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Janet Kumita

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MRC Career Development Award Fellow @ University of Cambridge. Protein Chemist. I love lysozyme, amyloid fibrils and bimolecular condensates.

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
ANNOUNCING - ECR travel bursary applications are available thanks to the generous support of PoLNET @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social! Don't forget to submit your abstract and register (19th October)!! All links on our website: www.ukcondensates.co.uk/2nd-uk-biomo... #condensates
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UK Condensates - 2nd UK Biomolecular Condensate Network Symposium
2nd UK Biomolecular Condensate Network symposium
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
REGISTER NOW!! 2nd UK Biomolecular Condensates Network Symposium Abstracts need submitting by 19th October 2026 #condensates @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminder of our seminar THIS FRIDAY (2nd Oct, 1pm BST)! Jennifer McManus and Mark Ashe are our speakers - all are welcome to join (details below). @markashe.bsky.social #condensates @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@phar.cam.ac.uk - it’s the Department Bake Off!! Come support MacMillan Cancer and eat some stunning treats ❤️
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Put the UK Biomolecular Condensates monthly on-line seminar into your diary (2nd Oct 2026, 1 pm BST). Jennifer McManus and Mark Ashe are presenting! @markashe.bsky.social #condensates @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ANNOUNCING the 2nd UK Biomolecular Condensates Network Symposium (8th-10th Dec 2026)! Join us to celebrate the diversity of #condensates research. Register (QR code) & submit Abstracts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Spaces are limited! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A proud day in the lab! Congratulations to Mateo Hoare for defending his PhD thesis. Thank you to his examiners @abelljonny.bsky.social and Yu Ye for a great discussion. @phar.cam.ac.uk @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Another successful year for the Experience Postgraduate Life Sciences (EPLS) internship programme! Along with being an Academic Lead, my lab also hosted Bethany Sladden. Well done Beth, you are an amazing team member! @phar.cam.ac.uk @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Make sure to join us on Friday 4th Sept (1pm BST) for our exciting UK Biomolecular Condensate monthly seminar!!! Martin Howard and Anton Calabrese are presenting! @antoncalabrese.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social #condensates 👇👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Make sure to join us on Friday 4th Sept (1pm BST) for our exciting UK Biomolecular Condensate monthly seminar!!! Martin Howard and Anton Calabrese are presenting! @antoncalabrese.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social #condensates 👇👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our UK Biomolecular Condensate monthly on-line seminars are back!! (4th Sept 2026, 1 pm BST) and all are welcome to come and listen. Martin Howard and Anton Calabrese are presenting! @antoncalabrese.bsky.social #condensates @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Delighted to share our paper in @febsj.bsky.social establishing a live-cell platform for resolving autophagy dynamics in naked mole-rat cells. This work was led by our amazing MPhil student, Fangze Tong! @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk doi.org/10.1111/febs...
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A tandem fluorescent mCherry–EGFP–LC3 reporter enables live-cell visualisation of autophagy–lysosome dynamics in naked mole-rat skin fibroblasts. Chloroquine-induced lysosomal stress promotes accumul...
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So nice to be involved with this review by @delladavid-lab.bsky.social & coworkers, examining the emerging landscape of the Extracellular Proteostasis Network & its challenges with age @proteostasisuk.bsky.social @babrahaminst.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is going to be so much fun!! If you are an ECR come join us #condensates
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Join us for our final summer talk THIS Friday (3rd July 2026, 1 pm BST) with Rebecca Beveridge and Janin Lautenschläger. Short break in August and then more exciting talks in September!! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd July 2026, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). Rebecca Beveridge and Janin Lautenschläger are presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I'm delighted to share our Current Opinion in Structural Biology review (led by Nora Haanaes) entitled "Tuning the physicochemical properties of rationally designed protein-based biomolecular condensate": authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @phar.cam.ac.uk #condensates
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Tuning the physicochemical properties of rationally designed protein-based biomolecular condensates
Biomolecular condensates form through liquid–liquid phase-separation of multivalent biomolecules, enabling the spatiotemporal control of biochemical p…
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Check out this PhD studentship (UK/Home fee students) at the University of Surrey with Dr. Youngchan Kim (I'm an external collaborator!!). The project focuses on developing cool biosensors to understand biomolecular condensate properties. #condensates www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors for Probing the Biophysics of Biomolecular Condensate Dynamics at University of Surrey on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensors for Probing the Biophysics of Biomolecular Condensate Dynamics at University of Surrey, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
SAVE THE DATE (8-10 Sept) for the 2026 Physics of Life UK Bootcamp featuring a day focused on the interdisciplinary nature of Biomolecular Condensate research! 👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is today!! Looking forward to it 😊
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Don’t forget to join us THIS Friday (5th June) for the UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar. Cyril Dominguez and Susan Campbell are our speakers! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social 👇👇👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th June 2026, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). Cyril Dominguez and Susan Campbell are presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Craig M. Crews @craigmcrews.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
