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Congratulations to Alexis Van Zandt for being named an HBCU STEM queen! She’s on the cover of Ebony magazine! Alexis, a recent graduate of Prairie View A&M University, worked with the Das laboratory and the Center for Genetically Engineered Materials to develop a better design-oriented understanding of the ribosome in 2021.

Congratulations to Alexis Van Zandt for being named an HBCU STEM queen! She’s on the cover of Ebony magazine! Alexis, a recent graduate of Prairie View A&M University, worked with the Das laboratory and the Center for Genetically Engineered Materials to develop a better design-oriented understanding of the ribosome in 2021.

Congratulations to Alexis Van Zandt for being named an HBCU STEM queen! She’s on the cover of Ebony magazine! Alexis, a recent graduate of Prairie View A&M University, worked with the Das laboratory and the Center for Genetically Engineered Materials to develop a better design-oriented understanding of the ribosome in 2021.

We’re tremendously excited and honored at Rhiju’s selection in the most recent cohort of amazing HHMI Investigators. Big thanks to current lab members, lab alumni, the Eterna project and many wonderful collaborators in the RNA world for making this possible!

We’re tremendously excited and honored at Rhiju’s selection in the most recent cohort of amazing HHMI Investigators. Big thanks to current lab members, lab alumni, the Eterna project and many wonderful collaborators in the RNA world for making this possible!

We’re tremendously excited and honored at Rhiju’s selection in the most recent cohort of amazing HHMI Investigators. Big thanks to current lab members, lab alumni, the Eterna project and many wonderful collaborators in the RNA world for making this possible!

Congrats to Grace Nye, Brenda Garibay, and Kailee Yoshimura for their awesome research on viral RNA structure, 3′ UTR isoforms, and smiFISH probes in our lab, as part of the SSRP program. Special congratulations to Brenda and Kailee who took home awards for best presentations at the SSRP symposium!

Congrats to Grace Nye, Brenda Garibay, and Kailee Yoshimura for their awesome research on viral RNA structure, 3′ UTR isoforms, and smiFISH probes in our lab, as part of the SSRP program. Special congratulations to Brenda and Kailee who took home awards for best presentations at the SSRP symposium!

Congrats to Grace Nye, Brenda Garibay, and Kailee Yoshimura for their awesome research on viral RNA structure, 3′ UTR isoforms, and smiFISH probes in our lab, as part of the SSRP program. Special congratulations to Brenda and Kailee who took home awards for best presentations at the SSRP symposium!

We’ve been delighted to host Alexis Van Zandt and Dina Tekle, both from Prairie View A&M, for the CGEM REU program this summer. Both Alexis and Dina were part of ‘Team ribosome’ and worked to develop a database of ribosome mutations and their functions.

We’ve been delighted to host Alexis Van Zandt and Dina Tekle, both from Prairie View A&M, for the CGEM REU program this summer. Both Alexis and Dina were part of ‘Team ribosome’ and worked to develop a database of ribosome mutations and their functions.

We’ve been delighted to host Alexis Van Zandt and Dina Tekle, both from Prairie View A&M, for the CGEM REU program this summer. Both Alexis and Dina were part of ‘Team ribosome’ and worked to develop a database of ribosome mutations and their functions.

We’re excited to publish our cryo-EM structure of the frameshift stimulation element of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome in Nature Structure and Molecular Biology. This work appeared on bioRxiv in 2020, and the new paper includes improved antisense oligonucleotide that target this intricate RNA fold. Thanks to many labs, including those of Jeff Glenn, Wah Chiu, Tim Sheahan, Ralph Baric, and Victoria D’Souza, for this collaboration! You can read more about our work to rapidly solve RNA structures with Wah Chiu at this SLAC piece that also includes the Tetrahymena ribozyme.

We’re excited to publish our cryo-EM structure of the frameshift stimulation element of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome in Nature Structure and Molecular Biology. This work appeared on bioRxiv in 2020, and the new paper includes improved antisense oligonucleotide that target this intricate RNA fold. Thanks to many labs, including those of Jeff Glenn, Wah Chiu, Tim Sheahan, Ralph Baric, and Victoria D’Souza, for this collaboration! You can read more about our work to rapidly solve RNA structures with Wah Chiu at this SLAC piece that also includes the Tetrahymena ribozyme.

We’re excited to publish our cryo-EM structure of the frameshift stimulation element of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome in Nature Structure and Molecular Biology. This work appeared on bioRxiv in 2020, and the new paper includes improved antisense oligonucleotide that target this intricate RNA fold. Thanks to many labs, including those of Jeff Glenn, Wah Chiu, Tim […]

We’ve reported high resolution cryo-EM structures of the full-length Tetrahymena ribozyme in a paper out today. Wonderful to start getting a close look at this paradigmatic RNA-only enzyme, discovered by Tom Cech and colleagues four decades ago! You can read more about our work to rapidly solve RNA structures with Wah Chiu at this SLAC piece.

We’ve reported high resolution cryo-EM structures of the full-length Tetrahymena ribozyme in a paper out today. Wonderful to start getting a close look at this paradigmatic RNA-only enzyme, discovered by Tom Cech and colleagues four decades ago! You can read more about our work to rapidly solve RNA structures with Wah Chiu at this SLAC piece.

We’ve reported high resolution cryo-EM structures of the full-length Tetrahymena ribozyme in a paper out today. Wonderful to start getting a close look at this paradigmatic RNA-only enzyme, discovered by Tom Cech and colleagues four decades ago! You can read more about our work to rapidly solve RNA structures with Wah Chiu at this SLAC piece.

We’re delighted that Rachael Kretsch will present on RNA cryo-EM at the American Crystallographic Association meeting this week! Rachael’s talk will be on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, as part of the session “2.2.5 What Can & Can’t We See Reliably at Resolution X?”, 12-3pm ET. We are also very happy to celebrate the presentation of the Buerger Award to our wonderful collaborator Wah Chiu. Congratulations!

We’re delighted that Rachael Kretsch will present on RNA cryo-EM at the American Crystallographic Association meeting this week! Rachael’s talk will be on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, as part of the session “2.2.5 What Can & Can’t We See Reliably at Resolution X?”, 12-3pm ET. We are also very happy to celebrate the presentation of the Buerger Award to our wonderful collaborator Wah Chiu. Congratulations!

We’re delighted that Rachael Kretsch will present on RNA cryo-EM at the American Crystallographic Association meeting this week! Rachael’s talk will be on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, as part of the session “2.2.5 What Can & Can’t We See Reliably at Resolution X?”, 12-3pm ET. We are also very happy to celebrate the presentation of the Buerger […]