David Drubin
@drubin.bsky.social
Professor at UC Berkeley. Cell Biologist. Studies the actin cytoskeleton, microtubules and membrane trafficking.
I enthusiastically recommend 'The Last Class,' which pays tribute to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Professor Robert Reich and highlights our duty to educate future generations. It is showing in various cities. www.thelastclassfilm.com/where-to-watch
Directed by @elliotkirschner.bsky.social
Directed by @elliotkirschner.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I enthusiastically recommend 'The Last Class,' which pays tribute to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Professor Robert Reich and highlights our duty to educate future generations. It is showing in various cities. www.thelastclassfilm.com/where-to-watch
Directed by @elliotkirschner.bsky.social
Directed by @elliotkirschner.bsky.social
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Congrats to Thomas D. Pollard (Drubin Lab) who received the 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science! 👏🧪 @drubin.bsky.social
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ctcase.org/thomas-d-pol...
Thomas D. Pollard to Receive 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science - Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Thomas D. Pollard to Receive 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science
ctcase.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Congrats to Thomas D. Pollard (Drubin Lab) who received the 2025 Connecticut Medal of Science! 👏🧪 @drubin.bsky.social
ctcase.org/thomas-d-pol...
ctcase.org/thomas-d-pol...
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After the success of our 2023 Imaging Cell Dynamics conference, we’ll be hosting a second #JCSImaging meeting in 2026, organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti.
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
May 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
After the success of our 2023 Imaging Cell Dynamics conference, we’ll be hosting a second #JCSImaging meeting in 2026, organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti.
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
To register your interest: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
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Postdoc position in my lab: investigating how the microtubule motor protein dynein-2 works in cilia.
Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?
Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?
Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Postdoc position in my lab: investigating how the microtubule motor protein dynein-2 works in cilia.
Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?
Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Here's dynein-2 at work translocating microtubules - how is this activity regulated? How does dynein-2 malfunction in disease?
Find out more and apply:
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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I'm thrilled to share that our story is now out in Science Advances! 🎉 We use quantitative imaging to map the mito central dogma, define translation hubs in the mitochondrial matrix, and show that they're replaced by Mitochondrial Stress Bodies (MSB) when mtRNA processing is perturbed 1/4
Spatial analysis of mitochondrial gene expression reveals dynamic translation hubs and remodeling in stress | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Spatial analysis of mitochondrial gene expression reveals dynamic translation hubs and remodeling in stress
Quantitative imaging of the mitochondrial central dogma identifies translation hubs that are suppressed during stress.
www.science.org
April 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I'm thrilled to share that our story is now out in Science Advances! 🎉 We use quantitative imaging to map the mito central dogma, define translation hubs in the mitochondrial matrix, and show that they're replaced by Mitochondrial Stress Bodies (MSB) when mtRNA processing is perturbed 1/4
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US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18.
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
US students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18.
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
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Cell biologists, join FASEB for a new level of collaboration on dynamic cytoskeletal systems research! Noted researchers @drubin.bsky.social and @ivatolic.bsky.social are the keynote speakers at this inaugural conference. Will you be there? View the full agenda and save your space: buff.ly/Bz0Dyxh
April 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Cell biologists, join FASEB for a new level of collaboration on dynamic cytoskeletal systems research! Noted researchers @drubin.bsky.social and @ivatolic.bsky.social are the keynote speakers at this inaugural conference. Will you be there? View the full agenda and save your space: buff.ly/Bz0Dyxh
Congrats to my fantastic coauthors on this work with a surprising conclusion. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Force-insensitive myosin-I enhances endocytosis robustness through actin network-scale collective ratcheting
Force production by Type-I myosins influences endocytic progression in many cell types. Since different myosin-I isoforms exhibit distinct force-dependent kinetic properties, it is important to invest...
www.biorxiv.org
April 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Congrats to my fantastic coauthors on this work with a surprising conclusion. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Barack Obama on what universities should do: “We'll stand up for what we believe in and we'll pay our researchers for a while out of that endowment, and we'll give up the extra wing or the fancy gymnasium...because academic freedom might be a little more important." +
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Ew6cot/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Ew6cot/
April 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Barack Obama on what universities should do: “We'll stand up for what we believe in and we'll pay our researchers for a while out of that endowment, and we'll give up the extra wing or the fancy gymnasium...because academic freedom might be a little more important." +
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Ew6cot/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Ew6cot/
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The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
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New info on NIGMS training page
Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences:
The goal of this program area is to broaden the scope, institutional and geographic distribution of NIGMS basic biomedical research training programs.
Info at the bottom of this...
www.nigms.nih.gov/training/ins...
Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences:
The goal of this program area is to broaden the scope, institutional and geographic distribution of NIGMS basic biomedical research training programs.
Info at the bottom of this...
www.nigms.nih.gov/training/ins...
NIGMS Predoctoral Training Grant Program Areas and Contacts | National Institute of General Medical Sciences
www.nigms.nih.gov
March 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New info on NIGMS training page
Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences:
The goal of this program area is to broaden the scope, institutional and geographic distribution of NIGMS basic biomedical research training programs.
Info at the bottom of this...
www.nigms.nih.gov/training/ins...
Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences:
The goal of this program area is to broaden the scope, institutional and geographic distribution of NIGMS basic biomedical research training programs.
Info at the bottom of this...
www.nigms.nih.gov/training/ins...
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Very useful information from UC about your rights re: search and seizure of your electronic devices at the US border. TL;DR: the “border search exception” to the 4th Amendment gives the CBP broad discretion, but there are some limits. security.ucop.edu/resources/tr...
Returning to the U.S.
security.ucop.edu
March 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Very useful information from UC about your rights re: search and seizure of your electronic devices at the US border. TL;DR: the “border search exception” to the 4th Amendment gives the CBP broad discretion, but there are some limits. security.ucop.edu/resources/tr...
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We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.
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Come start your lab in beautiful Strasbourg 🇫🇷 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Call For Two Group Leader Positions - Strasbourg-Ville, Bas-Rhin (FR) job with IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) | 12837602
The Institute of Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) is seeking two outstanding group leaders to establish independent research teams.
www.nature.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Come start your lab in beautiful Strasbourg 🇫🇷 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.
When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as “a dummy” and “a total moron.”
That drama dates back 25 years.
When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as “a dummy” and “a total moron.”
That drama dates back 25 years.
Trump Raged at Columbia Over $400 Million Decades Ago. Sound Familiar?
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University.
When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as “a dummy” and “a total moron.”
That drama dates back 25 years.
When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as “a dummy” and “a total moron.”
That drama dates back 25 years.