The latest from our group (@lapassmore.bsky.social)! Congrats to James and the rest of the authors! Phosphorylation-dependent tuning of mRNA deadenylation rates www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm very excited that I have been elected as a Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (@clarehallcambridge.bsky.social). It's a pleasure to join such a great community! www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/directory/br...

We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩 #RNA #cryoEM

It was great to be able to present my PhD work at #EMBLProtein! Thanks to the organizers for the opportunity.

Great start to the EMBL translation control meeting with a keynote from @lapassmore.bsky.social. Excited for all the science to come. #EMBLProtein

Incredibly honored to be a Shurl and Kay Curci Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation. Thanks to Marv and Judith for their support during my PhD and @lapassmore.bsky.social for her backing and mentorship in my postdoc work. lsrf.org/current-fell...

A fun collaboration with @rasilab.bsky.social led by Rachael Bakker. We used an RNA base editor to analyze at scale how substitutions within an RNA or RNA-binding protein affect binding. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Happy to see this work published in RNA, and thanks to the editors for the interview/Meet the First Author Feature! Surprisingly, we found that mutating an RNA binding protein's ability to bind RNA did not remove all biological function. #RNAsky #RNAbiology. rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/31/5...

It was great working with Chen Qiu, Traci Hall, and all the other authors on this project! Using a combination of structural, biophysical, and in vivo stem cell analyses, we investigated how an RBP and a partner regulate adjacent binding elements in a critical RNA. #RNAsky #RNAbiology rdcu.be/d5pER

I’m excited to share this story. We found that mutating an RNA binding protein’s ability to bind RNA did not remove all biological function, but when combined with a mutation that affects protein interactions, the RBP no longer functioned. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

First Bluesky post, and I'm so excited to share our latest work, online today! We found a protein-protein interaction interface on a Pum/Puf protein mediates binding to a specific subset of RNA targets, and in turn affects only one of its functions in stem cells. 1/2 www.cell.com/developmenta...