News
Public milestones.
Only public publications, awards, and community service are listed here. Internal project updates and unpublished details are excluded.
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SigmaR1 study published in Nature Communications.
The paper defines SigmaR1 as an ER-sheet auxiliary translocon factor with lipid-binding activity.
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Sec14L6 study published in Nature Communications.
The paper describes Sec14L6-dependent phosphoinositide transport during lipid droplet biogenesis.
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Undergraduate research team recognized in national innovation competition.
A Ji-Lab-mentored undergraduate team received national and regional recognition in the National Undergraduate Basic Medical Innovation Research Competition.
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VPS13B/COH1 study published in Journal of Cell Biology.
The study identified Sec23IP as an adaptor that recruits VPS13B/COH1 to ER exit site-Golgi interfaces for tubular ERGIC formation.
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SHIP164 endosome budding paper published in Cell Discovery.
The work described a BLTP1-SHIP164-BLTP2 axis that promotes Rab14-positive endosome buds at Golgi-endosome contacts.
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Tex2 and CHMP7 papers published.
Published studies defined Tex2 function at TMEM55-dependent ER-endolysosome contacts and CHMP7 function in three-way ER junctions and ER-mitochondria interactions.
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Editorial board service for Contact.
Prof. Ji joined the editorial board of Contact, a journal focused on inter-organelle membrane contact sites.
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VPS13D studies published.
The lab reported roles for VPS13D in ER-mitochondria contact regulation and fatty acid transfer from lipid droplets to mitochondria.