"Discovery and Application of a Natural Riboswitch for the Bacterial Second Messenger Cyclic AMP-GMP"
Monday 3/3, 101 Barker, 12pm -1pm
Ming Hammond, an assistant professor in UC Berkeley's department of Chemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, will present a seminar on a vital riboswitch as part of the "Local Talent" seminar series.
Riboswitches are "RNA structures found primarily within the untranslated region of mRNAs in bacteria that form precise receptors for small molecules and regulate gene expression in response to ligand binding."
Like riboswitches, the Hammond group seeks to investigate "the molecular basis of function for natural regulatory RNAs" and "adapt these RNAs for new applications inside cells, including molecular sensing and gene control." These research efforts have important applications to the engineering of bacteria and plants, and may thus aid in "biofuel production and other biotechnology projects."
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