Very excited to be flying out to New York today for my first in person Translational Control and the last conference of my PhD! Come see my poster # 112 for the summary of my last 4 years of work on yeast eIF4G #cshltranscon

The official photos from CSH have done a great job at capturing my end-of-PhD panic as I stare at my poster wishing I had more time 🤣

Starting our NW RNA salon with a bang! Nick Proudfoot will present a mix of mRNA history (must-hear for every RNA biologist!) and his recent work on the nascent transcriptome. The RNA Society Lexogen Cambridge Bioscience Join us! UoM Biology, Medicine and Health CRUK Manchester Institute Division of Molecular and Cellular Function UoM Evolution, Infection and Genomics (EIG) UoM please RT!

Highlights of our first NW RNA salon: 👉Pawel Grzechnik introducing the salon 👉Jennifer Love amazing talk about RNA degradation 👉Dr Jo Cunningham wonderful data on translation regulation 👉Nick Proudfoot's story about his scientific journey and complete zoom disaster 🤦‍♂️

Passed my viva today! I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet, but I’m feeling so grateful for the opportunity and for everyone who’s supported me during the last 4 years - it’s been amazing 🥳

So so excited to be a part of this - can’t wait to get started

Submitted my final thesis, signed my new contract, new project starts today, sun is shining - an all round wonderful Monday 🥰

Interested in protein structure and function? Know structural MS or cryoEM? This may be for you! We are looking for an ambitious postdoc to study ribosome specialisation! An opportunity to develop a broad skillset spanning structural proteomics and cryoEM. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Today I graduated my PhD AND my first paper came out! doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

Congrats Dr Jo Cunningham 🍻. Its out!!! academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…

I’m lucky enough to only experience this ~half my life due to PMDD but it’s unpredictable and beyond frustrating

We’re delighted to launch the RiboCode Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research sLoLa X account and ribocode.org! Excited to highlight our work and fabulous team across University of Leeds The University of Sheffield and Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN #ribosomesrule

What on Earth is this shit.

🌟 Join us this November for an unforgettable exploration into bioscience wonders at #BioFest 🔬 Discover how we tackle humanity’s greatest challenges with installations, exhibitions, talks, and more. There’s something for all ages at this free festival: bit.ly/3ZJWbTb

Had so much fun last night at #BioFest 👩🏻‍🔬 teaching kids about how the ribosome makes proteins through the magic of Lego! If our activity piqued your interest, more information about our research can be found at ribocode.org RiboCode 🧬

Cap recognition by eIF4F is the culmination of a restricted diffusion search of mRNA by eIF4E/4G that is promoted by the stripase activity of eIF4A. This completely changes the way we think about the mechanism of cap-dependent translation! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

It’s so exciting to be a part of this project - very grateful for the awesome team around me 😊

Wonderful start to our RiboCode kick-off meeting this evening Tharavadu in Leeds! We were joined by our Scientific Advisory Board and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research project officer Dr Tamsin Shepherd-Waring for an evening of discussion and great food. Looking forward to the main event tomorrow!

Our RiboCoders had a brilliant time at #TLUK2024 Biochemical Society this week! Well done to julie aspden on a fantastic keynote and to Dr Jo Cunningham, Karl Norris, Tessa Chan and Bulat Fatkhullin for introducing their work on #specialisedribosomes

🦋 Jo Cunningham.bsky.social