Hyman Lab News
Stem cells: the new "model organism"
In a new perspective published in Molecular Biology of the Cell, Tony Hyman and David Drubin “argue that combined advances in genome editing, stem cell production, and organoid derivation from stem cells represent a revolution in cell biology.”
PNAS Journal Club, ACS Spotlights, & Press for "ATP as a biological hydrotrope"
Our article “ATP as a biological hydrotrope” is featured this month as a Journal Club highlight in PNAS! Additionally, ACS Chemical Biology covered the article in its Spotlights section.
Two preprints: Tau phase separation; Parallel temperature adaptation
The Hyman lab is proud to publish preprints, which we post in parallel to journal submission. You can find our latest manuscripts on bioRxiv, and we welcome your feedback.
Interview with Kate Lee in 'Research in Germany'
You can now read an interview with our postdoc Kate Lee in “Research in Germany”, where she discusses her work on phase transitions and neurodegenerative disease, her decision to move to Europe, and what she enjoys most about working at the MPI-CBG.
An aberrant phase transition of stress granules triggered by misfolded protein and prevented by chaperone function
New work from the Hyman and Alberti labs uncovers an important role for chaperone proteins in preventing aberrant phase transitions in stress granules. See a brief synopsis below and read the full paper online.
ATP as a biological hydrotrope
Congratulations to Avinash, Liliana, and colleagues on their paper in Science, in collaboration with Yamuna Krishnan from UChicago!