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Sarah Cohen

@cohenlaboratory.bsky.social

Cell biologist at UNC interested in organelles, lipids, neurodegenerative disease, and light microscopy. https://cohenlaboratory.web.unc.edu

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The Legacy of October 7 Douglas Murray, Amit Segal, Eli Sharabi, Coleman Hughes, and others mark two years since Hamas’s attack on Israel.

www.thefp.com/p/the-legacy...

07.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a thread!🧡 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in β€œhigher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET β„οΈπŸ”¬. Curious? ..Read on!

#TeamTomo #PlantScience πŸ§ͺ 🧢🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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25.09.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

Thanks, Andre!

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Thank you, Sam!!

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Thanks!

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Thanks, King!

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Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors - Nature Chemical Biology An approach combining bioorthogonal chemistry with genetically encoded fluorogen-activating proteins enables subcellular imaging of phospholipids and glycans, as well as the visualization of lipid tra...

Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

15.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

Thanks, Jonathan!

17.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is another must read - great week for organelle bio tools this week!

17.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Andre! And yes - let’s do it!

17.09.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Rachid!

17.09.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful to see our paper on the #organelle signatures of #neurons and #astrocytes out in final form - congratulations, Shannon Rhoads and team!πŸŽ‰ t.co/BPxKlbU6Ou

17.09.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

This is going to be a very exciting meeting!! πŸ”¬πŸ§«πŸŒˆ

15.09.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Journal of Cell Science Meeting 2026 Imaging Cell Dynamics 
Date: 11 – 14 May 2026 Venue: MontanyΓ  Hotel, Catalonia, Spain 
Register now Early-bird deadline: 16 January 2026 
Image of a cell showing the nucleus and the cytoskeleton

Journal of Cell Science Meeting 2026 Imaging Cell Dynamics Date: 11 – 14 May 2026 Venue: MontanyΓ  Hotel, Catalonia, Spain Register now Early-bird deadline: 16 January 2026 Image of a cell showing the nucleus and the cytoskeleton

Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting.
Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging.
For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...

15.09.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
Lipid droplets: Open questions and conceptual advances around a unique organelle | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press Henne and Prinz discuss the lipid droplet field and pervasive questions surrounding droplets and their roles in physiology and disease.

A pleasure to write this short review on lipid droplets for
@jcb.org together with Will Prinz and amazing artist Emma Reynolds!

We discuss 5 pervasive questions surrounding these remarkable little lipid organelles.

doi.org/10.1083/jcb....

11.09.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

new preprint from @iostephens.bsky.social describes the potential benefits of increasing lipid turnover in microglia by eliminating PLIN2 from their surface

07.09.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WooHOooOo!!!πŸŽ‰ Go team lipid droplet

05.09.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tour de force from @nadlerlab.bsky.social . The value of solving a hard problem with beautiful chemistry: insights that upend conventional thinking re: lipid transport. You’ve got to read the thread, I’m not giving away the juice! It’s fantastic! Congrats πŸŽˆπŸŽŠπŸΎπŸŽ‰

31.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!! Wonderful to see this out in final form. πŸ‘

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Screenshot of Essay from Martin Schwartz on 'Why would anyone want to be a scientist'. An anniversary article from The Company of Biologists published in Journal of Cell Science.

The first few lines are: It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness.

Screenshot of Essay from Martin Schwartz on 'Why would anyone want to be a scientist'. An anniversary article from The Company of Biologists published in Journal of Cell Science. The first few lines are: It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness.

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

15.08.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

Thank you, Maitreyi! I so appreciate the work you do as part of WICB.

17.08.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting this thread, Shivani! It was wonderful to get to know you and the other course participants. πŸ™Œ

07.08.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellowsβ€”a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...

I am honored to be named a 2025 ASCB Fellow! It is a privilege to be part of the ASCB community. ASCB was the first conference I attended as a grad student, and it has always been a welcoming, supportive home. Thank you for this kind recognition! ☺️
www.ascb.org/society-news...

07.08.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fourteen Visionary Scientists Named 2025 ASCB Fellows - ASCB The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 14 outstanding scientists as 2025 ASCB Fellowsβ€”a prestigious honor recognizing their exceptional contributions to cell...

Meet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia.

Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...

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I’m extremely honored to be recognized with the WICB Junior Research Award. ASCB and WICB have been key to my career development since I attended my first annual meeting in 2005. Congrats to the other awardees!

04.08.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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It has been a dream come true to lead a rotation in the @mblscience.bsky.social Physiology course - thanks to the amazing Directors @gladfelterlab.bsky.social and @brangwynnelab.bsky.social, course staff, TAs, and students!

12.07.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article) Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

04.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 15
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APOE4 reshapes the lipid droplet proteome and modulates microglial inflammatory responses Excess lipid droplet (LD) accumulation is implicated in various diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet the mechanisms underlying this accum…

What does the APOE 'lipid droplet-ome' look like???

Check out our new paper to find out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks to first authors @cassifriday.bsky.social and @iostephens.bsky.social

+help from Scott Gordon @morganti.bsky.social and @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social labs

03.06.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are 
Cel	Welch
Lianna	Wat
Maria	Toro Moreno
Sarah	Talley
Xulu	Sun
Ines	Sturmlechner
Virginia	Savy
Amelie	Raz
Kali	Pruss
Caterina	Profaci
Sarah	Pierce
Melissa 	Pamula
Kehinde	Odufowora
Patricia	Nano
Ariana	Musa de Aquino
Nour El Houda	Mimouni
Kathleen	Martin
Brea	Manuel
Mable	Lam
Miri	Krupkin
Elaine	Kouame
Megan	Kirchgessner
Sumin	Kim
Shubhangini	Kataruka
Geraldine	Jowett
Andrea	Jones
Leanne	Iannucci
Emily	Heckman
Allison	Girasole
Florencia	Fernandez Chiappe
Tonie	Farris
Hannah	Elam
Erin	Doherty
Xiaoyun	Ding
Maria	Bustillo
Julia	Brunner
Debadrita	Bhattacharya
Lorena	Benedetti
Ashley	Anderson
Krisha	Aghi

Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are Cel Welch Lianna Wat Maria Toro Moreno Sarah Talley Xulu Sun Ines Sturmlechner Virginia Savy Amelie Raz Kali Pruss Caterina Profaci Sarah Pierce Melissa Pamula Kehinde Odufowora Patricia Nano Ariana Musa de Aquino Nour El Houda Mimouni Kathleen Martin Brea Manuel Mable Lam Miri Krupkin Elaine Kouame Megan Kirchgessner Sumin Kim Shubhangini Kataruka Geraldine Jowett Andrea Jones Leanne Iannucci Emily Heckman Allison Girasole Florencia Fernandez Chiappe Tonie Farris Hannah Elam Erin Doherty Xiaoyun Ding Maria Bustillo Julia Brunner Debadrita Bhattacharya Lorena Benedetti Ashley Anderson Krisha Aghi

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

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BioImageArchive < The European Bioinformatics Institute < EMBL-EBI The BioImageArchive – a free, publicly available online resource which stores and distributes biological images

Did you know that Bioimage Archive has a specific database for people to share AI-ready imaging datasets? I did not until @yanlanmao.bsky.social told me! Please deposit! If people regularly submitted, it would have a huge collective impact on bioimage analysis. www.ebi.ac.uk/bioimage-arc...

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