Scientist studying the cell biology and microbiology of host pathogen interactions. Professor and Co-Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. https://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/welch/
Matthew Welch
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Congratulations to MCB's Dan Portnoy on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Advising Outstanding Faculty Advisor award from Berkeley’s Council on Advising and Student Services! 🎉👏
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Congratulations to MCB faculty David Bilder, Rebecca Heald, James Hurley and Gary Karpen on receiving Miller Research Professorship Awards! 👏🎉 @bilderlab.bsky.social @jimhurley.bsky.social
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Our most recent paper "Divergent Rickettsia species exhibit distinct mechanisms of actin-based motility" is now out in @jcb.org! Check it out here: rupress.org/jcb/article/...
ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social and EMBO @embo.org communities - Snezhka @alebenoit.bsky.social and I are Co-Chairs of the CellBio 2026 program committee. Please share that June 9th is the standard abstract deadline - earlier than in the past. Please submit an abstract and join us in San Diego!
Reminder for fellow cell biologists: the #CellBio2026 abstract deadline is June 9! Time to get those submissions in #ASCB
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New @jcb.org study from Bacher et al. in the @mattwelchlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social finds evidence for considerable evolutionary flexibility in the mechanism and regulation of microbial #actin-based #motility. rupress.org/jcb/article-...
#Cytoskeleton #Microbiology #Rickettsia
New study from Bacher et al. in the @mattwelchlab.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social finds evidence for considerable evolutionary flexibility in the mechanism and regulation of microbial #actin-based #motility. rupress.org/jcb/article-...
#Cytoskeleton #Microbiology #Rickettsia
Congrats to MCB's Susan Marqusee @marquseelab.bsky.social on being selected as a 2025 Protein Society Fellow @proteinsociety.bsky.social! 👏🎉
Matthew Welch
Congrats to MCB's James Nuñez @jamesknunez.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Vallee Scholar @valleefoundation.bsky.social! 🎉👏
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Attend Cell Bio 2026 - An ASCB|EMBO Meeting and network
Congrats to our inaugural class of Fellows. Nominate a deserving colleague for our 2026 Fellows class - deadline to submit is November 1. Check our website for eligibility and guidelines:
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