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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan

@pskcellbio.bsky.social
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I am a cell biologist who studies protein quality control and proteostasis in the secretory pathway with emphasis on GPI-anchored proteins, p24-family of proteins, calnexin, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, and lysosomes.

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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Exciting discovery by @iqbalhamzalab.bsky.social and colleagues! “These findings reveal intercellular heme sharing and identify HRG1 as a potential therapeutic target in hemoglobinopathies.”
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Thank you @jessica-rosarda.bsky.social! I really appreciate your helping me share my good news : )
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Great Bluetorial thread by Yamuna Krishnan @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social on preprint “Organelles harbour pH gradients” recently published by her lab!
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Eric (“VJ”) Rubenstein @vjrubenstein.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
If you're at #CellBio2025, please join us tomorrow at 9AM in Room 122 for a fantastic speaker lineup at the #EndoplasmicReticulum Minisymposium! Immediately following our session will be the keynote presentations by Eva Nogales & Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz! @ascbiology.bsky.social
Schedule of speakers for the Endoplasmic Reticulum Minisymposium speakers on Dec 10 9-11 AM at the Cell Bio 2025 conference.
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
And blew this cell biologist’s mind with real-life, practical advice on how to promote scientific literacy, curiosity, and critical thinking! At the Special President’s Session #CellBio2025 Thank you, @galesinatra.bsky.social!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
#CellBio2025 This Wednesday, Dec 10 at 9:00 AM in Room 122 Please add it to your schedule!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Ken Miller was my Cell Bio professor at Brown University. It’s my impression that his brilliant, thought-provoking, and often humor-infused presentations come straight from the heart. This is a “can’t miss” event TODAY at #cellbio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The WICB skits never fail to entertain and enlighten me! I’ll be there.
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Anna Allen @akallen10.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
***Important*** BIO will host a Virtual Office Hour (VOH) on Thurs, Dec 18th, 2025, 1 - 2 pm ET. In this VOH, we’ll be joined by leadership to outline updates to NSF’s review process & share news relevant to all areas of research funded by BIO. Register here: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
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Webinar Registration - Zoom
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Eric (“VJ”) Rubenstein @vjrubenstein.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Just one week away until #CellBio2025! Please plan to join us for a sUPeR speakER lineup at the #EndoplasmicReticulum Minisymposium! Dec 10 at 9 AM @ascbiology.bsky.social
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
What a journey across the world and to the ER! Way to go, Guillaume 👏🏼👏🏼@gthibault.bsky.social
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Check out our @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 Minisymposium on ER Homeostasis. With THIS speaker lineup, this event will be as dynamic, transformative and productive as the ER itself! So don’t 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 yourselves over and join us to 𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 in world of the ER. (All PUNS intended.)
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
These are “can’t miss” events for membrane enthusiasts :)
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This would be an amazing postdoc opportunity!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I can’t wait to read this!
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Women in Autophagy @womeninautophagy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📣 Deadline Extended! 📆 Abstract submissions for the WIA Symposium Webinar are now due Friday, Sept 19. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work to the autophagy community! 👇Submit here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Our first extraordinary biologist featured this week is Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor, @focalplane.bsky.social Scientific Advisory Board member and plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference. #biologists100 #100biologists
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right. Portrait of Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz to the left, text to the right 100 extraordinary biologists Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz 

