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We were granted our first patent for our method of mRNA enrichment which can be used to improve RNA sequencing or infection diagnostics

A Methods in Molecular Biology chapter now available on using a method developed by Matt Merski for protein repeat detection and phylogeny

FASTK prefers G-rich single-stranded RNA and can block degradation by the degradosome. We obtain the first structural information for FASTKD family!

Katarzyna Bandyra's research unveils cooperation of regulatory RNA and the RNA degradosome in transcript surveillance in Salmonella

We established a new method for TPD in E. coli and determined the GroEL-GroTAC complex structure using Cryo-EM data from our Glacios microscope

In an international collaborative effort, we described a novel complex in mRNA biology of the parasite causing the African sleeping sickness

We discuss the prospects of using Targeted Protein Degradation in trypanosomes and TrypPROTACs as future drugs against trypanosomiasis

We joined a collaborative effort in the systems biology characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infection - now published in iScience with our colleagues in Norway

We invented a cap 0-based method for mRNA enrichment prior to sequencing of the coding transcriptome, now out in Nucleic Acids Research

Our Master's student Ammar Danazumi published his computational work on trypanosomal disease prevention and drug discovery

Our method for detection of repeat proteins highlights ancient repeat motifs occurring in the HtrA protease family

Katarzyna Bandyra published a comprehensive review on bacterial RNA chaperones - now out in RNA Biology