Md. Nazmul Islam completed his Ph.D. and will begin a postdoc at Johns Hopkins

Md. Nazmul Islam completed his Ph.D. and will begin his next stage as a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University (Dr. Sawa).

His first research plan did not unfold as expected. He did not stop there. He found the next question, built a new path through the work, and turned it into a paper: phosphorylation of optineurin by TBK1 drives Golgi fragmentation (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2025).

Islam, M.N., Yamanaka, T., Matsui, H. Phosphorylation of optineurin by TBK1 drives fragmentation of Golgi apparatus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.151447

We applaud both that resilience and the cheerful personality that brightened the lab. We held a farewell gathering on 17 September, and wish him continued development of the work. Congratulations, Nazmul!