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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 7h

Also, check out the beautiful #ArtInScience award winning images (including one by Cohen Lab member Sherry Hsu) in Bondurant Hall! researchweek.unc.edu/events/som-art…

https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/som-art…

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 9h

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com
@qedscience.bsky.social

q.e.d Science

Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation

qedscience.com

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 9h

It’s clear we need alternatives or at least ways to improve the situation. So, together with a really special and talented team we worked to develop this idea into “qed” a platform where you can get CONSTRUCTIVE feedback on your own work or CRITICALLY assess other people’s papers.

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 7h

And check out the other exciting Het talks and register here: researchweek.unc.edu/events/hetta...

Het Talks: Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement presentations – University Research Week

researchweek.unc.edu

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 7h

Register for my session here: researchweek.unc.edu/events/hetta...

Het Talks: Sarah Cohen and Alex Zhukovitskiy – University Research Week

researchweek.unc.edu

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 7h

Looking forward to #UNCResearchWeek! I'll be presenting my lab's work on #organelles in physiology and neurodegenerative disease on Monday, October 20

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Suzanne Hoppins @shoppins.bsky.social · 5d

Genuinely thrilled to share our new story with the world - an amazing collaboration with @profsharona.bsky.social and Bill Zagotta using their innovative FRET technique to study mitofusin conformational changes. Huge credit to Sophie Hurwitz for tackling this project. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Structural insights into GTP-coupled conformational changes in Mfn1 revealed by time-resolved transition metal ion FRET.

Outer mitochondrial membrane fusion is mediated by the mitofusin paralogs Mfn1 and Mfn2. Nucleotide-driven self-assembly and conformational changes are required for regulated membrane fusion activity,...

urldefense.com

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 8d

www.thefp.com/p/the-legacy...

The Legacy of October 7

Douglas Murray, Amit Segal, Eli Sharabi, Coleman Hughes, and others mark two years since Hamas’s attack on Israel.

www.thefp.com

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 20d

Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on!

#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, Andre!

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you, Sam!!

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks!

Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks, King!

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Itay Budin @ibudin.bsky.social · Sep 15

Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors - Nature Chemical Biology

An approach combining bioorthogonal chemistry with genetically encoded fluorogen-activating proteins enables subcellular imaging of phospholipids and glycans, as well as the visualization of lipid tra...

www.nature.com

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks, Jonathan!

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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 28d

This is another must read - great week for organelle bio tools this week!

Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 28d

Wonderful to see our paper on the #organelle signatures of #neurons and #astrocytes out in final form - congratulations, Shannon Rhoads and team!🎉 t.co/BPxKlbU6Ou

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you, Andre! And yes - let’s do it!

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks, Rachid!

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 28d

Wonderful to see our paper on the #organelle signatures of #neurons and #astrocytes out in final form - congratulations, Shannon Rhoads and team!🎉 t.co/BPxKlbU6Ou

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · Sep 15

This is going to be a very exciting meeting!! 🔬🧫🌈

Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Sep 15

Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting.
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...

Journal of Cell Science Meeting 2026 Imaging Cell Dynamics
Date: 11 – 14 May 2026 Venue: Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain
Register now Early-bird deadline: 16 January 2026
Image of a cell showing the nucleus and the cytoskeleton

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Sep 15

Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting.
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...

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Henne lab @hennelab.bsky.social · Sep 11

A pleasure to write this short review on lipid droplets for
@jcb.org together with Will Prinz and amazing artist Emma Reynolds!

We discuss 5 pervasive questions surrounding these remarkable little lipid organelles.

doi.org/10.1083/jcb....

Lipid droplets: Open questions and conceptual advances around a unique organelle | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press

Henne and Prinz discuss the lipid droplet field and pervasive questions surrounding droplets and their roles in physiology and disease.

doi.org

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Lance Johnson @johnsonlab.bsky.social · Sep 7

new preprint from @iostephens.bsky.social describes the potential benefits of increasing lipid turnover in microglia by eliminating PLIN2 from their surface

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Sep 6

Knockout of Perilipin 2 in Microglia Alters Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Response to Alzheimer's Disease Stimuli https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.02.673815v1

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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · Sep 5

WooHOooOo!!!🎉 Go team lipid droplet

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Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social · Aug 31

Tour de force from @nadlerlab.bsky.social . The value of solving a hard problem with beautiful chemistry: insights that upend conventional thinking re: lipid transport. You’ve got to read the thread, I’m not giving away the juice! It’s fantastic! Congrats 🎈🎊🍾🎉

André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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