
Eric Jan
@EricJanLab
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Biochemist/Virologist/RNA Biologist Professor at The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined January 2018
Congrats to Subash, Nicolas and Amir and all collaborators and team members! We discovered new IRESs with atypical genome architectures.
journals.plos.org
Author summary The simplest eukaryotic protein synthesis mechanism to date is found within an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from the dicistrovirus family. The IRES adopts an RNA structure that...
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RT @ATJohnPeter: I am happy to share that I've begun my new role as an Assistant Professor @UBC in the Department of Cellular and Physiolog….
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RT @nzmyachie: Hiring alert📢 Our School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC @SBME_UBC is looking for a new junior faculty member to establish….
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RT @EricJanLab: University of British Columbia Recruitment ALERT! UBC Faculty position in Nucleic Acid Based Nanomedicine — Associate Profe….
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RT @JVirology: #jvirology “Identification of the proteolytic signature in CVB3-infected cells” from Jan et al. @EricJanLab @OverallLabNews.….
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RT @UBCbiochemistry: 📢The Departments of BMB @UBCbiochemistry and CHBE @CHBEUBC invite applications for an Associate Professor (tenure) or….
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RT @VanRNAClub: Please join us for a special VRC career panel August 7 2024: 4-7 pm including a talk from Trilink, fantastic industry panel….
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RT @UBCbiochemistry: 📢 BMB Faculty Promotion! . Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Yip on his promotion to Professor with tenure! 👏. https://t.c….
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RT @VanRNAClub: Please join us at our next VRC talks May 13, 2024 4:00 pm, LSC3. Talks from labs of Syam Somasekharan (UBC, Prostate Centr….
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RT @KirstyDuncanMP: Grad students and postdocs need our support. I know the challenges they face firsthand. When I was at the university,….
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RT @WilsonLab2: Our structure of SecM-stalled ribosomes out in @natcomms. Great work by @felixgersteuer @Mar….
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RT @UBCbiochemistry: 📢The Department of BMB would like to invite you to our Ph.D. Exit Seminar featuring Thomas Nguyen from the Teves Lab!….
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RT @FilipPetegem: A postdoc position is available in our lab to study how ion channels communicate with one another. Cryo-EM, electrophysio….
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RT @WilsonLab2: We are rapping today about arrest peptides!! Back-to-back manuscripts in @NatureComms showing how RAPP and SecM arrest pe….
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Nature Communications - Translation of RAPP (Arg-AlaPro-Pro) motifs induces ribosome stalling. Here, structures of RAPP-stalled ribosomes reveal that RAPP motifs short circuit the ribosomal...
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RT @ubcmsl: Congratulations to Drs. Leonard Foster (@lenjf) and @SabrinaRLeslie on being awarded grants through the @InnovationCA Innovatio….
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RT @WilsonLab2: Hot of the press. a ribosome story with a twist! We show how the 3' to 5' exonuclease RNase R twists the head of the small….
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RT @lenjf: Really enjoyed hosting the staff and faculty of @UBCbiochemistry to say thank you for all the support as Head over that last eig….
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RT @sshaolab: A small molecule degrader of the translation termination factor eRF1 = a metal-dependent molecular glue on ribosomes.Learn mo….
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RT @VanRNAClub: Next VRC meeting on March 18 at UBC LSI 4-7 pm. Great line up: speakers from Ly Vu @Vuphuongly, Gregg Morin, Andrew Varley….
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