Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Thanks very much Erin! You and my other fantastic mentees have made this career so fun and rewarding. 010
Reposted by Matthew WelchJournal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 21/07/2026🔬 From our July issue: rupress.org/jcb/issue/22... A spinning-disk confocal image of HMEC-1 cells infected w/ #Rickettsia bellii (yellow, cytoplasmic GFP) & expressing a fluorescent marker of actin filaments (blue, RFP-F-tractin). By Bacher et al. @mattwelchlab.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1083/jcb.... 092
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Our newest microPublication is out online! Please check it out. @micropub7n.bsky.social 021
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Reminder for fellow cell biologists: the #CellBio2026 abstract deadline is June 9! Time to get those submissions in #ASCB www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/ascb.orgCell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO MeetingAttend Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting and network 100
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social and EMBO @embo.org communities - Snezhka @alebenoit.bsky.social and I are Co-Chairs of the CellBio 2026 program committee. Please share that June 9th is the standard abstract deadline - earlier than in the past. Please submit an abstract and join us in San Diego! 076
Reposted by Matthew WelchJournal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · 29/04/2026New study from Bacher et al. in the @mattwelchlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social finds evidence for considerable evolutionary flexibility in the mechanism and regulation of microbial #actin-based #motility. rupress.org/jcb/article-... #Cytoskeleton #Microbiology #Rickettsia 0114
Reposted by Matthew WelchRockefeller University Press @rupress.org · 29/04/2026New @jcb.org study from Bacher et al. in the @mattwelchlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social finds evidence for considerable evolutionary flexibility in the mechanism and regulation of microbial #actin-based #motility. rupress.org/jcb/article-... #Cytoskeleton #Microbiology #Rickettsia 011
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Our most recent paper "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" is now out in @jcb.org! Check it out here: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 14516
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026All Friends of Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social please consider making a donation to support our students, science, and department culture during today's Big Give givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/1...givingday.berkeley.eduBig Give 2026March 12 000
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Congratulations to MCB faculty David Bilder, Rebecca Heald, James Hurley and Gary Karpen on receiving Miller Research Professorship Awards! 👏🎉 @bilderlab.bsky.social @jimhurley.bsky.social mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve... 121
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Congratulations to MCB's Dan Portnoy on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Advising Outstanding Faculty Advisor award from Berkeley’s Council on Advising and Student Services! 🎉👏 mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-eve... 041
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The feeling is mutual! Wonderful to have a chance to get together. 010
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being selected as a 2025 Protein Society Fellow @proteinsociety.bsky.social! 👏🎉 051
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar @valleefoundation.bsky.social! 🎉👏 thevalleefoundation.org/news/2025-va... 051
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Congrats to MCB's James Olzmann @olzmannlab.bsky.social on receiving the ASBMB 2026 Avanti Award in Lipids @asbmb.bsky.social! 👍🎉 0155
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Our newest preprint on bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" reveals surprising evolutionary flexibility in the mechanisms of Rickettsia actin-based motility www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 041
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05096 02131
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05098 047
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Congratulations James @olzmannlab.bsky.social for being elected an ASCB Fellow! 000
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Exciting research out of the Nayak lab! 🧪 news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/s...news.berkeley.eduScientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane - Berkeley NewsUC Berkeley researchers tweaked a key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the unique fingerprints of different environments on Earth that generate the greenhouse gas. 031
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 24/06/2025And another one for MCB's Yvette Fisher @yvetteefisher.bsky.social! 🔥Congrats on being named a @hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🥂https://www.hhmi.org/programs/freeman-hrabowski-scholars/2025-scholars 021
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a @hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏 www.hhmi.org/programs/fre... 052
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Congrats to MCB's Yang Dan & Donald Rio on their election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! 👏🎉 www.amacad.org/new-members-... 011
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Thanks Wendy @wendyingram.bsky.social and Dragonfly @dragonflymh.bsky.social for your pioneering work promoting mental health wellness in academia. MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social appreciates your efforts and expertise. news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/21/a...news.berkeley.eduA spate of suicides drew this alumna back to UC Berkeley to confront mental health issues in academia - Berkeley NewsEncouraged by Wendy Ingram, a 2014 Berkeley Ph.D. recipient, eminent faculty members shared their experiences with depression and anxiety to help bring these struggles into the open. 010
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Congrats to MCB's Diana Bautista and David Bilder for being named as AAAS Fellows @aaas.org! @bilderlab.bsky.social 👏 🎉https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/27/seven-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/ 082
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Congrats to MCB faculty David Raulet and graduate student Elle Andrews on receiving 2025 Berkeley Graduate Mentoring Awards! 👏🎉 @davidraulet.bsky.social grad.berkeley.edu/news/celebra... 011
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Congratulations to MCB undergraduates Carolyn Nguyen (Nuñez Lab), Karla Tapia (Hurley Lab), Shriprithi Vel Murugan (Hurley Lab), and Selina Wu (Hurley Lab) who were recently named Spring 2025 Ignite Scholars by the Bakar Fellows Program! 👏 bakarfellows.berkeley.edu/bakar-fellow...bakarfellows.berkeley.eduBakar Fellows Program Welcomes Spring 2025 Ignite Scholars - Bakar Fellows ProgramMeet the Fall 2024 cohort of the Bakar Ignite Scholars Program. 011
Reposted by Matthew WelchUC Berkeley MCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Our #berkeleyMCB community is already coming together to make a BIG impact for #CalBigGive! As a special incentive, once we receive 100 gifts 🎁 it will unlock 2 special donations from members of our community. Please help us meet this funding challenge! bit.ly/BigGiveMCB25 021
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Interesting analysis of the amazing economic activity fueled by NIH-funded research - a return on investment of $2.56 for every $1 in awards: www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research. 010
Reposted by Matthew WelchRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/nopenrxiv.orgHomepage - openRxivopenRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community. 552558846
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025I'm glad to have attended two Stand up for Science #standupforscience rallies last Friday, including this one at UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social -https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-fundingkqed.orgUC Berkeley Scientists Protest Trump Administration’s Cuts to Research Funding | KQEDHundreds of UC Berkeley scientists and students rallied in support of research funding as President Donald Trump delayed and slashed research budgets. 010
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Good crowd at #standupforscience in San Francisco and great speeches by CA State Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social and Stanford (also former UC Berkeley) professor Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social 0205
Matthew Welch @mattwelchlab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I've been off of social media for some time now and surprisingly glad to be back on again! 010