Stella Hurtley
@smhsci.bsky.social
Deputy Editor Science magazine
Areas of responsibility include: Cell biology, cellular microbiology, membrane traffic, protein targeting, protein folding, organelle biogenesis, cytoskeleton, cell polarity, prion biology, developmental biology, stem cells
Areas of responsibility include: Cell biology, cellular microbiology, membrane traffic, protein targeting, protein folding, organelle biogenesis, cytoskeleton, cell polarity, prion biology, developmental biology, stem cells
Congratulations to our two NOMIS & Science Grand Prize Winners @rachitdubey.bsky.social and Jiacheng Miao whose essays just published in @science.org
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November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Congratulations to our two NOMIS & Science Grand Prize Winners @rachitdubey.bsky.social and Jiacheng Miao whose essays just published in @science.org
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Honored and excited to share that I am the winner of Nomis & Science Young Explorer Award!!
Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today!
The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today!
The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The normalization of (almost) everything: Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal
Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal
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November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Honored and excited to share that I am the winner of Nomis & Science Young Explorer Award!!
Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today!
The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today!
The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Check out this cover paper and its related perspective in @science.org
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November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Check out this cover paper and its related perspective in @science.org
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Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations
Mitochondrial synthesis of adenosine triphosphate is essential for eukaryotic life but is dependent on the cooperation of two genomes: nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). mtDNA mutates ~15 times as...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“Kiss-shrink-run” unifies mechanisms for synaptic vesicle exocytosis and hyperfast recycling | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“Kiss-shrink-run” unifies mechanisms for synaptic vesicle exocytosis and hyperfast recycling
Synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis underpins neuronal communication, yet its nanoscale dynamics remain poorly understood owing to limitations in visualizing rapid events in situ. Here, we used optogenet...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Kiss-shrink-run” unifies mechanisms for synaptic vesicle exocytosis and hyperfast recycling | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mesoscale volumetric fluorescence imaging at nanoscale resolution by photochemical sectioning | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mesoscale volumetric fluorescence imaging at nanoscale resolution by photochemical sectioning
Optical nanoscopy of intact biological specimens has been transformed by recent advancements in hydrogel-based tissue clearing and expansion, enabling the imaging of cellular and subcellular structure...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Mesoscale volumetric fluorescence imaging at nanoscale resolution by photochemical sectioning | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I was on vacation when this one went live - relatively new in @science.org
Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion
Cell extrusion is essential for homeostatic self-renewal of the intestinal epithelium. Extrusion is thought to be triggered by crowding-induced compression of cells at the intestinal villus tip. In th...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I was on vacation when this one went live - relatively new in @science.org
Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Epithelial tension controls intestinal cell extrusion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I was on vacation when this one went live - relatively new in @science.org
Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos
Although specific transcription factors (TFs) are known to regulate cell fate decisions, the degree to which they can stimulate formation of specific cell organelles is less clear. We used a multiomic...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I was on vacation when this one went live - relatively new in @science.org
Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Re-upping this - applications will close - open to UK-based people too!!!
Come join us @science.org. We’re looking for a new editor to look after infectious disease and microbiome submissions.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Re-upping this - applications will close - open to UK-based people too!!!
Come join us @science.org. We’re looking for a new editor to look after infectious disease and microbiome submissions.
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August 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Come join us @science.org. We’re looking for a new editor to look after infectious disease and microbiome submissions.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New in @science.org with a related Perspective
LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator
Lysosomal vacuolation is commonly found in many pathophysiological conditions, but its molecular mechanisms and functions remain largely unknown. Here, we show that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–anch...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New in @science.org with a related Perspective
LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New in @science.org a really helpful metaphor for many life stages!
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike
This researcher struggled in grad school—until he embraced it as a time for learning
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August 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
New in @science.org a really helpful metaphor for many life stages!
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Check out this paper and its related Perspective in @science.org
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate
As major consumers of cellular metabolites, mitochondria are poised to compete with invading microbes for the nutrients that they need to grow. Whether cells exploit mitochondrial metabolism to protec...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Check out this paper and its related Perspective in @science.org
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Online now in @science.org
Cryo-EM structure of endogenous Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 fertilization complex | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cryo-EM structure of endogenous Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 fertilization complex | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cryo-EM structure of endogenous Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 fertilization complex
Malaria parasite fertilization occurs in the midgut of a female Anopheles mosquito. Blocking fertilization within the mosquito can prevent malaria transmission. Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230 and Pfs48/...
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August 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Online now in @science.org
Cryo-EM structure of endogenous Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 fertilization complex | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cryo-EM structure of endogenous Plasmodium falciparum Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 fertilization complex | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Just out in @science.org
Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells
Mitochondria fulfill central functions in metabolism and energy supply. They express their own genome, which encodes key subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation system. However, the central mechanis...
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August 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just out in @science.org
Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In First Release @science.org this week
A hypoxia-responsive tRNA-derived small RNA confers renal protection through RNA autophagy | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A hypoxia-responsive tRNA-derived small RNA confers renal protection through RNA autophagy | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A hypoxia-responsive tRNA-derived small RNA confers renal protection through RNA autophagy
Transfer RNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs, or tDRs) perform a range of cellular functions. Here, we showed that a hypoxia-induced tDR, derived from the 3′ end of tRNA-Asp-GTC (tRNA-Asp-GTC-3′tDR), activ...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In First Release @science.org this week
A hypoxia-responsive tRNA-derived small RNA confers renal protection through RNA autophagy | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A hypoxia-responsive tRNA-derived small RNA confers renal protection through RNA autophagy | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Organelles share the load | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Organelles share the load
Peroxisome-mitochondria contact sites manage mitochondrial oxidative stress
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July 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Organelles share the load | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
ROS transfer at peroxisome-mitochondria contact regulates mitochondrial redox | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
ROS transfer at peroxisome-mitochondria contact regulates mitochondrial redox
Maintenance of mitochondrial redox homeostasis is of fundamental importance to cellular health. Mitochondria harbor a host of intrinsic antioxidant defenses, but the contribution of extrinsic, nonmito...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ROS transfer at peroxisome-mitochondria contact regulates mitochondrial redox | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out the Noster prize winning essays @science.org The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines
Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines
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July 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Check out the Noster prize winning essays @science.org The vaccine we all wear: Skin microbiota can be engineered into topical vaccines | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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