The endoplasmic reticulum is the largest organelle of the cell and it fulfils a plethora of biological functions. In a new poster and article, Paolo Grumati, Ivan Dikic and Alexandra Stolz show how this is made possible through constant ER membrane turnover, mediated by ER-phagy.

Meeting report – Cellular gateways: expanding the role of endocytosis in plant development

This Workshop, hosted by JCS and The Company of Biologists, was held in April 2018 at Wiston House, UK. Xingyun Qi, Roman Pleskot, Niloufer G. Irani and Daniël Van Damme look back at the  stimulating and lively discussions on the mechanism and functions of endocytosis in plant cells, with an aim to bridge the gap in knowledge about the endocytic machinery and its cargos in the plant field.

First Person interviews

Have you seen our First Person interviews with the early-career first authors of our papers? The authors talk about their work in and out of the lab, the journeys that led them to where they are now and the scientists who inspired them along the way. Recently, we caught up with first authors Sung Tae Kim, Stefanie Jennifer Oeding, Łukasz Rymer, Yiliu (Charlie) Zhang, Sara Sannino and Marita Borg Distefano.

Review – Membrane remodeling in clathrin-mediated endocytosis

Clathrin-mediated endocytosis is an essential cellular mechanism by which all eukaryotic cells regulate their plasma membrane composition. Volker Haucke and Michael M. Kozlov discuss how the nanoscale organization of endocytic proteins reshapes the plasma membrane.

JCS Meeting – Cell dynamics: organelle-cytoskeleton interface

The second in our series of cell dynamics meetings now turns to organelles. This May 2019 meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, aims to bring together scientists studying the interface between organelles and the cytoskeleton at different scales and perspectives using a range of model systems. Find out more and apply for your place here.

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