Andrew Paek
@andrewpaek.bsky.social
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"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
June 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."
Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!
Reposted by Andrew Paek
Many cells during development are exposed to caspase activation and yet survive. Why some die and not others ? We found out that the memory of previous caspase activation bias significantly later death comitment and bias death distribution and single cell decision
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Many cells during development are exposed to caspase activation and yet survive. Why some die and not others ? We found out that the memory of previous caspase activation bias significantly later death comitment and bias death distribution and single cell decision
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
Excellent article in nature on the mental health crisis in academia and the amazing work that @wendyingram.bsky.social is doing at dragonflymentalhealth.org www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help
Communities of researchers worldwide are taking on the toxic research cultures that drive poor psychological health among academics.
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Excellent article in nature on the mental health crisis in academia and the amazing work that @wendyingram.bsky.social is doing at dragonflymentalhealth.org www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I'm so happy to report that our preprint on light-induced collective cell migration has now been published in Cell Systems! This project was a lot of fun and will be the basis for a lot of our ongoing & future work.
Large-scale control over collective cell migration using light-activated epidermal growth factor receptors
Programmable control over tissue movement is a fundamental challenge for tissue engineering
and wound healing. Suh, Thornton, et al. discovered that a light-controlled EGF receptor
controls long-range...
www.cell.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I'm so happy to report that our preprint on light-induced collective cell migration has now been published in Cell Systems! This project was a lot of fun and will be the basis for a lot of our ongoing & future work.
For Arizonans in Raul Grijalva's district @repraulgrijalva.bsky.social. Here is a form to fill out if any of your grants have been affected by the funding freeze: grijalva.house.gov/6696-2/
Federal Funding Freeze Concern Form - Raúl Grijalva
Federal Funding Freeze Concern This form is for entities directly awarded a federal grant, contract, or loan who are impacted by the administrations funding freeze. If you are an impacted employee you...
grijalva.house.gov
February 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For Arizonans in Raul Grijalva's district @repraulgrijalva.bsky.social. Here is a form to fill out if any of your grants have been affected by the funding freeze: grijalva.house.gov/6696-2/
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Every once in a while we publish a paper that moves a whole field forward. I think that's the case for this one from the Bugaj lab, where they describe proteins for THERMOGENETIC control of cellular behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A temperature-inducible protein module for control of mammalian cell fate - Nature Methods
The Melt (Membrane localization using temperature) protein translocates to the plasma membrane upon temperature shift. Melt variants with a range of switching temperatures enable straightforward therm...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Every once in a while we publish a paper that moves a whole field forward. I think that's the case for this one from the Bugaj lab, where they describe proteins for THERMOGENETIC control of cellular behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I am thrilled to share my lab’s FIRST paper!! This is the incredibly hard work of my former postdoc Brodie, and current grad students Tiffany & Jack, and the first (of hopefully many) collaborative papers with @tarateslaa.bsky.social, our co-mentored student Teagan, and Tara’s tech Eddie.
🥳First Paper!🔬 We introduce Malibu, a cpEGFP-based biosensor for malonyl-CoA 🌊🌅. We also demonstrate utility of Malibu in both E. coli and HeLa cells. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensor for Intracellular Measurement of Malonyl-CoA
Malonyl-CoA is the essential building block of fatty acids and regulates cell function through protein malonylation and allosteric regulation of signaling networks. Accordingly, the production and use...
pubs.acs.org
December 19, 2024 at 2:59 AM
I am thrilled to share my lab’s FIRST paper!! This is the incredibly hard work of my former postdoc Brodie, and current grad students Tiffany & Jack, and the first (of hopefully many) collaborative papers with @tarateslaa.bsky.social, our co-mentored student Teagan, and Tara’s tech Eddie.