Mariana J. do Amaral

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Encalada lab @ScrippsResearch
PhD @UFRJ
IDPs, biomolecular condensates, neurodegeneration
Have fun and keep learning

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

Proud to be part of the NextGen at the 2025 Protein Aggregation with my fantastic mentor @EncaladaLab
Early career scientists brought the front-row science and turned up the heat literally and intellectually (111°F)
Thanks a lot @Co_Biologists @ScienceStowers @FASEBorg #PAPSRC

[Sandra Encalada Lab @EncaladaLab]

Excited to co-organize the 2025 FASEB Protein Aggregation meeting in Scottsdale AZ, June 28-July 2, 2025 with @SaelicesL @fauxLukasz. 30th year anniversary special edition! Submit your abstracts for a talk or poster by May 16. Apply for a travel award! https://t.co/unIDEkqtVe

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

Learning and diving into outstanding condensate biophysics with single-molecule approaches developed by Samrat Mukhopadhyay and team during his visit at Scripps @SamratLabMohali. Many thanks for the incredible seminar and insightful discussions!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Had an exciting lab reunion in San Diego with my former students @DebapriyaIISERM & @AnamikaAvni. Had a great lunch, visit to La Jolla Cove & a nice dinner in Old Town (@marijamaral, a former student of my Brazilian friend @yraima_cordeiro joined us). Visiting Scripps tomorrow!

[Sandra Encalada Lab @EncaladaLab]

Wanna work towards finding a treatment for prion diseases and Alzheimer's disease? #AlzheimersDisease #curepriondiseasescripps Join us! Awesome postdoc fellowship opportunity @scrippsresearch in pretty awesome San Diego:

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

@Msatabdee @WegmannLab Congratulations 👏amazing work!

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

My first-author paper looking into how copper and oxidation modulate #prion protein #phaseseparation is out🤩
Thank you for all support from fantastic PhD mentors and collaborators! @yraima_cordeiro @WegmannLab @Msatabdee @alinerpassos
https://t.co/lz1EodDLXA

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

Super excited to share our new work as a preprint! A result of my PhD project main question:
Copper, which is the most notable metal involved in prion protein biological activities, can modulate its phase transitions? Check it out!
@yraima_cordeiro @Msatabdee @WegmannLab

[Phase Transition Papers @Pha_Tran_Papers]

Copper drives prion protein phase separation and modulates aggregation https://t.co/HJwHw9Ke8v

[LEVeg_Unesp @LEVeg_Unesp]

Science can change and save the world. Let's support the Brazilian protest in favor of all Brazilian Science and Scientists! Join us! #webelieveinscience #stayathome #staysafe #paCTopelavida #MarchaVirtualpelaCiência #fiqueEMCAMAcomaciência

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

March for Brazilian science!!!
#PactforLifeandBrasil
#MarchforScience
#GetOutBolsonaro
Marcha virtual pela ciência brasileira!!!
#paCTopelavida
#MarchaVirtualpelaCiencia
#fiqueemcasacomaciência
#ForaBolsonaro

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

Despite the tough times, I'm happy to share my first first-author paper on intriguing Brain Expressed X-linked 3 (hBEX3) protein at @JMolBiol with awesome team @ufrj @IBqMUFRJ. Check it out!

https://t.co/LBwCuIRnEl

#IDP #tRFs #phaseseparation #LLPS #reversibleamyloid

[Mariana J. do Amaral @marijamaral]

Fantastic work @PLOSBiology on heat-resistant intrinsically disordered proteins in humans and Drosophila. Obscure proteins with chaperone activity (kept after boiling) emerging from this study https://t.co/LYBYRw5Vhp such as Brain Expressed-linked 3 (BEX3).