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Gabrijela Dumbović

@gabrijelad.bsky.social
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Independent research group leader @GoetheUni. PhD in Biomedicine. Non-coding genome, RNA biology & localization. www.gdumboviclab.org/

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Julieta Rivosecchi @jurivosecchi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this preprint we describe new ASOs targeting telomerase RNA hTR. These ASOs are potent inhibitors of telomerase in vitro and induce telomere shortening with reduced proliferation in cancer cells. A new tool for telomere biology studies and a promising chemistry for cancer therapies. Check it out!
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William Garland @willgarland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New from the lab! We uncover how the cap-binding complex promotes first-intron splicing: ZC3H18 recruits splicing factors while competing with the RNA-decay machinery, linking two alternative fates for newly made RNA. doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
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Nature @nature.com · 28/09/2026
Hearts from young donors age rapidly in the bodies of older recipients, and older hearts are rejuvenated inside young people go.nature.com/3TcB7G9
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Transplanted hearts adjust their biological age to that of their host
Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.
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Simon Bullock @simonbullock11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How are mRNAs linked to molecular motors in mammalian cells? In our new preprint, we show that FXR1/2 are RNA adaptors for the microtubule motor dynein. Our findings have also prompted us to rethink how activating adaptors contribute to motor-based transport (1/n)
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Maya Voichek @mayavoichek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Super excited to share my postdoctoral work at @imbavienna.bsky.social @viennabiocenter.bsky.social - We discovered that some retrotransposons, or "jumping genes" 🧬, are able to spread from cell to cell via a new viral infectivity route. A short thread: 🧵👇 (1/7)
AI-generated illustration of the soma-to-germline transmission of retrotransposons described in our work
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Institute of Molecular Biotechnology @imbavienna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can “jumping genes” spread like viruses? New research from the Brennecke lab at IMBA shows that, in fruit flies, certain transposable elements can break out of their own cell and slip into developing eggs—securing their passage to the next generation. Published in Cell: imba.science/4jdMuYQ
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Rory Johnson @roryjohnson1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🧠🦋💫Please share! Ambitious young scientist? Multiple @ERC_Research #postdoc #opportunities in #RNA #DirectedEvolution #GenomeEditing #FitnessLandscapes #Bioengineering #MachineLearning at @GOLDLab_UCD. Full details here: www.gold-lab.org/we-are-hiring
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Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 16/09/2026
☕ @gabrijelad.bsky.social & co report that intron-retained RNAs derived from cell cycle- and genome maintenance-related genes are pooled at the nuclear speckle periphery and undergo synchronous splicing at mitosis, thus contributing to their temporal regulation. bit.ly/4xpanzZ
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The periphery of nuclear speckles defines a spatially and temporally regulated compartment of long-lived intron-retained RNAs that resolves during mitosis - Nature Cell Biology
Biayna, Baranovskii and colleagues report that intron-retained RNAs derived from cell cycle- and genome maintenance-related genes are pooled at the periphery of nuclear speckles and undergo synchronou...
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Gabrijela Dumbović @gabrijelad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Incredibly happy to share the first publication from our lab, now published in Nature Cell Biology! 🎉 How do cells coordinate RNA processing with nuclear organization and the cell cycle? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gabrijela Dumbović @gabrijelad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join us in Frankfurt on 20 November 2026 for an exciting meeting on spatial RNA regulation! Exciting topics, a fantastic lineup of speakers, and free registration 👇
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Matthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Excited to share our newest work! We asked whether RNA molecules need to be in a specific place in the cell to do their job. We found that a single RNA must reach the midbody, the structure that pinches two dividing cells apart, for cell division to finish efficiently. 🧵⬇️
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Giacomo Donati @giacomodonatijd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The final version is now online! #RNALocalization #Chromatin #FunctionalGenomics #CellMigration #CancerBiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Multilayered control of mRNA delivery to cell protrusions drives localized mini-cytoplasm establishment for stress-induced cell activation - Nature Communications
Here the authors show that, under stress, epithelial cells reveal an unexpected role for a chromatin factor in directing mRNA to cell protrusions, enabling local organelle assembly and cell movement, ...
