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Korostelev Lab

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We are interested in life sciences, structural biology, translation, ribosomes, neurobiology and RNA therapeutics. Location: RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA https://www.umassmed.edu/korostelev-lab/

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

Angiogenin controls angiogenesis (et plus) by nicking tRNAs. But it’s barely active alone. We discovered how 80S ribosome unlocks Ang’s active site and “brings in” tRNAs.
Congrats to Anna Loveland and collab. w/@ajplanetearth!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07508-8

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Jun 16

ROOL monomers entangle with other monomers via strand swapping to form octameric RNA nanocages.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Jun 16

With our ‪@RTI-UMassChan.bsky.social‬ colleagues Xiaobin Ling and Wenwen Fang, we report cryo-EM structures of enigmatic bacterial RNA nanocages made of ROOL RNAs. Octamers are held by "A-minor staples" and other interactions. Congrats Xiaobin, Dima et al!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Activation of Retron-Septu for antiphage defense. Congrats
Tian-Min and all co-authors!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Wilson Lab @wilsonlab.bsky.social · Apr 8

Fresh off the press…our latest study on the Structure of a Gcn2 dimer in complex with the large 60S ribosomal subunit | great collaboration with inada and Zaher labs. Data collected by Bertrand Beckert at the DCI EPFL
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Structure of a Gcn2 dimer in complex with the large 60S ribosomal subunit | PNAS

The integrated stress response (ISR) is a central signaling network that enables eukaryotic cells to respond to a variety of different environmenta...

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Sean Ryder @seanryderphd.bsky.social · Apr 6

I spoke up for science at the Worcester, MA hands off rally, followed Congressman Jim McGovern. #handsoff #protest #50501

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Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung @ekfstiftung.bsky.social · Apr 7

RNA researcher Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, professor of RNA therapeutics at UMass Chan Medical School, receives the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2025! @umasschan.bsky.social Congratulations! 🎉

For more details:
www.ekfs.de/en/current-t...

www.ekfprize25.de

#EKFprize25 #EKFS

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Sean Ryder @seanryderphd.bsky.social · Mar 2

Taking a cue from @cantlonlab.bsky.social, I have written an op-ed for my local newspaper about the impact of the NIH funding chaos. I'd appreciate it if you read and share. #NIH #Research #Science #Worcester

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Opinion/Guest column: Gutting NIH a disaster in the marking for research, local economy

Less research equates to less business between the university and these Worcester companies, spreading the pain far beyond campus borders.

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Frances Yap @ribo1214.bsky.social · Feb 8

E. coli HrpA RNA helicase rescue collided ribosomes. From Buskirk-Beckmann-Green labs #RNASky #Ribosome 🧪 #MicroSky www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

The RNA helicase HrpA rescues collided ribosomes in E. coli

Antibiotics that inhibit ribosomes lead to collisions on mRNAs when upstream ribosomes catch up with stalled ones. Campbell et al. show that the HrpA protein in E. coli senses ribosome collisions and ...

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Marvin Tanenbaum @marvintanenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our paper on Stopless-ORF Circular RNAs (socRNAs) is now out in Cell. By high-res tracking and comparing translation by either single or multiple ribosomes, we find that ribosomes cooperate to overcome pausing to ensure fast and efficient translation

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Long-term imaging of individual ribosomes reveals ribosome cooperativity in mRNA translation

Ribosomes cooperate through transient collisions to ensure efficient translation.

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Karina Jouravleva @karinajouravleva.bsky.social · Jan 24

Our review on small endogenous RNAs in animals is online: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... We thank @martinjsimard.bsky.social, @svobodalab.bsky.social and the third, anonymous, reviewer for helping us improve our manuscript. @lbmcinlyon.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

A guide to the biogenesis and functions of endogenous small non-coding RNAs in animals - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Many new small RNA species and their derived fragments have been recently identified in animals. This Review discusses the biogenesis and functions of both structural small RNAs, such as tRNAs and sma...

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Steven Cheng @scheng23.bsky.social · Jan 10

"On a molecular level, our structural studies reveal that interdictors bind in a linkerless heterobifunctional manner to both the rRNA and the nascent peptide chain ... much the way a PROTAC can be modularly designed and constructed"

Figure 3. (A) Representative cryo-EM map of a stalled RNC with a tRNA in the P site, bound to IDB-001.
Inset shows a closeup of the PTC containing the IDB-001 (yellow), P-site tRNA (green), nascent
chain (salmon), rRNA (dark blue), and signal for ions and water molecules (red).

