Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SciArt Monday! 🔬🖤 Here is an epithelial cell with its microtubules shown in black and DNA glowing in red/orange. @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social 010
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It is NOA day! 🎉 I feel blessed and excited to receive the K99/R00 from NIH NIGMS! Thanks to everyone who has supported me and continues to support me on this journey. I appreciate you all! 🙏🏾✨🧪 @uofubiochem.bsky.social @rutterlab.bsky.social 6234
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDRutter Lab @rutterlab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026🧪🚨 We are ecstatic to share this preprint from our amazing postdoc @cnfxc.bsky.social. Corey solved a long-standing question in the field of transport biology (since the 90s!), identifying SLC16A6 as a melanosomal tyrosine transporter. Check it out! @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDcnfxc.bsky.social @cnfxc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Melanin synthesis begins with the shuttling of tyrosine into the lumen of organelles called melanosomes, but the transporter performing this function has remained elusive for over 30 years. Our new preprint identifies SLC16A6 as a melanosomal tyrosine transporter! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgSLC16A6 is a tyrosine transporter for the melanosomeCells enable specialized metabolism by compartmentalizing metabolic pathways into distinct organelles, which requires the membrane transport of metabolites. In melanocytes, the amino acid tyrosine is ... 051
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDRutter Lab @rutterlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Congratulations to our amazing summer undergraduate students on a successful presentation at the UofU Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)! ✨ We are very proud of them and can't wait to see them continue to shine on their scientific journey! 🔬🧬🧪 @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 032
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I am honored to have been selected as one of the winners in the 2026 Endocrine Images Art Competition hosted by the @endocrinesociety.bsky.social. Be sure to check out all the beautiful winning images on display at #ENDO2026 in Chicago this June! @uofubiochem.bsky.social @rutterlab.bsky.social 🧪🖼️🔥 022
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDRutter Lab @rutterlab.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Exciting news from the @rutterlab.bsky.social! Our amazing lab techs got accepted into graduate school! "Congrats to Christina and Zihan. We're excited to watch them continue their science journey!" -JR @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🧪🎉 051
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDEndocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Our #FLARE2026 program gathered for two days of professional development and leadership training with our outstanding faculty. During the workshops they received hands-on training in topics ranging from grantsmanship to lab management Learn more: bit.ly/4coX242 042
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDSACNAS Utah Chapter @uofu-sacnas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Whether you are eyeing a faculty position or a role in industry, your first impression happens on paper. Join U of U SACNAS for an interactive workshop designed to help you navigate the competitive landscape of career applications! 012
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDKatsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Center for Metabolic Health (CMH) at the University of Utah is inviting applications for our Postdoctoral Rising Stars in Metabolism held on Sept 2, 2026. If you are a postdoc with an exciting METABOLISM story, apply using the QR code by April 24. Please share with your colleagues. 032
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 08/03/2026One more day left to vote! Share with your friends and colleagues! 🔥🧪 011
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Please vote and help us to prevent kidney injury! @rjnicholson.bsky.social @scottsummers339.bsky.social @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofuhealth.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social @statnews.com 000
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Our collaborative project "New Drug Protects Mitochondria and Prevents Kidney Injury in Mice" (tinyurl.com/y2pk2tcy) got selected for the 2026 #STATMadness by @statnews.com! Please vote and help us to prevent kidney injury! @rutterlab.bsky.social @scottsummers339.bsky.social @uofuhealth.bsky.socialtinyurl.comNew Drug Protects Mitochondria and Prevents Kidney Injury in MiceIf the drug works in people, it could prevent kidney injury in high-risk populations, or potentially even treat other diseases that affect mitochondria, like heart failure and diabetes. 020
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDSACNAS Utah Chapter @uofu-sacnas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Come and learn more about Dr. McReynolds's journey to science while enjoying a warm and delicious breakfast! This event is open to all, and everyone is welcome, so bring a friend and help spread the word! 013
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear... 313678
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDCrystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Huge thanks to Dr. AJ Hinton, the Microscopy Society of America, and Early Career Committee for the invitation to speak in this series! My talk will kick the series off on Monday at 10:30 PT/1:30 ET with several talks over the rest of the month (first two weeks featured here)! 🔬🧬 2174
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Excited to be part of the Keystone Symposia Fellow's Class of 2026! Thank you @keystonesymposia.bsky.social for this opportunity and to all my mentors for their support! 🎉🧪🔬 051