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Danny IncaRNAto @incarnatolab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thrilled to share the latest review I had the incredible pleasure to write together with @amustoe.bsky.social, out today in #COSB, about probing #RNA structural ensembles, non-equilibrium intermediates and isoforms. Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Irene Cantone @cantoneirene.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📢 #Postdoc job: I am looking for a #bioinformatician to join my lab for investigating #XchromosomeInactivation and #chromatin-mediated #epigenetic mechanisms underlying #sexbias in #MultipleSclerosis. Please RT
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Leon Schulte @schultelab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Excited to share our PNAS paper with @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social and @westermannlab.bsky.social! We identify SAILR, a human-specific lncRNA that binds 14-3-3β to support macrophage viability—its loss during infection strengthens antimicrobial defense. #RNA www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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SCALE - SubCellular Architecture of LifE @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚀 We're hiring! Join the founding Digital Twin Team at the SCALE Cluster of Excellence @goetheuni.bsky.social Apply by: 31 August 2026 For more information: scale-frankfurt.org/wp-content/u... Full position description: scale-frankfurt.org/wp-content/u... Descriptions below 🧵:
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Fran Supek @fransupek.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
♨️Hot off the press, new study from our group: 🧬🤖 DNA language model for predicting mutation risk trained on massive genomic data sets A mutation seen again and again across cancer genomes looks like a causal change. But sometimes the DNA site is simply very easy to mutate & so generates a hotspot🔥
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Danny IncaRNAto @incarnatolab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#RNA Framework 2.9.7 is out! Several additions, important fixes and improvements. Please update! Check it out: github.com/dincarnato/R... & see the CHANGELOG (buff.ly/4gtJ67u) for the details!
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GitHub - dincarnato/RNAFramework: RNA structure probing and post-transcriptional modifications mapping high-throughput data analysis
RNA structure probing and post-transcriptional modifications mapping high-throughput data analysis - dincarnato/RNAFramework
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com
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The Feschotte Lab at Cornell
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Seminar Alert: *Prof. Elena Conti* 'RNA exosome complex: Molecular Mechanisms of RNA degradation in health and disease' When: 18.06.2026, 14:00 Where: Haus 22-1 (lecture hall H22-1), Neiderad Campus (Uni KliniK), Goethe University RT🙏 @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social
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Gabrijela Dumbović @gabrijelad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Our lab is expanding! We are looking for a PhD candidate interested in RNA localization & targeting as part of the newly funded TRR440 smART: specific mRNA targeting. An exciting opportunity to work on RNA biology & innovative approaches in a collaborative environment. For details shorturl.at/RjyhE
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Akis (Argyris) Papantonis @akispapantonis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our preprint on how variant U1 snRNAs control transcriptional and splicing homeostasis of hiPSCs is now officially out in @natcomms.nature.com and accessible via this link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... This has been the culmination of our work as part of the SPP1935 program funded by @dfg.de 1/n
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Variant U1 snRNAs contribute to cell cycle and differentiation control of human iPS cells - Nature Communications
Stem cell identity and differentiation require precise gene regulation, yet key regulatory components remain poorly understood. Here, the authors show that variant U1 snRNAs have distinct and essentia...
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Peter Ly @peterlylab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Excited to share our latest paper! We found that large pieces of the human genome can transfer between cells upon direct contact, endowing recipient cells with heritable phenotypic changes. @cp-cell.bsky.social (1/7) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Temporal Transcriptomics Identifies Isoform-specific Trans-regulation by Multiple lncRNAs in Human iPSCs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Igor Ulitsky @igorulitsky.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Sounds super interesting - hope we'll see more of these (lncRNAs linked by human genetics + mouse KOs to key phenotypes)! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An X-linked long non-coding RNA, PTCHD1-AS, and the core features of autism - Nature
PTCHD1-AS, which encodes a long non-coding RNA, is associated with the aetiology of autism spectrum disorder in humans through striatal molecular and circuit-level dysregulation.
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Mathieu Lupien @matlupien.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Excited to share our @natgenet.nature.com study showing that epigenetically rewired transposable elements control AML leukemia stem cell properties and patient outcome. Grateful to the team & collaborators. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Transposable elements shape stemness in normal and leukemic hematopoiesis - Nature Genetics
This study identifies distinct transposable element subfamilies as genetic determinants of stemness properties in normal and leukemic stem populations with clinical implications for patients with acut...
