Even though it’s 35°C outside and the wasp season is in full swing, a sizeable group of scientists gathered outside the entrance of the MPI-CBG to listen to Patrick McCall and Samir Vaid walk them through their research interests and outcomes in the second week of our summer chalk talk series. Patrick McCall, an ELBE […]
Keeping in mind social distancing rules while ensuring a relaxed and informal setting, Tina, Jacobo, and Anna launched the Postdoc Summer Chalk Talks 2020 at the MPI-CBG to offer a weekly Friday seminar during the summer holidays. In the first round, Tina Wiegend from the Hyman & Grill Labs, and Thomas Quail from the Brugués […]
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. Congrats, Kate!
Congratulations to our phenomenal postdoc, Kate Lee, on this prestigious honor! “Kate Lee, postdoc at the MPI-CBG Hyman Lab, is the first scientist living and working in Germany to be selected as “International Rising Talent”. The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talents are presented to fifteen promising young women, from each world region […]
The Hyman lab is represented at the 2016 ASCB annual meeting, taking place now in San Francisco. Come see us if you’re here! • Sunday, Dec 4, 12pm-1:30pm: Louise Jawerth presents her poster, “The liquid to gel transition in protein droplets” (poster B1345) • Sunday, Dec 4, 5:20pm-5:35pm: Shamba Saha gives a talk, “An mRNA competition […]
The Hyman Lab welcomes Ceciel Jegers, our newest PhD student. Ceciel comes to us from the Netherlands, and she will be working on phase transitions in cells and disease.
We’ve bid a sad farewell to our intrepid intern, Jana Sipkova. Jana worked for a year with postdoc Shamba Saha, and she was a fantastic addition to the lab. She’s now heading back to the UK to finish up her bachelor studies in London. Good luck, Jana! We miss you already.
Last week we bid farewell to Mahdiye Ijavi, who was working with postdoc Louise Jawerth to study the physical properties of liquid protein droplets. Mahdiye will be starting a PhD in Zurich, Switzerland in the fall, and we all wish her the best of luck. She will be missed!
The 12th meeting of the International Congress of Cell Biology was held in Prague on July 21-25. Many Hyman lab members attended and had a fantastic trip. Thank you to the meeting organizers!
Tony arrives today at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). He and two of our postdocs, Jeff Woodruff and Richard Wheeler, are there for the Summer Institute. So if you’re also at Woods Hole this summer, keep an eye out for them and say hello! Seminars • July 11, 11:30am: Jeff and Richard will give back-to-back seminars in Lillie […]
How many lipids does a membrane need to adapt to environmental changes? Check out our latest paper!
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iBio video about P granule formation
An interview with Tony about Phase Transitions and Disease
Phase separation in cell polarity: Saha et al, Cell 2016
Encouraging Innovation, iBiology.org
The genetics linking temperature and fertility in worms: Leaver et al, Biology Open 2016
Cell PaperFlick on Phase Transitions in Disease
Check out this playlist to watch all the videos in our "Two Minute Talk" Series
Ways of Growing, a film created for the MitoSys Project
What is a Discovery?
Embryonic Development of C.elegans
