20 March 2024
It was great being able to speak to Ribo-Omics Grant Challenge Winner Adrian Gabirel Torres, Research Associate at the Gene Translation Lab in the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona, on the research he is doing with translation analysis
20 March 2024
It was enlightning to talk to Pan Yi from Sequanta Technologies on the future of biotechnology research and where she sees this industry going
20 March 2024
Nathan James, Postdoctoral Scientist at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, talks about translation and its role in his research on the circadian clock
19 March 2024
3' modifications (phosphate, cyclic phosphate) on RNA (mRNA, rRNA, tRNA) are not dead ends but can be functional molecules in RNA metabolism & stress response. Standard RNA-seq misses them. tRNA fragments (tiRNAs) can be an example.
8 March 2024
Nutrient levels control key RNA regulators (YTHDF proteins) via O-GlcNAc modification. This modifies YTHDF interaction with translation proteins and regulates stress granule assembly, impacting cellular stress response.
7 March 2024
Ferroptosis, a cancer cell death pathway involving fat breakdown, is influenced by protein EIF4E. This study shows EIF4E blocks ALDH1B1, making cancer cells more vulnerable to ferroptosis drugs. This finding suggests new strategies for cancer treatment.
