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Advancing our understanding of the mechanisms that govern organelle and lipid homeostasis in health and disease

The Olzmann Research Group integrates systems biology, chemical biology, and cell biology to uncover the fundamental principles that govern organelle function and lipid homeostasis. Our research focuses on the mechanisms that regulate lipid storage within lipid droplets and the processes underlying oxidative lipid damage during ferroptosis. By unraveling the biochemical pathways involved, we aim to identify novel therapeutic targets and develop strategies to manipulate these pathways for clinical benefit.

RECENT NEWS

April 4, 2025
New collaborative paper with the Zoncu lab out in Science! "Leucine aminopeptidase LyLAP enables lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins

January 6, 2025

Congrats to Mike on his new manuscript out as a bioRxiv preprint – "FSP1-mediated lipid droplet quality control prevents neutral lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis

November 26, 2024

Highlight of James Olzmann and the lab in the MCB newsletter

June 8, 2024

Congrats to Alyssa on her new manuscript out as a bioRxiv preprint – "CLCC1 promotes hepatic neutral lipid flux and nuclear pore complex assembly

March 7, 2024

Congrats to Alyssa on her new review out in Nature Cell Biology – "Lipid droplets and cellular lipid flux

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FEATURED ARTICLES

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Li et al.
Nature Chem Biol 2022

Bersuker et al.

Nature 2019

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Hendricks et al.
Cell Chem Biol 2023

Reveals selenium metabolism and ribosome stalling as ferroptosis vulnerabilities

Identifies the CoQ oxidoreductase FSP1 as a powerful ferroptosis suppressor in cancer

Identifies FSP1 inhibitors that sensitize cancer cells to ferroptosis

University of California, Berkeley

Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology

and Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

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