Our recent work with the Freddolino Lab investigates the complex transcriptional regulation in E. coli during glucose and amino acid starvation. We uncover novel stress responsive chromatin-like structures, alongside transcription factor controlled sRNAs. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

As #chemical #engineer Prof Lydia Contreras (Contreras Group at UT, UT Austin, National Academies) highlights, everyone belongs in #science. Where will you find connections and community in science? futurumcareers.com/decoding-rna-m…

We are excited to share our latest preprint, led by Matsuri Rojano & Trevor Simmons, in which we identify concentration dependent regulation of CsrA on a novel mRNA target and repurpose this interaction to build a genetic BANDPASS Filter. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #WhatStartsHere

Exciting day in the Phillip lab. There is such a special feeling to see your first PhD student successfully defend their Thesis 😁. Introducing Dr. Pratik Kamat. He did an absolutely amazing job. I am so proud of him! 👏👏👏

We thrilled to share our latest work in Nature Communications, led by Trevor Simmons, in which we rewired CsrA to build designer post-transcriptional genetic circuits. Our approach supports the idea of co-opting native networks for complex bacterial computation. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

We are excited to share our most recent publication, led by Lucas Miller - wherein we use structural & biochemical techniques to uncover the site of 8-oxo-rG recognition by polynucleotide phosphorylase & its impacts in-vitro & in-vivo! #whatstartshere 🤘🏾pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Stressed about diseases and aging? UT Austin engineers have discovered insights into an enzyme, polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), that helps protect cells from oxidative stress, a condition linked to sources like air pollution and cigarette smoke.

Congratulations to our Lab Member, Ryan Buchser, for his 1st Place finish in the Procter & Gamble Graduate Student Poster Competition this week! Ryan competed with 10 of the best and brightest graduate students from across UT Austin. Well done, Ryan! #whatstartshere🤘🏾

What an honor to work with FUTURUMCareers on one of their recent videos, "Decoding RNA mysteries". This animation is a free educational resource aimed at inspiring the next generation of minds in STEM & SHAPE! Check it out! #whatstartshere 🤘🏾youtube.com/watch?v=MzSS84…

Just wrapped up another amazing STEM Girl Day UT Austin! Our strawberry DNA extraction workshop gave students hands-on experience with real scientific techniques. Seeing young minds light up while discovering biology fundamentals made the day special! Women in STEM (WiSTEM) at UT Austin #UTSTEMGirlDay 🤘🏾

Please join our lab in congratulating Dr. Antonio Cordova (Tony Cordova)! Today Antonio successfully defended his thesis on developing novel synbio tools within the extremophile D. radiodurans!

Poetry in science? Check out this cool story detailing our recent collaboration with renowned poet Christian Bok and lab alumni Tony Cordova where we engineered the extremophile, Deinococcus radiodurans, to encode a poem! Link 👉 cockrell.utexas.edu/news/conan-the…