Levental Lab
@leventallab.bsky.social
laboratory on structure and functions of living membranes lab at University of Virginia ; also posts occasional nonsense - views our own, not UVA
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Nobody is going to resign, nobody is going to invoke the 25th amendment, we don’t have the votes to impeach him. Find Candidates you can support and insist on election security from people already in office.
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nobody is going to resign, nobody is going to invoke the 25th amendment, we don’t have the votes to impeach him. Find Candidates you can support and insist on election security from people already in office.
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Happy 70th birthday to Bill Nye.
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Happy 70th birthday to Bill Nye.
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Hot take: "debate" is the lowest form of intellectual discourse, and does more to entrench incorrect beliefs (via turning it into a competition with "sides") than any other kind of idea exchange
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hot take: "debate" is the lowest form of intellectual discourse, and does more to entrench incorrect beliefs (via turning it into a competition with "sides") than any other kind of idea exchange
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Grandmother Can’t Trust Herself To Keep Raisins In House https://theonion.com/grandmother-cant-trust-herself-to-keep-raisins-in-house/
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Grandmother Can’t Trust Herself To Keep Raisins In House https://theonion.com/grandmother-cant-trust-herself-to-keep-raisins-in-house/
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@lortzrodz.bsky.social's manuscript was featured as a @natcomms.nature.com Editors' Highlight! Read more about this functional change in the material state of bacterial condensates:
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
Microbiology and infectious diseases
This page highlights recent articles on all aspects of bacteriology, mycology, parasitology and virology, covering the biology of pathogens, host-pathogen ...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@lortzrodz.bsky.social's manuscript was featured as a @natcomms.nature.com Editors' Highlight! Read more about this functional change in the material state of bacterial condensates:
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
doi.org/10.1038/s414... ,
and see the rest of the collection at:
www.nature.com/collections/...
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I was one of those immigrants, and we commit fewer crimes than people born here.
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status...
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was one of those immigrants, and we commit fewer crimes than people born here.
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
“Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the US by revoking their legal status.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Every work conference in a nice place
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every work conference in a nice place
Yowza!! How?!?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yowza!! How?!?
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And the saga continues! Our collaborative work with outstanding Justin Korfhage & Thomas Melia’s lab in PNAS shows that ATG2A transfers triglycerides and does so bidirectionally! An exciting twist in our understanding of lipid transport.
Definitely worth a deep read:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Definitely worth a deep read:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
And the saga continues! Our collaborative work with outstanding Justin Korfhage & Thomas Melia’s lab in PNAS shows that ATG2A transfers triglycerides and does so bidirectionally! An exciting twist in our understanding of lipid transport.
Definitely worth a deep read:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Definitely worth a deep read:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Nice paper from @leventallab.bsky.social suggess lipid-driven domains organise cargo and trafficking machinery at ERES to sort and export transmembrane proteins.
ER exit sites mediated by the COPII adaptor sec24D selectively recruit lipid raft-preferring proteins for rapid ER export.
rdcu.be/eR8jj
ER exit sites mediated by the COPII adaptor sec24D selectively recruit lipid raft-preferring proteins for rapid ER export.
rdcu.be/eR8jj
ER exit sites mediated by the COPII adaptor sec24D selectively recruit lipid raft-preferring proteins for rapid ER export
Nature Communications - Through synchronized cargo traffic experiments, the authors explore the role of raft partitioning in ER efflux. Raft-preferring cargos show specific preferences for ER exit...
rdcu.be
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Nice paper from @leventallab.bsky.social suggess lipid-driven domains organise cargo and trafficking machinery at ERES to sort and export transmembrane proteins.
ER exit sites mediated by the COPII adaptor sec24D selectively recruit lipid raft-preferring proteins for rapid ER export.
rdcu.be/eR8jj
ER exit sites mediated by the COPII adaptor sec24D selectively recruit lipid raft-preferring proteins for rapid ER export.
rdcu.be/eR8jj
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My favorite Bruce Springsteen song is Poop Town. It’s a b side to one of his hits and it’s about a town without a sewage system.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My favorite Bruce Springsteen song is Poop Town. It’s a b side to one of his hits and it’s about a town without a sewage system.
