PhD student @MITCSBPhD in the lab of Jonathan Weissman @Jswlab @WhiteheadInst || AB'20 @Harvard || she/her || Systems virology enthusiast ðŸ¦
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Excited to share my PhD work, now on @bioRxiv! 🎓🦠Viruses are packed with small ORFs with unknown function. At @JswLab w/ collaborators, we built a pan-viral microprotein atlas that uncovered the oncogenic activity of BNLF2b, an EBV gene linked to cancer.
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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We captured the birth of a new gene that independently emerged in multiple astrovirus lineages with different functions. This "gene nursery" expands functional capabilities from the same genomic real estate.
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Deeply grateful to my mentors and colleagues @JswLab, co-author @Lougrauvogel from @labs_mann, along with our incredible collaborators from the Hopfner, Gewurz, and Elledge labs!
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