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Nils Burger

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Assistant Professor at UTSW Medical Center Postdoc Chouchani Lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School | PhD University of Cambridge - Murphy Lab MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

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Research Assistant I, Pharmacology Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

Excited to share that we are hiring a research assistant for my lab at UTSW in Dallas (www.nils-burger-lab.com). Please share with your mentees.
utsw.taleo.net/careersectio...

We are also looking for motivated, curious, and enthusiastic postdoctoral fellows!

16.10.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing Mike!

13.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds great looking forward to it!

01.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will be hiring on all levels; posts following shortly. Please reach out if you know talented scientists who would like to join me in Dallas.
Stay tuned for job posts and future updates!

01.10.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Burger Lab will leverage mass spectrometry and systems-based strategies to study how redox processes and metabolism regulate the proteome and cellular function in health and disease. www.nils-burger-lab.com

01.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share that I’ve started my lab as an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Thank you to all the mentors, friends, and colleagues who have supported me throughout the years!

01.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

We are seeking a life science research professional/technician (medcareers.stanford.edu/job/stanford...) and a postdoctoral fellow(postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...). If you are interested in using mass spec and machine learning to understand protein function and druggability please reach out!

18.09.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic story by Haopeng Xiao, the Chouchani Lab, and collaborators. Happy I could be a part of it!

18.09.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Ph.D./Dr. rer. nat., m/f/div., E13 TV-L, 100%) - Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ) Institut fΓΌr Klinische Biochemie und Pathobiochemie (Direktor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hadi Al-Hasani), Nachwuchsforschungsgruppe Crosstalk (Leiterin: Melanie MittenbΓΌhler, Dr.) (25019)

‼️ We're looking for a postdoc to join our team starting January 1st, 2026! ‼️
Are you curious about how exercise promotes positive changes at the molecular level in obesity and diabetes? If so, consider applying or reach out with any questions.

ddz.de/job/postdoct...

ddz.de/en/research/...

30.07.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila - Nature Communications Redox signalling is emerging as an important regulator of metabolism and physiology, which is dysregulated in ageing and disease. Here, the authors show that redox regulation of a key redox sensitive ...

πŸŽ‰Excited to share our latest paper, published in Nature Communications!πŸŽ‰

"Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila"

#redox #metabolism #ageing #Drosophila

@natcomms.nature.com @mrc-lms.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

27.06.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Sleep pressure accumulates in a voltage-gated lipid peroxidation memory - Nature Sleep-inducing neurons in Drosophila rely on Hyperkinetic, the Ξ²-subunit of the KV1 channel Shaker, to monitor sleep need by translating lipid peroxidation events into changes in the oxidation state o...

Important new paper in Nature from Gero MiesenbΓΆck's lab showing that the accumulation of lipid peroxidation products from mitochondrial ROS production leads in sleep.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

09.04.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Big congrats Alva and Mike!!

19.02.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our paper showing that ergothioneine controls mitochondrial function and exercise performance via direct activation of MPST is now published @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone involved!

www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

17.02.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Big congrats HaGe, Melanie and Bruce!

17.02.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctoral Student (PhD/Dr. rer. nat., m/f/div., E13 TV-L 65%) - Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ) A job-opening of the German Diabetes-Center (DDZ). (24681)

Very happy to share that my research group has launched at the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) in DΓΌsseldorf!

We're looking for a PhD student to study the effects of inter-tissue communication on energy balance and metabolic health. Interested? Get in touch!

ddz.de/en/job/docto...

13.02.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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An inherited mtDNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo Impaired mitochondrial bioenergetics in macrophages can drive hyperinflammatory cytokine responses[1][1]–[6][2], but whether this may also be caused by inherited mtDNA mutations is unknown. Here, we a...

1/🧡for our latest research now out as a preprint on #biorxiv, led by @EloiseMLMrqs πŸ’«

**An inherited mtDNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo**

#mitochondria #immunometabolism #macrophages

πŸ“„Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

10.01.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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New studies from our lab by Tevis Vitale and Jason Liang in @naturecancer.bsky.social Selective deficiency of complex I subunits causes tumor immunogenicity via T cell surveillance and Immune Checkpoint Blockade responsiveness Collaboration with Widlund, Gygi and Wucherpfennig labs rdcu.be/d6BgJ

17.01.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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An inherited mtDNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo Impaired mitochondrial bioenergetics in macrophages can drive hyperinflammatory cytokine responses, but whether this may also be caused by inherited mtDNA mutations is unknown. Here, we address this q...

πŸ“’Preprint alert! Very excited to share the first preprint from the lab spearheaded by stellar postdoc EloΓ―se Marques. An inherited mtDNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo. 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

06.01.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Very excited to start 2025 sharing our latest work @ppuigserverb.bsky.social published in @naturecellbiology.bsky.social! We have shown that the cytosolic chaperone PPID/CYP40 inserts TOM70, connecting chaperones and mitochondrial protein biogenesis to the development of chronic metabolic disorders

03.01.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

And of course, thanks to the great scientific environment and support!
@danafarber.bsky.social @danafarbernews.bsky.social @harvardcellbio.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social @dfgpublic.bsky.social @hhmi.bsky.social

31.12.2024 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great thanks to all my amazing collaborators and friends who helped to make this work possible! Some of which are already on Bluesky!
@mellimittenblr.bsky.social @platorremuro.bsky.social @sepidehmehravar.bsky.social @petrocellijj.bsky.social @hagesprenger.bsky.social @amandalsmythers.bsky.social

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The human zinc-binding cysteine proteome A deep mapping of the human zinc-binding cysteine proteome (ZnCPT) defines thousands of zinc-binding protein cysteines across major domains of biology and discovers glutathione reductase as zinc-targetable cancer vulnerability.

Thrilled to share our new paper @Chouchani Lab in Cell; what a great way to end this year! We establish a deep mapping of the zinc-binding human cysteine proteome (ZnCPT) and discover glutathione reductase as zinc-targetable cancer vulnerability. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

31.12.2024 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

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