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AndrΓ©s GuillΓ©n Samander

@aguillensamander.bsky.social

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺ EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow @BNITM in Hamburg studying interorganelle communication in Malaria parasites

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Research Technologist APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

The Hanna lab is looking for an enthusiastic Research Technologist to join the team! 😊

You’ll help lead projects focused on organelle health & resilience to establish momentum in the lab. πŸ”¬πŸ₯½

Job description and details can be found here: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/jo...

22.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Protein Antibiotic Inhibits the BAM Complex to Kill Without Cell Entry Many antibiotics are ineffective against Gram-negative pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa because they cannot penetrate the bacterial outer membrane. Here, we show that protein antibiotics calle...

The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria blocks many antibiotics. Our latest work reveals that L-type pyocins bypass this barrier by inactivating the BAM complex, killing Pseudomonas aeruginosa without entering the cell, providing a new blueprint for beating antibiotic resistance.

20.09.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

New paper alert! I’m very excited to share our paper published in @embojournal.org! @pdc-lab.bsky.social @yaleneuro.bsky.social

12.09.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rodriguez Salazar, @caglaeroglu.bsky.social et al. @dukehealth.bsky.social show that Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission is necessary for peripheral #astrocyte process formation. Loss of Drp1 induces astrocyte reactivity & disrupts cortical astrocyte organization rupress.org/jcb/article/...

03.09.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@anbangdai.bsky.social et al. @pdc-lab.bsky.social report the localization of BLTP2 in different human cell types & reveal binding partners that mediate its tethering to the PM & to PM-connected structures including certain #endosomes & #macropinosomes undergoing fusion rupress.org/jcb/article/...

03.09.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Nisha!! 🫢

29.07.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.

Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM

26.07.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

Thank you Mike! Happy that you liked it. BBE<3

26.07.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One for the Apicomplexa peeps:
ever wonder how does the IMC grow so fast during progeny formation? Where do all the lipids come from? In our latest work on malaria RBC stages we implicate this monster protein (~6000 residues!) and ER contact sites.
Happy+proud to share and keen to hear thoughts!

26.07.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage Nature Cell Biology - Wang et al. show the recruitment of the lipid channel protein VPS13C and formation of VPS13C-dependent contacts between endoplasmic reticulum and lysosomes after lysosomal...

"The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage" out now in Nature Cell Biology
rdcu.be/ehbaL

10.04.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“’ The Preliminary Programme for the 2nd WiM Online Conference is out πŸ₯³ πŸŽ‰

The Early Bird Registration closes Feb 14 2025, 23.59 UTC (50 USD). Fee waivers are available for LMICs & you can also buy fee waivers or donate. Register and apply/donate: womeninmalaria.es/wim-conferen... πŸ’™πŸ’› Please share!

27.01.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Gif showing a spine containing spine apparatus, reconstructed from FIB-SEM images. ER: red, synapse: yellow, plasma membrane: blue

Gif showing a spine containing spine apparatus, reconstructed from FIB-SEM images. ER: red, synapse: yellow, plasma membrane: blue

Our paper is out just in time for #EM_Monday! It is about a specialized neuron-specific ER, called the spine apparatus, which is found close to synapses and has a very peculiar shape. If you think neurons are special, the spine apparatus is theirπŸ¦„ horn! But how does it form?!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

02.12.2024 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

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