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Kai Gallant

@gallantkai.bsky.social

Postdoc in the Group of Prof. Satpal Virdee at the MRC PPU - fascinated by the complexity of the ubiquitin system and other posttranslational modifiers

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Congrats Daniel πŸŽ‰

30.09.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I supervise an excellent postdoc who's looking for a postdoc or associate position in < 1 yr. Highly skilled in chem biol and biochem (peptide synthesis, native chem ligation, bacterial expression, purification, intein-based splicing, crystallography, interaction assays). Contact me if interested.

05.09.2025 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting news: We have released #FragPipe 23, and it's one of our biggest updates ever. Windows installer, support for TMT on Astral and timsTOF, TMT35, PTM site reports for DIA, improved Astral data handling in #MSFragger, improved diaTracer for diaPASEF data, better Skyline integration, and more!

05.05.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats to Nafizul for his fantastic Work, the passionate chemist @nikolasklink.bsky.social, skyless Gian and of course @maltegersch.bsky.social. It was a true pleasure to contribute to this Project 🌈

05.05.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Paper from the Lab πŸŽ‰If you are interested in USP30, protein engineering and targeting DUBs with small molecules I can wholeheartedly recommend this Paper 😊

05.05.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A conserved mechanism for the retrieval of polyubiquitinated proteins from cilia The temporospatial distribution of proteins within cilia is regulated by intraflagellar transport (IFT), wherein molecular trains shuttle between the cell body and cilium. Defects in this process impair various signal-transduction pathways and cause ciliopathies. Although K63-linked ubiquitination appears to trigger protein export from cilia, the mechanisms coupling polyubiquitinated proteins to IFT remain unclear. Using a multidisciplinary approach, we demonstrate that a complex of CFAP36, a conserved ciliary protein of previously unknown function, and ARL3, a GTPase involved in ciliary import, binds polyubiquitinated proteins and links them to retrograde IFT trains. CFAP36 uses a coincidence detection mechanism to simultaneously bind two IFT subunits accessible only in retrograde trains. Depleting CFAP36 accumulates K63-linked ubiquitin in cilia and disrupts Hedgehog signaling, a pathway reliant on the retrieval of ubiquitinated receptors. These findings advance our understanding of ubiquitin-mediated protein transport and ciliary homeostasis, and demonstrate how structural changes in IFT trains achieve cargo selectivity. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Sara Elizabeth O'Brien Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded through the Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, , 8460873-01 Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation, https://ror.org/05j95n956, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), , R01GM141109, R01GM143183

How do cells keep their cilia β€œclean” and functional? Our new study uncovers a conserved mechanism for retrieving polyubiquitinated proteins from #cilia – a process essential for cellular signaling and health. #cellbiology #ciliopathy #ubiquitin #IFT πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡ 1/n

29.04.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Super exiting new work revealing a novel quality control pathway for c-terminal amides!

29.01.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Dorothea Fiedler's lab: Protein polyphosphorylation as a new post-translational modification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

23.01.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ†• #preprint by @gekaragoz.bsky.social lab & us on the crosstalk between #UFMylation & #RQC (ribosome-associated quality control) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... As always let us know what you think!

20.01.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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News in Proteomics Research blog post | Up to 5,300 proteins per actual single cell!?!? proteomicsnews.blogs...

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#proteomics #prot-other

16.01.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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W 3-Professur fΓΌr Integrative Signalforschung - Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitΓ€t Freiburg Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitΓ€t Freiburg bietet Stelle als W 3-Professur fΓΌr Integrative Signalforschung in Freiburg - jetzt bewerben!

Professorship Integrative Signaling Science. Freiburg, Germany. @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
www.academics.de/jobs/w-3-pro...

16.01.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thats a really cool Story and beautiful methodology! We recently discussed the effect of rewiring of E3s by glues and PROTACs in Journal Club and its nice to See that the question was Adressed so nicely✨Congrats to everyone involved

15.01.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who is messing with your favorite protein Filamin C in stressed muscle cells? πŸ§©πŸ”¬ We tackled this riddle in our latest paper in Scientific Reports. A huge shoutout to former lab mate Anja and Thomas from the @mkoehn.bsky.social lab - this was a true team effort! πŸ‘πŸŽ‰! A short thread: 🧡(1/5)

20.12.2024 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Such a beautiful story and elucidated mechanism! Congrats πŸŽ‰

17.12.2024 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for your kind words Loges! Hope you are having a fantastic time and to See U again soon 😊

06.12.2024 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A multivalent adaptor mechanism drives the nuclear import of proteasomes Nuclear protein homeostasis, including the turnover of transcription factors, critically depends on nuclear proteasomes. After each cell division, proteasomes need to be re-imported into the newly for...

We are very excited to share our recent preprint on the nuclear import mechanism of the proteasome, driven by the multivalent adaptor AKIRIN2! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧡 1/6

05.12.2024 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

I am very happy to have been part of the great team that made this story possible! Special thanks to my fabulous colleague Kim and @maltegersch.bsky.social and our collaborators in the @demmerslab.bsky.social!

27.11.2024 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to share our study on the two DUBs USP53 and USP54! If you're curious about how biochemistry, chemical biology, crystallography, and ubiquitinated protein isolation came together to expand our understanding of these enzymes, consider to give it a read.

27.11.2024 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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