Stanford researchers propose that Long COVID and ME/CFS may disrupt the brain’s waste removal systems.
Impaired autophagy and glymphatic clearance could allow toxic proteins to accumulate, contributing to brain fog, fatigue, and neuroinflammation.
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
Impaired autophagy and glymphatic clearance could allow toxic proteins to accumulate, contributing to brain fog, fatigue, and neuroinflammation.
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
www.mdpi.com
October 27, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Stanford researchers propose that Long COVID and ME/CFS may disrupt the brain’s waste removal systems.
Impaired autophagy and glymphatic clearance could allow toxic proteins to accumulate, contributing to brain fog, fatigue, and neuroinflammation.
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
Impaired autophagy and glymphatic clearance could allow toxic proteins to accumulate, contributing to brain fog, fatigue, and neuroinflammation.
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
If you missed our publication in @natcomms.nature.com (tinyurl.com/3ejred94), here's the invited punctum @asmitasingh.bsky.social and I wrote for @Autophagy. We summarize the research and provide a high-level hypothesis about what these lipid-manager autophagy proteins could be doing in the cell.
www.tandfonline.com
October 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
If you missed our publication in @natcomms.nature.com (tinyurl.com/3ejred94), here's the invited punctum @asmitasingh.bsky.social and I wrote for @Autophagy. We summarize the research and provide a high-level hypothesis about what these lipid-manager autophagy proteins could be doing in the cell.
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Autophagy “eats” paternal mitochondria in rice (Plant Physiology) (Summary by Priyanka Babuta) buff.ly/YkXVOOj
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Autophagy “eats” paternal mitochondria in rice | Plantae
In plants, maternal inheritance of mitochondria is a common phenomenon, resulting from the elimination of paternal mitochondrial DNA during pollen development or by the degradation of paternal…
buff.ly
October 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Autophagy “eats” paternal mitochondria in rice (Plant Physiology) (Summary by Priyanka Babuta) buff.ly/YkXVOOj
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
The Glymphatic–Meningeal Lymphatic System and Autophagy in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Mechanistic Perspective — Nemat-Gorgani et al incl. Ron Davis
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#mecfs #longcovid
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#mecfs #longcovid
www.mdpi.com
October 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The Glymphatic–Meningeal Lymphatic System and Autophagy in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Mechanistic Perspective — Nemat-Gorgani et al incl. Ron Davis
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#mecfs #longcovid
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#mecfs #longcovid
New @fwf-at.bsky.social ESPRIT Fellowship for Marek Kravec (Martens lab)! 👏 Marek will investigate how ER-localized VAP proteins help organize the cellular machinery responsible for autophagy, taking an important step towards developing his independent research profile ➡️ tinyurl.com/4sffu575
October 28, 2026 at 7:29 AM
New @fwf-at.bsky.social ESPRIT Fellowship for Marek Kravec (Martens lab)! 👏 Marek will investigate how ER-localized VAP proteins help organize the cellular machinery responsible for autophagy, taking an important step towards developing his independent research profile ➡️ tinyurl.com/4sffu575
Up next, we have the Ask-the-Editor workshop, featuring Dr. Melina Casadio from Nature Cell Biology and Dr. Fulvio Reggiori from Autophagy!
October 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Up next, we have the Ask-the-Editor workshop, featuring Dr. Melina Casadio from Nature Cell Biology and Dr. Fulvio Reggiori from Autophagy!
What if Mycobacterium tuberculosis couldn’t evade macrophage defenses? doi.org/10.1172/jci....
@michaelshiloh.bsky.social & team identify SMURF2 as a conserved negative regulator of selective autophagy that suppresses macrophage control of M. tuberculosis.
@michaelshiloh.bsky.social & team identify SMURF2 as a conserved negative regulator of selective autophagy that suppresses macrophage control of M. tuberculosis.
October 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
What if Mycobacterium tuberculosis couldn’t evade macrophage defenses? doi.org/10.1172/jci....
@michaelshiloh.bsky.social & team identify SMURF2 as a conserved negative regulator of selective autophagy that suppresses macrophage control of M. tuberculosis.
@michaelshiloh.bsky.social & team identify SMURF2 as a conserved negative regulator of selective autophagy that suppresses macrophage control of M. tuberculosis.
Up next, we have our keynote speaker, Dr. Katja Simon, presenting her work on Autophagy in Immune Aging!
October 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Up next, we have our keynote speaker, Dr. Katja Simon, presenting her work on Autophagy in Immune Aging!
Regulation of developmental autophagy at the nuclear periphery
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Regulation of developmental autophagy at the nuclear periphery
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Regulation of developmental autophagy at the nuclear periphery
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Up next, we will have 4 different sessions of Flash Talks featuring different topics in Autophagy!
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIA2026meeting
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIA2026meeting
October 28, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Up next, we will have 4 different sessions of Flash Talks featuring different topics in Autophagy!
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIA2026meeting
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIA2026meeting
We are excited to start our Trainee Talk Session!
