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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt

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The Jackson lab studies structural cell biology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, USA. Check us out at www.jackson-lab.com

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David Cortez @dkcortez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Open Assistant Professor position in my department at Vanderbilt school of Medicine Basic Sciences. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/biochemistry...
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Open Faculty Positions
Additional Links Faculty Resources Faculty Highlight Videos Faculty Faculty Awards The 2026-2027 faculty search is now open. Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine—Basic Sciences Vanderbilt Un...
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Fellow ASCB-ers, one more week to vote. Thank you to everyone for your support thus far!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/03/2026
Stand Up For Science announces Dr. Gary Ruvkun, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Nobel Laureate as a speaker at the Boston, MA National Day of Action rally on Saturday, March 7th! Visit zurl.co/Sgt6r to find a rally near you! #standupforscience #March7Boston
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE ANNOUNCES DR. GARY RUVKUN - PROFESSOR OF GENETICS, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, NOBEL LAUREATE, AS A SPEAKER AT THE BOSTON, MA, NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION RALLY ON MARCH 7TH!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
My quote of the day If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I have the best lab manager!
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
As Fran was nice enough to highlight this, I thought I'd put up a brief thread. 3 in 10 proteins that our cells make are either embedded in membranes (ion channels, adhesion molecules, etc.) or secreted (insulin, antibodies). They move through the secretory pathway. 1/
simple diagram of the secretory pathway.
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Ishier Raote @ishier.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Postdoc job alert at Institut Jacques Monod in Paris! Interested in fundamental membrane trafficking? We seek a postdoc to study collagen secretion as a model for core principles of how cells and their environment build each other. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Poste de chercheur postdoctoral en trafic membranaire fondamental et sécrétion du collagène (H/F)
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
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Mara Duncan @mcduncanlab.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Biological Chemistry's position is still taking applications. UM is a great place to be a PI, I'd love to see a new membrane biology or lipids expert join our community. This is open for new and established investigators.
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion." My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy. www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Congrats to Sandy Schmid , a scientific hero, winner of @ascbiology.bsky.social's E.B Wilson Medal. She shaped our understanding of molecular mechanisms & regulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis, is a leader in the cell biology community & a remarkable mentor🧪 www.ascb.org/society-news...
Picture of Sandra Schmid, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco
E.B. Wilson Medal

Presented to distinguished researchers for their far-reaching contributions to cell biology over a lifetime in science.
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Katie Downes @dr-downes.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Very excited to announce that my first, first author paper, is now on BioRxiv! In this paper we unambiguously show #COPII coated vesicles in unperturbed human cells for the very first time!! Make my day and check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
“Good luck to us all”, as Derek writes. Signed! www.science.org/content/blog...
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The Bethesda Declaration
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Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Mark your calendar and spread the word ... @vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vanderbiltvicb.bsky.social @vucellimaging.bsky.social @vandybiomed.bsky.social #structuralbiology #AI #research #cryoem #cryoet #protein
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 09/04/2025
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
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Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Has anyone heard if the NIGMS R35 may be discontinued? The updated notice (March 31) for established investigators now has expiration date in mid-May. @marymunson4.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social @needhibhalla.bsky.social grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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PAR-22-180: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-22-180. NIGMS
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy birthday to Canadian medical researcher & #biochemist Maud Menten (1879-1960). 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histscj Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme histochemistry, still used in imaging of 🧵
Linocut portrait of biochemist and medical researcher Maud Menten (1879-1960) with the Michalis-Menten equation in blue and a histology image in pinks and purples in the background.
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thank you to Vanderbilt for featuring our NIH-funded work! Very proud of this story and amazing team behind it. as.vanderbilt.edu/news/2025/03...
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Amid a federal government crackdown on academic and research institutions, WPLN health reporter @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social says hundreds of protesters filled the Tennessee State Capitol steps in downtown Nashville on Friday.
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Hundreds gather to protest cuts to medical research funding, crackdowns on DEI
Amid a federal government crackdown on academic and research institutions, hundreds of protesters filled the Capitol steps in downtown Nashville. Among several other initiatives, the Trump Administrat...
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Katherine Stefanski @kmstefanski.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stand Up For Science TN (Nashville) was a success! Thanks to everyone who came out and @campbell4tn.bsky.social and @aftynbehn.bsky.social for coming out and adding their voices to the fight! @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience2025
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Great turnout in Nashville today! Proud to be a scientist this and every day.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️ Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Flyer for stand up for science--more information available at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Getting ready in Nashville. (Featuring poster work with my favourite two little scientists) #standupforscience2025
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thank you to the French! Amazing.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨 I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk. My op-ed in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
INBOX: March 7th — NASHVILLE + nationwide #StandUpForScience rallies as Trump & Musk dismantle the federal government while enriching themselves even further with taxpayer money. More info: standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g...
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely
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Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute
How to contribute a Story
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/03/2025
"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH" apnews.com/article/nih-...
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Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers
Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers.
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Save the date in Nashville!
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Happening today #BPS2025
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Black chemists you should know about: These inventors, educators, and unsung heroes changed lives through their work in chemistry. cen.acs.org/people/profi... #BlackinChem #BlackHistoryMonth #chemsky🧪
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Black chemists you should know about
These inventors, educators, and unsung heroes changed lives through their work in chemistry
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/02/2025
For authors, talking to the media “can be an opportunity to provide the unvarnished truth in response to tough questions,” write @holdenthorp.bsky.social and Meagan Phelan in this week’s #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/3EOWJR2
Quote on a red background stating: '... forthright communication about research questions is more urgent than ever." - H. Holden Thorp and Meagan Phelan, Science Journals.
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Excited to present our new story in Science Advances at #bps2025 meeting next week. Thanks to Vanderbilt CSB for featuring our work! www.vanderbilt.edu/csb/2025/02/...
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Greater than the sum of its parts: the role of VARP-SNX27 binding in endosomal “supercomplex” formation
In cells, multi-subunit coat protein complexes are responsible for coordinating the transport of transmembrane proteins and lipid cargo between membranes. At the endosome, cargo trafficking is medi…
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Jackson Lab @ Vanderbilt @lpjacksonlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The Jackson lab is thrilled to join Bluesky and find so many friends, scientists, and colleagues. It is an uncertain and frankly scary time for U.S. science, but today we are pausing to celebrate an exciting new paper in Science Advances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... (Thread)
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VARP binds SNX27 to promote endosomal supercomplex formation on membranes
VARP binds SNX27 to promote the assembly of the SNX27/Retromer/ESCPE-1 endosomal supercomplex on membranes.
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