Catarina Pechincha
catarinapechincha.bsky.social
Catarina Pechincha
@catarinapechincha.bsky.social
Reposted by Catarina Pechincha
Huge congrats to our brilliant postdocs, @catarinapechincha.bsky.social and @sofiaramalho.bsky.social on both being awarded EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships @embo.org ! This is a major milestone for the group and truly one of the best Christmas gifts we could receive.🎉🎉🎉
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reposted by Catarina Pechincha
New preprint out!
Our latest work on how ZAKα is activated by stalled or/and collided ribosomes is now online🎉. #Ribosome #RibotoxicStressResponse #ZAKα #Translation #mRNA www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ZAKα is a sensor of mRNA stasis at the ribosomal exit channel
Despite a growing interest in the ribotoxic stress response (RSR), it remains unknown how the upstream p38 and JNK-activating MAP3 kinase ZAKα senses translational impairment. Combining Alphafold3 pre...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM