Project Hail Mary was absolutely amazing, a great adaptation of one of my favorite science fiction books. But… he didn’t balance the centrifuge!?!?

The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do OR: the long overdue forest fire

Wonderful (and fun!) read from @mastroianni.bsky.social which finishes with a clear answer on how to solve the collective action problem of dismantling scientific publishing

Lipid scramblases and BLTPs are key to regulate cellular lipid dynamics. Justin Korfhage and I described in-vitro methods to study lipid scrambling by protein insertases and ATG2-mediated lipid transfer on artificial lipid droplets. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

I once saw a session on work life balance advertised after the end of traditional working hours for an online symposium. I emailed the organizers about it, but the irony was lost on them.

Thanks Jim for the kind words and the feedback at the GRC!

ATG2A engages Rab1a and ARFGAP1 positive membranes during autophagosome biogenesis Autophagosomes form from seed membranes that expand through bulk-lipid transport via the bridge-like lipid transporter ATG2. The origins of the seed membranes and their relationship to the lipid trans...

New preprint alert! In this study, we show that ATG2A engages Rab1 membranes, which are essential to autophagy. These membranes are recruited to the PAS at an early stage during autophagosome biogenesis. Tutorial to come! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

While it is critical that scientists, especially those in the public health field, take a stance, it is of the utmost importance that both sides of the political spectrum trust us. Therefore, if taking a stance is viewed as being political, we must do so with as much kindness and respect as possible

(H index)/(current date - date of first publication) = Age index

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Are you interested in the interplay between the early secretory pathway and autophagy? If so, come by and listen to my flash talk at 10:45 in room 30C and then join me at poster 1580 immediately afterwards. I look forward to seeing you! #Cellbio2024