Assistant Professor at SBP Medical Discovery Institute, interested in Aging, Autophagy, Proteostasis and Hormesis! CF 🫁 advocate.
Joined February 2011
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Nominations are open for the 2025 Sidney Brenner Thesis Award!
Honoring an outstanding thesis in nematode biology defended Oct 1, 2024 – Sept 30, 2025.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2025
Nominate here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Grad-student Tatiana Moreno in the lab wrote a comprehensive review about autophagy in human aging models! Go check it out!
Congratulations, Tatiana
🧬🔍 Monitoring Autophagy in Human Aging: Key Cell Models and Insights!
@cellrepairlab & @kumsta explore key cell models and insights into monitoring autophagy in human aging.
📖 Read more: imrpress.com/journal/FBL/30/…
#Autophagy #AgingResearch #CellBiology #Longevity
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Low humidity enhances thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans #micropublication #biology #data #caltechlibrary #Celegans #PhenotypeData #Methods #NewFinding #Methodology micropublication.org/journal…
Do you perform C. elegans heat stress experiments? Are they inconsistent? Humidity may be a factor!
New finding by Michelle and Diego: Low humidity enhances thermotolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans doi.org/10.17912/micropub.bi…
First micropublication for the Kumsta Lab!
We just published this review with @thehansenlab! Congratulations to first author Shaun Lim! Enjoy the read!
Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy Decline during Aging mdpi.com/2915226 #mdpicells via @Cells_MDPI
A couple weeks ago I had the honor to participate in a panel discussion at COMICON about the Apple TV series Foundation inspired by Isaac Asimov! Thanks @fleetscience for inviting me! It was a blast!! 💥🛸 @sbpdiscovery
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We had an incredible time at our 4th DALLAS (Douglas Annual Lipid Aging & Stress) symposium.
Thank you to our keynote speaker C. Kumsta @kumsta and special guests M. Dellinger & @DrGTWU for partaking in the Symposium, sharing your science, & making the experience fun! #science
The Kumsta Lab is now funded by the @NIA! It was a long road to get here with the first submission in Oct 2020, then July 2021, then Oct 2022 and finally Nov 2023!!!
I kept on working on it, strengthened the preliminary data, simplified the writing and got lucky in the end!
The 3rd annual Rising Stars Symposium is an amazing opportunity for grad students to share their research, network with peers and faculty mentors, and learn about open postdoc positions at Sanford Burnham Prebys. Please retweet and apply today: bit.ly/3zx0GmQ
Great collaboration with the Hansen and Driscoll Lab, and a great conclusion to a long project! Congratulations to all co-authors!
Online now! Yang et al. show that inhibition of early-acting autophagy genes in neurons extend C. elegans lifespan, improve proteostasis, and increase #exopher formation via the autonomous WD40 domain-related function of ATG-16.2. @kumsta @thehansenlab rdcu.be/dvaFk
Caviar, that’s what’s for dinner!
Why? Cuz it’s Wednesday, the first day back at work and there is no point in waiting for the rare wins in science!
Save the date for the 3rd annual Rising Star Symposium at Sanford Burnham Prebys in La Jolla: May 1-3, 2023!
Are you a PhD student about to graduate? Consider applying: sbpdiscovery.org/calendar/ri…
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Help save the Dog Aging Project.
Despite being one of the most influential, productive and impactful NIH supported projects over the past 5 years, the National Institute on Aging has inexplicably chosen to withdraw support for the Dog Aging Project. For now, I’m won't get into the details of the process or my personal feelings about it, as the important thing is to ensure the Dog Aging Project doesn’t end. If you believe that the Dog Aging Project has value and should continue, I have three requests of you:
(1) Please consider signing the petition to the NIH Director here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
(2) Please consider sending an email to your elected representatives here: actionnetwork.org/letters/su…
(3) Please share this message with your network as broadly as you can
Thank you!!!
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April is Stress Awareness Month, so we spoke to Caroline @kumsta about her work on cellular stress responses in nematodes. Her research could help yield new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Read more bit.ly/3N1kwiX
#StressAwarenessMonth #biology #cells #stress
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Come work at the Buck! The Hansen lab is inviting highly qualified, inquisitive scientists to apply for positions as a Postdoctoral Researcher. app.jobvite.com/j?cj=odTYmfw… #sciencejobs #postdocjobs
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Apply now for the 2nd Annual Rising Stars Symposium - an all-expenses paid, 3-day event in San Diego, CA for aspiring #postdoctoral scholars & junior #faculty to share their research, network, & learn about #career opportunities at Sanford Burnham Prebys. bit.ly/3zx0GmQ
Apply now for the 2nd Annual Rising Stars Symposium - an all-expenses paid, 3-day event in San Diego, CA for aspiring #postdoctoral scholars & junior #faculty to share their research, network, & learn about #career opportunities at Sanford Burnham Prebys. bit.ly/3zx0GmQ
Remove academic age limits on ERC grants - Sign the Petition! chng.it/KZBc6p7k via @Change