May 2025: Our new paper on ergosterol metabolism has gotten coverage at UCSD Today and Phys.org

January 2025: Our lab is part of this year’s Allen Distinguished Investigator cohort. We are teaming with Chris Obara to investigate lipid exchange at membrane contact sites. Read an interview about our project here.

September 2024: Our recent paper on lipid adaptation to pressure based on analysis of ctenophore (comb jelly) membranes collected by the Haddock Lab has gotten a lot of coverage:

Saplakoglu, Yasemin. “The Cellular Secret to Resisting the Pressure of the Deep Sea” in Quanta Magazine

Some of the ctenophore species used in our study. Credit: Jacob Winnikoff

Fudge, Thomas. “Comb jellies withstand deep sea water pressure by reshaping molecules” at KPBS

Cummings, Sean. “How jellyfish survive pressures that would crush you into oblivion” in Science News

Brown, Elizabeth A. “How Delicate Comb Jellies Withstand Crushing Depths—But Melt Away on Land” in Scientific American

Watson, Traci. “Deep-sea creatures survive crushing pressures with just the right fats” at Nature News

Franklin, Michelle. “Under Pressure: How Comb Jellies Have Adapted to Life at the Bottom of the Ocean” in UCSD Today

Baisas, Laura. “Comb jellies won’t give into the extreme pressures of deep-sea life” in Popular Science

Molinek, Rudy. “How Deep-Sea Comb Jellies Hold Their Shape Under Crushing Pressure” in Smithsonian Magazine.

Sieben, Jennifer. “Deep-sea comb jellies’ cells are primed to withstand pressure” in Physics Today