To all #RNA aficionados, please help me spread the word about this exciting postdoc position in my lab to study how RNA granule formation helps B-cells recombine their antibody genes! babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk/#/job/details/…

Hot off the press! Our beautiful collaboration with Hachem’s lab Yaser Hashem, Puglisi’s lab Puglisi Labs and Zagrovic’ group. N6-methyladenosine in 5′ UTR does not promote translation initiation sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are thrilled to share this paper just published in PNAS! #RNA UMBC Chemistry UMBC. Congratulations to Manju and other co-authors! Structure of saguaro cactus virus 3′ translational enhancer mimics 5′ cap for eIF4E binding | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Magnetic Isolation and Concentration (MagIC)-cryo-EM is a new method to enable direct structural analysis of targets captured on nanomagnetic beads, which requires only 0.0005 mg/mL of targets in 100 µL crude solution to make 10 cryo-EM grids. I will explain the magic behind it!

There's still time to apply for the inaugural class of SPARK Scholars! x.com/DamonRunyon/st…

Happy too see this peer reviewed! A project stemming from work with @stephenfloor and Debby Silver, we focus on mRNAs who seem upregulated while translation is down or unchanged. If you're into RBPs, mRNA stability, the almighty GC content and much more, this one's for you!

Well, it's official. My wife I are both joining the faculty at the University of Colorado CU Anschutz Medical Campus this summer! I will join the Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics & she will be joining the Div of Cardiology CU Cardiology and the Cancer Center CU Cancer Center

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… We look forward to working with our scientific colleagues to optimize and expand the application potential and scenarios of HYER, a new nucleic acid manipulation platform. RNA is amazing!

We're looking to hire a research technician, if you're interested please reach out via our website --> (srivatsan-lab.com/careers/resear…). There are lots of cool projects starting up right now and we need your help getting them done!

Large, conserved #noncoding RNAs in bacteria with major biochemical functions are rare. Here is #raiA RNA, which has the highest % of strictly conserved nts of any #ncRNA known, and a complex structure. This must be a #ribozyme. See article at tinyurl.com/2h7heypd. PNASNews

Exciting day! Welcome Yasuhiro Arimura!

I am thrilled to begin my lab at my dream institute! 😆😆Recruitment ads will be posted in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

Please repost! Arimura Lab is hiring! We are seeking the next generation of MagICians (technicians and a postdoc) to elucidate the structural basis of events on chromosomes🧙‍♀️ No prior structural biology experience is required!! Link research.fredhutch.org/arimura/en/joi…

Check out our recent work nature revealing new insights into the structure(s) of the UFM1 E3 ligase complex bound to 60S ribosome and mechanism of 60S release from the translocon! nature.com/articles/s4158…

The bulk of my grad work is finally out in the world! Big thanks to everyone in Sue Biggins lab and collaborators including HHMI | Janelia, @WijeratneS, Yasuhiro Arimura, Hironori Funabiki, and others not on this site. Wouldn't have been possible without great collaborators!

Exciting news from Nature Communications: bacterial mRNAs are scanned for RNA-guided regulation. Hfq binds mRNA using one surface and compacts it using another. This way Hfq transfers an sRNA between different target sites within a single mRNA! go.nature.com/43aAGfK

Katharine Chen Published version at NAR: doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk… Code github.com/rasilab/chen_2… and preprint doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…

Excited to shared our latest manuscript describing the discovery of a receptor for parechoviruses rdcu.be/dFTMO. Parechoviruses belong to the same family as poliovirus and are increasingly linked to neurological disease. (1/2)

Calling everyone interested in #postdoc opportunities Hutch Basic Sciences! Join us at the Pathfinders: Postdoc Recruitment Symposium @FredHutch. Explore our research programs, present your work, and network with current postdocs and faculty. Apply by July 8: fredhutch.org/pathfinders