<![CDATA[The Aberdeen Worm Laboratory - News]]>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:33:55 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[New Paper]]>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:36:34 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-paper9203344
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In our new paper, we show that a novel ribonucleoprotein complex, involving SNA-3, SUT-1 and SmY RNAs, plays a key role in nematode spliced leader trans-splicing. 

Eijlers P, Al-khafaji M, Soto-Martin E, Fasimoye, R, Stead D, Wenzel, M, Müller, B and Pettitt J. (2024). A nematode-specific ribonucleoprotein complex mediates interactions between the major nematode spliced leader snRNP and its target pre-mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Res.
​https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae321
]]><![CDATA[Long overdue update!]]>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:35:35 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/long-overdue-updateNew Lab Members
We were pleased to welcome two new lab members, who started in October 2022 (see, it is a long overdue update) - Eileen Clemens and Maheshika Kurukulasuriya, both of whom are PhD students funded by BBSRC EASTBIO DTP studentships. Maheshika's studentship is a CASE award, in collaboration with BioAscent Discovery Ltd. 

Rosie Graduates

Rosie graduated in June 2023, after successfully defending her thesis, SNA-3 and SUT-1: critical
components involved in nematode
spliced leader trans-splicing​, in November 2022.
We still miss her!
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]]><![CDATA[New paper]]>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:13:24 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-paper
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AlphaFold prediction for SNA-3. The NADAR (NAD and ADP-Ribose) domains, two of which we show are essential for its function, are coloured purple, hot pink and cyan.
We are pleased to announce a new paper

Fasimoye RY, Spencer REB, Soto-Martin E, Eijlers P, Elmassoudi H, Brivio S, et al. A novel, essential trans-splicing protein connects the nematode SL1 snRNP to the CBC-ARS2 complex. Nucleic Acids Res. (in press).
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkac534/6613924

​We will be updating the research page to give an account of this work shortly, but for now there is a twitter thread about it here
]]><![CDATA[New PhD Student]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:28:11 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-phd-studentWe are happy to welcome Mohammed Al-Khafaji to the lab. Mohammed will be working on identifying the key RNA-protein interactions that target SL2 RNAs to mRNAs derived from downstream genes in operons.
]]><![CDATA[New lab members]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:56:04 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-lab-members7712242Two new lab members started this month - Sarah Brivio and Viktorija Sabele, who are doing their Masters by Research in the lab. ]]><![CDATA[New Paper Accepted]]>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:55:26 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-paper-acceptedMarius Wenzel, Christopher Johnston, Berndt Müller, Jonathan Pettitt, and Bernadette Connolly.  (2020). Resolution of polycistronic RNA by SL2 trans-splicing is a widely-conserved nematode trait. RNA doi: 10.1261/rna.076414.120

]]><![CDATA[New lab members]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:40:11 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-lab-membersIn February we welcomed three new lab members: Dr Eva Soto; Peter Eijlers and Fayisola Fasimoye. ]]><![CDATA[Ara Passes Her PhD Viva]]>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:39:05 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/ara-passes-her-phd-viva
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Ara successfully defends her thesis: "Assembling an orthogonal translation compartment in S. cerevisiae". Thanks to Sam Miller (far left) and Judith Sleeman (left) for examining the thesis.
]]><![CDATA[Rotimi and Haitem graduate]]>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:38:04 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/rotimi-and-haitem-graduate
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]]><![CDATA[New research positions available]]>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:57:00 GMThttps://www.aberdeenwormlab.org/news/new-research-positions-availableThree new research positions are available to work on two new projects in the lab.

Understanding the mechanism of a nematode Achilles’ heel.
Research Technician - 3 year position, funded by the BBSRC - application deadline: 08/11/19.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - 3 year position, funded by the BBSRC - application deadline: 08/11/19.

Recurrent evolution of a eukaryotic molecular trait: acquisition of polycistronic RNA processing.
PhD Studentship - 4 year, funded by EASTBIO BBSRC.]]>