Reposted by Gerry HammondGiovanni D’Angelo @giodang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#lipidtime: It's a lipid universe. Today in Nature we publish the Lipid Brain Atlas, the first map of membrane lipid composition across the entire mouse brain, a layer of organisation that cell-type and transcript maps had left out. #lipidomics #neuroscience #BrainAtlas 1011752
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Super pumped to receive a blue flame aways from @addgene.bsky.social Your first stop for plasmids. Such a great resource for the community - and saving me over 1000 envelopes since 2015 ;-) 1121
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Bye bye #PI(4,5)P2! (its had a very bust #lipidtime) 020
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I never get bored of watching my favorite lipid, PI(4,5)P2 - especially in real time! In this case imaged with a HaloTag-biosensor and 50 pM JF646. 1225
Reposted by Gerry HammondAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One meeting. Countless perspectives. From inspiring science and hands-on workshops to career development and meaningful connections, there's something for everyone at #ASBMB2027. ➡️Explore the program: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeting 📝Abstract submission opens Sept. 15 #MolecularBioscience #ASBMB2027 011
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There is nothing as beautiful as cells... my favorite art (says the cell biologist!) cob.silverchair-cdn.com/cob/content_... From this week's @jcellsci.bsky.social cover, showing aortic endothelial cells from an article by M. M. Islam et al. (jcs264023). 0102
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 24/07/20262 days until @FASEB Phospholipids! Can't wait to see everyone and nerd out for a week of lipid and membrane biology 🙌 010
Reposted by Gerry HammondJohn Burke @jburkevic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Excited that the dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor gedatolisib was approved in breast cancer. Always nice to see positive clinical results for molecules my lab has studied. It is interesting as it causes large scale conformational changes in PI3K elifesciences.org/articles/64691, www.rcsb.org/structure/7JWEelifesciences.orgDisease-related mutations in PI3Kγ disrupt regulatory C-terminal dynamics and reveal a path to selective inhibitorsThe c-terminus of PI3K plays a key role in regulating kinase activity, with c-terminal disease-linked mutations leading to either activation or inhibition, which reveal a path to specific inhibitors. 052
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The unparalleled productivity boost of the dual monitor set up! 052
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 02/07/2026There’s still time to register for the FASEB Phospholipids in Aging and Disease conference! The scientific program will be posted next week, and registration is open until July 19. We’d love to see you in Scottsdale! #lipidtime #FASEB 000
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Don't forget - last chance for early registration this weekend! #FASEB #Lipidtime 000
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Last few slots are available for the FASEB phospholipids meeting in Arizona this July. Sign up today! events.faseb.org/event/Phosph...events.faseb.orgHome - Phospholipids in Aging and DiseaseExplore breakthroughs in phospholipid research, membrane biology, and aging at this leading scientific conference. 000
Reposted by Gerry HammondJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It won’t take you years to publish your work in JCS: most articles go from submission to acceptance in under 5 months. We also show a strong commitment at first decision, with over 95% of revisions being accepted. Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re... #forscientistsbyscientists 11714
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Don't forget - last couple of days to sign up!!! Hope to see you all in AZ 😀 events.faseb.org/event/Phosph...events.faseb.orgHome - Phospholipids in Aging and DiseaseExplore breakthroughs in phospholipid research, membrane biology, and aging at this leading scientific conference. 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Last week to sign up for this summer's #FASEB phospholipids meeting! We have lots of slots for selected speakers - put your abstract in today and tell us your awesome lipid story in Arizona. Registration closes May 31. See you there! #lipidtime events.faseb.org/event/Phosph...events.faseb.orgHome - Phospholipids in Aging and DiseaseExplore breakthroughs in phospholipid research, membrane biology, and aging at this leading scientific conference. 001
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Ready to give my talk at @biologists.bsky.social “imaging cell dynamics… over! 030
Reposted by Gerry HammondThe Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Visit our fully accessible journal archive, providing perpetual access to 34k articles from over a century of pioneering research in developmental biology, cell biology, comparative physiology and biomechanics, including work from 60+ Nobel Prize-winners bit.ly/3PfIjib 13018
Reposted by Gerry HammondAlex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Exciting new work on inter-organelle lipid transfer, from our always-friends and sometimes-collaborators in the Conibear lab at UBC: 1156
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Beautiful desert views. Beautiful membrane biology. Join us for the #FASEB Phospholipids in Aging and Disease SRC in Arizona, July 26–30 2026. Registration is now open! So much better than a Lipid Droplets conference. Also, we're co-located with FASEB Lipid Droplets 😜events.faseb.orgPhospholipids in Aging and Disease.Explore breakthroughs in phospholipid research, membrane biology, and aging at this leading scientific conference. 1156
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Congratulations to Jesus Calixto on passing his comprehensive exam - loved this power move showcasing the towering knowledge of MARCKS proteins he's accrued in two years! 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 27/02/2026A fascinating look at the frankly bonkers, still-mysterious relationship between master membrane regulator PIP2 and its precursor. Another classic from Min Wu's lab!pnas.orgDistinct impact of PI(4)P flux on PI(4,5)P2 steady states and oscillations | PNASPlasma membrane (PM) phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] regulates indispensable processes such as exocytosis, endocytosis, and actin... 1217
Reposted by Gerry HammondElise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Lipids are kind of the ignored middle children of origins of life research. It's time they got a bit of attention, too! This week's post is a Q&A with geoscientist-turned-??? (interdisciplinary folks know the struggle) @jamessaenz.bsky.social about why there's no cutting the fat from origins. 🧪reviewertoo.comThe origin of life wasn't fat-freeJames Sáenz studies how fatty molecules might have helped life get started 44518
