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Hely Rodriguez

@helyrodriguez.bsky.social

Behavioral neuroscientist by training transitioned into cell biology. Lab technician in the De Camilli Lab at the Yale School of Medicine

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Hely Rodriguez @helyrodriguez.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Fascinating work by Guillén Samander et al. uncovering VAP-interacting LTPs in malaria parasites and a novel BLTP-interacting partner on the IMC. Could this new partnership be unique to apicomplexans, or might it hold across other phyla?

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Hely Rodriguez @helyrodriguez.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

In natural systems, form often determines function. Check out how this model of BLTP3A exhibits the tube-like form that allows it to bridge membranes, and how its partner protein, LC3, docked here near the C-terminus, can serve to orient BLTP3A towards its intended site of action/lipid delivery.

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Hely Rodriguez @helyrodriguez.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Excited to share our paper has been published in @embojournal.org! Check out what we've uncovered about the shortest BLTP family member and lysosome damage. Proud and grateful to be a part of this work! @pdc-lab.bsky.social

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