Sandra Encalada Lab had a great visit to Scripps. It was great to see some old friends and make some new ones. Thanks Sandra for being such an amazing host! Although it was a fantastic trip, Enzo was pleased to have me home.

My first-author paper looking into how copper and oxidation modulate #prion protein #phaseseparation is out🤩 Thank you for all support from fantastic PhD mentors and collaborators! Yraima Cordeiro @WegmannLab @Msatabdee Aline Passos science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

My oped on the JN.1 variant and the 2nd biggest US wave of infections (after Omicron) since the pandemic began latimes.com/opinion/story/… Los Angeles Times L.A. Times Opinion #LongCovid

Looking forward to speaking at ASCB’s upcoming virtual meeting, “Emerging Concepts: Structural Cell Biology in the Nervous System”. In situ architecture of mutant prion protein aggregates with Uri Manor 💔 ascb.org/meetings-event… #CellBiology #CellScience

Join us! A Postdoctoral Fellowship position is available in the Encalada Lab at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, USA, in the areas of neurodegeneration, aging, and intracellular endolysosomal trafficking Sandra Encalada Lab; Scripps Research:

A fully integrated collaboration between biologists and chemists reveals a compelling approach to prevent tau aggregation in 4R tauopathies pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Very proud PI

Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar used to travel 80 kilometers every week from the Yerkes Observatory to the University of Chicago, where he taught a course attended by only two students. When asked why he spent his time this way, the professor replied

Now a faculty member at Mahidol University, Sandra Encalada Lab doctoral student and 2024 graduate Tai Chaiamarit investigated the identity and biogenesis pathway of mutant #prion protein aggregates in axons by live and quantitative microscopy approaches. Learn more at: scripps.edu/graduation

One of the craziest things I learned last week at #AAI2024 was that we have more free-floating extracellular mitochondria in our blood than white blood cells. This was not in any textbook that I ever read! sci.news/biology/cell-f… And the original paper: faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fj…

Congratulations to Tai Chaiamarit Tai Chaiamarit who graduated yesterday with 2 degrees! from Scripps Research and Oxford University, and now has started his own independent lab as faculty at Mahidol University. Brilliancy all around, congratulations Tai, so proud of you!

Picture time 👨‍🎓It’s truly a privilege to have Sandra as my mentor throughout my time at Scripps. Thank you for the continuous support and I can’t wait to collaborate on more exciting science! 🥳

Wanna work towards finding a treatment for prion diseases and Alzheimer's disease? #AlzheimersDisease #curepriondiseasescripps Join us! Awesome postdoc fellowship opportunity Scripps Research in pretty awesome San Diego:

🇪🇨 Piero Hincapié brilló en el triunfo 3-1 de Ecuador ante Jamaica, siendo clave tanto en defensa como en ataque. Su remate desde la izquierda abrió el marcador y fue celebrado por todos los ecuatorianos como su gol. ¡Vamos, Tri! #CopaAmérica #Ecuador 👇 i.mtr.cool/clmxszxpbc

This is as good a time/way as any to spread the word: I have *multiple* positions open to study cochlear hair cells in my lab! We have all the toys you'd ever want for these studies and an amazing group of computational, cell biology, and hearing experts all working together.

Excited to participate in this event. Join me in NYC! Therapeutic Approaches to Protein Misfolding In Neurodegenerative Disease events.nyas.org/ldVmKB?sms=2&c…

I am co-chairing the 2025 FASEB Protein Aggregation Conf (June 28–July 3, Scottsdale AZ)! 🎉 It is the 30th anniversary! Keynote talk by Jeffery Kelly! Early registration ends 5/17. Travel awards available! Join us! events.faseb.org/event/protein-… #amyloids #proteinaggregation FASEB

Excited to co-organize the 2025 FASEB Protein Aggregation meeting in Scottsdale AZ, June 28-July 2, 2025 with Lorena Saelices Gomez - she/her/hers/ella Lukasz Joachimiak. 30th year anniversary special edition! Submit your abstracts for a talk or poster by May 16. Apply for a travel award! events.faseb.org/event/protein-…

So glad to be invited to speak at the FASEB Protein Aggregation: Polymorphic Species conference - a real privilege to be among such thoughtful voices. Thank you for having me and I am looking forward to the conversations. events.faseb.org/event/protein-…