Reposted by Gerry HammondJeremy Baskin @jeremybaskin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Thrilled to share our latest study, led by @reikatei.bsky.social, in @natchembio.nature.com! We began by asking a simple question—how do cells know if they have too much of a lipid in a particular membrane, and how do they respond to rectify this imbalance? www.nature.com/articles/s41... More info 👇nature.comMembrane editing with proximity labeling reveals regulators of lipid homeostasis - Nature Chemical BiologyCoupling an optogenetic lipid-modifying enzyme with proximity labeling reveals protein networks and mechanisms regulating lipid homeostasis in the membranes of target organelles. 716261
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Congratulations @cwecks.bsky.social on a first class thesis defense! It’s been a privilege to work with you for the last 6 years. And touche casting shade on my britishisms! 020
Reposted by Gerry HammondJohn Burke @jburkevic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Cool new paper (www.jbc.org/article/S002... from my lab spearheaded by graduate students Sushant @sushantsuresh.bsky.social and Alex @alexlouiseshaw.bsky.social . This was a very cool collaboration with the Scott Hansen, Jennifer Cobb, Tamas Balla labsjbc.org 2137
Reposted by Gerry HammondEwerslab @ewerslab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025So much looking forward to get going! 051
Reposted by Gerry HammondMarkus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 26/09/2025I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪 Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360 PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies! Let me briefly explain what we're looking for: 1/10 210589
Reposted by Gerry HammondJournal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 19/09/2025Josh Morgan discusses how progress in cell biology is hindered by significance testing and the need for a shift to effect size estimation. rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 In #Reproducibility and Best Practices in Cell Biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... 0106
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Always good to read JB and his lab's insights into one of the most important cancer targets, especially with their incredibly clear illustrations. So simple a basic cell biologist can follow it! 030
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Announcing our new PA biosensor, PILS-Nir1 – seen here in HeLa cells during PLC activation #lipidtime #phospholipids Read the OA paper in JCB 1248
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 22/08/2025How do swelling lysosomes not burst? Because they literally suck more lipids into their membranes from the ER via this protein straw. Amazing piece of this particular molecular puzzle from my colleague jay tab! 0175
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 25/07/2025This is such a beautiful mechanism for #phosphoinositide mediated regulation of integral membrane protein. Highly recommended #lipidtime read!! 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This is the author of an eye-opening paper - tracking back through evolution to figure out the still very enigmatic function of a lipid kinase. It’s changed my view on these enzymes, and leaves me with many questions. That's what all the best papers do! 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Whoa! Your weekend #lipidtime read: Our best view yet of lipids flowing along a bridge. Stunning work! If only we could see the “one-way” sign… www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comStructural basis of lipid transfer by a bridge-like lipid-transfer protein - NatureThe LPD-3 complex structure reveals protein–lipid interactions that suggest a model for how the native LPD-3 complex mediates bulk lipid transport and provides a foundation for mechanistic studies of ... 021
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The last #lipids and membranes session at #asbmb25 starts at 9 am. Hear everything you didn’t know about the biology of neurodegeneration! 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Join us for a firecracker of a #lipids and membranes session on lysosomal lipids at 9 am tomorrow #asbmb25 020
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 13/04/2025They’re lining up to learn more after @wumin-lab.bsky.social gave a fantastic talk on dynamic PI signaling in the opening #lipids and membranes session at #asbmb25! 152
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Emma Drew from U Oregon giving an amazing talk in the first #lipids and membranes session at #ASBMB2025. Single molecule experiments to show real time activation of a lipid phosphatase 🤯 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Volker Haucke kicks off our #lipids and membranes theme at #ASBMB25! Fantastic session 022
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 13/04/2025And I am giving a talk tomorrow morning #asbmb25! Cheers Batman 010
Gerry Hammond @gerryhammond.bsky.social · 12/04/2025We have some #lipids talks at #asbmb25 on PI signaling that will blow your mind! Join us Sunday at 9 a.m. in room W179 072
Reposted by Gerry HammondAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025📣For lipid-focused sessions at #ASBMB25, add the symposium on #lipids and membranes, organized by @gerryhammond.bsky.social of the University of Pittsburgh and @judisimcox.bsky.social of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, to your schedule: www.asbmb.org/annual.... 012
Reposted by Gerry HammondJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Did you know… It’s free to publish in Journal of Cell Science – there are no submission charges, page charges or colour fees. We also plant a tree for every peer-reviewed article we publish🌳 For details, visit our website: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re... 19848
Reposted by Gerry HammondAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Matching dieticians & shoppers at risk for #cardiovasculardisease is just one of the innovative clinical trials Robert Helsley, Shaw Award winner, has managed: ow.ly/vSqF50VxLUH. ➡️Attend his lecture at #ASBMB25 at 2:25 p.m. CDT on 4/15: ow.ly/jOQh50VxLUI. #Lipids 022
Reposted by Gerry HammondAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology @asbmb.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Judith Storch won the Avanti Award in #Lipids. Her lab studies lipid traffic in cells, w/emphasis on the proteins that bind long-chain fatty acids, monoacylglycerols & #cholesterol. ow.ly/GK6K50VxOy4 ➡️Attend her lecture at 1:50 p.m. CDT on April 15: ow.ly/HEsg50VxOy7. #ASBMB25 043
