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The Aberdeen Worm Lab

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Mohammed Al-Khafaji
PhD Student
Elphinstone Scholarship


​PhD Thesis: Genetic analysis of SmY RNAs: a novel, nematode-specific family of non-coding RNAs 
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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


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Eileen Clemens
PhD Student 
BBSRC EASTBIO DTP


​PhD Thesis: The molecular and cellular function of cap-adjacent 2-prime-O-ribose RNA modification in C. elegans



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Peter Eijlers
Research Technician

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.
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https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae321

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Feyisola Fasimoye
PhD Student
Elphinstone Scholarship


​PhD Thesis: Molecular characterisation of SL1 snRNPs components
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Maheshika Kurukulasuriya
PhD Student
BBSRC EASTBIO CASE DTP, in partnership with BioAscent Discovery Ltd


​PhD Thesis: The nematode spliced leader trans-splicing machinery as a target for drug development 
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Berndt M​üller
Principal Investigator

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Jonathan Pettitt
Principal Investigator

Collaborators

Marius Wenzel
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
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Hyun-Seo Kang​
 Michael Sattler

Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Centre, Munich​
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Aberdeen Worm Lab Alumni 
Former lab members have gone onto PhDs and postdocs in other laboratories, as well as industry and government civil service.
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