AIM is happy to announce formation of the Oncology section within its National Council of Affiliate Members (AIM NCAM):

Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD, NYU, section chair

Ravi Amarvadi, MD, U of Pennsylvania 

Jay Debath, MD, UCSF

Janice Mehnert, MD, NYU

Rushika Perera, PhD, UCSF

Andrew Thorburn, PhD, U of Colorado

Eileen White, PhD, Rutgers 

An inaugural symposium is planned and will be announced at a later time. 

AIM scientists published in Cell that mammalian autophagosomes are formed via fusion of membranes from endosomes and Golgi. This process is inhibited by SARS-CoV-2 in a fierce intracellular competition between autophagy and the virus causing COVID.

A brand new 2021 review on autophagy and immunity by Dr. Deretic. According to the author, this took a whole year to write. It's a summary of what we collectively know about autophagy and immunity with emphasis on metabolic connections and disease, honoring contributions of all those who so elegantly and stridently contributed to the field.