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Proud to announce that we received the NIH Director's New Innovator Award to develop a new class of genome editing tools!

Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s retreat at the Heritage Hotel. A special thank you to retreat coordinators Enrique De La Cruz, Rachel Agosto, and Liz Vellali!

Open faculty position! We are seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Faculty opening in @CornellChem at the Assistant Professor level in the area of chemical biology, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30338 #chemjobs

Jeremy Baskin @CornellChem has received a Breakthrough Science Initiative grant from @OnoInitiative to study how cells control autophagy through lipid modifications—work that could lead to new therapies for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases Read more: bit.ly/4lNBPma

Came in to this lovely surprise today — the lab is 10 years young this summer! 🍾 I’m so grateful to all trainees past and present for getting us to where we are and taking us to a bright and exciting future of #lipidtime #chembio discoveries!

Congratulations Suzanne Pfeffer of @StanfordMed, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS162 #biology #biochemistry

Happy to share our latest #research on ion channels and fertility, published with @SpringerNature in @NatureComms Want to know why testes are external and cool? Nature has evolved a beautifully precise system to ensure that sperm are primed for fertilization only at the perfect time. Tour de force work by Dr. Dilip Swain and our team: rdcu.be/eh9W7

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall as an Assistant Professor. My lab will focus on deorphanizing biochemical pathways that regulate nutrient metabolism @UWBiochem @uwmadisonipib

Important to celebrate trainee victories: excited to have @HollyMerta's paper out in @CellReports. We use TurboID sub-organelle proteomics to map the ER network. We discover calmin/CLMN, an ER-to-actin tether regulating focal adhesions & cell motility. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Cornell Board of Trustees today voted to appoint Michael I. Kotlikoff, who has served as interim president since July 2024, Cornell’s 15th president, effective immediately. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Congratulations @SaketBagde!! #proudofalumni @weillinstitute @CornellMBG @jcfromme @Fromme_Lab

Thrilled to share that our 4 years of hard work is finally published in Science Advances! 🚀🎉 Huge congratulations to the dream team: @monikahaoui, Citlalli Vergara, and our fantastic colleagues from the Marc Spehr group @MarcSpehr! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Check out the Tweetorial! 🧵👇1/12

Thank you, @YaleNews, for highlighting our work! news.yale.edu/2025/03/03/sci…

Today in @PNASNews we report the first structure of an antisperm antibody-antigen complex. The naturally occurring OBF13 antibody inhibits sperm IZUMO1 during fertilization, opening avenues for antibody-based contraceptives! @yonggang_lu & Masa Ikawa. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Excited to share our latest work in @PNASNews! This study, led by talented PhD candidate @yuki_kaneda_, highlights the pivotal role of S-palmitoylation—a lipid post-translational modification—in male reproduction. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

"Don't be afraid!" Randy Schekman says that the most successful scientists are willing to take risks. He uses 2024 chemistry laureate David Baker as an example of how embracing risk can lead to significant rewards. Before Baker transitioned to researching structural biology he studied systems of protein transport in yeast. Prior to that, he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and social science, demonstrating that no career change is too drastic. Schekman was awarded the 2013 medicine prize jointly with James Rothman and Thomas Südhof for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.

The National Academy of Engineering is excited to welcome 128 new members and 22 new international members to the NAE Class of 2025! Congratulations to this incredible group of innovators. Find the complete list of newly elected members here: ow.ly/lwOM50UY30x #NAE2025

Five years ago today, we celebrated our building dedication with @StanfordBrain! From blueprint to a world-class space for research, we're proud of all the transformative work advancing human health and the incredible community we've built here.

@Fromme_Lab use cryo-electron microscopy and functional experiments to reveal how Rab6 is activated by the Ric1-Rgp1 complex. nature.com/articles/s4146…