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Journal of Cell Biology publishes peer-reviewed research on all aspects of cellular structure and function. Published by Rockefeller University Press @rupress.org 🌐 rupress.org/jcb

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 1h
Abir Elfarkouchi, Arthur Vitard, @francoizochsenbein.bsky.social, @pconduit.bsky.social et al. reveal the first structural model for γ-TuRC CM1 domain autoinhibition, which prevents ectopic binding and activation of #microtubule-nucleating γ-tubulin ring complexes. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 2h
“The broader lesson may be that interrogating stress responses by unleashing chemical or genetic catastrophe on the cells tells you what the pathways can do but not necessarily what the cell uses them for.”
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 3h
Subtlety is underrated: physiological UPR activation in #meiosis. David Pincus (University of Chicago) and Vladimir Denic @harvardmcb.bsky.social discuss new work by Bartolutti, Brar and colleagues (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) in Spotlight: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Genetics #ProteinHomeostasis
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 25/09/2026
Sydir, Lee, Pellman et al. @harvard.edu @danafarber.bsky.social identify an #ESCRT-independent pathway for #NuclearEnvelope assembly in S. japonicus that involves the conserved proteins, Vid27 and Alx1. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #CellCycle #CellDivision #Genetics #Biochemistry #Membrane #lipid
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 24/09/2026
📢 Supporting the #nextgeneration of researchers, JCB offers the Hall & Gilula Travel Awards ✈️ that assist #undergraduates, #gradstudents, and early-career #postdocs in attending #CellBio2026 (Dec. 12-15)! Apply by October 18 👉 rupress.org/jcb/pages/al...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 23/09/2026
Spotlight: Bartolutti, Brar et al. @berkeleymcb.bsky.social (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) describe how physiological UPR induction drives #gametogenesis in budding #yeast. David Pincus and Vladimir Denic discuss the work: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Genetics #ProteinHomeostasis
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 23/09/2026
Visualizing the #Golgi apparatus and Golgiphagy in vivo. New study on reporter mouse models developed by Pengwei Zhao, Mengyuan Zhang, Rongbin Ding, Lingling Zhang, Yongjuan Sang, Qiming Sun and colleagues (Zhejiang University): rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Technology #Organelles
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 18/09/2026
Rhomboid protease Rhbdl2 influences #macrophage recruitment and wound repair in #zebrafish. New study from Saroj Gourkanti, Sonya E. Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Migration #motility #Immunology
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 17/09/2026
Read two recent JCB papers from the Zhi Hong lab: "Light-based modulation of astrocytic calcium for regulation of organelle dynamics and morphogenesis" hubs.la/Q04rdw520 "Dynamic interaction of REEP5–MFN1/2 enables mitochondrial hitchhiking on tubular ER" hubs.la/Q04rdwv50
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 17/09/2026
“Since starting my independent lab in 2018, I have published two papers in this journal, and the process has consistently been smooth and constructive.”— Dr. Zhi Hong (Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute) JCB is your partner for peer review. Learn more: hubs.la/Q04rdtS30
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 16/09/2026
📢 Do you know any #undergraduates, #gradstudents, or early-career #postdocs looking to attend #CellBio2026? We're now accepting applications for our Travel Awards that could support their participation ✈️ ⏰ Deadline: Oct. 18 👉 rupress.org/jcb/pages/al...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 16/09/2026
Nucleolar dynamics are determined by the ordered assembly of the #ribosome. New study from Jessica Sheu-Gruttadauria and collegues (UCSF): rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Biophysics #RNAbiology #Nucleolus
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Fromme Lab @fromme-lab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Huge kudos to JCB. Not only was the review process super constructive, they enthusiastically embraced the underutilized #GolgiTime hashtag 😀
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 16/09/2026
Pengwei Zhao, Mengyuan Zhang, Rongbin Ding et al. develop constitutive and inducible #Golgi reporter mice that enable in vivo visualization of Golgi architecture and Golgiphagy at single-cell resolution. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Technology #Organelles
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 16/09/2026
Dysfunction of #caveolae in muscle disease: a cell biological perspective. From Harriet P. Lo, Robert G. Parton and colleagues (The University of Queensland) rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Organelles #Development #Membrane #lipid #Disease #SkeletalMuscle
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 16/09/2026
Avl9 defines a family of DENN domain GTPase-activating proteins. New study from Ryan C. Vignogna (@rvig.bsky.social) & J. Christopher Fromme (@fromme-lab.bsky.social) @cornelluniversity.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #GolgiTime #GTPases #Migration #Biochemistry #StructuralBiology #Golgi
