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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 27d

Another fabulous day of talks at @embo.org Ribosome Synthesis meeting. Very exciting to see technology developments impacting ribosome and translation fields. As well as lots of awesome talks on ribosome specialisation! @ribocode.bsky.social

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 28d

Super interesting talk from @amunts.bsky.social on mito RPs. Lovely to see figures from our reviews in introduction 🤩

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to another great day at Ribosome biogenesis meeting @embo.org Great conversations yesterday and lively to catch up with colleagues!

Barbara hepworh sculpture in Churchill College gardens

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Delighted to be at @embo.org Ribosome Synthesis meeting at beautiful Churchill College, Cambridge. Delighted to see @royalsociety.org specialised ribosome special issue on registration desk and Bulat Fatkhullin’s fabulous cover image @ribocode.bsky.social

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wish i was there but looking forward to EMBO Ribosome synthesis meeting next week in Cambridge!

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Javier Santoyo @jsantoyo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Translon: a single term for translated regions. #Translation @natmethods.nature.com

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Aug 21

Just dont get too close! Surely we sure call it micro-giraffe!

Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Aug 20

Looking forward to learning lots this morning on what proteomics and immunopeptidomics can reveal about the dark proteome -day 4 of GRC ‘Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease’ meeting @johnprensner.bsky.social

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Aug 19

Totally blown away by number and quality of questions and discussion in our microproteins

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Aug 19

Day 3 of GRC ‘Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease’ @johnprensner.bsky.social Fabulous dive into big data approaches to detect and characterise translation of novel translons to generate microproteins #microproteins #translons

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excited for day 2 of GRC Decoding Microproteins Across Evolution and Disease @johnprensner.bsky.social

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Jul 1

Another great day of translation science at @biochemsoc.bsky.social #TLUK2025 in Edinburgh. Fabulous talks and discussions-looking forward to poster session this afternoon

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Jun 20

Massive congratulations!

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Jun 3

Great to have you join the team Alex!

Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · May 14

Delighted to share paper on translational activity of 80S monosomes across different tissues in 🪰 in @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to fabulous team Albert Blandy Tayah Hopes Elton Vasconcelos @amy-turner96.bsky.social Bulat Fatkhullin Michaela Agapiou Juan Fontana academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Translational activity of 80S monosomes varies dramatically across different tissues

Abstract. Translational regulation at the stage of initiation can impact the number of ribosomes translating each mRNA molecule. However, the translational

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great day of fascinating science yesterday! Thanks for the invite

Hannah Long @hannahlong.bsky.social · Apr 3

What a fantastic public lecture by @katarney.bsky.social last night about the 'Dark Genome' and the amazing things that happen when evolution and chance alter enhancers to impact spines on fish and digits on hands. What an great prelude to the #hiddencelldarkgenome conference starting today!

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Apr 3

Great to be here at Hidden Cell Dark Genome meeting, here in Edinburgh. Wonderful talks!

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Mar 22

Congrats! Beautiful

Chris H. Hill @chillzaa.bsky.social · Mar 21

New cryo-EM/ET story - a brilliant collaboration with Sergey Melnikov's lab in Newcastle @sergeymelnikov.bsky.social and Stefan Pfeffer's lab in Heidelberg @pfeffercryolab.bsky.social. Great work in particular by Karla Helena-Bueno and @sophiekopetschke.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Structurally heterogeneous ribosomes cooperate in protein synthesis in bacterial cells - Nature Communications

Cells can simultaneously produce structurally dissimilar ribosomes, suggesting functional specialization of distinct ribosome populations. Here, the authors show that distinct ribosomes cooperate rath...

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Zeynep Baharoglu @zeynepbaharoglu.bsky.social · Mar 6

Specialized #ribosome #rnasky

Nilesh Banavali @nilesh-banavali.bsky.social · Mar 6

Review on ribosome specialization

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Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Variation in the composition of different ribosomes, termed ribosome heterogeneity, is a now well established phenomenon. However, the functional implications of this heterogeneity on the regulation of protein synthesis are only now beginning to be ...

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Mar 6

Congratulations @ribocode.bsky.social team on our review published today @royalsociety.org Awesome team work to write this as such a large group. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Variation in the composition of different ribosomes, termed ribosome heterogeneity, is a now well established phenomenon. However, the functional implications of this heterogeneity on the regulation of protein synthesis are only now beginning to be ...

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Mar 6

Excited to see issue on ribosome heterogeneity and specialisation out @royalsociety.org Philosophical Transactions B. Thanks to authors & co-editors @liamfaller.bsky.social @andershlund.bsky.social Maria Barna. Wonderful cover Bulat Fatkhullin! #ribosomes royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1921

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RiboCode @ribocode.bsky.social · Mar 6

Our paper is part of a special issue from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B ⬇️

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Read about different aspects of ribosome heterogeneity and specialisation across species & the latest advances and future direction of the field. (2/2)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1921

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RiboCode @ribocode.bsky.social · Mar 6

❗NEW PAPER❗

Check out our review on #ribosome heterogeneity and specialisation published today!

We discuss the mechanisms of specialisation, review the latest research and explore how technological advancements will drive the next set of research questions.

doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0377 (1/2)

Specialized ribosomes: integrating new insights and current challenges | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Variation in the composition of different ribosomes, termed ribosome heterogeneity, is a now well established phenomenon. However, the functional implications of this heterogeneity on the regulation of protein synthesis are only now beginning to be ...

doi.org

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · Feb 18

#ProteintechPodcast

Find out more about Dr Julie Aspden @universityofleeds.bsky.social fascinating insights on development biology and her path to be an inspiring #womeninscience

Listen now linktr.ee/proteintechp...

#womeninstem #diversityinstem #scienceforeveryone #sciencepodcast #ribosomes

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Julie @rna-julie.bsky.social · Feb 12

To celebrate #IDWGS I joined my friend Amy Turner @proteintech.bsky.social to discuss my career in science (so far!), leadership, diversity and tiny testes youtu.be/LzlKPd39c1Q?... @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @ribocode.bsky.social

Dr. Julie Aspden: Ribosomes, tiny testes, and diversity in STEM

YouTube video by Proteintech

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