At The Leading Edge Seminar
Lena Pernas, PhD Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California – Los Angeles Title: “Mitochondria give rise to proto-organelles during infection”
Lena Pernas, PhD Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California – Los Angeles Title: “Mitochondria give rise to proto-organelles during infection”
CBNJC – Thursday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: “Neuron subtypes have distinct mitochondrial transport in axons and vulnerability to tau in vivo.” Niedermeier T, et al., Paeger L. (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7628051/v1 Speaker: Amber Hernandez (Holzbaur Lab)
CMJC – Wednesday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: ““Molecular basis of cooperative assembly of the Ndc80-Ska kinetochore complex on microtubules.” Niu Y, et al., Musacchio A. (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.18.719381 Speaker: Xuechen Shi (Grishchuk Lab)
PMI Science Social Please save the date and join us for a roundtable on New Tools for Moving Science Forward: Leveraging Biotechnology in Basic Research! Come catch-up with PMI colleagues while enjoying snacks and drinks. Roundtable with Suradip Das, PhD Adam Stevens, PhD Mengqi Xu, PhD Moderated by Kaya Matson, PhD 3:00pm […]
CBNJC – Thursday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: “Hypoxia ameliorates neurodegeneration and movement disorder in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease.” Marutani E, et al., Ichinose F. (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-02010-4 Speaker: Molly Healey (Bomba-Warczak Lab)
CMJC – Wednesday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: “Microtubules in the axon are GDP bound but adopt a stable GTP-like expanded state.” Zehr EA, et al., Roll-Mecak A. (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-026-01787-7 Speaker: Jonas Cook (Dominguez Lab)
PMI Muscle Club – Tuesday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 or Zoom Article: “Respiratory pathology in the mdx/utrn -/- mouse: A murine model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).” Hernández Rodríguez MY, et al., ElMallah MK. (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316295 Speaker: Chris Choe, PhD (Stedman Lab)
CMJC – Wednesday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: “Structural basis of human γTuRC closure during CM1-activated microtubule nucleation.” Serna M, et al., Llorca O. (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70773-w Speaker: Andy Saks (Dominguez Lab)
CMJC – Wednesday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: “External mechanical force drives axonal cytoskeletal rearrangements.” Swaim GK, et al., Yogen S. (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.053 Speaker: Kaya Matson, PhD (Holzbaur Lab)
CMJC – Wednesday Hybrid Meeting: RRB 702 and Zoom Article: “Two translocation mechanisms drive neural stem cell dissemination into the human fetal cortex.” Wimmer R, et al., Baffet AD. (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2026.02.002 Speaker: Maya English (Holzbaur Lab)