Eric Jan

Congrats to Subash, Nicolas and Amir and all collaborators and team members! We discovered new IRESs with atypical genome architectures. journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

I am happy to share that I've begun my new role as an Assistant Professor @UBC in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences @UBCcps @ubclifesciences The lab will explore the mechanisms of lipid transport and lipid quality control in organelles 1/4

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!

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/UBCNanomedicin…

#jvirology “Identification of the proteolytic signature in CVB3-infected cells” from Jan et al. @EricJanLab @OverallLabNews. doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00…

📢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/ubcfacultyjobs…

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!

📢 BMB Faculty Promotion! Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Yip on his promotion to Professor with tenure! 👏 biochem.ubc.ca/faculty-2/calv…

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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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

📢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

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/opportunities.…

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/s4146…

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-fo… @ubcscience @ubcmedicine @UBCbiochemistry @UBCphas

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

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!

A small molecule degrader of the translation termination factor eRF1 = a metal-dependent molecular glue on ribosomes Learn more here! rdcu.be/du2ZX

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!