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Julie

@rna-julie.bsky.social
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RNA biologist who enjoys travelling, art galleries, food, listening to Bruce Springsteen, hiking and spending time with family. My group at Leeds dissect mechanisms of translational regulation, ribosomes and novel sites of translation.

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Another fabulous day of talks at @embo.org Ribosome Synthesis meeting. Very exciting to see technology developments impacting ribosome and translation fields. As well as lots of awesome talks on ribosome specialisation! @ribocode.bsky.social
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Super interesting talk from @amunts.bsky.social on mito RPs. Lovely to see figures from our reviews in introduction 🤩
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Looking forward to another great day at Ribosome biogenesis meeting @embo.org Great conversations yesterday and lively to catch up with colleagues!
Barbara hepworh sculpture in Churchill College gardens
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Delighted to be at @embo.org Ribosome Synthesis meeting at beautiful Churchill College, Cambridge. Delighted to see @royalsociety.org specialised ribosome special issue on registration desk and Bulat Fatkhullin’s fabulous cover image @ribocode.bsky.social
Cover image of ribosome
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Javier Santoyo @jsantoyo.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Translon: a single term for translated regions. #Translation @natmethods.nature.com
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Looking forward to learning lots this morning on what proteomics and immunopeptidomics can reveal about the dark proteome -day 4 of GRC ‘Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease’ meeting @johnprensner.bsky.social
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Day 3 of GRC ‘Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease’ @johnprensner.bsky.social Fabulous dive into big data approaches to detect and characterise translation of novel translons to generate microproteins #microproteins #translons
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Excited for day 2 of GRC Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease @johnprensner.bsky.social
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Another great day of translation science at @biochemsoc.bsky.social #TLUK2025 in Edinburgh. Fabulous talks and discussions-looking forward to poster session this afternoon
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Delighted to share paper on translational activity of 80S monosomes across different tissues in 🪰 in @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to fabulous team Albert Blandy Tayah Hopes Elton Vasconcelos @amy-turner96.bsky.social Bulat Fatkhullin Michaela Agapiou Juan Fontana academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Translational activity of 80S monosomes varies dramatically across different tissues
Abstract. Translational regulation at the stage of initiation can impact the number of ribosomes translating each mRNA molecule. However, the translational
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Great day of fascinating science yesterday! Thanks for the invite
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Great to be here at Hidden Cell Dark Genome meeting, here in Edinburgh. Wonderful talks!
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Congrats! Beautiful
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Zeynep Baharoglu @zeynepbaharoglu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Specialized #ribosome #rnasky
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Congratulations @ribocode.bsky.social team on our review published today @royalsociety.org Awesome team work to write this as such a large group. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Variation in the composition of different ribosomes, termed ribosome heterogeneity, is a now well established phenomenon. However, the functional implications of this heterogeneity on the regulation of protein synthesis are only now beginning to be ...
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Excited to see issue on ribosome heterogeneity and specialisation out @royalsociety.org Philosophical Transactions B. Thanks to authors & co-editors @liamfaller.bsky.social @andershlund.bsky.social Maria Barna. Wonderful cover Bulat Fatkhullin! #ribosomes royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1921
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RiboCode @ribocode.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our paper is part of a special issue from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B ⬇️ royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... Read about different aspects of ribosome heterogeneity and specialisation across species & the latest advances and future direction of the field. (2/2)
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1921
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RiboCode @ribocode.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
❗NEW PAPER❗ Check out our review on #ribosome heterogeneity and specialisation published today! We discuss the mechanisms of specialisation, review the latest research and explore how technological advancements will drive the next set of research questions. doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0377 (1/2)
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Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Variation in the composition of different ribosomes, termed ribosome heterogeneity, is a now well established phenomenon. However, the functional implications of this heterogeneity on the regulation of protein synthesis are only now beginning to be ...
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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
#ProteintechPodcast Find out more about Dr Julie Aspden @universityofleeds.bsky.social fascinating insights on development biology and her path to be an inspiring #womeninscience Listen now linktr.ee/proteintechp... #womeninstem #diversityinstem #scienceforeveryone #sciencepodcast #ribosomes
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
To celebrate #IDWGS I joined my friend Amy Turner @proteintech.bsky.social to discuss my career in science (so far!), leadership, diversity and tiny testes youtu.be/LzlKPd39c1Q?... @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @ribocode.bsky.social
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Dr. Julie Aspden: Ribosomes, tiny testes, and diversity in STEM
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Interested to know how i got into science? My research interests and thoughts on diversity? And tiny testes?
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Eszter Csibra @ecsibra.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
2) Engineering novel methods for ribosome control with @rna-julie.bsky.social Deadline 14 March. findaphd.com/phds/project... Happy to chat to anyone interested ahead of the deadlines! 2/2
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Building orthogonal ribosome control for engineering biology at University of Leeds on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Building orthogonal ribosome control for engineering biology at University of Leeds, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Awesome talks and posters yesterday at @keystonesymposia.bsky.social microprotein meeting. Excited to learn more in day2
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Excited for 2 days of microproteins @keystonesymposia.bsky.social delighted to be speaking!
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
@ribocode.bsky.social
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Dr. Suzanne R Lee @suzannerleephd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Can’t wait for RNA2025! Chairing a new Education session… more details soon!
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
@ribocode.bsky.social
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
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RiboCode @ribocode.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🍃🎐The Ribosome Wind Garden 🎐🍃 Read about our collab with artist Christopher Jarratt at Sheffield's Festival of the Mind this year ribocode.org/blog/
Three members of the RiboCode team stand beside an exhibit in an indoor garden.
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Sara MaciasRNA @saramaciasrna.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
RECRUITING-PhD student to study the role of RNA-binding proteins in antiviral defence during early development. #crispr #iclip #omics Interested candidates, please email a full CV and a statement of interest. Open to both UK and overseas www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Antiviral defence during early development at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Antiviral defence during early development at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Delighted to be advertising 2 exciting PhD projects 1) lncRNA derived micropeptides & their contribution to brain cancers with James Poulter & Lucy Stead 2) mechanisms of translational regulation by specialised ribosomes. @chillzaa.bsky.social & Ade Whitehouse www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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aspden PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in aspden. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.
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Sebastiaan van Heesch @sebastiaanvheesch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Science Magazine wrote a news article about our latest preprint, featuring @johnprensner.bsky.social @thomasmartinez.bsky.social Alan Saghatelian, Ji-Young Youn, Ami Bhatt, Jon Mudge, and more: www.science.org/content/arti... Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🔎microproteins #darkproteome
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‘Dark proteome’ survey reveals thousands of new human genes
Database confirms that overlooked segments of the genome code for a multitude of tiny proteins
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