Sign in

José Delgado, Ph.D.

@jmdelgado.bsky.social
347 followers 472 following 23 posts

Studying mitochondrial responses to infection at UCLA | Mitochondriac | Autophagy| DEI | Outdoor enthusiast | he/él | 🇲🇽⛰🚴🏼🏳️‍🌈 josedelgadophd.wixsite.com/jose

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Dartmouth @dartmouthbcb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BCB is recruiting a senior faculty member! We seek internationally recognized candidates at the Full Professor level with outstanding records of solving broad biological problems. Learn more and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/192850
apply.interfolio.com
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio
077
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#FluorescenceFriday A perfect Toxoplasma flower surrounded by host mitochondria. 🌹
0101
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Forbes @forbes.com · 06/05/2026
California Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University Research
forbes.com
California Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University Research
A California bill would give voters the chance to vote on whether the state should create a $23 billion bond that would be used to award grants to university researchers.
922993663
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Check out the wonderful news piece by @vcallier.bsky.social on our SPOTs preprint!
194
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🚨New Pernas Lab Preprint is live!! 🚨 Here we show that mitochondria shed "new organelles" that engulf lysosomes and become acidified compartments during intracellular infection! Video below shows SPOTs acquiring a lyso (C: matrix, Y: OMM, R: Lyso) 🔬. 🔗: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
061
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Science is good. We should fund it.
134125832516
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🚨UCLA and broader California science community Join me in supporting SB 895: California Science & Health Research Bond Act Sign ✍🏽: www.fundcascience.org Email legislators!
fundcascience.org
Fund CA Science
011
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Juan C. Landoni @jclandoni.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Our paper is now out in Science! Super excited to share our discovery that #mitochondria #pearling is the elusive mechanism driving the regular distribution and inheritance of #mtDNA nucleoids 🧬 [1/6]
317665
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Gift link. NYT article about the fallout in one Harvard lab from the vandalism to the NIH. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
nytimes.com
His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.
13423
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 26/11/2025
#NewResearch The Toxoplasma gondii effector TgROP1 mimics host factors to bind VAPA/B, thereby establishing parasite–host ER contact sites. #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Toxoplasma effector TgROP1 establishes membrane contact sites with the endoplasmic reticulum during infection - Nature Microbiology
The Toxoplasma gondii effector TgROP1 mimics host factors to bind VAPA/B, thereby establishing parasite–host ER contact sites.
075
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨 New work out from the Pernas Lab. Congratulations to my labmate Chahat Mehra!! Host organelle - pathogen membrane contact sites!! ER edition! rdcu.be/eRKUM
rdcu.be
Toxoplasma effector TgROP1 establishes membrane contact sites with the endoplasmic reticulum during infection
Nature Microbiology - The Toxoplasma gondii effector TgROP1 mimics host factors to bind VAPA/B, thereby establishing parasite–host ER contact sites.
041
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Applications are open for the Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP)—supporting postdocs as they advance cutting-edge research and build thriving scientific careers. Learn more & apply: bwfund.org/pdep #bwfpdep
054
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Nature @nature.com · 22/10/2025
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research go.nature.com/4hriohE
go.nature.com
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
26322
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 13/10/2025
Last year, we helped 100 students save $31K in grad school app fees, giving students from underserved communities the freedom to apply widely. This year we lost 16 partners = $8.2K setback = 110 fewer dreams. 🎓 You can change that. 💸 Donate to open 110 new doors. givebutter.com/supportCL
Flyer for a Donation Call where there was a lost of 16 grad school app fee waiver partners this year, totaling $8,250 in waived fees for aspiring scientists gone, that is 110 applications that may never be submitted.
01413
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 01/10/2025
NEXT WEEK: Applying to grad programs in the sciences? 🧬✨ Hear directly from university administrators about the key do’s and don’ts for a standout application. Join our Faculty Panel for practical advice & answers to your questions. 📅 10/7, 11am ET 📍 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/faculty-pa...
074
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to the Langer lab @mpiage.bsky.social, Amir, and the rest of the team!
nature.com
Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation - Nature
Imbalanced nucleotide metabolism leads to age- and mtDNA-dependent inflammatory responses and senescence-associated secretory phenotype in senescence.
0209
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 03/09/2025
Our new collection offers cell biologists practical, expert-driven guidance and best practices in the design, execution, and analysis of experiments, and the subsequent communication of their results to their peers. 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #Reproducibility
13728
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Join me in donating to ABRCMS. For many of us early in our careers (and for many of us now), this is THE conference. Let’s make sure future generations get the same experience. I was told if each poster judge donated $25, their goal would be quickly met, but I think we can do better! 🙏🏾💪🏾
13023
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Jeremy Baskin @jeremybaskin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Quite a week for #lipidtime: phenomenal study using bifunctional lipid probes to quantify intracellular lipid transport from @nadlerlab.bsky.social and colleagues is now out @nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Quantitative imaging of lipid transport in mammalian cells - Nature
Directional, non-vesicular lipid transport is responsible for fast, species-selective lipid sorting into organelle membranes.
15618
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Scientists in Solidarity @solidaritystem.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📣 Are you a undergraduate student, graduate student, or early-career professional in the biomedical sciences looking to transition from academia into industry? Join us for: Thriving in Biotech – Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers. www.scientistsinsolidarity.org/conference
scientistsinsolidarity.org
Conference — Scientists in Solidarity
101
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 17/08/2025
🎓 Planning to apply to STEM graduate programs? Join us for our webinar: “Applying to Grad Programs in STEM” on Thursday, 8/28 at 5.30pm ET. Gain key insights on: ✅ Grad school application timeline ✅ How to choose the right program 🔗 Register: eventbrite.com/e/gsmi-2025-...
Flyer for the Graduate Student Mentorship Initiative webinar series on "Applying to Graduate Programs in STEM". This webinar will go over demystifying the application process on Thursday, August 28th, 2025 at 5.30pm ET. 

