Michael Hanna

Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University. @PDClab. Tweets are my own. he/him

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

How do #organelles acquire #membrane #lipids? Our review in @AnnualReviews of Cell and Developmental Biology defines a family of bridge-like lipid transport proteins that control membrane area and so much more! Check out the ahead of print version now. @YaleCellBio @AGuillenSaman

[De Camilli Lab @PDClab]

Our review on RBG motif bridge-like #lipid transport proteins of the VPS13-ATG2 family is now out in Annual Reviews of Cellular and Development Biology @AnnualReviews @YaleCellBio https://t.co/lb3IhpybR8

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

We’re located at Penn State University in lovely State College, PA.

More info about the research focus of the lab can be found here: https://t.co/nQmqeCdWmU

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

The Hanna lab is looking for an enthusiastic Research Technologist to join the team! 😊

You’ll help lead projects focused on organelle health & resilience to establish momentum in the lab. 🔬🥽

Job description and details can be found here: https://t.co/BiUcCf7fNV

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

The Hanna lab has a website! 🖥️

Check it out to see what we’ll be up to 😁

https://t.co/qqm2nJAV4y

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@guo_lab Thank you, Junjie!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

📢The Hanna Lab is coming to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State in January 2026! We’ll be digging into organelle health and resilience with a special focus on mechanisms that protect lysosomes under stress.

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@JayXiaojunTan Thank you, Jay!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@RobertoZoncu Thank you, Roberto!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

Updates, thoughts, and positions will be posted on Bluesky. We’re hiring at all levels – stay tuned!
Lab updates: https://t.co/M3iQlKxjhj
Personal updates: https://t.co/EoqRrQuv3S

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@AGhanbarpour @NatureComms Congratulations, Alireza! I'm glad to see your lab doing so well

[Sarah Cohen @cohenlaboratory]

Check out our @J_Cell_Sci At a Glance review and poster on "Imaging interorganelle contacts" - part of the special issue on Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics! @MC_Zanellati @ChihHsuanHsu1 https://t.co/Gq46qFhXsj

[Verena Kohler @_VerenaKohler]

Check out this week's issue of publications on #MembraneContactSites!

https://t.co/JKEtgZnC4Y

Thanks to @Bims_BiomedNews for the pre-selection!

#MCS #EndoplasmicReticulum #Mitochondria #MAM

[Alireza Ghanbarpour @AGhanbarpour]

I am looking for a highly talented postdoc to join my lab to study ATP-dependent AAA machines using structural biology, biochemistry, and mass spectrometry. Please apply through the following link: https://t.co/LNqxDbobOx For more information, visit: https://t.co/Gb7o13Hmti

[Journal of Cell Biology @JCellBiol]

VPS13B is localized at the interface between #Golgi cisternae and is a functional partner of FAM177A1, say Berrak Ugur (@BerrakUgur1), Pietro De Camilli @PDClab @YaleCellBio @YaleNeuro et al: https://t.co/snlysXysrJ
@FSchueder @MLeonzino
#Disease #Membrane #lipid #Organelles

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@LorenaBenedet15 Thank you, Lorena!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

Excited to share our latest preprint, now available on bioRxiv! https://t.co/2HYpYmQabQ #YaleCellBio #YaleNeuro #PDClab #Lysosome

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@cheesan_tong Thank you so much, Chee San!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@Ella_Maru Thank you, Ella!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@HaniehFalahati @PDClab Thank you, Hanieh!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

@kamaldeepss13 Thank you, Kamal!

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

This mATG8 binding is mutually exclusive with vesicle binding, leaving BLTP3A available to bind another membrane, possibly the ER. We propose BLTP3A as a CASM effector, potentially delivering lipids to help repair or reduce lysosome damage.

[Michael Hanna @LifeCerealMikey]

Upon lysosome damage and resulting mATG8 recruitment to their surface by CASM (a non-canonical autophagy pathway), BLTP3A first dissociates from lysosomes but then reassociates with them via an interaction of a LIR motif with mATG8. Excellent CASM review: https://t.co/scGJeZ8QUr