Molecular Cell Biology

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Mechanism of translational fidelity and its impact on cellular fitness and codon evolution

Key words
Translation, Ribosome, RNA, Fidelity, peptide-bond formation, pre-steady state kinetics, translational regulation

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
The mechanisms that influence arterial collateral formation and peripheral arterial atheroprogression in the setting of diabetes

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Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understand how photosynthesis and photosynthetic cells respond to high temperatures and what factors limit heat acclimation by using both green algae and land plants as models

Key words
Photosynthesis, heat stress, green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, C4 plant Setaria viridis

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Cryo-EM study of native macromolecular complexes related to microtubule and cilia

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