First, we have Dr. Nami McCarty from UT-Health Houston presenting her work on how AMC-F1 regulates mitochondria-autophagy crosstalk independent of nutrient stress.
#WIAmeeting2026
First, we have Dr. Nami McCarty from UT-Health Houston presenting her work on how AMC-F1 regulates mitochondria-autophagy crosstalk independent of nutrient stress.
#WIAmeeting2026
October 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
We are excited to start our Trainee Talk Session!
First, we have Dr. Nami McCarty from UT-Health Houston presenting her work on how AMC-F1 regulates mitochondria-autophagy crosstalk independent of nutrient stress.
#WIAmeeting2026
First, we have Dr. Nami McCarty from UT-Health Houston presenting her work on how AMC-F1 regulates mitochondria-autophagy crosstalk independent of nutrient stress.
#WIAmeeting2026
Up next, we have Theresah Nana Ama Mensah from Georgia State University, US, presenting her work on “NEDD4 family E3 ubiquitin ligase Rps5 regulates autophagy of lipid droplets in yeast”.
#WIA2026meeting
#WIA2026meeting
October 28, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Up next, we have Theresah Nana Ama Mensah from Georgia State University, US, presenting her work on “NEDD4 family E3 ubiquitin ligase Rps5 regulates autophagy of lipid droplets in yeast”.
#WIA2026meeting
#WIA2026meeting
The Glymphatic–Meningeal Lymphatic System and Autophagy in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Mechanistic Perspective — Nemat-Gorgani et al
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#MECFS
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#MECFS
Article Link
www.mdpi.com
October 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Glymphatic–Meningeal Lymphatic System and Autophagy in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Mechanistic Perspective — Nemat-Gorgani et al
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#MECFS
"This perspective extends our earlier proposal that glymphatic dysfunction contributes to ME/CFS."
#MECFS
Last but not least for this session, we welcome Ahmed Elshazly from Virgina Commonwealth University, presenting his work on “AUTAC-mediated selective autophagy uncouples MCL1-targeted antitumor activity from cardiotoxicity”.
#WIA2026meeting
#WIA2026meeting
October 28, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Last but not least for this session, we welcome Ahmed Elshazly from Virgina Commonwealth University, presenting his work on “AUTAC-mediated selective autophagy uncouples MCL1-targeted antitumor activity from cardiotoxicity”.
#WIA2026meeting
#WIA2026meeting
Up next, we will have 4 different sessions of Flash Talk featuring different topics in Autophagy!
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIAmeeting2026
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIAmeeting2026
October 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Up next, we will have 4 different sessions of Flash Talk featuring different topics in Autophagy!
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIAmeeting2026
Please refer to the booklet to join your session(s) of interests!
#WIAmeeting2026
Up next, we are excited to have Dr. Suzanne Dufresne from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, presenting her work on Leveraging Autophagy and Pyrimidine Metabolism to target Pancreatic Cancer.
#WIAmeeting2026
#WIAmeeting2026
October 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Up next, we are excited to have Dr. Suzanne Dufresne from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, presenting her work on Leveraging Autophagy and Pyrimidine Metabolism to target Pancreatic Cancer.
#WIAmeeting2026
#WIAmeeting2026
Dietary #flavonoid apigenin a defender of the #aging #brain?
bioengineer.org/apigenin-a-c...
— in parsley, chamomile, celery
— scavenges free radicals to preserve lipids, proteins, #DNA
— activates Nrf2 repair pathway, supporting #autophagy, #mitophagy, #proteostasis, #glutathione & DNA repair
bioengineer.org/apigenin-a-c...
— in parsley, chamomile, celery
— scavenges free radicals to preserve lipids, proteins, #DNA
— activates Nrf2 repair pathway, supporting #autophagy, #mitophagy, #proteostasis, #glutathione & DNA repair
Apigenin, a Common Plant Flavonoid, Emerges as a Multi-Target Defender of
A new review in Molecular Biology Reports details how the dietary flavonoid apigenin combats oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and protein aggregation linked to
bioengineer.org
October 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Dietary #flavonoid apigenin a defender of the #aging #brain?
bioengineer.org/apigenin-a-c...
— in parsley, chamomile, celery
— scavenges free radicals to preserve lipids, proteins, #DNA
— activates Nrf2 repair pathway, supporting #autophagy, #mitophagy, #proteostasis, #glutathione & DNA repair
bioengineer.org/apigenin-a-c...
— in parsley, chamomile, celery
— scavenges free radicals to preserve lipids, proteins, #DNA
— activates Nrf2 repair pathway, supporting #autophagy, #mitophagy, #proteostasis, #glutathione & DNA repair
We're also grateful to the many teams and committees that keep WIA running!
Today, we celebrate your efforts to keep our community thrive through scientific collaboration, mentorship, a stronger global network, and advances in autophagy research!
#WIAmeeting2026
Today, we celebrate your efforts to keep our community thrive through scientific collaboration, mentorship, a stronger global network, and advances in autophagy research!
#WIAmeeting2026
October 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
We're also grateful to the many teams and committees that keep WIA running!
