Caroline Kumsta
@kumsta
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Assistant Professor at SBP Medical Discovery Institute, interested in Aging, Autophagy, Proteostasis and Hormesis! CF 🫁 advocate.
Joined February 2011
Nominations are open for the 2025 Sidney Brenner Thesis Award! Honoring an outstanding thesis in nematode biology defended Oct 1, 2024 – Sept 30, 2025. Deadline: Sept 30, 2025 Nominate here: https://t.co/HhZDDqMXju Please share
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This nomination form is for the 2025 Brenner Award Nomination. Due: September 30th, 2025. Please do not include any information besides what is asked as a formal nominee form and recommendation...
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Grad-student Tatiana Moreno in the lab wrote a comprehensive review about autophagy in human aging models! Go check it out! Congratulations, Tatiana
🧬🔍 Monitoring Autophagy in Human Aging: Key Cell Models and Insights! @cellrepairlab & @kumsta explore key cell models and insights into monitoring autophagy in human aging. 📖 Read more: https://t.co/R9EsMd3LfO
#Autophagy #AgingResearch #CellBiology #Longevity
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Low humidity enhances thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans #micropublication #biology #data #caltechlibrary #Celegans #PhenotypeData #Methods #NewFinding #Methodology
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Do you perform C. elegans heat stress experiments? Are they inconsistent? Humidity may be a factor! New finding by Michelle and Diego: Low humidity enhances thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans https://t.co/RC92OVYb7M First micropublication for the Kumsta Lab!
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We just published this review with @thehansenlab! Congratulations to first author Shaun Lim! Enjoy the read! Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy Decline during Aging https://t.co/DhNFXkjh0S
#mdpicells via @Cells_MDPI
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Macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) is a cellular recycling process that degrades cytoplasmic components, such as protein aggregates and mitochondria, and is associated with longevity and health in...
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A couple weeks ago I had the honor to participate in a panel discussion at COMICON about the Apple TV series Foundation inspired by Isaac Asimov! Thanks @fleetscience for inviting me! It was a blast!! 💥🛸 @sbpdiscovery
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Don’t give up on your ideas! Thank you to my lab and my mentors and supporters who believed in me and helped get me to this point! ❤️
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The Kumsta Lab is now funded by the @NIA! It was a long road to get here with the first submission in Oct 2020, then July 2021, then Oct 2022 and finally Nov 2023!!! I kept on working on it, strengthened the preliminary data, simplified the writing and got lucky in the end!
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The 3rd annual Rising Stars Symposium is an amazing opportunity for grad students to share their research, network with peers and faculty mentors, and learn about open postdoc positions at Sanford Burnham Prebys. Please retweet and apply today: https://t.co/yJtumvbDve
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Great collaboration with the Hansen and Driscoll Lab, and a great conclusion to a long project! Congratulations to all co-authors!
Online now! Yang et al. show that inhibition of early-acting autophagy genes in neurons extend C. elegans lifespan, improve proteostasis, and increase #exopher formation via the autonomous WD40 domain-related function of ATG-16.2. @kumsta @thehansenlab
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Caviar, that’s what’s for dinner! Why? Cuz it’s Wednesday, the first day back at work and there is no point in waiting for the rare wins in science!
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Save the date for the 3rd annual Rising Star Symposium at Sanford Burnham Prebys in La Jolla: May 1-3, 2023! Are you a PhD student about to graduate? Consider applying:
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The Rising Stars Symposium showcases the biomedical research of exceptional postdoctoral candidates from across the country.
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Help save the Dog Aging Project. Despite being one of the most influential, productive and impactful NIH supported projects over the past 5 years, the National Institute on Aging has inexplicably chosen to withdraw support for the Dog Aging Project. For now, I’m won't get into
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April is Stress Awareness Month, so we spoke to Caroline @kumsta about her work on cellular stress responses in nematodes. Her research could help yield new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Read more https://t.co/4Pqumne8f0
#StressAwarenessMonth #biology #cells #stress
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Come work at the Buck! The Hansen lab is inviting highly qualified, inquisitive scientists to apply for positions as a Postdoctoral Researcher. https://t.co/jSawuSSZkS
#sciencejobs #postdocjobs
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Apply now for the 2nd Annual Rising Stars Symposium - an all-expenses paid, 3-day event in San Diego, CA for aspiring #postdoctoral scholars & junior #faculty to share their research, network, & learn about #career opportunities at Sanford Burnham Prebys. https://t.co/v9nmoGNBD1
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Apply now for the 2nd Annual Rising Stars Symposium - an all-expenses paid, 3-day event in San Diego, CA for aspiring #postdoctoral scholars & junior #faculty to share their research, network, & learn about #career opportunities at Sanford Burnham Prebys.
sbpdiscovery.org
The Rising Stars Symposium showcases the biomedical research of exceptional postdoctoral candidates from across the country.
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Remove academic age limits on ERC grants - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/BiUP2f3I6Y via @Change
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Remove ‘academic age’ limits on ERC grants
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