Sukjin Steve Jang
@ssjang.bsky.social
biophysicist trying to understand how insects smell things | Postdoc - del Mármol lab @ Harvard Medical school | PhD - Gonzalez lab @ Columbia University
A story about a tiny RNA that taught us a whole lot!!
New from our lab in @narjournal.bsky.social:
We dissect the folding dynamics of a fundamental element of RNA secondary structure—a stem-loop—at single-molecule and microsecond resolution.
doi.org/10.1093/nar/... 1/5
We dissect the folding dynamics of a fundamental element of RNA secondary structure—a stem-loop—at single-molecule and microsecond resolution.
doi.org/10.1093/nar/... 1/5
July 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A story about a tiny RNA that taught us a whole lot!!
Reposted by Sukjin Steve Jang
New preprint in the lab combining what we like best: insects, love, chemistry and the olfactory system! 1/8
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A covalent recognition strategy enables conspecific mate identification
The olfactory system can detect an uncountable number of volatile molecules while retaining the ability to discriminate amongst very similar ones. We identified a unique mechanism employed by insect o...
www.biorxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New preprint in the lab combining what we like best: insects, love, chemistry and the olfactory system! 1/8
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Sukjin Steve Jang
As some of you already know, I was appointed Dean of Science at Columbia in December and began my role on Jan 1. It’s an honor to support our students, postdocs, and faculty—especially in this challenging moment. Science at Columbia is strong. #ColumbiaScience fas.columbia.edu/news/ruben-g...
Ruben Gonzalez Appointed Dean of Science | Arts & Sciences
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March 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
As some of you already know, I was appointed Dean of Science at Columbia in December and began my role on Jan 1. It’s an honor to support our students, postdocs, and faculty—especially in this challenging moment. Science at Columbia is strong. #ColumbiaScience fas.columbia.edu/news/ruben-g...
Reposted by Sukjin Steve Jang
Our latest work is out in Nature today! Using smFRET, we directly visualized recruitment of the eIF4F complex to the 5' cap of eukaryotic mRNAs and formation of an activated mRNA. Our findings reveal new and surprising roles for each eIF4F component. 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 11, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Our latest work is out in Nature today! Using smFRET, we directly visualized recruitment of the eIF4F complex to the 5' cap of eukaryotic mRNAs and formation of an activated mRNA. Our findings reveal new and surprising roles for each eIF4F component. 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Sukjin Steve Jang
Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus
In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene cortex is a “hotspot” locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 mi...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Sukjin Steve Jang
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...