Dillin Lab

Big congratulations to Andy Murley on acceptance of his super cool findings about quiescent cell re-entry and the amazing interplay between the UPRer and autophagy --- very surprising findings and not what we thought would happen! Paper will be out May 15!

Welcome our new postdocs Kielen Zuurbier and Daniel Schmitz!

Perception of a pathogenic signature initiates intergenerational protection - PubMed Transmission of immune responses from one generation to the next represents a powerful adaptive mechanism to protect an organism's descendants. Parental infection by the natural C. elegans pathogen Ps...

Check out our latest paper from Cory Pender...A pathogen producing a toxic gas is detected by its possible host and alarm signal is generated to protect the host and its next generation! Much thanks to our Nick Burton and his lab!!
Read more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39721586/

Congrats to our rotation students from MCB finishing amazing rotations that generated a bunch of new ideas! Way to go Ama and Alex!

The extracellular matrix integrates mitochondrial homeostasis - PubMed Cellular homeostasis is intricately influenced by stimuli from the microenvironment, including signaling molecules, metabolites, and pathogens. Functioning as a signaling hub within the cell, mitochon...

Mitochondrial division driven by changes of the extra cellular matrix? Could this be an early warning sign for pathogen detection? Learn about Hanlin's amazing findings from the lab here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38942015/

Welcome our new undergraduates...Alexandra Viret
Riya Bahadur! Alexandra joins Ayane Maruichi on her project and Riya joins forces with Tyler Kennedy on his projects.

CRISPR screens and lectin microarrays identify high mannose N-glycan regulators - PubMed Glycans play critical roles in cellular signaling and function. Unlike proteins, glycan structures are not templated from genetic sequences but synthesized by the concerted activity of many genes, mak...

High mannose n-glycan regulators? Read more about this amazing finding from postdoc Kim Tsui who pioneered a entirely new area of research in the Dillin lab!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39557836/

Long overdue congratulations to postdoc Koning Shen on the acceptance and publication of her most recent paper, "The germline coordinates mitokine signaling". Way to go Koning!

With a long overdue announcement, we are excited to have Eric Wei join our lab as a graduate student! Eric joins us from the NST program. Eric works with postdoctoral fellow Naomi Genuth on a new protein translation quality control mechanism. Can't wait to see what they find!

Welcome to the Dillin Lab Bluesky page. We hope that many of you have migrated from that other social media platform and have now joined us at Bluesky. Many great things have happened in the Dillin lab during this transition and we are excited to share them in a string of posts upcoming!