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Jorge Trojanowski @jorgetrojanowski.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
1/ ProPER - Our novel ligation-free proximity detection method for efficient multiplexed imaging of molecular interactions in situ. Among other things we use it to image the life cycle of RNA molecules and resolve differential kinetics of gene expression steps. New preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Christine Mayr @christinemayr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you want to know what 3′UTRs with long conserved sequence stretches do, check out our BioRxiv preprint doi.org/10.64898/202.... They form functional intermolecular 3′UTR-3′UTR interactions that enable co-folding of proteins to rapidly induce transcriptional programs.
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Simon Bullock @simonbullock11.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thrilled to see this work published. Thanks to helpful reviewer suggestions, there are some exciting new insights that were not in the preprint (particularly in Figure 4). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Structural basis for recognition of diverse localizing mRNAs by Egl–BicD - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Singh et al. combine cryo-electron microscopy and functional studies to reveal how a single protein complex selects diverse mRNAs for subcellular localization using a combination of shape, positional ...
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Vijay G. Sankaran @bloodgenes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🚨 Excited to share a new paper in Cell! Human genetics led us to HOTSCRAMBL, a HOXA-locus lncRNA that regulates 🩸#stemcell self-renewal and HOXA9 splicing, with implications for AML. Amazing work by @lvchosen1.bsky.social with many others! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Devin Schweppe @dschweppe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Excited to see this collaborative work with @oligopain.bsky.social and @keribackus.bsky.social out as a preprint now! Took a ton of work from a great team of scientists @uwgenome.bsky.social and #UCLA The imaging coupled with proteomics open our eyes to new aspects of subcellular organization!
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Gabrijela Dumbović @gabrijelad.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our new article in Trends in Genetics with Sonia Forcales discusses SST1/NBL2, a primate-specific macrosatellite repeat family that remains poorly understood despite its relevance to acrocentric chromosomes, epigenetic instability, and repeat-derived ncRNA. shorturl.at/SXdF4
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The structure and regulatory biology of the SST1/NBL2 macrosatellite family
Primate-specific SST1/NBL2 macrosatellites are emerging as key components of human acrocentric chromosome biology. Here, we integrate historical mapping, telomere-to-telomere assemblies, and regulator...
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Danica Milovanović @1995dana.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It is finally out! If you are interested in TE-derived CREs, and newly described, but evolutionary old KZFP-TE mechanistic modalities, read it at www.cell.com/cell-reports.... Thankful to everyone who took part in this work, namely @orpsf.bsky.social and other @trono-lab.bsky.social members. 🫀🧬✨
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Tissue-specific restriction of transposon-derived regulatory elements safeguards cell-type identity
Milovanović et al. uncover a mechanism by which KZFPs restrict the activity of transposon-derived cis-regulatory elements to safeguard cardiomyocyte functionality. This work extends the classical TE-K...
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Emmanuel Cazottes @manucazottes.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our paper on the evolution of XIST regulatory network in primates is now published in Science Advances! Check out the paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... or a digest of our findings emmanuelczt.github.io/posts/2026/0... A short 🧵 of our main findings 👇
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Remodeling of XIST regulatory landscape during primate evolution
How gene regulation strategies rapidly evolve across short evolutionary timescales is explored.
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Job Dekker @jobdekker.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Exciting new paper out! @allanaschooley.bsky.social and Sergey Venev led this project that let to the discovery of two chromosome folding programs: one inherited via mitotic chromosomes and one mitotic inherited through the cytoplasm! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Interphase chromosome conformation is specified by distinct folding programmes inherited through mitotic chromosomes or the cytoplasm - Nature Cell Biology
Schooley et al. find that mitotically bookmarked loci drive a transient chromosome folding state during G1 entry that is subsequently modulated by factors inherited through the cytoplasm.
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Job Dekker @jobdekker.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A major output of the 4D Nucleome project appeared today. This is the joint effort of many scientists working together and (publicly) sharing data and results for several years. We hope this is of interest to many genome biologists! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An integrated view of the structure and function of the human 4D nucleome - Nature
The 4D Nucleome Project demonstrates the use of genomic assays and computational methods to measure genome folding and then predict genomic structure from DNA sequence, facilitatin...
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Agnel Sfeir @agnelsfeir.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
📢 Telomere community: Registration and abstract submission are now open for the EMBO Workshop “Telomere function and maintenance in health and disease”, May 25–30, 2026, in Lazise, Italy 🇮🇹. Looking forward to an exciting meeting! Please re-post. meetings.embo.org/event/26-tel...
