Sarah Cohen
Cell biologist at UNC interested in organelles, lipids, neurodegenerative disease, and light microscopy. https://cohenlaboratory.web.unc.edu
- Reposted by Sarah CohenHuge congrats to @manuelthery.bsky.social and all the Cytomorpho lab. The "Living Architectures" performance at @museeorsay.bsky.social was breathtakingly beautiful
- Reposted by Sarah CohenHave a look (and read) at our newest Review below! 🥳 Great discussion on how lipid droplets interact with other organelles, written by @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social and @hennelab.bsky.social
- Such a pleasure to write this review on #LipidDroplet heterogeneity, dynamics and #organelle interactions with Mike @hennelab.bsky.social ! Thank you to the editorial team @natrevmcb.nature.com and to Yoni Malis for assistance with draft illustrations
- Reposted by Sarah CohenWith so many great reviews on LDs already out, do we need another? Sarah @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social and I were approached by @natrevmcb.nature.com to do a review on LD heterogeneity and inter-organelle contacts...topics in reviews, but not a focus. Fun project! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Such a pleasure to write this review on #LipidDroplet heterogeneity, dynamics and #organelle interactions with Mike @hennelab.bsky.social ! Thank you to the editorial team @natrevmcb.nature.com and to Yoni Malis for assistance with draft illustrations
- Reposted by Sarah CohenNew Online! Heterogeneity, dynamics and organelle interactions of lipid droplets
- Registration is open for the FASEB #LipidDroplet meeting in Scottsdale, July 26-30! This is THE premier North American conference on LDs, you do not want to miss it!
- Interested in lipids? Join us @ the 2026 FASEB Lipid Droplet: From Mechanisms to Disease Conference (July 26-30, Scottsdale, AZ). Registration is now open! events.faseb.org/event/Lipid-... We are co-locating with the FASEB Phospholipids SRC! Register for one to enjoy BOTH meetings!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenInterested in lipids? Join us @ the 2026 FASEB Lipid Droplet: From Mechanisms to Disease Conference (July 26-30, Scottsdale, AZ). Registration is now open! events.faseb.org/event/Lipid-... We are co-locating with the FASEB Phospholipids SRC! Register for one to enjoy BOTH meetings!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenIn their Editorial, Claire Moulton, Amelia Glazier and Katie Ward look back on an extraordinary year, as @biologists.bsky.social celebrated their 100-year anniversary. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenIn parallel, we'll be publishing a special issue on Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics - you can find out more at: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im... Submission deadline: 1 April 2026 #imaging #microscopy #cellbiology
- Registration for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting is still open! Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social and @giuliazanetti.bsky.social. Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs... Early-bird deadline: 16 January #imaging #microscopy
- Reposted by Sarah CohenRegistration for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting is still open! Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social and @giuliazanetti.bsky.social. Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs... Early-bird deadline: 16 January #imaging #microscopy
- Reposted by Sarah CohenOrganelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
- Organelles harbour pH gradients biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Sarah CohenUps we did it again! Please mark your calender. EMBO Workshop “Lipid Code to Life”, taking place September 7–11, 2026, in Dresden, organized by Maria Fedorova, @lipid.bsky.social, Valerie O'Donnell, @holthuislab.bsky.social and @molcellbiophys-lab.bsky.social 🥳 Retweets = lipidlove
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- Reposted by Sarah Cohen#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
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- Attending #CellBio2025? Come see the Cohen Lab - Monday will be a busy day for us, including my theatrical debut in WICB "Scripts of Success" skits!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenOur annual collection highlights 13 of the year's most impactful papers that have garnered exceptional interest from our readership. Explore cutting-edge findings spanning the diverse spectrum of cell biology 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #CellBio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sarah CohenCheck out our @ascbiology.bsky.social #CellBio2025 Minisymposium on ER Homeostasis. With THIS speaker lineup, this event will be as dynamic, transformative and productive as the ER itself! So don’t 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 yourselves over and join us to 𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 in world of the ER. (All PUNS intended.)
- Ithaca is gorge-ous! Thank you @fromme-lab.bsky.social, @jeremybaskin.bsky.social and colleagues for a very fun and stimulating visit to the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenHappy Halloween from the creative minds of CBP grad students and scientists!!
- It was great to finish off #UNCResearchWeek by seeing Sherry Hsu’s beautiful image on display in Bondurant Hall! 🔬🔬🔬
- Looking forward to #UNCResearchWeek! I'll be presenting my lab's work on #organelles in physiology and neurodegenerative disease on Monday, October 20
- Register for my session here: researchweek.unc.edu/events/hetta...
- And check out the other exciting Het talks and register here: researchweek.unc.edu/events/hetta...