Today, we celebrate your efforts to keep our community thrive through scientific collaboration, mentorship, a stronger global network, and advances in autophagy research!
#WIAmeeting2026
Today, we celebrate your efforts to keep our community thrive through scientific collaboration, mentorship, a stronger global network, and advances in autophagy research!
#WIAmeeting2026
Up next, we are excited to have Anna Dahlström from Abo Akademi University, presenting her work on Dredd-mediated cleavage of Kenny uncouples the IKK complex from selective autophagy to enable innate immunity.
#WIAmeeting2026
#WIAmeeting2026
October 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Up next, we are excited to have Anna Dahlström from Abo Akademi University, presenting her work on Dredd-mediated cleavage of Kenny uncouples the IKK complex from selective autophagy to enable innate immunity.
#WIAmeeting2026
#WIAmeeting2026
We are excited to start our Trainee Talk Session II!
First, we have Dr. Urmi Bandyopadhyay from MIRM, MAHE, India, presenting her work on “Autophagy lysosomal pathway dependent adaptive cellular remodeling hanging in amino acid homeostatic balance”.
#WIA2026meeting
First, we have Dr. Urmi Bandyopadhyay from MIRM, MAHE, India, presenting her work on “Autophagy lysosomal pathway dependent adaptive cellular remodeling hanging in amino acid homeostatic balance”.
#WIA2026meeting
October 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
We are excited to start our Trainee Talk Session II!
First, we have Dr. Urmi Bandyopadhyay from MIRM, MAHE, India, presenting her work on “Autophagy lysosomal pathway dependent adaptive cellular remodeling hanging in amino acid homeostatic balance”.
#WIA2026meeting
First, we have Dr. Urmi Bandyopadhyay from MIRM, MAHE, India, presenting her work on “Autophagy lysosomal pathway dependent adaptive cellular remodeling hanging in amino acid homeostatic balance”.
#WIA2026meeting
Ophthopedia Update: Autophagy in Ocular Health and Disease: From Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Perspectives: Publication date: Available online 24 October 2026
Source: Experimental Eye Research
Author(s): Bing Wei, Yumeng Lin, Yaqi Yang, Chengxiang Zhang, Shihan Gao, Qi Zhao, Yinan Wang,…
Source: Experimental Eye Research
Author(s): Bing Wei, Yumeng Lin, Yaqi Yang, Chengxiang Zhang, Shihan Gao, Qi Zhao, Yinan Wang,…
Autophagy in Ocular Health and Disease: From Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Perspectives
Publication date: Available online 24 October 2026
Source: Experimental Eye Research
Author(s): Bing Wei, Yumeng Lin, Yaqi Yang, Chengxiang Zhang, Shihan Gao, Qi Zhao, Yinan Wang, Zhongyu Han, Duoduo Xu, Lijuan Wei
dlvr.it
October 25, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Ophthopedia Update: Autophagy in Ocular Health and Disease: From Mechanistic Insights to Therapeutic Perspectives: Publication date: Available online 24 October 2026
Source: Experimental Eye Research
Author(s): Bing Wei, Yumeng Lin, Yaqi Yang, Chengxiang Zhang, Shihan Gao, Qi Zhao, Yinan Wang,…
Source: Experimental Eye Research
Author(s): Bing Wei, Yumeng Lin, Yaqi Yang, Chengxiang Zhang, Shihan Gao, Qi Zhao, Yinan Wang,…
Defenestration and autophagy on the way down (it was a really high window).
October 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Defenestration and autophagy on the way down (it was a really high window).
Antagonism of PRDX1 and Japanese encephalitis virus via the autophagy pathway journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org
October 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Antagonism of PRDX1 and Japanese encephalitis virus via the autophagy pathway journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Add this exciting workshop to your calendar, featuring Dr. Melina Casadio from Nature Cell Biology and Dr. Fulvio Reggiori from Autophagy!
Already registered for the WIA Symposium Webinar? You’re all set! Otherwise, scan the attached QR code to register.
#WIA2026meeting
Already registered for the WIA Symposium Webinar? You’re all set! Otherwise, scan the attached QR code to register.
#WIA2026meeting
Join us on October 26th for an interactive session with editors at Nature Cell Biology and Autophagy!
Learn what editors look for and how the editorial perspective can help you frame your manuscript before submission.
Date and Time: October 26 | 5:40 PM CET / 11:40 AM EST
Registration QR code below👇
Learn what editors look for and how the editorial perspective can help you frame your manuscript before submission.
Date and Time: October 26 | 5:40 PM CET / 11:40 AM EST
Registration QR code below👇
October 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Add this exciting workshop to your calendar, featuring Dr. Melina Casadio from Nature Cell Biology and Dr. Fulvio Reggiori from Autophagy!
Already registered for the WIA Symposium Webinar? You’re all set! Otherwise, scan the attached QR code to register.
#WIA2026meeting
Already registered for the WIA Symposium Webinar? You’re all set! Otherwise, scan the attached QR code to register.
#WIA2026meeting