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Telomere function and maintenance in health and disease
Telomeres are specialized structures that protect the ends of linear chromosomes in eukaryotes. Research in this area has revealed that telomere maintenance is critical for stem cell function and nor…
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Agnese Loda @agneseloda.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Very happy to share our paper rdcu.be/eUImj out today in @natcellbio.nature.com 🎉🎉🎉 We uncover an unexpected role for endogenous Xist RNA in regulating X-linked genes that escape X-inactivation.
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Escape from X inactivation is directly modulated by Xist noncoding RNA
Nature Cell Biology - The authors show that increased Xist RNA levels can induce de novo silencing of genes that normally escape X inactivation. SPEN depletion prevents the silencing of escape...
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Matthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Excited to share that this work is now published in its final form! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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TDP-43 directly inhibits mRNA accumulation in neurites through modulation of mRNA stability - The EMBO Journal
The subcellular localization of many mRNAs to neuronal projections allows neurons to efficiently and rapidly react to spatially restricted external cues. However, for most of these RNAs, the mechanism...
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Before you decorate the tree, come decorate your RNA next Thursday, 4 pm, 18.12.2025 Our last RNA event before the holidays. Also:Glühwein&snacks Registration: rmu-rna-salon.idloom.events/2-rmu-rna-sa... Please share @mixmue.bsky.social @cpi-exstra.bsky.social @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social
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Matthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Announcing the 2026 edition of the EMBO workshop on RNA localization and local translation! This meeting will be held June 30 - July 4 near Porto, Portugal. Come for exciting updates in the field from both established investigators and trainees. See the link below for details!
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 30/10/2025
High-plex spatial RNA imaging in one round with conventional microscopes using color-intensity barcodes - @pku1898.bsky.social go.nature.com/47yENVJ
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High-plex spatial RNA imaging in one round with conventional microscopes using color-intensity barcodes - Nature Biotechnology
The 64-plex fluorescence imaging of RNA in tissues is achieved in one imaging cycle
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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This study @science.org finds what appears to be the long-lost RNA subunit of C. elegans telomerase. The TERC RNA is encoded within an intron of a germline-upregulated gene, nmy-2🪱🔬🧬Nematode telomerase RNA hitchhikes on introns of germline–up-regulated genes | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
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John Ngo @johntngo.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🚀 Our new paper is out @natmethods.nature.com! Kuffer & Marzilli engineered conditionally stable MS2 & PP7 coat proteins (dMCP & dPCP) that degrade unless bound to RNA, enabling ultra–low-background, single-mRNA imaging in live cells. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬 www.addgene.org/John_Ngo/
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Eric Van Nostrand Lab @ BCM @evannostrandlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Excited to share some new work from our group - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A great collaboration with @kurianlab.bsky.social that began with how an RBP (QKI) controls cardiomyocyte function, and led to uncovering a unique mechanism of direct interaction with U6 & the tri-snRNP at weak 5'SS
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QKI ensures splicing fidelity during cardiogenesis by engaging the U6 tri-snRNP to activate splicing at weak 5ʹ splice sites
During organogenesis, precise pre-mRNA splicing is essential to assemble tissue architecture. Many developmentally essential exons bear weak 5'splice sites (5'SS) yet are spliced with high precision, ...
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Kurianlab @kurianlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Many conserved exons in the heart and brain utilize weak 5 ′ splice sites, yet they are accurately spliced. But how? We show that splicing fidelity is actively enforced through a QKI-U6 checkpoint at the U1→U6 handover in essential cardiac genes during organogenesis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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QKI ensures splicing fidelity during cardiogenesis by engaging the U6 tri-snRNP to activate splicing at weak 5ʹ splice sites
During organogenesis, precise pre-mRNA splicing is essential to assemble tissue architecture. Many developmentally essential exons bear weak 5'splice sites (5'SS) yet are spliced with high precision, ...
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Danny IncaRNAto @incarnatolab.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
I am so incredibly excited to share our latest work, on the exploration of #RNA secondary structure ensembles and discovery of RNA regulatory structural switches in bacteria and human cells, just out in @natbiotech.nature.com: nature.com/articles/s41.... A short tread! (1/n)
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Identification of conserved RNA regulatory switches in living cells using RNA secondary structure ensemble mapping and covariation analysis - Nature Biotechnology
Transcriptome-scale maps of RNA secondary structure ensembles in living cells detect candidate RNA structural switches.
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