- Also, check out the beautiful #ArtInScience award winning images (including one by Cohen Lab member Sherry Hsu) in Bondurant Hall! researchweek.unc.edu/events/som-art…
- Reposted by Sarah CohenHere's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com @qedscience.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sarah CohenIt’s clear we need alternatives or at least ways to improve the situation. So, together with a really special and talented team we worked to develop this idea into “qed” a platform where you can get CONSTRUCTIVE feedback on your own work or CRITICALLY assess other people’s papers.
- Reposted by Sarah CohenGenuinely thrilled to share our new story with the world - an amazing collaboration with @profsharona.bsky.social and Bill Zagotta using their innovative FRET technique to study mitofusin conformational changes. Huge credit to Sophie Hurwitz for tackling this project. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenTime for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on! #TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾 elifesciences.org/articles/105... 1/🧵
- Reposted by Sarah CohenVery excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenThis is another must read - great week for organelle bio tools this week!
- Wonderful to see our paper on the #organelle signatures of #neurons and #astrocytes out in final form - congratulations, Shannon Rhoads and team!🎉 t.co/BPxKlbU6Ou
- Wonderful to see our paper on the #organelle signatures of #neurons and #astrocytes out in final form - congratulations, Shannon Rhoads and team!🎉 t.co/BPxKlbU6Ou
- This is going to be a very exciting meeting!! 🔬🧫🌈
- Registration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting. Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging. For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenRegistration is open for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting. Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social & Giulia Zanetti, the meeting will focus on the interface between cell biology and imaging. For more info: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenA pleasure to write this short review on lipid droplets for @jcb.org together with Will Prinz and amazing artist Emma Reynolds! We discuss 5 pervasive questions surrounding these remarkable little lipid organelles. doi.org/10.1083/jcb....
- Reposted by Sarah Cohennew preprint from @iostephens.bsky.social describes the potential benefits of increasing lipid turnover in microglia by eliminating PLIN2 from their surface
- Reposted by Sarah CohenTour de force from @nadlerlab.bsky.social . The value of solving a hard problem with beautiful chemistry: insights that upend conventional thinking re: lipid transport. You’ve got to read the thread, I’m not giving away the juice! It’s fantastic! Congrats 🎈🎊🍾🎉
- Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenWhy would anyone want to be a scientist? Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenI am honored to be named a 2025 ASCB Fellow! It is a privilege to be part of the ASCB community. ASCB was the first conference I attended as a grad student, and it has always been a welcoming, supportive home. Thank you for this kind recognition! ☺️ www.ascb.org/society-news...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenMeet the 14 scientists named 2025 ASCB Fellows! Honored for excellence in research, mentorship, and service, they’ll be recognized at Cell Bio 2025 this December in Philadelphia. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
- I’m extremely honored to be recognized with the WICB Junior Research Award. ASCB and WICB have been key to my career development since I attended my first annual meeting in 2005. Congrats to the other awardees!
- Meet the 2025 ASCB Award Winners—trailblazing scientists honored for research, mentoring, education, and innovation. Celebrate excellence across all career stages in cell biology. Read more: www.ascb.org/society-news...
- It has been a dream come true to lead a rotation in the @mblscience.bsky.social Physiology course - thanks to the amazing Directors @gladfelterlab.bsky.social and @brangwynnelab.bsky.social, course staff, TAs, and students!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenNew powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenWhat does the APOE 'lipid droplet-ome' look like??? Check out our new paper to find out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Thanks to first authors @cassifriday.bsky.social and @iostephens.bsky.social +help from Scott Gordon @morganti.bsky.social and @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social labs
- Reposted by Sarah CohenWe are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines. Learn more about these exceptional scientists: www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
- Reposted by Sarah CohenDid you know that Bioimage Archive has a specific database for people to share AI-ready imaging datasets? I did not until @yanlanmao.bsky.social told me! Please deposit! If people regularly submitted, it would have a huge collective impact on bioimage analysis. www.ebi.ac.uk/bioimage-arc...
- Reposted by Sarah Cohen🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social 👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
- Congratulations to Cohen Lab alumnus @joshilaboratory.bsky.social on his first senior-author paper! Beautiful work! 🎉
- Excited to present first publication from the Joshi lab, now in @jcb.org Here, we show that phosphatidic acid regulates Pex30 distribution at ER subdomains for lipid droplet biogenesis by binding to dysferlin domain. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenThe 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.org @biologists.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-lip...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenMultiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
- So fun to hood Dr. Shannon Rhoads at the UNC Doctoral Hooding Ceremony today! I got to bust out my U British Columbia regalia…
- Reminded me of my own PhD graduation in 2011. Here I am with my PhD advisor, Dr. Nelly Pante.