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Jan 13

Gabriel Demo and colleagues found how a small archaeal protein (aRDF) dimerizes 30S subunits to prevent ribosome formation:

Frances Yap @ribo1214.bsky.social · Jan 13

A growing list of anti-association factors, this time a 30S-dimerization factor in archaea #Ribosome #RNASky 🧪 ⤵️ doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Novel archaeal ribosome dimerization factor facilitating unique 30S–30S dimerization

Abstract. Protein synthesis (translation) consumes a substantial proportion of cellular resources, prompting specialized mechanisms to reduce translation u

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Dmitri Ermolenko @ermolenkolab.bsky.social · Jan 7

Using reporters with long unstructured 5’ UTRs, we examined which initiation factors are limiting for 40S scanning in yeast. Our results&literature led to the model that 40S scans 5’ UTRs for the start codon by one-dimensional diffusion rather than by helicase-driven translocation.

40S ribosomal subunits scan mRNA for the start codon by one-dimensional diffusion

During eukaryotic translation initiation, the small (40S) ribosomal subunit is recruited to the 5ʹ cap and subsequently scans the 5ʹ untranslated region (5ʹ UTR) of mRNA in search of the start codon. ...

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Ruben Gonzalez @rubenlgonzalez.bsky.social · Dec 11

Our latest work is out in Nature today! Using smFRET, we directly visualized recruitment of the eIF4F complex to the 5' cap of eukaryotic mRNAs and formation of an activated mRNA. Our findings reveal new and surprising roles for each eIF4F component. 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Dec 19

Ruben and co-authors, congratulations on this thorough and important work detailing the intriguing dynamics of eIF4F chasing the cap!

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Dec 6

RiSANA is online!

We detail the Ribosome Stimulated Angiogenin Nuclease Assay (RiSANA) to explore: (a) whether Angiogenin is activated by bacterial 70S ribosomes; and (b) whether the closest homolog RNase 4 is stimulated by 80S: tinyurl.com/3fftczrw
Congrats Emily Sholi and Anna Loveland!

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Xantha Karp @xanthakarp.bsky.social · Nov 27

This is a lovely piece about the 2024 Nobel Prize to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, written by Bruce Wightman, the first author of one of the prize-winning papers. It emphasizes the importance of fundamental research and the beauty of heterochronic genes. #Celegans #devbio 🧪🧬 doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

It's about time: the heterochronic background for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Summary: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded for the discovery of miRNAs; the groundwork was laid by investigating the timing of developmental events in nematodes.

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erzbergerlab.bsky.social @erzbergerlab.bsky.social · Nov 26

Yeast ribosomes adapt to glucose starvation by tethering to mitochondria in hibernation. Prolonged depletion halts protein synthesis and remodels ribosomes to create protective ribosome arrays. #ribosomes #RNASky #RNABiology #translation rdcu.be/d1xqj

Ribosomes hibernate on mitochondria during cellular stress

Nature Communications - Cells adapt to low glucose by halting protein synthesis and altering organelle shape. Here the authors showed that hibernating ribosomes tether to mitochondria and form...

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Graille Lab @graillelab.bsky.social · Nov 21

Very happy to share our new publication on the interaction between two nonsense mediated mRNA decay factors (Upf1 and yeast Nmd4 or human SMG6). 🍾
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · Nov 25

The dark side of fluorescent protein tagging: the impact of protein tags on biomolecular condensation
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Figure 4. Position and type of fluorescent tag affect protein expression and P-body numbers in vivo.

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Matthew L. Kraushar @matthewkraushar.bsky.social · Nov 24

instant classic, timeless insights, from the legend himself

"The three central functions of protein synthesis...evolved from the properties of RNA, the founding macromolecule of life....these functions (and even life itself) seem to proceed in defiance of entropy."
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

The ribosome comes to life

The ribosome is an ancient molecular machine that coverts the genetic information carried by mRNA into protein, a crucial step in linking genotype to phenotype. This review discusses landmark advances...

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thank you for doing this very important job!

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Nils Blüthgen @molsysbio.bsky.social · Nov 21

How long does an mRNA stay in the nucleus? How long does it stay in the cytoplasm? In an amazing collaboration with @landthalerm.bsky.social, we used metabolic labeling, cell fractionation and mathematical modeling to quantify mRNA flow through the cell. Finally out in MSB: doi.org/10.1038/s443...

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Korostelev Lab @korostelevlab.bsky.social · Nov 24

Activation of GCN2 relies on crossed helices at the dimer core: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae528/7906550

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