Michael Murphy
mmurphyrna.bsky.social
Michael Murphy
@mmurphyrna.bsky.social
Postdoc based in New York studying RNA, ribosome heterogeneity and cardiac disease
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Thrilled to share our research on how mutations in the muscle-specific ribosomal protein RPL3L, a paralog of RPL3, cause a rare infant heart disease.

Hotspot mutations are both proteotoxic and induce unproductive splicing in RPL3 mRNA, preventing phenotypic rescue.

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We are excited to share that our latest work from the lab aimed at understanding how the tRNA nuclease SLFN11 is activated in response to DNA damage and replication stress has just been published in @natcellbio.nature.com!

Open access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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January 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Thrilled to share our research on how mutations in the muscle-specific ribosomal protein RPL3L, a paralog of RPL3, cause a rare infant heart disease.

Hotspot mutations are both proteotoxic and induce unproductive splicing in RPL3 mRNA, preventing phenotypic rescue.

rdcu.be/eYkC7
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Michael Murphy
📽 G&D Tapes 📽

G&D Author, Alexandra Bergfort, tells us about their new study in #genesdev showing how the EJC coordinates splicing of exon blocks

Learn more:
➡️ https://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/40/1-2/94.full

Karla Neugebauer Alexandra Bergfort
Yale Center for RNA Science and Medicine
#splicing
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by Michael Murphy
SF3B1K700E rewires splicing of cell-cycle regulators bit.ly/4sq6eKP
January 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Happy to share with you our work on how the interferon response impacts embryonic development 🦠Mammalian embryos contain endogenous dsRNAs that resemble viruses and can be misrecognised by the dsRNA sensor MDA5.
Thanks to all collaborators, we could not have done it without you 🤩

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Double stranded RNA sensing is silenced during early embryonic development
Nature Communications - The type I interferon response is suppressed during early development, making embryos susceptible to pathogens. Here, the authors show that this suppression contributes to...
rdcu.be
January 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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RNA damage isn’t trivial—cells evolved responses to it. Ribosome stalling at damaged RNA triggers stress signaling, impacting inflammation, cell cycle, and tumor suppression. Could RNA repair be the next medical frontier?

Cell: ”Cellular responses to RNA damage”
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Cellular responses to RNA damage
RNA plays a central role in protein biosynthesis and performs diverse regulatory and catalytic functions, making it essential for all processes of life. Like DNA, RNA is constantly subjected to damage...
www.cell.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Interesting insights into m6A complex assembly
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41481436/
January 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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The Liver Clock Tunes Transcriptional Rhythms in Skeletal Muscle to Regulate Mitochondrial Function
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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This was a really fun and interesting Molecule of the Month to do! Check out the article to see even more elaborate RNA-only structures.
Large and intricate naturally occurring structures composed exclusively of RNA... ROOL!
More at Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...
January 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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New year and new opportunities! There is an open call for a PhD student to join our lab.
#RNA biology #circRNAs #miRNAs #neuroscience #neuroedocrinology

Please share with potential candidates 🙏🫶.
A link to the call & more details here: www.phdscanner.com/opportunitie...
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Hot off the press from the RTI: CRYPTID-exon: streamlined detection of cryptic exons from RNA-seq data
buff.ly/Xhnfk2E #RNA #RNATherapeutics
CRYPTID-exon: streamlined detection of cryptic exons from RNA-seq data - PubMed
Cryptic splicing has emerged as a pervasive feature of mammalian gene expression, with recent studies uncovering thousands of previously unannotated splice sites. Despite its prevalence, the functional...
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Latest research from my group. We activated BDNF protein expression by disrupting a repressive uORF using a CRISPR base editing strategy: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#OxfordPaediatrics #IDRMOxford #BDNF #uORF #CRISPR #BaseEditing
Targeted BDNF upregulation via upstream open reading frame disruption
To understand the relative contributions of 5ʹ UTR elements to translation output, we performed a comprehensive analysis of upstream open reading fram…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Michael Murphy
We are thrilled to share our latest work uncovering the mechanistic basis of target-directed microRNA degradation (TDMD). This work was driven by @jakobfarnung.bsky.social and @elenaslo.bsky.social in a fantastic collaboration with Brenda Schulman's lab. tinyurl.com/E3TDMD (1/5)
January 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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The role of ribosomal protein networks in ribosome dynamics
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
The role of ribosomal protein networks in ribosome dynamics
Abstract. Accurate protein synthesis requires ribosomes to integrate signals from distant functional sites and execute complex dynamics. Despite advances i
doi.org
January 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Circadian clock control of ribosome composition promotes rhythmic translation and termination fidelity
Circadian clock control of ribosome composition promotes rhythmic translation and termination fidelity
Lamb et al. show that the circadian clock rhythmically remodels ribosome composition in Neurospora crassa. Clock-regulated incorporation of the ribosomal protein eL31 is required for rhythmic translation and translation fidelity, linking temporal ribosome remodeling to daily changes in proteome diversity.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM