Lalitha Veleti
lveleti.bsky.social
Lalitha Veleti
@lveleti.bsky.social
PhD student in PAN lab (@germline.bsky.social‬) at Aarhus university, Denmark

Previously at IMP, Vienna; VU Amsterdam.

Interested in gene regulation, small RNAs, and germline biology
Reposted by Lalitha Veleti
My first first-author paper is out!🎉
Here we propose a model where a silencing complex, PIWI*, assembles on target RNAs to recruit effectors and shut down transposon activity.
Huge thanks to the Brennecke and Plaschka labs, especially Julius and Clemens, and all co-authors!
PIWI clade Argonautes are essential for transposon silencing. Without them, animals are sterile due to massive transposon activity.

But how does piRNA-guided target interaction translate into silencing?

PhD student Júlia Portell Montserrat has an intriguing answer

www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM