Our paper is out in Molecular Cell! This work has been a wonderful collaboration with Jonathan Weissman’s lab and Rachel Green’s lab. We used high throughput CRISPRi screening to identify new pathways that aid the RQC (Ribosome Quality Control pathway) in coping with defective mRNAs and ribosome stalling. We found two factors, GIGYF2 and 4EHP,…
Lab News
Summer PURA Award
Congratulations to our super talented undergraduate student, Carmen Jung, for being awarded the Summer Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award! Carmen studies how mutant ribosomal proteins are detected in mammalian cells. Once this quarantine is over, we will celebrate with a lot of chocolate cake!
Welcome to Michelle!
Great start into 2020! Michelle joined our lab on Jan 1st, and she brings a lot of zebrafish experience and enthusiasm. We are so happy to have you as part of the team!
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NIH Early Independence Award
I am grateful and honored to be awarded the 2019 NIH Early Independence Award! This award really speaks to the nurturing environment at the Carnegie’s Department of Embryology and the unprecedented intellectual freedom. It would not have been possible without mentorship and support from friends and colleagues at Carnegie, UCSF, and JHU . https://carnegiescience.edu/node/2558
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A warm welcome to our third lab member, Carmen Jung! Carmen is an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins. In addition to solving the mysteries of ribosome assembly, she volunteers at The Jonhns Hopkins Hospital and builds props for her theater group.
First Happy Hour :)
I am very happy to share that the first Kostova Lab Happy Hour was a huge success. Jared impressed everyone with his cooking skills and made a feast to wow even the most picky department. Who would have guessed that there is a relationship between cooking and science 🙂
Welcome Jared!
The Kostova Lab doubled in size! We are very excited to have Jared Akers on board! Baltimore greeted him with a snow storm but he made it to lab in one piece. He will be studying how cells cope with problematic ribosomes.