!

📆July 9th, 2025
🕙10am EST/ New York Time
🔗Email us at [email protected] for Zoom invitation

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Join us for journal club on July 9th as Maria Dolores Salinas presents her work on "Chaperone-mediated autophagy sustains pericyte stemness necessary for brain tissue homeostasis", a recent work published in Journal of Advanced Research!

Email [email protected] for Zoom link

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 7

We are excited to announce the 11th International Symposium on Autophagy! Deadline for abstraction submission is July 18th, 2025. For more information and registration, please follow this link: www.isa11.org

Speaker opportunities are available for early career researchers and PhD students!

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Join us for journal club on July 9th as Maria Dolores Salinas presents her work on "Chaperone-mediated autophagy sustains pericyte stemness necessary for brain tissue homeostasis", a recent work published in Journal of Advanced Research!

Email [email protected] for Zoom link

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎊Proud to have Thuy Nguyen and our founder, Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo, represent WIA at the Keystone Symposia! 🎊
Thuy shared our mission with the broader community, while Dr. Cuervo's presentation highlighted the groundbreaking impact of her work - and that of others - in Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy.

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jun 16

Join us this Wednesday as Dr. Rabia Khawaja presents her recent work, "Sex-specific and cell-type-specific changes in chaperone-mediated autophagy across tissues during aging", published in Nature Aging in February 2025!

📆June 18th, 2025 at 10am EST/ NY time
Link: email [email protected]

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jun 4

📆 Don't miss this opportunity to dive into ground breaking research and connect with the autophagy community worldwide! 🎆🎊

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · May 9

Save the Date! 📅 November 3-4, 2025 – The 6th Annual Symposium Webinar is coming soon! 🎉 Registration is NOW OPEN! Don't miss out – sign up for FREE! 👇
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We look forward to seeing you there!

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jun 4

📆 Don't miss this opportunity to dive into ground breaking research and connect with the autophagy community worldwide! 🎆🎊

Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · May 9

Save the Date! 📅 November 3-4, 2025 – The 6th Annual Symposium Webinar is coming soon! 🎉 Registration is NOW OPEN! Don't miss out – sign up for FREE! 👇
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We look forward to seeing you there!

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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · Jun 4

📣Application deadline is in 2 days!

ARCTiC: Autophagy Research Centre Targeting Cancer @arcticautophagy.bsky.social · May 21

Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher Position is available in the ARCTIC “Autophagy in Cancer” team led by Nikolai Engedal at the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
Application deadline: June 6th 2025

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Postdoctoral Fellow / Researcher in Autophagy and Metabolism in Cancer

About the positionA 2-year Postdoctoral fellow/Researcher position is available in the “Autophagy in Cancer” Team headed by Dr. Nikolai Engedal at the Department of Tumor Biology (www.ous-research.no/...

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ARCTiC: Autophagy Research Centre Targeting Cancer @arcticautophagy.bsky.social · May 21

Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher Position is available in the ARCTIC “Autophagy in Cancer” team led by Nikolai Engedal at the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
Application deadline: June 6th 2025

2411.webcruiter.no/Main2/Recrui...

www.ous-research.no/engedal

Postdoctoral Fellow / Researcher in Autophagy and Metabolism in Cancer

About the positionA 2-year Postdoctoral fellow/Researcher position is available in the “Autophagy in Cancer” Team headed by Dr. Nikolai Engedal at the Department of Tumor Biology (www.ous-research.no/...

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