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 15/09/2026
When push comes to shove: How chromosomes absorb spindle forces without losing grip. Geert Kops @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social highlights new study from Vanna Tran, @dumontlabucsf.bsky.social et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) in Spotlight: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #KInetochores #CellDivision
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 15/09/2026
Pathogenic #KIF1A variants differentially disrupt axonal trafficking and impede synaptic development. New study from Jayne Aiken @aikenlab.bsky.social, Erika Holzbaur @erikaholzbaur.bsky.social and colleagues @upenn.edu: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Cytoskeleton #Disease #Neuroscience #Trafficking
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 15/09/2026
Spatially ordered zygotic genome activation fulfills embryo quality control. New study from Wenchao Qian, Hui Chen, Hongju Lee, and Matthew C. Good @buenoscience.bsky.social @upenn.edu: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Technology #Development #CellCycle #CellDdivision #CellSignaling
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 10/09/2026
📢 Attention #undergraduates, #gradstudents, and early-career #postdocs! Apply for JCB’s Alan Hall & Norton B. Gilula Travel Awards ✈️ that support your attendance at #CellBio2026 (Dec. 12-15) in San Diego! Apply by October 18 👉 rupress.org/jcb/pages/al... @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So exciting to see our work featured by @jcb.org ! 🎉 This study brings together proteomics, zebrafish & rhomboid biology. New in the final paper: Dr. Kvido Strisovsky Rhbdl2 inhibitor beautifully phenocopied the R2 KO. So proud of Saroj and grateful to co-authors and collaborators! 💕
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 14/09/2026
🔬 From our September cover (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): Maximum projection confocal images of core septin Cdc11 localization in A. pullulans cells of different shapes and sizes. From Colarusso, Wirshing and Lew: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 14/09/2026
Our #Lipid & #Membrane collection highlights work on a novel acyl-CoA binding protein, and lipid organization at the soma–germline boundary in the #Drosophila embryo, and a review on detecting and modulating membrane lipids and a new toolset for #phospholipid monitoring 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 11/09/2026
Gourkanti et al. @neal-lab.bsky.social show that the rhomboid protease Rhbdl2 restrains #macrophage recruitment & wound repair in #zebrafish, positioning Rhbdl2 as a potential brake on macrophage-driven repair rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Migration #motility #Immunology
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 10/09/2026
Lipid-mediated activation of BLT2 promotes membrane repair to prevent cell death. New study from Yuan Chi, Kazuko Saeki, Takehiko Yokomizo and colleagues (Juntendo University): rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Biochemistry #Membrane #lipid
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 10/09/2026
📢 Attention #undergraduates, #gradstudents, and early-career #postdocs! Apply for JCB’s Alan Hall & Norton B. Gilula Travel Awards ✈️ that support your attendance at #CellBio2026 (Dec. 12-15) in San Diego! Apply by October 18 👉 rupress.org/jcb/pages/al... @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 10/09/2026
Stretching the secretory pathway: mechanical control of #Golgi export. Angelika Hausser @angelikahausser.bsky.social highlights new work by Bhaskar Naidu, Vera Lillo, Manneville, Miserey, @felixmendu.bsky.social et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) in Spotlight: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 09/09/2026
Perspective: Harriet Lo, Robert Parton et al. provide a perspective on the role of #skeletalmuscle #caveolae, focusing on the cellular processes impaired by caveola dysfunction in muscle disease. They propose a new classification for disease-associated CAV3 variants. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 09/09/2026
Jessica Sheu-Gruttadauria et al. show that the material properties of the #nucleolus are shaped by the assembly state of ribosomal precursors, which tune nucleolar dynamics and morphology through their interactions with the nucleolar scaffolding protein NPM1. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Biophysics
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 09/09/2026
Vignogna (@rvig.bsky.social) and Fromme (@fromme-lab.bsky.social) identify GAP activity in several DENN domain proteins, revealing unexpected functional diversity within this protein family. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #GolgiTime #GTPases #Migration #Biochemistry #StructuralBiology #Golgi
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 09/09/2026
GCL pruning of PIP3 establishes the soma-germline boundary. From Mariyah Saiduddin, Ruth Lehmann @remlehmann.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 09/09/2026
PISD acts as a switch between #lipophagy and fatty acid transfer to #mitochondria. From Hanbing Xue, Xingwen Hu, Zhenni Yang, Yan G. Zhao and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2026
