Vineet Choudhary, Ph.D., Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow Department of Biology, Unit of Biochemistry University of Fribourg
Lipid droplets (LDs) are found in all cells and play critical roles in lipid metabolism. De novo LD biogenesis occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) but is not well understood. We imaged early stages of LD biogenesis using electron microscopy and found that nascent LDs form lens-like structures that are in the ER membrane