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDBiomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Ceramide lipid found to build up & damage kidney tubules; ceramide-reducing drugs protect against renal injury 📷 @luisci22.bsky.social. Research: Rebekah J. Nicholson & @luisci22.bsky.social et al @utah.edu in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDRutter Lab @rutterlab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Happy Holidays from the @rutterlab.bsky.social! 🎄🎅 📷 credit: Katarina Heyden and Tarun Yadav. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 23/12/2025@luisci22.bsky.social, postdoc @uofubiochem.bsky.social , decoding how cancer cells rewire their metabolism to alter their cell fate ! #cancerresearch #stemcellresearch #cellbiothenode.biologists.comSwitching Gears: Metabolic Rewiring in Cancer #MetabolismMondays - the NodeThis week, we explore the story of Dr. Luis Cedeno-Rosario, a postdoctoral researcher in the Rutter Lab at the University of Utah. 131
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Honored to have one of my immunofluorescence images featured in @nature.com November’s best science images!!! Thank you @nature.com and their photo team (Fred Schwaller & Katie Kavanagh) for the highlight! 🧪🔬👨🏾🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social Check it out! go.nature.com/4pGzlr9go.nature.comThis is the world’s largest spider web — November’s best science imagesThe month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. 072
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Another proud bench mentor alert! 🌟 Congratulations to Nimo Abdi for receiving a presentation award in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the 2025 #ABRCMS conference!!! PS: she is also applying for summer research internships, and I highly recommend her! 🧪🔬👩🏿🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @hhmi.org 1123
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 21/11/2025If you are attending #ABRCMS and want to learn more about mitochondrial metabolism in liver cancer, go and check out Nimo Abdi's poster today at 2:45 pm CT! She is amazing! Her poster number is D-001. @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social 054
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 17/11/2025@queren-alcantara.bsky.social and I are looking forward to host @drohsopretty.bsky.social in collaboration with the @uofu-sacnas.bsky.social and the University of Utah CMH @scottsummers339.bsky.social @rutterlab.bsky.social! Please share and RSVP for this event! Don't miss it. 🔥🔬 021
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDSACNAS Utah Chapter @uofu-sacnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025SACNAS is hosting a breakfast with Dr. Dasgupta, where she will share her journey to science over a nice, warm breakfast ☕️. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to network! RSVP using the link and QR code on the flyer. All are welcome!! 🎉🥳 011
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Please apply! It is truly a unique experience, highly recommend it! 020
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 30/10/2025This is today @sacnas.bsky.social NDiSTEM 2025!!! Come and join us in Room B130 at 2 pm EDT! 🧪🔬🦠 030
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Less than one week left!!! We are so excited for this session, do not miss it! 🧪🥼🔬 011
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDLucas Sullivan @lucasbsullivan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Our work detailing the metabolic roles of serum for cancer cell proliferation is now out at JBC, @asbmbjournals.bsky.social! Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process. See here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDefined media reveal the essential role of lipid scavenging in supporting cancer cell proliferationFetal bovine serum (FBS) is an undefined additive that is ubiquitous to mammalian cell culture media and whose functional contributions to promoting c… 13618
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDSonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Thrilled to share that our review, “Holding Out for a Model: Rhomboid Superfamily in Vertebrate Development and Disease,” is now published in Journal of Cellular Physiology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comHolding Out for a Model: Rhomboid Superfamily in Vertebrate Development and DiseaseThe rhomboid superfamily, comprising both proteases and pseudoproteases, has emerged as a central regulator of membrane biology, mediating diverse functions including protein quality control, signal ... 183
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Are you attending SACNAS NDiSTEM 2025!? Don't miss this awesome session about "How to Identify the Right Mentor for You" hosted by @greisha-ortiz.bsky.social @neuro-explorer-lc.bsky.social @luisci22.bsky.social and @joele-r.bsky.social. #NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEMResearch #PLI @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪🔬🥼 01810
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDGreisha L. Ortiz-Hernández, Ph.D. @greisha-ortiz.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Happy to announce that the results of my main postdoctoral research project have been published! 🎉 Here, we dived and built upon others' efforts in the characterization of CYR61 in known prostate cancer cell models. This matricellular protein is special but challenging to study. Thread 👇 311
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDDaniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Interested in metabolism? So are we! My lab has been exploring the cell biology of energy metabolism in the nervous system, and we are looking for postdocs. Cool sensors and microscopy, great work environment. Please help me spread the word! 01812
