Reposted by Martin MiklSimon Bullock @simonbullock11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How 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) 16330
Martin Mikl @martinmikl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New paper from our lab, now out in @commsbio.nature.com: Can we make Shiftless a more effective inhibitor of programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF)? doi.org/10.1038/s420...doi.orgFunctional dissection of Shiftless identifies features enhancing ribosomal frameshifting inhibition - Communications BiologyThe authors develop a high-throughput platform to quantify programmed ribosomal frameshifting inhibition by large libraries of protein variants. They identify residues essential for the activity of th... 121
Reposted by Martin MiklMatthew Taliaferro @jmtali.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Excited 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. 🧵⬇️ 612143
Martin Mikl @martinmikl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Happy to share this story from our lab out in @natcomms.nature.com where we used massively parallel reporter assays to elucidate the effect of promoter identity on alternative splicing. Special credits go to the first author, my soon-to-graduate PhD student Shaked Shanas. doi.org/10.1038/s414...doi.orgPromoter identity shapes splicing outcomes and fidelity - Nature CommunicationsUsing massively parallel reporter assays of mini-genes with variable promoters and cassette exon sequences, the authors show that promoter identity is a major determinant of alternative splicing, shap... 131
Reposted by Martin MiklAndreas Moor @andreasmoor.bsky.social · 19/08/2025My lab at ETHZ has an opening for a postdoc in spatial risk stratification: www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP.... Please apply if suitable, or RT, thanks!jobs.ethz.chPostdoctoral Researcher - Spatial Omics for Colorectal Cancer Risk Stratification 01110
Reposted by Martin MiklPetr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I have one open PhD position. Maybe one of the last PhD positions in the lab as I'm planning changes in what we do and how we will do it some five years from now. I'm offering freedom (pun intended), respect, an interesting project, and a good full time contract w. health insurance. 03229
Reposted by Martin MiklKarla Neugebauer @karlaneugebauer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024We are happy to share the development of Co-transcriptional Structure Tracking by @leoschaerfen.bsky.social, which measures RNA structure formation during its synthesis in vivo. We are excited to discover the activity of helicases on nascent rRNA! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgRapid folding of nascent RNA regulates eukaryotic RNA biogenesisAn RNA′s catalytic, regulatory, or coding potential depends on RNA structure formation. Because base pairing occurs during transcription, early structural states can govern RNA processing events and d... 47028
Reposted by Martin MiklJohn Doench @johndoench.bsky.social · 26/11/2024A pair of graphs I think about a lot. On the topic of pooled CRISPR screens, the left is "replicate correlation" when simply examining the abundance of guide RNAs, i.e. log-normalized read counts. On the right is taking those same data and subtracting from a common starting point, i.e. pDNA. 54214