Hijai Regina Shin
hrshin.bsky.social
Hijai Regina Shin
@hrshin.bsky.social
PhD @SNU, Postdoc @UCBerkeley, Assistant professor @UTSW CRI from Jan 2024. All about Lysosome. Cholesterol Metabolism. Cell biology
Thrilled and deeply honored to be named a 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholar!
Huge congrats to my friend and colleague
@cri-utsw.bsky.social Javi, who’s also joining the Pew family as a Pew-Stewart Scholar.
CRI is on fire—let’s go make some bold, groundbreaking science happen! 🔥🧪✨
August 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Reposted by Hijai Regina Shin
tinyurl.com/mrce6bbb Fun to write this N&V together with Regina @hrshin.bsky.social, on the several cryoEM papers that build on her discovery of the fascinating LYCHOS protein and its role in cholesterol sensing and mTORC1 regulation!
Cholesterol finds its pocket in LYCHOS - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
The lysosomal transmembrane protein LYCHOS enables activation of the master growth regulator mTORC1 kinase by cholesterol. Here we summarize recent structural findings that shed light on the LYCHOS ch...
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April 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM