Eliana Nachman

🧠 Exciting PhD opportunity in our lab @cbdresearch.bsky.social!

Join us to uncover how defective synaptic #autophagy drives #ParkinsonsDisease.

More info here 👇
cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026

Patrik Verstreken and collaborators @verstrekenlab.bsky.social show that Rab39 limits delivery of autophagic Atg9 vesicles to synapses via cytoskeletal organizer Shortstop and Unc104/KIF1A in Drosophila
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How to control synaptic autophagy from the neuronal soma | The EMBO Journal EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

Don’t miss the News & Views by Sheng Huang & Stephan Sigrist on our work! 🙌 Thanks for the thoughtful perspective!

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Soma-localized Rab39 inhibits synaptic autophagy by controlling trafficking of Atg9 vesicles | The EMBO Journal imageimageSynaptic dysregulation of autophagy is often observed in neurodegenerative diseases. This study shows that Drosophila Rab39 inhibits synaptic autophagy from the neuronal soma by limiting Atg...

Excited to share our new paper @embojournal.org led by the fantastic Ayse Kilic @verstrekenlab.bsky.social @cbdresearch.bsky.social! 🎉 We show that #neuronal Rab39 regulates EndoA-dependent synaptic #autophagy, shedding light on mechanisms of #ParkinsonsDisease
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Last week, I had the chance to take part in the GSO #LeadershipAcademy.

I’m leaving with fresh ideas and practical tools to apply in my daily work.

Huge thanks to the organizers and my fellow participants for this experience.

#GSOLA #LSA9 #AcademicLeadership #LeadershipInScience

Excited to join the new cohort of the @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social #LSA9! Grateful for the opportunity to grow as a leader in science, build new connections across disciplines, and exchange ideas with an inspiring community of researchers.
#LeadershipInScience #AcademicLeadership