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Richa Sardana

@richasardana.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at Cornell University. Studies protein transport and quality control mechanisms. sardanalab.vet.cornell.edu

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Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology @weillinstitute.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

📣 We’re hiring! The Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and the Department of Biomedical & Translational Sciences are seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Molecular Therapeutics. 🔬 Review begins November 15, 2026

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Ryan Vignogna @rvig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🎉 Our DENN GAP paper is now out in JCB! Some exciting new results were added since the preprint, including the discovery that yeast and human AVL9 differ in substrate specificity. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Avl9 defines a family of DENN domain GTPase-activating proteins

Using computational protein–protein interaction screens, Vignogna and Fromme identify Avl9 as a GTPase-activating protein for Arf-family GTPases. They demo

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Richa Sardana @richasardana.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy to see this story out- led by graduate student, Julia Zhu, where she uncovers that the yeast homolog of Cystinosin, Ers1, functions in redox homeostasis at the early-Golgi! Thanks to everyone who contributed, and, hopefully, more to come! www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

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