Journal Club 2026
| Date | Host | Paper | Notes |
| Fri, June 12, 2026 | Erin | In the Beginning Was the Worm This is a short 3-page commentary on C. elegans by Sydney Brenner The Genetics of C. elegans by Sydney Brenner We’ll focus on pg 1 – 10. Please read pg. 1 – 10. Pg 10 – 24 are optional | |
| Fri, June 26, 2026 | Erin/Naly (?) | mRNA location and translation rate determine protein targeting to dual destinations Gasparski AN, Moissoglu K, Pallikkuth S, Meydan S, Guydosh NR, Mili S. Mol Cell. 2023 Aug 3;83(15):2726-2738.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.06.036. Epub 2023 Jul 27. PMID: 37506697; PMCID: PMC10530421. | |
| Fri, July 10, 2026 | Jessica | Jess’s choice | |
| Fri, July 24, 2026 | Steven | Direct observation of translational activation by a ribonucleoprotein granule Chen R, Stainier W, Dufourt J, Lagha M, Lehmann R. Nat Cell Biol. 2024 Aug;26(8):1322-1335. Epub 2024 Jul 4. PMID: 38965420; PMCID: PMC11321996. | |
| Fri, Aug 7, 2026 |
Ideas for Journal Club Papers
- Structural basis for recognition of diverse localizing mRNAs by Egl-BicD. Singh K, Chilaeva S, McClintock MA, Carter AP, Bullock SL. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2026 May;33(5):882-893. Epub 2026 May 5. PMID: 42086746; PMCID: PMC13186709.
- mRNA 3′ UTRs chaperone intrinsically disordered regions to control protein activity. Luo Y, Zhong Y, Basu S, Wu MC, Mayr C. Cell. 2026 Jun 8:S0092-8674(26)00576-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42259285.
Journal Club 2025
| Date | Presenter | Paper | Notes |
| April 25, 2025 | Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization | ||
| Fri, June 6, 2025 | Two eIF4E paralogs occupy separate germ granule messenger ribonucleoproteins that mediate mRNA repression and translational activation. Gita Gajjar , Hayden P Huggins , Eun Suk Kim , Weihua Huang , Frederic X Bonnet , Dustin L Updike , Brett D Keiper. Genetics, Volume 230, Issue 1, May 2025, iyaf053, | ||
| Thu, June 26, 2025 | Measuring and manipulating localized translation of erm-1 in the C. elegans embryo | ||
| Mon, July 21, 2025 | A spatiotemporally resolved atlas of mRNA decay in the C. elegans embryo reveals differential regulation of mRNA stability across stages and cell types | ||
Journal Club 2023
| Date | Presenter | Paper | Notes |
| Tue Jan 24, 2023 | Naly | ||
| Tue Feb 7, 2023 | David | Evolution of binding preferences among whole-genome duplicated transcription factors | |
| Tue Feb 21, 2023 | Jessica | Spatial and Temporal Features of the Growth of a Bacterial Species Colonizing the Zebrafish Gut | |
| Tue Mar 7, 2023 | Erin | Subcellular spatial transcriptomics identifies three mechanistically different classes of localizing RNAs | |
| Tue Apr 4, 2023 | Ambika | DAF-16/FOXO and HLH-30/TFEB function as combinatorial transcription factors to promote stress resistance and longevity | |
| Tue Apr 18, 2023 | Jessica | A cell atlas of microbe-responsive processes in the zebrafish intestine | |
| Tue May 2, 2023 | Kayla | The C. elegans proteome response to two protective Pseudomonas symbionts | |