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Dr Michelle L Halls

@drmlhalls.bsky.social
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Spatial Organisation of Signalling lab head, Associate Professor, Deputy Theme Leader @MIPS_DDB, pharmacology/cell signalling

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Dr Michelle L Halls @drmlhalls.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The latest research from our team is out in Cell @cp-cell.bsky.social! We used #cryo-EM, #imaging, #BRET, and #biosensors targeted to the lysosome to understand how the KICSTOR-GATOR1 complex turns off #mTORC1 in response to low levels of amino acids.
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Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Now online! Structure of the lysosomal KICSTOR-GATOR1-SAMTOR nutrient-sensing supercomplex
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Structure of the lysosomal KICSTOR-GATOR1-SAMTOR nutrient-sensing supercomplex
This study reveals how KICSTOR and GATOR1 assemble into a crescent-shaped lysosomal complex that regulates mTORC1 during amino acid starvation and how SAMTOR binds KICSTOR in an S-adenosylmethionine-incompatible conformation to couple methionine sensing to mTORC1 regulation.
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Charles Bayly-Jones @charlesbj.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thrilled to share our latest work @luptoncj.bsky.social @drellisdon.bsky.social @drmlhalls.bsky.social. Structure of the lysosomal KICSTOR-GATOR1-SAMTOR nutrient-sensing supercomplex. 🧪🔬#cryoEM Now online @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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tracymjosephs.bsky.social @tracymjosephs.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
🏅 Lab Olympics 2025: From a fun idea to a real tradition, this year we’ve hit a record 6 teams in the winter marquee at MIPS! Science is serious, but these moments of connection, laughter, and (slightly) fierce competition keep us going. Here’s to teamwork and the coveted winner’s button!
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CCeMMP Outreach @ccemmp-outreach.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🔉 Only a few days left to vote! 🔉 Our 2nd CCeMMP Annual Bench to Art Competition gallery is LIVE! 🤩 ccemmp.org/events/arc-c... Vote, like and repost :) #membraneproteins #scicomm #nationalscienceweek #cryoEM #cryoET
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ARC CCeMMP 2nd Annual Bench to Art Exhibition 2025 | CCeMMP
The Australian Research Council Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) is holding their 2nd Annual ‘Bench to Art’ Exhibition to showcase the artistic flair of structural bio...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/08/2025
New work in #ScienceSignaling may answer why some patients with triple-negative breast cancer who receive beta-blockers have a lower risk of metastasis and identifies a factor that holds promise as a prognostic and therapeutic target. scim.ag/45XmD0b
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Hox-C12 coordinates β2-adrenoceptor coupling to a cAMP/calcium feedforward loop to drive invasion in triple-negative breast cancer
A GPCR and a moonlighting transcription factor together drive metastasis in breast cancer.
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Dr Michelle L Halls @drmlhalls.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Our latest paper from @monashuniversity.bsky.social Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences led by #PhD student Terrance Lam is out in Science Signaling today. We investigated how #GPCR #signalling can accelerate invasion in TNBC.
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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
See more terrific pieces from Hayley here. www.abc.net.au/news/hayley-...
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Hayley Gleeson - ABC News
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Andrew Ellisdon @drellisdon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The PDB files for the TSC:WIPI3 complex have been released today at the PDB. At 40nm across, it is well worth a look 😀🧪 www.rcsb.org/structure/9CE3
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RCSB PDB - 9CE3: Structure of the TSC:WIPI3 lysosomal recruitment complex
Structure of the TSC:WIPI3 lysosomal recruitment complex
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Andrew Ellisdon @drellisdon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Our latest study is now online at Science Advances! We report the structure of the gigantic TSC:WIPI3 complex revealing new insights into lysosomal docking and dysregulation in disease. #cryoEM #mTOR 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Andrew Ellisdon @drellisdon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We had a great time yesterday at the Children's Tumour Foundation Australia Conquer #NF in Colour event in Melbourne. It was great to join so many others in supporting the important work of #CTFAustralia, who advocate for and support the 1:3000 people who are diagnosed NF.
Here we are at the start before we were covered in green and blue!
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Dr Michelle L Halls @drmlhalls.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Congratulations to #PhD students @ChantelMastos, @TerranceLamm, and @EricLe_1 who recently won the best talk, people's choice best talk, and best 3MT prizes at the 19th annual HDR symposium and @MIPS_DDB student symposium @MonashPharm @MIPSAustralia 🙌
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Andrew Ellisdon @drellisdon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Very exciting! Thanks to Cell Press, Arun Shukla, and the team for the Preview article on our recent advances in uncovering the structure of LYCHOS/GPR155! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Bound by the love for cholesterol: A transporter meets a GPCR
In a recent issue of Nature, Bayly-Jones et al. report the cryo-EM structures of a lysosomal cholesterol sensor, LYCHOS, also known as GPR155, which reveals a unique fusion of a plant auxin-transporte...
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Charles Bayly-Jones @charlesbj.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Another really nice highlight of our recent work. Arun et al raise interesting points about membrane cross talk and next-steps for LYCHOS. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Bound by the love for cholesterol: A transporter meets a GPCR
In a recent issue of Nature, Bayly-Jones et al. report the cryo-EM structures of a lysosomal cholesterol sensor, LYCHOS, also known as GPR155, which reveals a unique fusion of a plant auxin-transporte...
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