
James Olzmann
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James Olzmann
@OlzmannLab
Professor of Molecular Therapeutics and Metabolic Biology at UC Berkeley; Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology





Congrats to UCSF professor @RoarkeKamber for being named a 2026 Pew-Stewart Scholar! His team is engineering immune “big eater” cells to gobble up tumors. This could lead to better treatments and hope for people fighting breast and lung cancer. @PewTrusts ucsf.edu/news/2026/06/4…








Congratulations to @DanaFarber's @XinGu0317 on being named a 2026 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences. As a Pew Scholar, Gu will study a newly discovered pathway that cells use to selectively break down proteins that regulate gene activity. Read more: bit.ly/3SjUfB4





Online Now: A multi-subunit autophagic capture complex facilitates degradation of ER-stalled MHC class I in pancreatic cancer dlvr.it/TSn7r3

Our latest study out in @MolecularCell explores how and why MHC class I is aberrantly targeted for degradation via the autophagy-lysosome pathway in pancreatic cancer. Congrats to postdoc extraordinaire @marineberquez for leading this study! @UCSFAnatomy @UCSFCancer




Great news! Early registration for the FASEB #LipidSRC has been extended until June 14! It is not too late to submit an abstract and present at the premier North American #LipidDroplet meeting events.faseb.org/event/544fcaa6…