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz is a Journal of Cell Science Editor and Senior Group Leader at the Janelia Research Campus, USA. Jennifer gave a plenary lecture at the Biologists @ 100 conference, showcasing the advanced microscopy techniques she uses to understand organelle and protein dynamics.
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Erik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday www.nature.com/articles/nme...
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John Cooper @johncooper314.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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Obituary: Stuart Arthur Kornfeld, MD - John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
October 4, 1936 – August 17, 2025 It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Dr. Stuart Arthur Kornfeld, Professor Emeritus, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025, from complications of Parki...
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Anna Leder @annaleder.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Happy to share my first publication, where we present our discovery of multi-chaperone condensates that orchestrate protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Congratulations @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social, @ibudin.bsky.social and all the 2025 ASCB award winners! This is a major achievement!
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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki. His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬 Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
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MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological Laboratory
Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis scummis@mbl.edu; 973.800.4119
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
#Golgi folks, cannot miss this!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/06/2025
What do you see when you stare at this grid of line segments: a series of rectangles, or a series of circles? The way you perceive this optical illusion may tie back to the visual environment that surrounds you, a recent preprint suggests. scim.ag/4kTxbmd
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Culture literally changes how we see the world
Where city dwellers see rectangles, people who live in round huts see circles
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Kara Marshall @karalmarshall.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
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Kara Marshall PHD-History of Science in America - Trilogy at Tehaleh 04/27/25
YouTube video by Steve Lawson
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Roberto Zoncu Lab @robzonculab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
tinyurl.com/mrce6bbb Fun to write this N&V together with Regina @hrshin.bsky.social, on the several cryoEM papers that build on her discovery of the fascinating LYCHOS protein and its role in cholesterol sensing and mTORC1 regulation!
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Cholesterol finds its pocket in LYCHOS - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
The lysosomal transmembrane protein LYCHOS enables activation of the master growth regulator mTORC1 kinase by cholesterol. Here we summarize recent structural findings that shed light on the LYCHOS ch...
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Anirban Banerjee @banirbn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Interested in chemical mechanisms of membrane proteins ?We have an opening for postbac fellows. Please share and repost. Thanks ! Our research focuses on understanding the chemical and cellular mechanisms of integral membrane enzymes and transition metal transporters. bit.ly/42jWXYD. /n
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Anirban Banerjee Lab: Section on Structural and Chemical Biology
The cell membrane is a uniquely complex and dynamic chemical environment. Even a simplistic binary description of an individual lipid molecule as hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic headgroup segments ma...
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Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Visiting Cambridge/Oxford/London w/ @sim0nredfern.bsky.social to connect w/ potential applicants for Nanyang Assistant Professorship (NAP) @ NTU SG. NAP offers tenure-track position w/ up to S$2.75M start-up. Join us and register at one of our recruitment events 👇 www.ntu.edu.sg/science/rese...
NAP Recruitment Event Poster
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy Golgi Day!! I’m celebrating in the lab!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is a well written spotlight piece by Xin Xiang @xianglab.bsky.social highlighting a new discovery by Aquino et al in McNally lab. It describes a novel mechanism by which the kinesin-1-driven inward organelle packing pushes the spindle out towards the cortex. Interesting mechanism and biology!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Exciting discovery by Aakriti Jain @aakritijain.bsky.social et al of the @robzonculab.bsky.social lab that LyLAP processively and rapidly proteolyses membrane-spanning hydrophobic domains of transmembrane proteins!
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Fran Bottanelli @franbottanelli.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Hey #scisky has anybody made the move to FBS substitutes for their research and is happy??? I soon may need a grant just to fund lab FBS 😭
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Good to know!!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Cool work by Jeppesen et al of the Dylan Burnette Lab @mag2art.bsky.social demonstrating and characterizing a whole new actor in the complex world of cells: blebbisomes.
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Assistant Teaching Professor at Ball State University Muncie, IN
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Can’t miss!
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Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Please welcome Contact: The Journal of Inter-Organelle Communication @contactctc.bsky.social to Bluesky!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Very easy to use. I’m sharing this with my family!
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Eric (“VJ”) Rubenstein @vjrubenstein.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Excited to share our latest work! We found kinesin Kar3 is required for ER protein quality control. This 10-yr project involved 78 students, including undergrad & master's students in my lab & students enrolled in CURE I helped design, & 2 excellent colleagues. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...
Student coauthors of this paper.List of all students in the Cell Biology course who contributed to the project
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This speaks to my experience. Beautiful advice!
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Sandhya Koushika @wormlockholmes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Co-wrote w/ Rohini this hopefully easily understandable article @thehindu.com on curiosity driven research w/ the worm, its many contributions to scientific advances, including several Nobels. 🙏🏾 @1amnerd.bsky.social & Upendra Kulkarni for editing www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...
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How curiosity-driven research in a worm won four Nobel Prizes
Discover the significance of C. elegans in biological research, from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to insights into gene expression control.
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Weekend viewing! Chaperones, PQC, proteostasis. Thanks, @paolodelosrios.bsky.social
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Congratulations to @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social and colleagues @jls_lab.bsky.social for this beautiful work revealing the role for periodic ER-PM junctions in propagating long range Ca²⁺ signaling along dendrites.
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Hello #Lysosomes Subgroup Attendees #CellBio2024 @ascbiology.bsky.social! I’m thrilled with the outcome. The speakers were 🔥, the puns were ridiculous 🤡, and the audience brought the energy! Please find our session in the App and click on the clipboard symbol to rate it.
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I’m so excited to be here at #cellbio2024! I cannot wait to attend the Lipids in Organelle Form and Function session today at 1:45 in Room 29C. Plus the added bonus of the happy hour.
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Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We have a lineup of outstanding speakers 😍 for this year’s conference 👇. Please share the poster with your network to spread the word 📢!
Poster for FASEB Endoplasmic Reticulum 2025 Conference to be held 8-12 June 2025 in Melbourne, Florida. The poster includes the invited speakers
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I highly recommend this welcoming and inclusive meeting of ER Investigators! I attended this meeting in 2023 when it was co-chaired by Carolyn Sevier and Guillaume Thibault @gthibault.bsky.social and instantly built a network of colleagues that I continue to exchange ideas with today!
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Prasanna Satpute-Krishnan @pskcellbio.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I am new to BlueSky but found this starter pack to be useful to find my folks in #cellbiology, #MembraneTrafficking, #lysosomes #ER #Golgi. .
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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Arise, UPR & ISR scientists ! I will have missed many, so please tag below go.bsky.app/8VzRKLW
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