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Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences @jhuartssciences.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Congratulations to historian Richard Kagan, neuroscientist Ulrich Mueller, political scientist Vesla Weaver, and biophysicist Sarah Woodson on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. hub.jhu.edu/2026/04/30/a...

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Four from Johns Hopkins elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Richard Kagan, Ulrich Mueller, Vesla Weaver, and Sarah Woodson among 252 individuals recognized for excellence in their fields

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Our new paper is out! Using 19F NMR, we show that Hfq rewires the conformational dynamics of a model sRNA in a site-specific manner. Uridines at the rim undergo faster exchange (~100 μs) than those in the proximal pore (~300 μs). Congrats Elise! 🎉🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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19F NMR Strategy for Probing Site-specific RNA Dynamics in Large RNA-protein Complexes: Application to the Hfq RNA Chaperone

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is uniquely suited to probing motions on the microsecond to millisecond timescales that underlie RNA rec…

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🎉 We’re excited to officially kick off the ERC Synergy project, snoOPERA, with Anthony Henras, Brigitte Pertschy, and Roland Beckmann! 🎉 Bringing together labs across 3 European countries and the US, we aim to uncover hidden functions of snoRNPs in ribosome assembly. Go team! tinyurl.com/2e5r57b5

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Congratulations to Anthony Henras, winner of the ERC Synergy 2025 grant!

Parmi les 66 projets sélectionnés par le Conseil européen de la recherche, Anthony Henras et l’équipe EukaRiBio (MCD-CBI) sont lauréat d’un des 13 projets du

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

🚨New paper alert! Using single molecule TIRF microscopy, we show that Nop1 destabilizes RNA structure via transient, nonspecific interactions — until specific assembly of native ribosomal complexes takes over. Congrats, Wilson! 🎉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

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Fibrillarin/Nop1 perturbs RNA folding and assembly independently of liquid–liquid phase separation

Abstract. The liquid–liquid phase-separated environment of the eukaryotic nucleolus is proposed to benefit ribosome assembly by chaperoning rRNA folding an

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This bunch of RNA lovers knows how to unwind! Enjoying A-U-tumn and apple picking 🍎🍏

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Congratulations to Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social on winning a poster prize at the Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea meeting in Strasbourg! 🎉🎉

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Our new paper is out in PNAS! We show that competition for binding to the Hfq matchmaker disfavors mismatched sRNA-mRNA combinations while allowing matched sRNA-mRNAs to form stable pairs. Kudos to Jorjethe Roca and Yi-Lan Chen for their fantastic work on this problem! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Competition for Hfq drives kinetic selection of mRNA targets by Escherichia coli small noncoding RNAs | PNAS

Small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) regulate gene expression in Escherichia coli bacteria in response to diverse stimuli in the environment and the host. ...

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Congratulations to Wilson on your NAR #Breakthrough paper!

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hello #RNA afficionados! We’re excited to join the science community on Bluesky!

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