@EricJanLab

Biochemist/Virologist/RNA Biologist Professor at The University of British Columbia

 Vancouver, British Columbia
ubcjanlab.com/
Joined January 2018
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Congrats to Subash, Nicolas and Amir and all collaborators and team members! We discovered new IRESs with atypical genome architectures. journals.plos.org/plospathog…

Discovery of functional factorless internal ribosome entry site-like structures through virome...

Author summary The simplest eukaryotic protein synthesis mechanism to date is found within an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from the dicistrovirus family. The IRES adopts an RNA structure that...

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Hiring alert📢 Our School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC @SBME_UBC is looking for a new junior faculty member to establish and lead a research program in Neuro Bioengineering! Please spread!
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University of British Columbia Recruitment ALERT! UBC Faculty position in Nucleic Acid Based Nanomedicine — Associate Professor or Professor | Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Chemical & Biological Engineering. For application details: tinyurl.com/UBCNanomedicines…
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#jvirology “Identification of the proteolytic signature in CVB3-infected cells” from Jan et al. @EricJanLab @OverallLabNews. doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00498-24
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📢The Departments of BMB @UBCbiochemistry and CHBE @CHBEUBC invite applications for an Associate Professor (tenure) or Professor (tenure) position! Apply by October 14, 2024 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/u…
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University of British Columbia Recruitment ALERT! UBC Faculty position in Nucleic Acid Based Nanomedicine — Associate Professor or Professor | Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Chemical & Biological Engineering. For application details: tinyurl.com/UBCNanomedicines…
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Please join us for a special VRC career panel August 7 2024: 4-7 pm including a talk from Trilink, fantastic industry panelists, networking, food/drinks and a raffle! Please register!
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📢 BMB Faculty Promotion! Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Yip on his promotion to Professor with tenure! 👏 biochem.ubc.ca/faculty-2/cal…
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Please join us at our next VRC talks May 13, 2024 4:00 pm, LSC3. Talks from labs of Syam Somasekharan (UBC, Prostate Centre), Neil Cashman (UBC, DMCBH), Amani Hariri (UBC, Chemistry) and industry talk from @Genevantsci! Beverages/food after talks including raffle and prizes!
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Grad students and postdocs need our support. 
I know the challenges they face firsthand. When I was at the university, I helped them secure funding, food, housing and heating. 
They have the ideas, do research now, and are also the future of research. 
Time to invest.
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Our structure of SecM-stalled ribosomes out in ⁦@natcomms⁩. rdcu.be/dBJTZ. Great work by ⁦⁦@felixgersteuer⁩ ⁦@MartinoMorici⁩ and collaborators, with data collected at the ⁦@CssbHamburg⁩ by ⁦@haaris_safdari⁩
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📢The Department of BMB would like to invite you to our Ph.D. Exit Seminar featuring Thomas Nguyen from the Teves Lab! Title:  “Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells” 📍 Monday, March 25, 2024, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm in LSC 3 and Zoom
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A postdoc position is available in our lab to study how ion channels communicate with one another. Cryo-EM, electrophysiology, protein biophysics. A great opportunity for structural biologists to learn electrophysiology methods or vice versa. vanpetegemlab.com/opportunit…
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We are rapping today about arrest peptides!! Back-to-back manuscripts in ⁦@NatureComms⁩ showing how RAPP and SecM arrest peptides can stall the ribosome! SecM link here: rdcu.be/dBJTZ nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Congratulations to Drs. Leonard Foster (@lenjf) and @SabrinaRLeslie on being awarded grants through the @InnovationCA Innovation Fund! 🎉🔬👏 Learn more about their research projects: msl.ubc.ca/drs-leonard-foste… @ubcscience @ubcmedicine @UBCbiochemistry @UBCphas
Dr. Leonard Foster, smiling in the Michael Smith Laboratories building.

ALT Dr. Leonard Foster, smiling in the Michael Smith Laboratories building.

Dr. Sabrina Leslie, smiling in the Michael Smith Laboratories building.

ALT Dr. Sabrina Leslie, smiling in the Michael Smith Laboratories building.

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Hot of the press...a ribosome story with a twist! We show how the 3' to 5' exonuclease RNase R twists the head of the small 30S subunit by 160° to mediate degradation...rdcu.be/dx4V2
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Really enjoyed hosting the staff and faculty of @UBCbiochemistry to say thank you for all the support as Head over that last eight years! Thank you all for making it such a great event!
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A small molecule degrader of the translation termination factor eRF1 = a metal-dependent molecular glue on ribosomes Learn more here! rdcu.be/du2ZX
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Next VRC meeting on March 18 at UBC LSI 4-7 pm. Great line up: speakers from Ly Vu @Vuphuongly, Gregg Morin, Andrew Varley @UBC_RFC and @lexogen! Networking with drinks/food after including raffles and prizes. Please join us!
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