membrane biophysics lab, interested in the role that phase-mediated heterogeneity plays in signaling processes @ the plasma membrane.
University of Michigan
Joined January 2020
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The wall celebrating veatchlab alums is up just in time for the start of the academic year at @UMBiophys including a few new ones representing @ss_shelbs , @suminkim28, and Thomas Shaw. Your impact looms large.
Apply to be my colleague in biophysics at Michigan! We are a vibrant small program in a large and resource-rich university. We are looking for applications at the assistant prof and newly minted associate prof levels. Reach out with ?s if interested.
Colleagues note: Michigan Biophysics through the LSA Collegiate Fellows Program aims to recruit and hire exceptional tenure-track assistant and new tenured associate professors to promote an inclusive scholarly environment. Deadlines and requirements. myumi.ch/JYppY.
Introducing Dr. Thomas Shaw! Congrats to Thomas for a great talk and thesis -- and check out that cake made by veatchlab members and alums including @ss_shelbs @AdamDecker98 @JenChemFlan inspired by a figure made by @biophysnerd!
What he said! This piece does a particularly good job summarizing @ss_shelbs observations of tunable domain contrast at BCR clusters.
Neat, quick summary of beautiful recent paper by @VeatchLab and @ss_shelbs. Will only take you 2min to read... but be warned, you'll then want to read the whole paper.
Announcing our publication featuring Sarah Shelby @ss_shelbs with @leventallab in @nchembio! nature.com/articles/s41589-0… or rdcu.be/c8MrE
TLDR: functional lipid rafts driven by membrane phase separation exist in live cell membranes, but with an unexpected twist!
#lipidtime
For some more perspective, we recently published a short review summarizing how we are thinking about phases, rafts, and the incredible things that membranes can do.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
This one has been in the works for a long time!
Thanks to the many people that made it possible: Of course our co-authors Kathleen Wisser, @Ivanubis84, and @leventallab.
Also thanks to @uiztok, @AgEggeling, and @Sciezgin for the News & Views shoutout! nature.com/articles/s41589-0…
Last week, my group along with @machtagroup published new measurements of cholesterol availability in membranes made from mixtures with one or two phospholipids in @BiophysJ. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Also thanks to Heiko Heerklotz, Sarah Keller @KayTrue, Arun Radhakrishnan and Ted and Yvonne Steck for really helpful feedback, and @HeuckLab for the shout-out when we posted the preprint ( xitter.cf/HeuckLab/status/158058…)
Long needed measurements of #cholesterol activities are starting to emerge. Some comments related to our previous work on PFO-membrane interaction. 1/8
Chemical potential measurements constrain models of cholesterol-phosphatidylcholine interactions biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
This is part of a special issue in honor of Klaus Gawrisch, a legend in membrane biophysics and great mentor and friend. Check out this great write-up in the issue: doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.0…