- Super cool work from the Henne Lab identifies the antioxidant enzyme APMAP at the intersection of ER stress, lipid oxidation, and lipoprotein secretion. Congratulations Blessy, Mike, and team! 🎉
- Proud present our latest work led by Blessy Paul, now in Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social. Here, we characterize an ER-localized antioxidant enzyme in humans and Drosophila that acts as a lipid quality control factor to suppress ER lipid oxidation. www.cell.com/developmenta...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenReminder: The 1st FASEB #Ferroptosis Meeting is this summer! Spectacular speaker lineup + short talks selected from submitted abstracts. It is going to be awesome! Trainees, newcomers & all interested are welcome! 📅 Abstract deadline: June 1, 2025. shorturl.at/QA6T1
- Reposted by Sarah CohenOn April 19, 1898, Camillo Golgi described what we now know as the #Golgi apparatus - a structure so pretty and unusual it took over fifty years for the scientific community to agree it wasn’t just an artefact. April 19 is #GolgiDay! Mark your calendars to honour the best organelle.
- Reposted by Sarah CohenYour yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work.
- Reposted by Sarah CohenIf you're working on innovative cell biology research, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is the place to share it. I’m proud to serve on the editorial team Submit your work today: www.molbiolcell.org #CellBiology #MBoC #ScientificPublishing @ascbiology.bsky.social
- Worth a listen - first interview with new NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya since his nomination podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
- I am beyond thrilled to co-organize this FASEB #LipidDroplet conference with Mike @hennelab.bsky.social in 2026! Check out the lineup and plan to participate - you do not want to miss this one!! #lipidtime
- Reposted by Sarah CohenMark your calendars & repost! Join us for the 2026 FASEB Lipid Droplets Conference! July 26-30, 2026 in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Best of all: The FASEB Lipid Droplet meeting is co-locating with the FASEB Phospholipid meeting. Two wonderful lipid communities brought together!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenThese are the specific foods that were linked with healthy aging and other outcomes. Green-favorable; Red-unfavorable
- Reposted by Sarah CohenOf >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sarah Cohen😊 Very happy to see this out! A real group effort from the Hyslop lab (@thecimr.bsky.social) including brilliant collaborations with @knowleslab.bsky.social, Vendruscolo lab, @michael-e-ward.bsky.social lab, @deriverylab.bsky.social lab, @profmarciniak.bsky.social lab 🎉🎉🎉
- Nice interview with my inspiring postdoc advisor Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
- In our interview with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, we discuss her research career, her advice on building collaborations and learn why she is looking forward to #biologists100. Jennifer will be speaking in our emerging technologies session. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenVery excited to see this study out in the world. We made what is (we think?) the first fully-humanized mouse model of a repeat expansion disorder, DRPLA, by replacing an entire copy of muring Atn1 with human ATN1 with 112 pure CAG repeats... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Magical evening at the Chihuly Garden and Glass with my Allen Distinguished Investigator teammates @mattersoflight.bsky.social and @assafzaritsky.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sarah CohenJoin us March 26th at 12pm ET - @asbmb.bsky.social LRD seminar series. We have two great mitochondria-focused lipid talks planned from @jasoncasler.bsky.social from @lllackner.bsky.social's lab and Kailash Venkatraman from @ibudin.bsky.social's lab. Register here! www.asbmb.org/meetings-eve...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenDear #LipidDroplet friends, we are so much looking forward to the 2nd edition of our #EMBOLipidDroplets Workshop. Join us 21-26 September 2025 at beautiful Costa Brava! Abstract submission deadline is 10 June 2025. @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-lip...
- Reposted by Sarah CohenA few spots left and deadline extended to March 14th! Many opportunities for talks with 16 talks plus 24 flash talks selected from abstracts! Please repost!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenDetails & Zoom link: felixcampelo.wixsite.com/membranetraf... Join Felix @felixmendu.bsky.social, Francesca @franbottanelli.bsky.social, Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social, David Teis @teislab.bsky.social and me for some great discussions on organelle dynamics and quality control!
- Reposted by Sarah CohenExciting Membrane Traffic online seminars this week! 🗓 Thu, Mar 13 🕔 5pm CET / 12 noon EST Sarah Cohen (UNC School of Medicine) Illuminating organelle dynamics in differentiation & disease David Teis (Medical University of Innsbruck) Golgi quality control preserves cellular architecture
- Reposted by Sarah CohenI am excited to finally be able to share with you our work reporting the first Extracellular Vesicle with a personality! This video does not show a cell, it is a Blebbisome! #CellBiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
