 
                                            List of talks at the 10th Rhineland RNA Club meeting on 14 November @MPI Age in Cologne. Generously supported by the RNA Society, Lexogen, siTOOLs, Immagina Biotechnology, Twist Bioscience, and NEB.
                                                
    
    
    
    
            We would like to invite all Rhineland RNA enthusiasts to attend our next series of in-person talks, featuring local and invited speakers. Highlights include the external talks by Didier Stainier, Simon Bekker-Jensen and Ranen Aviner. Please, register: tinyurl.com/RhinelandRNA
               
            
            
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                YouTube video by CECAD Cologne
                CECAD: Our Scientific Mission
            
         
    
    
            โฐ๐ฌโณWhat if we could prevent age-related diseases before they even start? At #CECAD Cologne, thatโs exactly our #mission! In this new video, Prof. Dr. Carien Niessen shares our vision uncovering the biology of #aging to improve #health.
#HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social 
youtu.be/9ALNLpG3oYc
               
            
            
                16.09.2025 09:55 โ ๐ 6    ๐ 6    ๐ฌ 0    ๐ 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            ๐จ Speaker Alert! ๐จ
Weโre thrilled to announce the next #CRC1678 Seminar featuring @christinemayr.bsky.social !
Join us to dive into the fascinating role of mRNA 3โฒUTRs in chaperoning intrinsically disordered regions to regulate protein activity.
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 September 16
๐ CECAD Lecture Hall
โฐ 2:00 PM
               
            
            
                10.09.2025 14:08 โ ๐ 3    ๐ 1    ๐ฌ 0    ๐ 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            I supervise an excellent postdoc who's looking for a postdoc or associate position in < 1 yr. Highly skilled in chem biol and biochem (peptide synthesis, native chem ligation, bacterial expression, purification, intein-based splicing, crystallography, interaction assays). Contact me if interested.
               
            
            
                05.09.2025 05:41 โ ๐ 10    ๐ 16    ๐ฌ 0    ๐ 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            ๐จCheck out this brand new publication from the lab of our CRC 1678 project leader @thevilchezlab.bsky.social about how C9orf72 ALSโcausing mutations lead to mislocalization and aggregation of nucleoporin Nup107 into stress granules! Congrationlations to this achievement!๐ฅณ
               
            
            
                02.09.2025 14:20 โ ๐ 2    ๐ 1    ๐ฌ 0    ๐ 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
            
                             
                        
                Principles of ribosome-associated protein quality control during the synthesis of CFTR
                Prolonged translational arrests caused by defective mRNAs activate the ribosome-associated protein quality control (RQC) pathway, which marks harmful incomplete proteins for degradation. Multipass tra...
            
        
    
    
            ๐จ Happy to share our first pre-print ๐ on the causes of ribosome-associated degradation of CFTR and other transmembrane proteins. 
We explore how protein folding, ER insertion, and elongation dynamics influence translation arrests in this new class of RQC targets.๐
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
               
            
            
                01.08.2025 10:36 โ ๐ 19    ๐ 8    ๐ฌ 0    ๐ 3                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Cool work! Congrats Doris and team!
               
            
            
                15.07.2025 09:44 โ ๐ 2    ๐ 0    ๐ฌ 0    ๐ 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            Very happy to see our contribution to a better understanding of Hsp70/90 #chaperones online! Congrats and a big thank you to all co-authors, collaborators and reviewers! #proteostasis @poepsel-lab.bsky.social @crc1430.bsky.social @unidue-zmb.bsky.social
               
            
            
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            Today marks the first day of our very first CRC 1678 Early Career Researcher Retreat! Weโre proud to have such an amazing group of scientists with usโfull of curiosity, energy, and team spirit. ๐ฅ๐ง  ๐ฅณ๐ช #CRC1678 #ECRetreat #ScienceCommunity
               
            
            
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            New from our lab @crick.ac.uk, in collaboration with the Enchev and Bukau labs.
By studying a protein that is difficult to fold, we discover fascinating new mechanisms by which the ribosome supports protein biogenesis.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
               
            
            
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            Congratulations to PhD student Tom Eisenack for winning a poster prize at the #ubfriends2025 symposium! Many thanks to the organizers for putting together such a fantastic meeting!
               
            
            
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            Congratulations Marcin and partners!
               
            
            
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            I really enjoyed your talk! Thanks for visiting us and sharing the very cool work on protein quality control at the Golgi.
               
            
            
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            This week, the @crc1678 kick-off retreat brought all the project leaders together! ๐ A fantastic opportunity to dive into projects, spark collaborations, and lay the groundwork for an exciting journey ahead. On our way to innovation, teamwork and impactful discoveries! ๐ก๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐งโ๐ฌ #Research #Collaboration
               
            
            
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                                            Proteostasis and gene regulation research with high-throughput genetics. Incoming Group Leader at MPI-CBG.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            PhD Student at CECAD Research Center 
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                                            Group Leader @crg.eu | Protein synthesis | RNA decay | Tubulin homeostasis
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Postdoctoral researcher @cecad.bsky.social | Neuroinformatician| Budding Molecular Biologist | Freelancer|
Interested in #Neuroscience #Proteotranscriptomics #Multiomics #AlternativeSplicing #Aging
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                                            Research fellow at Aston Institute of Membrane Excellence. Previously folding proteins at The Crick and membrane proteins at King's College London.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Molecular biologist interested in proteostasis and neurodegeneration | Postdoc at Max Planck Institute Biochemistry
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            PhD student in Munich
with Matthias Feige (TUM) and Brenda Schulman (MPI Biochemistry)
Proteostasis and membrane protein enthusiast
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds fellow
                                     
                            
                            
                    
                    
                                            Junior Group Leader, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, DE
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            UCSF ChimeraX - software for visualizing biomolecules
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            RNA biologist at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany: co-translational quality control - RNA modification - and beyond.
Lab url: ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de
 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Scientist working on kidney diseases. Focus on ciliopathies, CKD, and podocytes - private account.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assistant Professor @ University of Utah | interested in ribosomes and translational control in health and disease
https://sinha.biochem.utah.edu
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Group leader at the Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Genome Stability Lab (GSL), DNA damage response, ubiquitin/UBLs, chemical biology, protein engineering, early detection and targeting of ovarian cancers
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            How do cells respond to metabolic stress?
How do oncogenes transform cells?