Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell Biology, JHU SOM. Lipids and membranes in neural crest development. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈🐣🔬 https://piacentinolab.com/https://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3mr64icllds2qCome join us! 🔬🐣 The Piacentino Lab at Johns Hopkins @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to study membrane lipids, cell migration, and invasion in neural crest and embryonic models! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social #devbiol #cellbio #lipids21 Jul 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr64icllds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3mbx3dp4xc222I’m thrilled to share the first preprint from the Piacentino Lab @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social! We show that developing inner ear requires a secreted lipid chaperone, APOD, working in a positive feedback loop to amplify FGF/MAPK signaling. 👂 #DevBio Check it out! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.06.698011v108 Jan 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbx3dp4xc222https://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3lrl2vfft4k2uWe're #hiring! Our group in the Cell Bio Dept at Hopkins is looking for a Research Technologist to join us and study #neuralcrest #cellmigration during #devbiol! Looking to build up your lab experience? Check it out! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social https://jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimore-Research-Technologist-MD-21205/1299302500/14 Jun 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrl2vfft4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3lqczruavjs2oI'm so excited for #ICDB2025, it's looking like such a great meeting and I'm honored to share our work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqczruavjs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3lfptzqgkq22gI'm honored to receive the H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology! Thank you @anatomyorg.bsky.social for recognizing our work toward understand how membrane lipids shape embryonic development, and I'm so excited to share our future discoveries! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfptzqgkq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3ldj77wgtjs2lAnyone at #cellbio24 want to learn how an apolipoprotein organizes cell migration and sensory tissue specification in the embryo? Come check out my lab’s poster this morning 11:30am at board B391, or grab me any other time and I’d love to share! #neuralcrest #chicken @ascbiology.bsky.social17 Dec 2024 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj77wgtjs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3ldeol6l7cc2mApproaching 24 hours at #cellbio24 and already buzzing with new ideas!15 Dec 2024 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldeol6l7cc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikepiacentino.bsky.social/post/3karytz47z62hHey #cellbio and #devbiol postdocs: are you working in #cell, #development, or #cancer #biology? My Department at the JHU SOM is hiring! Learn more about our community and see the job ad here: apply.interfolio.com/13052302 Oct 2023 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:bgcuya4kramkt6fsipoeuo3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3karytz47z62h