RNA detectives on a mission to catch RNA in the act of folding & uncover how proteins helped. Run by graduate students / postdocs. Dr. Sarah Woodson’s Lab at Johns Hopkins University.
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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...
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...
🎉 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
Our recent #singlemolecule study on RNase J decay is out! Congrats, Yuan! 🎉🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This bunch of RNA lovers knows how to unwind! Enjoying A-U-tumn and apple picking 🍎🍏
Congratulations to Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social on winning a poster prize at the Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea meeting in Strasbourg! 🎉🎉
Congratulations to Wilson on your NAR #Breakthrough paper!
We had a great time at the #StandUpForScience rally in DC!
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...
🚨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/...
Richard Kagan, Ulrich Mueller, Vesla Weaver, and Sarah Woodson among 252 individuals recognized for excellence in their fields
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is uniquely suited to probing motions on the microsecond to millisecond timescales that underlie RNA rec…
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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Rapid turnover of glmS mRNA in Bacillus subtilis by 5′–3′ exoribonuclease RNase J is essential for feedback regulation of glucosamine-6-phosphate (Glc…
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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New #Breakthrough article from @Woodsonlab.bsky.social shows how the E.coli RNA DEAD-box helicase unfolds unstable RNAs to fuel ribosomal RNA remodeling and the search for the native, protein binding structure! #Ribosome #RNA #Helicase 👉 Full article: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf104
