🤹‍♀️ 👥 Team building day🙌 🎲

We are committed to building a positive research culture across our multi-institutional, collaborative team.

Read all about our recent team building day, supported by @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social and Research England here👇
ribocode.org/blog/

Several of our RiboCode ECRs recently presented at Translation UK 2025 🧬🤝💬

This was a fantastic opportunity for them to share their research and discuss all things #translation

Read more here 👉 ribocode.org/blog/

Thanks to @biochemsoc.bsky.social for organising such a stimulating meeting.

Introducing our new senior research technician, Alex Goncalves!

Alex studied at UCL before moving into technical roles at King's College London and Vivian Therapeutics. With a background in human and fly genetics, we are excited for Alex to join the team and get cracking with the RiboCode project!

🎒An inspiring day at Be Curious 2025 🧪

2,200+ people attended this year's festival and we enjoyed taking lots of them on a journey from DNA to proteins. We were amazed by the thoughtful questions posed by visitors of all ages.

Let us know if you would like to try this activity at home!

#outreach

🔔 NEW PAPER: EMG1 methyltransferase activity affects ribosome occupancy at KSHV uORFs 🔔

Members of the RiboCode team have contributed to a recent paper that advances our understanding of how viruses can manipulate host cell translational machinery.

Read more on our news page ribocode.org/blog/

To celebrate #BritishScienceWeek, we have created a free resource pack for schools!

The pack contains teaching resources and instructions for a fun hands-on activity.

For more information and to request a free pack, see ribocode.org/resources/

#science #scienceforkids #STEMeducation

🍃🎐The Ribosome Wind Garden 🎐🍃

Read about our collab with artist Christopher Jarratt at Sheffield's Festival of the Mind this year

ribocode.org/blog/