yoonji kim

👩🏻‍🔬 LSRF-HHMI Postdoctoral Scientist @RockefellerUniv @leslievosshall | PhD @PrincetonMolBio @brangwynnelab 🧬 🦋

[yoonji kim @yoonj_k]

Hello from NYC! Excited to be starting my postdoc in the Vosshall lab at @RockefellerUniv - Big thank you to @leslievosshall for having me here, my PhD advisor Cliff @brangwynnelab and friends at @Princeton and beyond for their support:) excited for what’s to come! Lezgooo✨👩🏻‍🔬

[PRX Life @PRX_Life]

Scientists present a workflow to study the interfacial behaviors of biomolecular condensates at the phase boundary, and use it to identify unexpected features such as bending rigidity and critical capillary waves.

Read more: https://t.co/tD1uHXAnKB

[Amy Strom @DNAmyStrom]

30% of our proteome is disordered yet we still don't have reliable ways to predict functional implications of mutations in disordered regions, or drug them

Here's the latest on chromatin, condensates, and cancer from my group in Discovery Onc at Genentech
https://t.co/n8s3KS87wE

[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

Happening next Wednesday June 24 at 3PM Eastern: Live Kick-Off Event to learn about our 2026 @hhmi_science program competitions. Register here: https://t.co/YSTOE0ihqv
Early Career Faculty: #FreemanHrabowski Scholars
Postdocs: #HannaGray Fellows
PhD students: #GilliamFellow

[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

Congratulations 3 brand new #VosshallLab @RockefellerUniv PhDs!!
So proud of all 3 of you - you make the world better
Dr. Priyanka Lakhiani > MSKCC bioinformatic specialist
Dr. Adriana Rosas > Whitehead Institute postdoc
Dr. Yael Tsitohay > NYC public high school biology faculty

[Nadav Shai @nadavshai]

What happens in a mosquito's brain when it's infected with dengue? Almost nothing! 🦟🧠 We show DENV actively replicates in the brain, yet triggers virtually no transcriptional response. a striking case of neural tolerance ⬇️

[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

📢**new pre-print article alert**
Us: OMG your entire brain is teeming with dengue virus particles
Female mosquito: [shrug][goes about daily activities]
#VosshallLab
https://t.co/MIP1QJYoUI

[Anita Đonlić @anita_donlic]

Thrilled to see our Deep-Phase paper now online in @CellCellPress!🎉 The final version expands Deep-Phase across labeling modalities, adds dual-condensate imaging to dissect pathway specificity, and shows greater robustness to batch effects than classical image-analysis methods.

[brangwynnelab @brangwynnelab]

Cool new video the Breakthrough Prize team put together featuring Tony @HymanLab and I describing the excitement and adventure of our discovery!
https://t.co/EdPwhG38Of

[Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute @omenndarlingbio]

Cliff Brangwynne (@brangwynnelab) has been elected to the @theNASciences, one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States.

[Princeton Materials Institute @PrincetonMSE]

In another study, Brangwynne's work with @DNAmyStrom and @yoonj_k found a way to rearrange life’s basic tapestry, bending DNA strands back on themselves to reveal the material nature of the genome: https://t.co/4vqpxDAW8W

[Princeton Materials Institute @PrincetonMSE]

Read more about Brangwynne's work with former student Holly Cheng, on experiments that revealed the crucial role of RNA molecules in maintaining the surface tension and viscosity of the structure of a nucleolus, a key organelle in protein production:

https://t.co/wkNobRSr1N

[Princeton Materials Institute @PrincetonMSE]

Congratulations to PMI's @brangwynnelab on his election to the @theNASciences!

[brangwynnelab @brangwynnelab]

So grateful for such a wonderful honor!!!

[HHMI @hhmi_science]

What's better than one #HHMIInvestigator being elected to @theNASciences? Ten! Meet the newest members, recognized by their peers for distinguished, ongoing contributions to original research: https://t.co/kdKrCFGMtF.

[HHMI @hhmi_science]

Join us in celebrating #HHMIInvestigators Olga Boudker, William Jacobs (Emeriti), Michael Shadlen, Kim Orth & @leslievosshall (HHMI VP & Chief Scientific Officer), all elected to @americanacad for their leadership & excellence in science! https://t.co/1VMLBR9ok8

[Lifei jiang @jiang_lifei]

What happens when an assembly line runs too fast?

Things break down, like the chocolate factory scene from “I Love Lucy” 🍫

Cells have assembly lines too, like ribosome biogenesis

We show that cancer cells push this system to the breaking point (1/10)

https://t.co/CI6j9sC7O6

[Deepa Rajan, PhD @DeepaHRajan]

How can a single cell learn without a brain? We explore this in my new paper with @WallaceUcsf! We discovered that single cells may learn using molecules similar to those that animal brains use to learn, like CaMKII. Cells can also propagate memory states to their progeny! 🧵1/n

[brangwynnelab @brangwynnelab]

Fantastic weekend at the @brkthroughprize celebration, finally celebrating our Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with @HymanLab. What an incredible event!

[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

📢🎉@hhmi_science competition for the next cohorts of #HannaGray Fellows and #FreemanHrabowski Scholars opening 11/3/2026. Senior postdocs and faculty within 7 years of appointment. Up to $10M over 10 yrs, + salary & benefits. Spread the word and consider applying! https://t.co/quJ6VJuO8L

[Axel O. Vera @axelovera1]

The Chemical Biology of Anti-CRISPR Proteins (featuring the premiere of a brand-new CRISPR-inspired magic routine)

Come see me become a doctor @ChemistryMIT
Stay for the magic
Or just show up for the free Insomnia Cookies

April 15, 2026 | MIT 4-270 | 1:30 pm