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Catarina Pechincha

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Simon Bekker-Jensen lab @bekkerjensenlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Huge congrats to our brilliant postdocs, @catarinapechincha.bsky.social and @sofiaramalho.bsky.social on both being awarded EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships @embo.org ! This is a major milestone for the group and truly one of the best Christmas gifts we could receive.🎉🎉🎉

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Simon Bekker-Jensen lab @bekkerjensenlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New preprint out! Our latest work on how ZAKα is activated by stalled or/and collided ribosomes is now online🎉. #Ribosome #RibotoxicStressResponse #ZAKα #Translation #mRNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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ZAKα is a sensor of mRNA stasis at the ribosomal exit channel

Despite a growing interest in the ribotoxic stress response (RSR), it remains unknown how the upstream p38 and JNK-activating MAP3 kinase ZAKα senses translational impairment. Combining Alphafold3 pre...

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