You'd Prefer An Argonaute

RNA Journal Club 2/9/12

YPAA — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:51 +0000

Sperm-borne microRNA-34c is required for the first cleavage division in mouse

Wei-Min Liu, Ronald T. K. Pang, Philip C. N. Chiu, Benancy P. C. Wong, Kaiqin Lao, Kai-Fai Lee, and William S. B. Yeung

PNAS vol. 109, no. 2, 490–494, 10 January 2012.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1110368109

Filed under: RNA Journal Club

RNA Journal Club 2/2/12

YPAA — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:22 +0000

Murine cytomegalovirus encodes a miR-27 inhibitor disguised as a target

Valentina Libri, Aleksandra Helwak, Pascal Miesen, Diwakar Santhakumar, Jessica G. Borger, Grzegorz Kudla, Finn Grey, David Tollervey, and Amy H. Buck

PNAS vol. 109, no. 1, 279–284, 3 January 2012.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114204109

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iBioSeminars: RNA

YPAA — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:49:17 +0000

Roy Parker Part 1: Mechanisms and Control of mRNA Localization, Translation and Degradation

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Roy Parker Part 2: P-bodies and the mRNA Cycle

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Melissa Moore Part 1: Split Genes and RNA Splicing

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Melissa Moore Part 2: Spliceosome Structure and Dynamics

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Ruth Lehmann Part 2: RNA Regulation

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Jack Szostak Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth

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Jack Szostak Part 3: Non-enzymatic Copying of Nucleic Acid Templates

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Lectures from ibioseminars.org.

Filed under: Media, Talks

RNA Journal Club 1/26/12

YPAA — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:04 +0000

Decapping of Long Noncoding RNAs Regulates Inducible Genes

Sarah Geisler, Lisa Lojek, Ahmad M. Khalil, Kristian E. Baker, and Jeff Coller

Molecular Cell 45, 1–13, 10 February 2012.
DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.11.025

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RNA Journal Club 1/19/12

YPAA — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:06 +0000

Cap-Assisted Internal Initiation of Translation of Histone H4

Franck Martin, Sharief Barends, Sophie Jaeger, Laure Schaeffer, Lydia Prongidi-Fix, and Gilbert Eriani

Molecular Cell 41, 197–209, 21 January 2011.
DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.12.019

Filed under: RNA Journal Club

RNAi video animation

YPAA — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:35:32 +0000

Filed under: Media

RNA Journal Club 1/12/12

YPAA — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:34 +0000

Adaptation to P Element Transposon Invasion in Drosophila melanogaster

Jaspreet S. Khurana, Jie Wang, Jia Xu, Birgit S. Koppetsch, Travis C. Thomson, Anetta Nowosielska, Chengjian Li, Phillip D. Zamore, Zhiping Weng, and William E. Theurkauf

Cell 147, 1551–1563, 23 December 2011.
DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.042

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RNA Journal Club 1/5/12

YPAA — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Selective Ribosome Profiling Reveals the Cotranslational Chaperone Action of Trigger Factor In Vivo

Eugene Oh, Annemarie H. Becker, Arzu Sandikci, Damon Huber, Rachna Chaba, Felix Gloge, Robert J. Nichols, Athanasios Typas, Carol A. Gross, Günter Kramer, Jonathan S. Weissman, and Bernd Bukau

Cell 147, 1295–1308, 9 December 2011.
DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2011.10.044

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Cell Club 12/23/11

YPAA — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:00:30 +0000

Cell made a paperflick about a new study uncovering mechanisms of silencing of new transposons by piRNAs, from Bill Theurkauf and colleagues.

Filed under: Evolution, Media

More evidence of non-boring scientists

YPAA — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:44:40 +0000

Dennis is a cool dude; it’s self-reinforcing in his staff.

Remember, no grant could ever fund this kind of lab environment!

Kim Lab, Department of Biology, MIT

Filed under: Media, MIT