Rytis Prekeris

It was a real pleasure to host Daniele Menjivar in my lab as part of CREU program (cancer research experience for undergraduates). It is such a breath of fresh air to be involved in mentoring new generation of scientists, especially in current anti-science environment.

🏅 Congrats to Andrew Neumann, winner of the FEBS Open Bio Poster Prize at the EMBO Workshop “Cell polarity and membrane dynamics” with the work "Mono-ubiquitylation dependent activation and regulation of Rap2 function during cell migration"👏 @prekerislab.bsky.social‬ franbottanelli.bsky.social

Happy Summer Solstice!

Actually I completely disagree. Most of the Profs I know in our institution (men and women) are over-worked and under-paid (and stressed). They are expected to teach, bring grants, and do lots of administrative work.

For once, I agree with Trump.

Congrats Ally.

Andrew (student in my lab) won best student talk at EMBO conference on cell polarity! Good jib Andrew!

Andrew (PhD student in my lab) is presenting talk and poster in EMBO cell polarity meeting. And he is crushing it!

Off to EMBO cell polarity meeting in San Feliu de Guixol. But first, will spend a day in Barcelona. This is one of my favorite microbreweries there

My self-appointed guards making sure that I am safe while writing grant and drinking wine on patio in our house.

NIH Research Funding at Risk—Take Action Now! - ASCB Along with supporting important scientific discoveries, federally funded scientific research has significant impact on state and local economies. It is estimated that, on average, every $1 of National...

Science is under attack. Proposed 40% NIH cut threatens jobs, research, and medical progress. Call your reps, governor, and mayor now—urge them to stand up for science.

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Tomatoe and pepper seedlings are ready to go in the ground! If you live in Colorado and interested in unique varieties of peppers and tomatoes, send me a message. We have over 30 varieties that you will not find in stores.

Yep, my student lost her diversity F31. Only had it for 9 month.

Mono-Ubiquitylation-Dependent Rap2 Activation Regulates Lamellipodia Dynamics During Cell Migration Cell migration is a complex process hallmarked by front-to-back cell polarity that is established by the highly dynamic actin cytoskeleton. Branched actin polymerization creates a lamellipodia at the ...

Check out our new paper on the role of Rap2 in regulating actin dynamics and cell migration. Congrats on nice work Andrew!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Morel season has started!

There are some things that still lift my spirits even during these crazy times. Here is one of the. The morning duck run from their night enclosure.

It was diversity F31.

We are still waiting for Council meeting for our T32. However, my student's F31 (she was in her first year) was cancelled yesterday.

I came to US thirty five years ago leaving Soviet Union and looking for a freedom. At a time US was truly a shining city upon the hill. It is so sad to see that all being destroyed. US is starting to look scarily similar to Soviet Union.

Want to learn more about Climate Change Biology (yes, climate change is real)? Check out this Symposium organized by Molecular Biology PhD Program students at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus!

Colorado out in force to support US science!

Paris Now #StandUpForScience

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compliments of sulekh.bsky.social one of our postdocs!

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

The best way to recover from all the nonsense in last couple weeks is to have lunch near fire pit. 65F temperature and sun also helps.

One of the hikes we did was Mt. Quandary. Steve of course insisted to go on the technical route (without ropes) which led to quite a bit of excitement.

Stephen J. Doxsey Obituary 2025 - Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel View Stephen J. Doxsey's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

What a sad news. Steve was an outstanding scientist and contributed greatly to midbody and centrosome biology. He was also a great colleague and an accomplished mountaineer. I will miss our scientific discussions and great hikes we did in Colorado.

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Slizikai time! These poppy seed mini cakes are made and eaten in Lithuania only on the Christmas Eve. I was waiting entire year for this!

Happy Winter Solstice!

Congrats to Katie Vaeth for her excellent talk at ASCB meeting on our work on RNA targeting to the Midbodies.