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDChrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Know rising stars in biological, medicinal, or pharmaceutical chemistry? Nominate them for a feature. Link to a blog post and the nomination form below! axial.acs.org/biology-and-... 053
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Thank you @asbmb.bsky.social for all the support and the shout-out! We truly appreciate it!!! 🎉🧪🔥 051
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDKatsu Funai @katsufunai.bsky.social · 21/07/2025We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share! @uofunuip.bsky.socialjobs.sciencecareers.orgOpen Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah | 674355The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant... 02932
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 15/07/2025#MetabolismMondays Meet Anna Vigil, #PhD student in @justinmcrocker.bsky.social lab @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social, discussing her work on how #metabolism impacts cell fate, development & #evolution #Drosophila. #theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBiothenode.biologists.comCurrents of Change: Metabolism shaping cell fate and evolution #MetabolismMondays - the NodeAll the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Anna-Lena Brigitte Gunda VigilPhD 1217
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Come join us at the @utah.edu for a Summer Science Day on Saturday, July 12th! It is going to be a lot of fun!!! 🧪 🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social 062
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDUniversity of Utah Health Research @uuhsresearch.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Congrats to Luis Cedeno-Rosario of the Rutter Lab in @utah.edu Utah's Department of Biochemistry for receiving the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award from @fredhutch.bsky.social! A well-deserved honor recognizing rising leaders in research. @uofubiochem.bsky.social www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele...fredhutch.orgFred Hutch announces eight recipients of 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar AwardFred Hutch announces eight recipients of the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which honors exceptional postdoctoral researchers in the areas of cancer, infectious disease and basic science. 0104
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 19/06/2025🎉 Thrilled to be one of the recipients of the 2025 Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award from @fredhutch.bsky.social!!! Super excited to meet the other awardees and share some cool science! 🧪🔬 @rutterlab.bsky.social @uofubiochem.bsky.social @bwfund.bsky.social 4287
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 12/06/2025🚨 Great news alert! My good friend @greisha-ortiz.bsky.social and I will be co-chairing and organizing a session at the 2025 NDiSTEM @sacnas.bsky.social conference on "How to Identify the Right Mentor for You"! Stay tuned for more details and information during Fall 2025. 🧪🔬👩🔬👨🔬 161
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDDr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars @samuelnabritcon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Last panel of the day, speaking on Community and Resilience in these times. Several graduate students speak on their community service projects and how they are giving back! #smnc2025 #community #academicsky 022
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Last week I had a great time at the 2025 Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars held at Brown University. Thank you so much to the @samuelnabritcon.bsky.social organizers for the invitation as one of the speakers and for putting together an awesome event!!! 🔬🧪👨🔬 021
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 02/06/2025So happy and excited to share this interview/highlight as an emerging investigator in metabolism on @the-node.bsky.social. Thank you @iamshef.bsky.social and @the-node.bsky.social for this opportunity! Also, check out the rest of the stories on their website. Very inspiring! 👨🔬🧪🔬 063
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Yay! We are very excited to welcome all of the 2025 Graduate Student Rising Stars to the U! 🎉🎉🎉 010
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Please apply and/or share with your network! 000
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDKatajistoLab @katajistolab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Happy to present Hien’s paper on age-selective apportioning of peroxisomes as a fate determinant in adult stem cells www.nature.com/articles/s41... @metastem.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @ki.se @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social out now in @natcomms.nature.com A thread 🧵 1/9nature.comGlucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase on old peroxisomes maintains self-renewal of epithelial stem cells after asymmetric cell division - Nature CommunicationsPeroxisomes are essential but their role in cell fate regulation remains understudied. Here, the authors reveal that young and old peroxisomes are not equally distributed in asymmetrically dividing st... 24816
Reposted by Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhDTina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Interested in doing a postdoc in Seattle? Join us on May 6 for Seattle DROP, a virtual biomedical postdoc recruitment event. The first 250 US registrants enjoy lunch via delivery voucher! 🥪 All postdoc candidates are invited to attend. 👇👇👇 Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25tinyurl.comSeattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs 086
Luis Cedeño-Rosario, PhD @luisci22.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Excited for ASBMB 2025 @asbmb.bsky.social! Come and check out the research talks by the @rutterlab.bsky.social! 🧪🔬 051