CANCELLED / New Date tba: Evolution of biological novelty through specialization of mRNA translation
MPI-NAT Seminar
- Date: Jan 23, 2026
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Amy Si-Ying Lee
- Harvard Medical School / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
- Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften (MPI-NAT, Faßberg-Campus)
- Room: Large Seminar Room
- Host: Melina Schuh / Nils Brose
- Contact: dettmer@mpinat.mpg.de
How do organisms control which proteins they make to drive distinct cellular functions? Every aspect of biology is defined by which proteins each cell expresses. Furthermore, to manifest diverse phenotypes, cells must regulate protein synthesis at both global and gene-specific levels. To address this fundamental question, we leverage diverse cells, viruses, and animals to identify unanticipated principles of mRNA translational control that confer species-specific evolutionary novelty.