Dennis Wu

Thrilled and proud to be part of this exciting discovery with the amazing Feaga Lab team! Grateful for everyone’s unwavering support throughout this journey! ❤️💙

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YebC2 resolves ribosome stalling and increases fitness of cells lacking EF-P and the ABCF ATPase YfmR Author summary Polyproline motifs are essential structural features of many proteins but are difficult for the ribosome to synthesize. EF-P reduces ribosome pausing at polyproline motifs. Here, we sho...

Latest work from the lab - we identify a translation factor, YebC2, that reduces ribosome stalling in B. subtilis!

Congrats to co-first authors: grad students Hye-Rim Hong & Cassidy Prince & undergrad Dennis Wu @denniswu02.bsky.social

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13.04.2025 15:11 — 👍 39    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 2

We are so proud of Dennis Wu @denniswu02.bsky.social who is off to Harvard for grad school this fall! Keep your eyes peeled for a first-author paper from Dennis to be posted soon. Congrats Dennis! 🥳 ⚽️ 🦠

18.03.2025 22:06 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you so much Heather!!!!🥹🥹🥹

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