#Ceramide transfer protein regulates G-protein coupled phospholipase signalling in #photoreceptors. New study from Shirish Mishra, Padinjat Raghu @rpadinjat.bsky.social and colleagues @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Neuroscience #Membrane #lipid #Genetics #Drosophila
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2026
Qian et al. @buenoscience.bsky.social determine that proper spatial patterning of zygotic genome activation is required for #embryogenesis & the existence of a surveillance system for embryo quality control exquisitely tuned to spatiotemporal ordering of genome activation rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2026
Spotlight: Geert Kops previews work from Tran, @dumontlabucsf.bsky.social et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...), which uses super resolution live imaging to show that #condensin is required for local structural organization and microtubule attachment of #kinetochores. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2026
Using iPSC-derived human #neurons gene-edited to express pathogenic #KIF1A variants, @aikenlab.bsky.social, @erikaholzbaur.bsky.social et al. demonstrate that distinct alterations in KIF1A motor function disrupt synaptic development through divergent cellular mechanisms rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2026
#Mitochondria limit coenzyme Q export under #cholesterol biosynthetic stress. From Marjana Ndoci (@mindoci.bsky.social), Thomas Langer, Soni Deshwal (@sonideshwal.bsky.social) et al. rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 03/09/2026
Are you headed to the @embo.org workshop, Lipid Code to Life #EMBOLipidCode? Meet our Deputy Editor, Andrea Marat @andreamarat.bsky.social, who will be there in person! 👉 Email Andrea: rupress.org/jcb/pages/ed... 📕 Read our new collection on #Lipid and #Membrane biology: rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Stephan Huveneers @huveneerslab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great feeling to return from holidays and to see our image as the cover of JCB today! Super motivating start of our academic year.
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 08/09/2026
Glucose starvation signaling via nucleus-vacuole junction remodeling controls ergosterol synthesis. From Shintaro Fujimoto and Yasushi Tamura (Yamagata University): rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 07/09/2026
Hoi1 targets BLTP2 to ER–PM contact sites to regulate lipid homeostasis. From Samantha K. Dziurdzik, Vaishnavi Sridhar, @lizconibear.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 07/09/2026
On our September cover (rupress.org/jcb/issue/22...): immunofuorescence image of the anterior part of a #zebrafsh embryo showing the blood vasculature in magenta and endothelial nuclei in cyan. From Janssen et al. @huveneerslab.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1083/jcb....
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 07/09/2026
The cell biologist’s guide to detecting and modulating membrane #phospholipids. A review by Worcester, @gerryhammond.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 06/09/2026
An advanced toolset to manipulate and monitor subcellular phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate. From Joshua Pemberton, @jburkevic.bsky.social, Tamas Balla and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 05/09/2026
#Ceramide mediates cell-to-cell ER stress transmission by modulating #membrane fluidity. From Yazhen Huo, Likun Wang and colleagues (Institute of Biophysics, Beijing): rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Felix Campelo @felixmendu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Many thanks @jcb.org and @angelikahausser.bsky.social for highlighting our recent findings on how the Golgi responds to mechanical forces! As nicely pinpointed out, many (I think exciting and relevant) questions remain open, so I'm looking forward to seeing how this evolves in the next few years!
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 04/09/2026
Any1 is a #phospholipid scramblase involved in #endosome biogenesis. From Jieqiong Gao, @labvanni.bsky.social, Christian Ungermann and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 03/09/2026
Spotlight: @felixmendu.bsky.social et al (rupress.org/jcb/article/...) show that the #Golgi responds to the mechanical force of cell spreading by increasing its secretory output, sustaining spreading thru a self-reinforcing feedback loop. By @angelikahausser.bsky.social: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 03/09/2026
Chi, Saeki, Yokomizo et al. demonstrate that 12-HHT-BLT2 signaling protects alveolar epithelial cells from pore-forming toxin-induced damage by promoting membrane repair, suggesting a new therapeutic strategy for bacterial infections. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #Biochemistry #Membrane #lipid
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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 03/09/2026
Lujan, Malhotra et al. @crg.eu demonstrate that TANGO2 is an acyl-CoA binding protein located in the #mitochondria lumen. rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 From our #Lipid and #Membrane collection: rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #EMBOLipidCode
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