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All wiggly protein afficionados 🍝 - The IDP grodon conf is filling up fast. Please submit your registration ASAP! The conference takes place June 21-27 2026 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, with an amazing speaker lineup! Details: tinyurl.com/yfm5jsxt @idpgrc.bsky.social @idpseminars.bsky.social
2026 Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
All wiggly protein afficionados 🍝 - The IDP grodon conf is filling up fast. Please submit your registration ASAP! The conference takes place June 21-27 2026 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, with an amazing speaker lineup! Details: tinyurl.com/yfm5jsxt @idpgrc.bsky.social @idpseminars.bsky.social
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Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference - Nature
Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in addition to p...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper!
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @tomtom-auer.bsky.social team, we asked how #evolution reshapes what animals #eat to match their ecological niches. Using pan-neuronal Ca2+ imaging, we show that the changes are in how the brain processes #taste.
Link @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Timely NYTimes post for #CellBio2025
10 more days until ASCBers weigh in on the debate!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
10 more days until ASCBers weigh in on the debate!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
Michelin Honored the Cheesesteak. Not All Philadelphians Cheered.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Timely NYTimes post for #CellBio2025
10 more days until ASCBers weigh in on the debate!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
10 more days until ASCBers weigh in on the debate!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
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What's up Bluesky....here's some live-cell imaging taken in my lab
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What's up Bluesky....here's some live-cell imaging taken in my lab
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Very excited to share the latest work from our lab in @insight.jci.org, highlighting a role for the #septin #cytoskeleton in protecting against "leaky gut", by recruiting non-muscle myosin II and stabilizing the tight junction.
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
This issue’s Cover: @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social @dominikrobak.bsky.social& team report on the septin cytoskeleton at apical junctions of intestinal epithelial cells, whereby it maintains barrier integrity & protects from inflammation: insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Very excited to share the latest work from our lab in @insight.jci.org, highlighting a role for the #septin #cytoskeleton in protecting against "leaky gut", by recruiting non-muscle myosin II and stabilizing the tight junction.
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
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New septin paper by our next door lab neighbors @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social, and on the cover of JCI Insight no less.
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
This issue’s Cover: @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social @dominikrobak.bsky.social& team report on the septin cytoskeleton at apical junctions of intestinal epithelial cells, whereby it maintains barrier integrity & protects from inflammation: insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New septin paper by our next door lab neighbors @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social, and on the cover of JCI Insight no less.
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
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Happy to share our new paper, just published in @cellpress.bsky.social. We show that our zap&freeze approach can be used in human brain tissues to study synaptic membrane dynamics! Our brain is ultrafast after all! nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy to share our new paper, just published in @cellpress.bsky.social. We show that our zap&freeze approach can be used in human brain tissues to study synaptic membrane dynamics! Our brain is ultrafast after all! nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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here you go, enjoy this leaf sheep of good luck and success
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
here you go, enjoy this leaf sheep of good luck and success
That’s a good deal! Do you also offer similar services for boring, incremental scientific publications?
For a small fee, I will unfairly attack your PhD online, increasing your readership in the resulting backlash
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
That’s a good deal! Do you also offer similar services for boring, incremental scientific publications?
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not one, not two, but THREE galaxies from space!! what a beautiful sight 🌌
📸: don pettit
📸: don pettit
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
not one, not two, but THREE galaxies from space!! what a beautiful sight 🌌
📸: don pettit
📸: don pettit
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Two more pre-prints from the group 🎉 Riccardo explored how cells could control surface condensates by regulating bulk exchange (arxiv.org/abs/2511.03619). Filipe studied the impact of non-local interactions onto phase separation (arxiv.org/abs/2511.05214). Some more details in the thread:
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Two more pre-prints from the group 🎉 Riccardo explored how cells could control surface condensates by regulating bulk exchange (arxiv.org/abs/2511.03619). Filipe studied the impact of non-local interactions onto phase separation (arxiv.org/abs/2511.05214). Some more details in the thread:
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November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM