We are so proud to share the final version of our latest #MembraneContactSites story🎉, now in Developmental Cell. We identify the LDO proteins and Vac8 as a tethering pair between the vacuole and lipid droplets (vCLIP) that mediates microlipophagy in starvation cell.com/developmental-…

I am thrilled to see our work on the #Vacuole #LipidDroplet #MembraneContactSite vCLIP published in Developmental Cell! Fantastic collaboration with Ruben Fernandez and @schmidtlabIBK. Huge thanks to the whole team, I am so proud of you all! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Also check out the related vCLIP study from the BüttnerLab! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Highly recommend reading! Two very interesting DevCell-papers on vacuole-lipid droplet contact sites (vCLIP) this month from the labs of #YLC2024 speakers Maria Bohnert and Sabrina Büttner (BüttnerLab): doi.org/10.1016/j.devc… & doi.org/10.1016/j.devc…

Now Maria Bohnert & team (Muenster) show LDO proteins (yeast homologs of promethin) are the lipid droplet components of the bridge to the vacuole They also show Ldo45 (not Ldo16) binds the lanosterol/PI transfer protein Pdr16 (=Sfh3) + see parallel paper:cell.com/developmental-…

Hey, everybody. Come to this great conference on ALL matters contact-site-ish: run by Biochemical Society Great speakers from Europe and beyond. Put the date September 23-25 2024 in your diary And register online at bit.ly/Membrane24. 🙏retwt

Hey #MembraneContactSite community, join us for the "Membrane Contact Sites in Cellular Homeostasis" Biochemical Society meeting in Edinburgh this summer 😀 bit.ly/Membrane24

Attention #LipidDroplet community. Maria Bohnert, Robin Klemm and I are thrilled to announce that the second edition of the #EMBOlipidDroplets workshop will take place September 21-26, 2025, again at beautiful Costa Brava. Mark your calendars already!

Can we already call this an #EMBOlipidDroplets workshop series? Soooooo much looking forward to hosting the #LipidDroplet crowd once more in Spain next year!!😃

Submit your abstracts for a poster or short talk by May 26 and attend two conferences for the price of one: #LIPDSRC #LSHSRC James Olzmann, Henne_Lab, Antonella De Matteis, Haucke lab, Brooke Emerling, Sharon Tooze Save your space: hubs.ly/Q02w29kV0 hubs.ly/Q02w26TG0

🫧 Special Issue! #LipidDroplets in Health and Disease 👩‍🔬 Guest editors: Maria Bohnert & Bianca Schrul ➡️ bit.ly/44SET8Z 16 reviews highlight new discoveries in the lipid droplet lifecycle and insights into diseases related to lipid storage. Universität Münster Universität Saarland

Congratulations to all authors of our #LipidDroplets #FEBS_Letters special issue! Love seeing people discuss the cover that shows the lava lamp of my student Louis, photographed by Marie, rest of the lab busy controlling lamp temperature to catch the budding of a single droplet😀

Thrilled to see our work on protein partitioning between #endoplasmic_reticulum #membranes and #LipidDroplets published Nature Communications. A multidisciplinary tour de force combining #Biochemistry, #MDsimulations and #EPRspectroscopy. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Don’t miss our latest Special Issue, on Lipid Droplets! Free to read and featuring 16 Reviews on LDs in health and disease #LipidDroplets #Lipids Maria Bohnert Bianca Schrul bit.ly/3RwhPr0

#MembraneContactSite community: Do not miss July 23, the earlybird registration deadline for our “Membrane Contact Sites in Cellular Homeostasis” Biochemical Society meeting in Edinburgh. Submit an abstract by then for being considered for a short talk! bit.ly/Membrane24

Congratulations everyone, thank you so much for your awesome contributions!! This was a fantastic #MembraneContactSite meeting.

Have a look at our new preprint about #LipidDroplet motility and #MembraneContactSites! This was a fantastic collaborations with @KuemmelLab, Ruben Fernandez, Florian Fröhlich lab and R. Wedlich-Soldner @RWedlichSoldner.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

And it's out! Some nice biochemistry reveals how the yeast Seipin compelx organizes in vivo across LD formation biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The abstract submission deadline for the 2nd edition of our #EMBOLipidDroplets Workshop (21-26 September 2025) is approaching. Check out the agenda with an amazing lineup of speakers and submit your abstract before 10 June 2025! EMBO The Company of Biologists meetings.embo.org/event/25-lipid…