First PROTAC gains FDA approval, bolstering targeted protein degradation and induced proximity ambitions www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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First PROTAC gains FDA approval, bolstering targeted protein degradation and induced proximity ambitions
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Join the UK Biomolecular Condensates Network seminar TODAY 1pm (BST)
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
THIS FRIDAY! Join us for the UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar (1 pm, 8th May) 👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (8th May 2026, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). Andreas Muench and @dalan-bailey.bsky.social are presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Join us THIS Friday (10th April, 1 pm BST) for our UK Biomolecular Condensate seminar!! 👇👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (10th April, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). Kellie Dean and Naoto Hori are presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Pre-print Alert! Naked mole-rats hold secrets to healthy ageing that may be revealed if we can dissect their cellular mechanisms. Led by Fangze Tong (an amazing MPhil student), we report live-cell findings about NMR autophagy. @phar.cam.ac.uk @psalmotoxin.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Department of Pharmacology | University of Cambridge @phar.cam.ac.uk · 06/03/2026
We are open for applications for our new Robert Henderson Summer Internships! The studentships are open to undergraduate students of any level (1, 2 and 3 years) across the UK, and are expected to last for two months. Applications close on 30 March. Apply here: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/outreach/rob...
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@physicsoflifeuk @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🚀 Physics of Life Student Summer Bursaries 2026 – NOW OPEN! Are you an undergrad curious about research at the interface of physics & biology? Or a supervisor with a keen student? 👉 Find out more & apply: www.physicsoflife.org.uk/summerbursar...
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is tomorrow (Friday 6th March 2026), come join us!! Karina Pombo-Garcia and @nottlab.bsky.social are presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (6th March, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). Karina Pombo-Garcia and Tim Nott are presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Another successful MPhil!! Well done Fangze Cherry Tong on her super thesis about NMR autophagy @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk. Thanks to her examiners, Oliver Florey @floreylab.bsky.social and Maria Jimenez-Sanchez for great discussions. (I forgot to get a photo 🤦🏻‍♀️)
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
TODAY!! join us at 1 pm GMT 👇
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Tried of January? February is almost here and our UK Biomolecular Condensate Monthly Seminars resume on Friday 6th February!! Mark it in your diaries. @m-shinn.bsky.social and @gcelora.bsky.social will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Our monthly on-line seminars are back with an exciting line up! Join us on 6th February, 1 pm GMT. They are aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @m-shinn.bsky.social and @gcelora.bsky.social will be presenting! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy New Year All! Just a note that we will be resuming our UK Biomolecular Condensates Seminar Series on Friday 6th February (1-2 pm). Please make a note in your diary of the upcoming dates - programme to follow shortly! @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Just back from our FANTASTIC conference in Sheffield! Well done Mateo for a great talk and Nora for a fab poster. It was nice to see friends and collaborators and to meet new people in the UK Biomolecular condensate community! @phar.cam.ac.uk
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Day one has been a blast!!! Thanks to all the speakers and participants. Looking forward to tomorrow ❤️
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Only a few days until our UK Biomolecular Condensates Network symposium in Sheffield!! So excited!! www.ukcondensates.co.uk/1st-uk-biomo...
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UK Condensates - 1st UK Biomolecular Condensate Network Symposium
1st UK Biomolecular Condensate Network symposium
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Join us TOMORROW (5th December)!
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (5th December, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (all are welcome to come and listen). @rcollepardo.bsky.social and Yvonne Nyathi will be our speakers. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Spread the word!! Our amazing EPLS programme is open for applications! @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
THIS FRIDAY! Come join us 😊
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (7th November, 1 pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen) @g-heller.bsky.social @dimitrislagos.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
So proud of Chris Ng who successfully defended his PhD thesis recently!! Thank you to his examiners Alex Borodavka & Paolo Arosio. It’s been such a fun journey and we wish Chris great success with his new job ❤️ @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk #biomolecular #condensates
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Join us THIS Friday (3rd October 2025).
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Super proud of Nora, our amazing PhD student, for being awarded a poster prize at the GBM Compact 2025 conference "Focus on Condensate Biology"!! Congrats to all the awardees! @phar.cam.ac.uk @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social
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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (3rd October, 1 pm BST) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen). @danbose.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social
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