James Olzmann
@OlzmannLab
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Professor of Molecular Therapeutics and Metabolic Biology at UC Berkeley; Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
Berkeley, California. USA.
Joined August 2018
Excited to share our new preprint! Exceptional work by postdoc @MikeLange identifies the first #LipidDroplet lipid quality control pathway! Droplet-localized FSP1 safeguards stored neutral lipids, blocking their peroxidation & #ferroptosis induction.🤩
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Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles that store and supply lipids based on cellular needs. While mechanisms preventing oxidative damage to membrane phospholipids are established, the vulnerability of...
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RT @gparlakgul: Excited to share I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at UC Berkeley, in the department of Nutrition….
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RT @rob8yang: We built upon a key discovery made by @KivancBirsoy and unveiled additional mechanisms for regulating lipid synthesis. CHP1 p….
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The glycerol-3-phosphate (G-3-P) pathway is central to the synthesis of triacylglycerols (TAGs) and glycerophospholipids, essential for membrane bi...
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RT @GuangYa15456338: I’m excited to share our latest publication in @PNASNews , revealing a mechanism by which the key regulator CHP1 contr….
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The glycerol-3-phosphate (G-3-P) pathway is central to the synthesis of triacylglycerols (TAGs) and glycerophospholipids, essential for membrane bi...
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First day of class @UCBerkeley! Kicked off the day peeking in on the Therapeutic Discovery and Development class taught by @DanNomura @RobertoZoncu @UrnovFyodor!! 🤩🔥!!
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RT @DanNomura: Awesome first day of our Therapeutic Discovery and Development class in Molecular Therapeutics (MCB120) @berkeleyMCB. Exci….
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RT @berkeleyMCB: Check out this recap of Berkeley's recent inaugural Bay Area Biotech Day which brought communities together to foster coll….
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RT @biorxiv_cellbio: Plasma membrane accessible cholesterol is regulated by ACC1 and lipid droplets #biorxiv_cellbio.
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Proper maintenance of plasma membrane (PM) cholesterol is essential for diverse processes ranging from animal development to pathogen evasion. Despite decades of study, the mechanisms governing...
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RT @pottslab: What if treating disease meant stabilizing biology, not blocking it? We explore that idea in @ScienceMagazine with LOCKTAC m….
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Biology is governed by macromolecular interactions, perturbation of which often lies at the heart of disease. Most therapeutic drugs, whether they are small molecules or biologics, exert their...
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RT @GalmozziAndrea: Quantitative imaging of lipid transport in mammalian cells | Nature
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Nature - Directional, non-vesicular lipid transport is responsible for fast, species-selective lipid sorting into organelle membranes.
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RT @JayXiaojunTan: Huge congratulations to Haoxiang & Jeff, our very first students, on publishing their exciting work! 🎉 A milestone for t….
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RT @pottslab: Check out how we repurpose lysosomal membrane proteins for targeted protein relocalization and degradation using LYMTAC molec….
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RT @RapeLab: Excited about turning basic science into new therapeutic modalities? Want to work with brilliant and *friendly* colleagues? Ho….
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Tenure track position alert! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB @UCBerkeley. Apply and come be our colleague! 🎉.
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RT @berkeleyMCB: We're Hiring! Assistant Professor of Molecular Therapeutics in MCB. Learn more and apply online: h….
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RT @berkeleyMCB: Congrats to MCB's Ana Arruda on being named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences! 👏🎉
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RT @LammerdingLab: Interested in #mechanobiology of the cell nucleus? The submission deadline for the FASEB Science Research Conference on….
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RT @HenneLab: Thankful for this writeup in @JCellBiol highlighting work from our group and the @Schliekerlab examining molecular factors th….
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RT @ishahjain: Summer lab fun!!! We are still hiring stellar post-docs with an intensity and curiosity for metabolism/physiology. Send me a….
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