Summer is approaching & so is the 2026 Lipid Droplets: From Mechanisms to Disease FASEB SRC (July 26-30 in Scottsdale, AZ)!
Interested in lipids? Join this amazing summer research conference!
Abstracts due May 31,
Early registration June 14
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Happy to share our review of seipin as a lipid rheostat, not just a #lipiddroplet biogenesis factor. Its flexible structure, with cofactors and ligands, integrates metabolic cues at organelle contacts, coordinating lipid storage, membrane synthesis, and signaling.
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@abdourachidthiam.bsky.social and Carpentier review seipin's role in directing lipid fate, proposing it as a multinode rheostat that manages PA, ceramide, and Ca²⁺ flux at organelle contact sites to control metabolic branchpoints. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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