Fernando M. Valbuena

My lab's first paper is out in @Nature. We show that lipoprotein uptake protects tumors from ferroptosis by delivering the lipid antioxidant α-tocopherol. Surprisingly, tumors use sulfated glycosaminoglycans—not canonical receptors—to capture lipoproteins. nature.com/articles/s4158…

I have ~15,000 followers on my scicomm channels right now (and growing!), and videos tend to reach tens of thousands of people. The end of each video will be a call to action for folks to tell their representatives they are NOT ok with this

Our lab is located at the Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences at Goethe University. We’re always looking for talented individuals! If you're interested in super-resolution microscopy, cell biology, metabolism, or contact sites, I encourage you to reach out!

I’m so proud and beyond thrilled to share the final product of my thesis @SinaiBrain now published @Nature! Here, we explored the complex functional impact of rare neurexin-1 deletions across human glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons! nature.com/articles/s4158…

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Thrilled to share our latest publication in Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…. This work reflects a fantastic collaboration—special thanks to David Baker and @TimothyPJenkins. Hoping it sparks attention to this neglected health issue and drives solutions in the years ahead!

Excited to announce that we are opening calls for applications for our second annual #DISCOVER @salkinstitute program which you can apply for here: salk.edu/about/our-comm… and learn more about here: youtube.com/watch?v=1YtUEq…

De novo design of anti-venoms! nature.com/articles/s4158… @UWproteindesign I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the biochemistry of venoms: amazon.com/Venomous-Deadl…

Congratulations to my postdoc Sumit Bandekar @sbandeka for receiving a K99/R00 award! So proud of him! I am looking forward to the day he will start his independent lab...#GPCR

@demet_arac @sbandeka Congrats !

Registration is open for the 2025 iteration of the wonderful @EMBOevents workshop on cell polarity and membrane dynamics #EMBOcellPolarity25 I am organizing with Ed Munro! Wonderful lineup wonderful please sign up and RT meetings.embo.org/event/25-cell-…

📢The ConcepcIon Lab @UChicagoBMB has a fully funded postdoc position available to study membrane proteins and ion channels in T-cell biology. Only postdocs with a strong background in immunology will be considered for this position. If you meet the requirements, consider applying. +Info: concepcionlab.com Please share!!! uchicago.box.com/s/uyzex2sp55tg… #ionchannel #immunity #tcells #postdocjobs

We had an amazing time at our latest Científico Latino Graduate Student Mentorship Initiative (GSMI) meet-up in Boston! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us for an inspiring and fun afternoon of community building.

@cfleesmith Hope it went well !

Hot preprint alert!!! Please check out our study led by the amazing @piasglia on how mitochondrial fission regulates astrocyte morphogenesis! Unexpected findings linking astrocyte mitochondria to tiling and gap junction coupling!!! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Happy birthday to my friend @KamalaHarris! She has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a chance—now it’s our turn to help elect her as our next president. Make sure you're ready to vote at IWillVote.com.

Each month an #egg is ovulated from the #ovary, starting the journey of reproduction. But how does ovulation occur?🥚 Our latest work in @NatureCellBio led by @LastChrisThomas and @Tabea_Marx, describes the control of #ovulation using live imaging. bit.ly/3Ya8dEL (1/7)

@SchuhLab @NatureCellBio @LastChrisThomas @Tabea_Marx Stunning !

Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez’s international breakthrough came with the novel 'Cien años de soledad' ('One Hundred Years of Solitude'). He is one of the foremost interpreters of magical realism in literature. The 2024 literature prize will be announced today.

So happy to finally see this out! Great work by first authors @A_STEDhammer and @petiaadarska which have shown that cargo flow along post-Golgi routes is driven by a key maturation step where compartments defined by ARF1 nature into recycling endosomes nature.com/articles/s4155…