Sarah and Ian enjoyed attending the ASCB-EMBO Annual Meeting in sunny San Diego! Sarah presented the lab’s work in a session titled “Organelle Interactome and Cell Plasticity Control”.

Sarah gave a talk and Ian presented a poster at the SouthEast Lipid Research Conference in Nashville, TN. We also got to see Elvis’s gold-plated Cadillac at the Country Music Hall of Fame!

Amit comes to us from the NIH, where he identified ER-shaping proteins that regulate lipid droplet and peroxisome biogenesis. He will continue to study these proteins using live-cell and multispectral imaging. Welcome Amit!

The lab very much enjoyed attending the Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting. Sarah gave a talk at the Pre-meeting Pub Tech Night at Imbibe, Chapel Hill, and everyone enjoyed the talks and poster sessions in lovely Saxapawhaw.

We had fun listening to Counterclockwise play live bluegrass and eating yummy food truck food with the Diering Lab at Friday on the Front Porch. Welcome Greg (Cohen Lab) and Julia (Diering Lab)!

We are very glad to have Greg Miner as a new addition to the lab! Greg obtained Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Washington at Seattle in 2012 and his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2018. Welcome Greg!

We are extremely honored to have been awarded a research grant from the Alzheimer’s Association . We are looking forward to beginning the proposed research studying the trafficking of ApoE in astrocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Sarah published a review with Alex Valm and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz summarizing recent advances in the field of organelle interactions. Check it out here.

Sarah presented the lab’s work at FASEB Lipid Droplets on the Move from Health to Disease. It was a great meeting with lots of exciting science, moose sightings, and even a relaxing trip to Strawberry Park Hot Springs!

Ian has passed his written qualifying exam. Congratulations Ian!