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Elise White

@elisew00.bsky.social

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Biophysics PhD candidate in the Woodson Lab @ Johns Hopkins | NIH F31 Fellow | On a mission to learn the Hfq-RNA tango, and decode how tertiary structure motifs choreograph ribozyme folding.

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · 2d

That’s what I said 😎😎 No helicases or chaperones required!

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · 2d

I had a blast with these apple-solutely brilliant scientists on Saturday!

Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · 2d

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

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks Katie! Thanks for teaching me about KphA / KphB. Always fun learning about another RBP 😍🤩

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’m so honored and thankful to have won a poster prize! I learned a lot this week from this lovely community. Thanks to the organizers for putting on another excellent meeting.

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Sep 3

Strasbourg sights! Enjoying every moment of the 2025 Microbial RNA Meeting 😊🇫🇷

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Aug 31

Off to Strasbourg for the 2025 Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea Meeting! ✈️🇫🇷

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Jul 19

Congrats, Jorjethe and Yi-Lan! 👏👏

Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · Jul 19

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...

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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Bussi Lab @bussilab.org · Jun 26

📢 Paper with @sattler-lab.bsky.social now published in @narjournal.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1093/nar/... We combine #NMR, #SAXS, and #MD to construct conformational ensembles, showing that A-to-I hyper-editing leads to significant structural dynamics. MD simulations by @piompons.bsky.social

Unique conformational dynamics and protein recognition of A-to-I hyper-edited dsRNA

Abstract. Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing is a highly abundant modification of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and plays an important role in posttranscr

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Mar 11

That’s not weird at all! I would feel the same way. It’s always nice to know you’re not the only one (but I get it, in this case, that’s also very scary).

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Mar 10

Congrats!! 🎉🎉 I’m so happy for you (but also wow, I’m so sorry you had to go through all of that.)

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Mar 10

JHU Biophysics at the #StandUpForScience rally in DC. Such a powerful event!

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Mar 8

So sad to hear this. I was really looking forward to this meeting (as were my lab mates)!

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Mar 7

Standing up for science with JHU Biophysics! #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 28

Demonic Overlords Gutting Experimentation

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 27

Exactly 😂😂 #RNasky #RNAbiology

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Feb 26

RNA xkcd.com/3056

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · Feb 24

Congratulations to Wilson on your NAR #Breakthrough paper!

Nucleic Acids Research @narjournal.bsky.social · Feb 24

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

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 23

There’s nothing like peaceful weekend lab sessions!
• No distractions 😌
• I’m free to sing and dance 💃
• Unlimited access to instruments 🔬
• The lab is my oyster 🦪

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Woodson Lab @woodsonlab.bsky.social · Feb 21

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

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 17

That’s so kind of you, thank you! You’ve been incredibly helpful and I am so grateful. I have learned a lot from you! I sure hope I have a cool story to tell soon 😊🧬

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 17

Wow, what an honor to have been mentored by her! She is such an inspirational scientist. Forever grateful for the F31, in her name, that funds my PhD. Thank you for sharing this! I hope everyone reads her story.

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 15

Can confirm I’m absolutely addicted to using the EI Flex! (Currently in lab cranking out more smFRET experiments.) Hope you guys enjoy BPS!

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Feb 12

Another lovely snow day @ JHU!! Makes for a cozy morning break from experiments ☕️❄️

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Dec 23

Will there be a Zoom link? (I would be very excited if so 😄😄)

Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Dec 23

Do you know if there’s a Zoom link?

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Elise White @elisew00.bsky.social · Dec 11

Absolutely gorgeous RNA-only complexes! I’ve never seen anything like these 🤯🤯

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