The two speakers pictures, titles, and affiliations are listed. There is a list of sponsors and text that says register for zoom link.
076
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
New work out of the Pernas Lab!! Congratulations to my lab mates, especially Tania for spearheading this great story!! 🎉 Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate
As major consumers of cellular metabolites, mitochondria are poised to compete with invading microbes for the nutrients that they need to grow. Whether cells exploit mitochondrial metabolism to protec...
040
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Great perspective piece out of my PhD lab! 👇🏽
070
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Ryan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis by chemically caging acp3U. Excited to report this work lead by Vinnie @vinnieviruses.bsky.social and in collaboration with @vijayrathinam.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
710946
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Danielle L. Schmitt 🔬 @schmittwitt.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
A story from LAist (local LA public radio) about the freezing of funds. I have had my grant frozen, so has nearly everyone else i know. laist.com/news/climate...
laist.com
UCLA tells researchers to 'immediately stop spending' after Trump administration freezes grant funds
The Trump administration cited alleged antisemitism at UCLA as a reason for suspending the funding. Years worth of research could be lost, one UCLA researcher said.
025
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
If you're a UCLA researcher (PI, grad student, etc) with an NSF, NIH or other suddenly suspended grant, please email or DM me. I'm trying to confirm what the suspension letters say and how extensive the NIH suspensions are. Email: Mikhail at calmatters dot org
0819
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Science Magazine @science.org · 01/08/2025
Multiple federal agencies are suspending research funding at UCLA over allegations it didn’t properly deal with antisemitism on campus. scim.ag/4lbLAcx
scim.ag
NSF and NIH suspend grants to UCLA
Move follows Trump administration finding that school didn’t effectively combat antisemitism
42623
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Noam Ross @noamross.net · 01/08/2025
The NSF grants suspended at UCLA total $179M, half of which was still outstanding: CAREER grants, a major math institute, and basic science research and training of all types. More at grant-witness.us/posts/UCLA-n..., thanks to GW member Mally Shan, with grant-level details in our database.
grant-witness.us
NSF Grant Suspensions at UCLA total $90M lost in value – Grant Witness
02023
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
As Requested - A Starter Pack of PIs in Biology (or adjacent) fields who are recruiting POSTDOCS! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you wish to be added! go.bsky.app/4gbXXR3
1512379
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Gray flower. #FluorescenceFriday
1202
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Vijay Rathinam @vijayrathinam.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We are excited to have our new paper out: Tethering of the pathogen sensor caspase-4 to the endomembrane damage sensor galectin-8 poises the host to rapidly detect pathogens that breach the endolysosomal network. www.cell.com/cell-reports... #innate_immunity #inflammasome #celldeath #immunoSky 1/2
cell.com
Endolysosomal damage surveillance enables rapid inflammasome sensing of pathogens
Shivcharan et al. report that endosomal damage sensing by the danger receptor galectin-8 licenses noncanonical inflammasome activation and pyroptosis during intracellular bacterial infections in human...
31910
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
010
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism @cp-trendsendomet.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
NEW ISSUE! Discussing skeletal muscle adaptations and post-exertional malaise in long COVID, miRNAS in beta cell inflammation, mitochondria as pathogen sensors, lipid droplets in skeletal muscle metabolism, modulating ferroptosis against cancer and much more! (1/2) www.cell.com/issue/S1043-...
The image illustrates a person walking up a mountain, with skeletal muscle alterations visualized in the sky; the lighting towards the muscle represents muscle pain and the clouds around the top of the mountain are reflective of brain fog. Cover credits: Emma Vidal, DrawImpacts, based on the experience collected from real-life patients with long COVID.
163
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
BWF is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to postdoctoral researchers pursuing careers in biomedical and medical research. www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-ann... #bwfpdep
bwfund.org
BWF Announces 2025 Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Recipients - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP), which provides critical support to…
14413
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Esteban Hoijman @estebanhoijman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
How innate immunity starts? Early embryos eliminate bacterial infections by epithelial phagocytosis, a conserved process from zebrafish to human embryos. Check our story: www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
510831
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2025
May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…
6092533710050
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Law enforcement throwing tear gas at people… protesting against law enforcement. 🙊🙉🙈 ICE out of LA! 📢⚖️
1416968
