NEWS

September 2023

Our collaborative paper with the Ketting lab describing PUCH as the enzyme complex processing the 5′ of piRNAs has been published in Nature. Link to the press release.

Aswini joins our team as PhD candidate.

May 2023

Martin joins our team as PhD candidate.

January 2023

New preprint together with the Ketting Lab from the IMB in Mainz, Germany. We found the trimeric enzyme complex that processes the 5' of piRNA in C. elegans. The complex has three Schlafen-like domains and localizes to mitochondria, similar to Zucchini in flies and mice. (Update: published in Nature in September 2023)

December 2022

We received a WEAVE Grant to study piRNA processing in C. elegans together with the Ketting lab in Mainz.
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Our RNA@core doc.funds application was successful. We received a grant to establish a doctoral school with 10 groups that will focus on RNA processing.

November 2022

Sebastian joins the EMBO Young Investigator Program from 2023-2027. More information

June 2022

Toni Manolova received a prestigious DOC Fellowship from the ÖAW.

August 2021

The first paper from the lab is published in Genes & Development. Together with Hennig and Ketting labs, we show how the protein complex PETISCO contributes to piRNA processing in C. elegans. Click here for the paper.