@GraefLab

We are interested in the #cell_biology of #autophagy, #mitochondria, and #ageing.

 Cornell University (+ MPI-Age)
age.mpg.de/science/research-laboratories/graef/
Joined January 2020
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Excited to start this new adventure with fantastic colleagues! If you are interested in working on the molecular mechanisms of autophagy and cellular ageing, please contact me!
Cornell CALS@CornellCALS29 Apr 2022
Martin Graef (@GraefLab), new assistant professor in our Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, joined CALS this spring to study how cells maintain their homeostasis and function under diverse stresses. Welcome Martin! @CornellMBG cals.cornell.edu/news/2022/0…
Meet our new faculty Martin Graef, assistant professor, molecular biology and genetics. "The study of cellular homeostatis and aging has enormous therapeutic potential, but it is complicated and we need to do a lot of basic research to learn how to use it in a safe and beneficial way."

ALT Meet our new faculty Martin Graef, assistant professor, molecular biology and genetics. "The study of cellular homeostatis and aging has enormous therapeutic potential, but it is complicated and we need to do a lot of basic research to learn how to use it in a safe and beneficial way."

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Proud of new work tinyurl.com/yhz4c6ry from the lab by Zhicheng (Chen) Cui @Chen3dem using single-particle cryo-EM on liposomes to show how mTORC1 integrates nutrient and growth factor signaling at lysosomes, collab. w/ @G__Napolitano, A. Esposito, and A. Ballabio.
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🎉 We're thrilled to share that our former colleague, @_mariyalicheva, now with the @GraefLab, received the prestigious Hans-Grisebach-Preis from @UniFreiburg for her dissertation! 🏅Congrats on this great achievement, Mariya! Photo credit: Universität Freiburg / Jürgen Gocke
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Congratulations, Costas! Such a beautiful paper.
Demetriades Lab@DemetriadesLab9 Oct 2024
📢 I am so incredibly happy and proud about this one! 🔟+ years in the making, 2,5 years since first submission, 1⃣ year since we posted it @biorxivpreprint, it finally found it’s home @NatureCellBio! Open access 👇 nature.com/articles/s41556-0… Detailed 🧵down below ⏬
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Our work on the biochemical reconstitution of mitophagy initiation led by @Devika_An has been updated on bioRxiv. You can check it out at biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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🚨🚨Come join us! We’re searching for two assistant professor positions in cell and molecular biology, in collaboration with @CornellMBG! 👇
Cornell MBG@CornellMBG17 Sep 2024
Excited to announce an MBG faculty search for two assistant professor positions in collaboration with the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, @weillinstitute. Please share and apply! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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Excited to announce an MBG faculty search for two assistant professor positions in collaboration with the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, @weillinstitute. Please share and apply! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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We’ve worked out how the molecular machines that create acidic compartments can recruit autophagy (self-eating) machinery when they can’t maintain a pH gradient. We are really pleased with this discovery, out in @MolecularCell cell.com/molecular-cell/full…. 1/16

The V-ATPase/ATG16L1 axis is controlled by the V1H subunit

Timimi et al. reveal that the targeting of de-acidified compartments with ATG8s is mediated by a direct interaction between the V-ATPase subunit V1H and ATG16L1. This interaction is important for...

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OsmanLab@osman_lab5 Aug 2024
🚀Excited to share our latest paper, where we explore dynamic changes in mtDNA heteroplasmy in living cells! Discover how asymmetric partitioning and mitochondrial dynamics drive mtDNA variant segregation! 🔬embopress.org/doi/full/10.10… #Mitochondria #microscopy #microfluidics #mtDNA

Real-time assessment of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy dynamics at the single-cell level

The EMBO Journal - Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is present in multiple copies within cells and is required for mitochondrial ATP generation. Even within individual cells, mtDNA copies can differ in...

