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Hijai Regina Shin

@hrshin.bsky.social

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PhD @SNU, Postdoc @UCBerkeley, Assistant professor @UTSW CRI from Jan 2024. All about Lysosome. Cholesterol Metabolism. Cell biology

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Hijai Regina Shin @hrshin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Thrilled and deeply honored to be named a 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholar! Huge congrats to my friend and colleague @cri-utsw.bsky.social Javi, who’s also joining the Pew family as a Pew-Stewart Scholar. CRI is on fire—let’s go make some bold, groundbreaking science happen! 🔥🧪✨

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Roberto Zoncu Lab @robzonculab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

tinyurl.com/mrce6bbb Fun to write this N&V together with Regina @hrshin.bsky.social, on the several cryoEM papers that build on her discovery of the fascinating LYCHOS protein and its role in cholesterol sensing and mTORC1 regulation!

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Cholesterol finds its pocket in LYCHOS - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

The lysosomal transmembrane protein LYCHOS enables activation of the master growth regulator mTORC1 kinase by cholesterol. Here we summarize recent structural findings that shed light on the LYCHOS ch...

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