Sofia Esteban Serna joins our lab!

Sofia is a new Wellcome Trust iCM PhD student in our lab and her project involves understanding the role of RNA-binding proteins in tight regulation of gene expression.

When some genes are expressed at too high levels it can be toxic to the cell. We found a mechanisn that involves RNA-binding proteins that suppresses this overshooting and keeps tight control of expression of some stress-responsive genes.

Sofia's goal will be to dissect this mechanism and understand how it contributes to stress adaptation.