Andrew is awarded a summer research internship in Germany via the  DAAD RISE program! Make us proud Andrew!! 

In this paper we corroborate previous findings that implicate a role for LARP1 in regulating the translation of TOP mRNAs. We characterize the C-terminal DM15 region of LARP1 as a novel cap binding domain using x-ray crystallography. We further use binding, competition, and immunoprecipitation data to support our structural models and show that LARP1 competes with translation initiation factor eIF4E for access to the 5' cap of TOP mRNAs, thereby blocking formation of the translation initiation complex and regulating TOP mRNA translation.

Warren Leung joins the Berman lab as an undergraduate researcher on the LARP1 project.

Undergraduates Courtney and Gabby graduate! 

Left to Right: Gabby Ciotti, Megan Link, Daniel Totten, Courtney Rubottom, Hiba Al-Ashtal, Andrea Berman

Graduate student Elaine Nguyen joins the Berman lab!