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Ahmad Jomaa

@jomaa_lab

Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, Biochemist, Molecular and Structural Biologist, Husband, Father, Traveller #cryoem #ribosome #rna

Joined August 2016
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Happy to share our little discovery with @SimoneMattei19 team on how ribosomes hibernate upside down on mitochondria during cellular stress is now out @NatureComms! A collaboration between @medicineUVA, @EMBL, @EmblImaging, MEMC. Congrats to all authors! nature.com/articles/s4146…


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Actinobacteria appear to possess a species-specific ribosome hibernation factor, found in Mycobacteria, that binds to the nascent tunnel of dormant ribosomes. More in this exciting study by Ojha and Agrawal lab: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Double whammy! 🧬 Our latest collaboration with the Zaher/Beckmann/Inada labs reveals how Mbf1/EDF1 senses ribosome collisions to promote Gcn2 activation, allowing optimal induction of eIF2α phosphorylation and de-repression of GCN4 translation. cell.com/molecular-cell…


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Happy to introduce DeFrND: designer peptide scaffolds to enable detergent-free reconstitution of membrane proteins with native lipids into nanodiscs for biochemical and structural studies. Let me know if you would like to try it. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


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Excited to share the final piece of my postdoctoral work (with @benny_ry) in the @Freudlab, where we determine the kinetic and structural basis of gap-filling DNA synthesis in the nucleosome by Pol β. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Excited to share our latest work in @NatureComms! We've captured an AAA proteolytic machine in action, right as it poised to unfold its substrate for degradation—a first-ever glimpse into this long-sought, elusive step in AAA proteolysis! Enjoy! rdcu.be/dZzRR

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Check out our new preprint on plant🌱mitoribosome! We captured it in action, translating mRNA, and combining cryo-EM and Nanopore sequencing, identified key rRNA modifications. Plus we delve into a late-stage maturation step of the small subunit. 📖:biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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@3DRNA_CryoEM: Cryo-EM structure of raiA ncRNA from Clostridium reveals a new RNA 3D fold sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @JMolBiol Thanks @SOLARIS_science for the great microscope facility. 3D model illustration made with @proteinimaging

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Collaborative work of @slavicaPD, @Hashemyaser4, Jovanovic Lab and @DjuranovicLab - a new method to isolate ribosomes and translational material in minutes. We show multiple usage of our RAPPL method in biochemical and structural assays with ribosomes. Please be free to contact…


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Our timely contribution to the growing body of YebC2/TACO1 literature 🤩! YebC2 is a third factor that prevents ribosome stalling at prolines. Associates with 70S and important for fitness in absence of EF-P and YfmR. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


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1. Check out our MS just out! Amazing Mauricio Aguilar developed a new ML pipeline that identifies ribosome pausing sites as an Anomaly Detection problem to overcome spurious signals that arise when analyzing RiboSeq data. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…


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What happens at the very first moment when sperm & egg meet? We discovered a conserved trimeric ‘key’ on vertebrate sperm that binds to divergent egg proteins. Amazing work jointly lead by @deneke_v & Andreas Blaha @PauliGroup cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

The life of each one of us began when a sperm and an egg came together. But what actually happens at a molecular level? Our latest work @PauliGroup @CellPress reveals a conserved fertilization complex that bridges sperm and egg in vertebrates! (1/8) cell.com/cell/fulltext/…



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Hoping for a #Lebanon where dreams turn into reality - strong, united, and thriving 💪🏻 🇱🇧 #لبنان

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Now out in peer-reviewed format at @nchembiordcu.be/dXhoi

Our preprint reporting the structure and mechanism of the natural product translation inhibitors paenilamicins is out…completely novel binding site on the ribosome! dlvr.it/T7CNnf…great collaboration with ⁦@Suessmuth_Lab⁩ ⁦@shuramankin



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A massive team effort, “Cryo-EM of native membranes reveals an intimate connection between the Krebs cycle and respiration in mycobacteria.” Cryo-EM methods AND fundamental insight into mycobacterial metabolism, which is a target for TB drugs! 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Our latest work on structures of translation initiation complexes trapped by natural product inhibitors kasugamycin, edeine and GE81112 is out in the Biorxiv…biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


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ncAAs can endow proteins with new activities, but their incorporation efficiencies during translation can be poor. Today in @NatureBiotech, we report that altering mRNA codon usage can improve incorporation efficiency, yielding proteins with up to 3 ncAAs! nature.com/articles/s4158…


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Now on @biorxivpreprint - Temperature Sensitive Glutamate Gating of AMPA-subtype iGluRs 🧠🔥❄️🔬 In this preprint, we reveal how glutamate gating of iGluRs is unique from PAM-activated states (!!!), and how temperature effects glutamate gating. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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1/8 ❄️🔬Excited to share our latest work published in @NatureComms! Led by @kaitlyn_m_abe and in colab with @GrantCryoEMLab, we've discovered a simple, cost-effective way to mitigate sample damage at the air-water interface during grid preparation. #CryoEM rdcu.be/dSWfn


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