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Every scientist should discuss the consequences of the NIH and NSF grant terminations and delays and failure to fund at their home institution at the end of a talk or seminar. Even if a scientist’s own funding is not threatened, I GUARANTEE there is someone at their institution affected.
6280111
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Harvard Med Cell Biology @harvardcellbio.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
New work @harvard by Miguel Gonzalez-Lozano @harperlabhms.bsky.social & @ernstschmid.bsky.social in Johannes Walter lab charts structural interactome of endosomes. #XL-MS #Alphafold Funded by @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org & NIH. Science continues-despite attacks www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
EndoMAP.v1 charts the structural landscape of human early endosome complexes - Nature
A study presents EndoMAP.v1, a resource that combines information on protein interactions and crosslink-supported structural predictions to map the interaction landscape of early endosomes.
04519
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Nature @nature.com · 21/05/2025
“I was scared, panicked, but at the same time, fascinated. Those organisms can live in my intestine, and they are so resistant!” Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a vet career in Colombia to move to the US, where he studies feared but fascinating creatures go.nature.com/3FjMBjZ
go.nature.com
Before studying parasites, this PhD researcher was their host
Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a veterinary career in Colombia to move to the United States, where he studies feared but fascinating creatures.
0334
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I was PREP cohort #1. Today was the LAST UNC PREP symposium. Watching Dr. Joshua Hall, who was the Director my year and 11 years after, give the closing keynote was 😭🥹 But what was built cannot be undone. Our community is strong and all 137 of us are not going anywhere 💪🏾
End of Keynote speech where Dr. Joshua Hall received a gift
212227
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨For scientists in the Boston area!
000
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨🚨 Alarming NSF policy update By accepting an NSF award, an institution now must say it's: 1. Not engaging in boycotts of Israel (yes really) 2. Not advancing or promoting DEI in violation of anti-discrimination laws Announced via a footnote today: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/gc1-ma...
(c) Discriminatory prohibited boycott means refusing to deal, cutting commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies or with companies doing business in or with Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of Israel to do business. The term discriminatory prohibited boycott also includes an academic boycott of Israel in which an educational or research institution enacts or implements restrictive policies, or otherwise participates in activities having the object or effect of restricting ongoing or potential academic, educational, or research institutions. Notwithstanding any restriction on the applicability of other NSF rules and regulations, the requirements in paragraph (c) applies to both foreign and domestic institutions receiving funding from the NSF.(a) By accepting the award, recipients are certifying that: (i) They do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws; and (ii) They do not engage in and will not during the term of this award engage in, a discriminatory prohibited boycott. (3) NSF reserves the right to terminate financial assistance awards and recover all funds if recipients, during the term of this award, operate any program in violation of Federal antidiscriminatory laws or engage in a prohibited boycott.
13277211
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Stefanie Robel @stefanierobel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Just got news that @hhmi.org decided to not review Hanna Gray fellowship applications. I am sorry but that’s fucked up. People spent months working in those. So now you disadvantaged these candidates even more. They could have used the time to advance their research instead.
19032
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
NIH Fellows United @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Academic workers across the country are calling 📞 Legislators to ask them to sign on to bipartisan letters ✉️ in support of robust NIH funding and opposing the 15% indirect cost caps. Take 5 minutes to call your legislators today. Deadline is May 19th. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
28056
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard.com · 13/05/2025
‘Devastating:’ Chan Zuckerberg charity slashes funding for more Bay Area nonprofits
sfstandard.com
‘Devastating:’ Chan Zuckerberg charity slashes funding for more Bay Area nonprofits
“They are making sure to cut anything that would sound or even be construed as DEI-esque,” one former employee said.
41230126
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It's not just Columbia, it's not just DEI, and it's not just biomedical research: Trump's war on universities has frozen crucial science at institutions like Princeton, Cornell, Northwestern, and more. Our @nature.com team spoke to some of the affected scientists: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
How Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in peril
Scientists have little information as the US government freezes and cancels their funding.
12411209
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Microbial pathogens, and their ability to manipulate processes in our cells, will never cease to amaze me. #FluorescenceFriday
1111
José Delgado, Ph.D. @jmdelgado.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Disappointed, but not surprised.
000
Reposted by José Delgado, Ph.D.
Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
this is how it's done.
282304409