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Huge congrats to Sadig @SNiftullayev who has successfully defended his doctoral thesis🥳✨🍻!!! #PhDone @MPIAGE @CGA_age
Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research@CGA_age15 Jul 2024
🎉 Well done, Dr. Sadig Niftullayev! Today @SNiftullayev, CGA student of the class of 2018, supervised by @langer_lab @MPIAGE, excellently defended his PhD! 👨‍🎓 Time to celebrate 🍾 #PhDone
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Can also find the paper on open access at @CellCellPress cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…

MTFP1 controls mitochondrial fusion to regulate inner membrane quality control and maintain mtDNA...

MTFP1 prevents altered inner mitochondrial membrane subdomains from fusing with the healthier mitochondrial network, enabling their isolation and subsequent autophagic degradation. The findings...

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Eat less to live longer? #Autophagy degrades damaged or toxic cellular material to keep cells in good shape. We discovered how #ATG16L1 shapes phagophores. Our article was published today in @NatureSMB ! thanks to all the authors !! Check it out: nature.com/articles/s41594-0…
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Beautiful work from the Lackner Lab as always!
American Society for Cell Biology@ASCBiology15 May 2024
From MBoC Temporal control of contact site formation reveals a relationship between mitochondrial division and Num1-mediated mitochondrial tethering. @LLLackner developed systems to control the formation and depletion of mitochondria-PM contact sites. doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E23-05-0…
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🚨The Weill Institute is hiring a new faculty member!🚨 Assistant Professor position is now open in @weillinstitute, joint with @CornellMBG. This is an open search in all areas of molecular and cell biology; application deadline is 3/20. More info: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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We are happy to share the publication below, which sheds light on the role of Atg1, Atg11 and Atg13 in bulk autophagy initiation. You can find the paper in the following link 👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3823…
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I am thrilled to see our work on the #Vacuole #LipidDroplet #MembraneContactSite vCLIP published in @Dev_Cell! Fantastic collaboration with @ruferbus and @schmidtlabIBK. Huge thanks to the whole team, I am so proud of you all! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Dynamin-like proteins at the nuclear envelope? That and other surprises in excellent work by @PhilipMannino1 with help from @NicholasAder @TJ_MeliaLab and @LuskingL! #autophagy biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

A quantitative ultrastructural timeline of nuclear autophagy reveals a role for dynamin-like...

Autophagic mechanisms that maintain nuclear envelope homeostasis are bulwarks to aging and disease. By leveraging 4D lattice light sheet microscopy and correlative light and electron tomography, we...

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JakobsLab@JakobsLab16 Feb 2024
The human prohibitin complex forms a bell-shaped structure in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Check out our #preprint together with @ratz_michael below 👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… What do you think it looks like? Like a bundt cake? A jellyfish? Vanilla pudding?😉
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I am super excited to share that my first corresponding author paper has been published in JCB (@JCellBiol). Surprising role of ER in ESCRT-mediated sorting! rupress.org/jcb/article/223/… (1/8)
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Molecular simulations, biochemistry, and cell biology come together to reveal how a crucial step in autophagy is executed. The work was made possible through a fantastic synergy between three labs, including ours, located in different continents across the world.
mito911@mito911_7 Feb 2024
Congrats to Dr. Shanlin Rao @HummerLab et al. for revealing in high detail the gymnastic of the LC3 lipidation machinery as it prepares autophagic membranes for cargo engagement using MD simulations, in vitro reconstitution and cell biology science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…

Three-step docking by WIPI2, ATG16L1, and ATG3 delivers LC3 to the phagophore

Three distinct membrane-docking steps of the ATG12–ATG5-ATG16L1-ATG3–LC3 complex control LC3 lipidation at the phagophore.

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mito911@mito911_7 Feb 2024
Congrats to Dr. Shanlin Rao @HummerLab et al. for revealing in high detail the gymnastic of the LC3 lipidation machinery as it prepares autophagic membranes for cargo engagement using MD simulations, in vitro reconstitution and cell biology science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…

Three-step docking by WIPI2, ATG16L1, and ATG3 delivers LC3 to the phagophore

Three distinct membrane-docking steps of the ATG12–ATG5-ATG16L1-ATG3–LC3 complex control LC3 lipidation at the phagophore.

science.org
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