Postdoc Li lab @ MIT. PhD Ke lab @ Cornell. Studying biology.🧬🧫
Joined April 2019
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
10 Jan 2024
We recently found an unexpected deletion in the amyE-back homology arm commonly used for cloning in B. subtilis -- check out the details in our short preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
22 Dec 2023
Excited to share our latest work from @bioSavinov, a K99 fellow in the lab (and corresponding author!). Andrew worked w/ @SassSeabass (@keating_lab) to develop FragFold: a massively parallel computational approach to discover inhibitory protein fragments! Check out his thread:
22 Dec 2023
Want to design genetically encoded inhibitors of your favorite protein? Thrilled to announce our latest work w/ @SassSeabass, @keating_lab, & @GeneWeiLiLab, where we leverage massively parallel AlphaFold predictions to discover peptide inhibitors. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
15 Dec 2023
We are happy to share our latest work revealing that pseudouridine is found in bacterial mRNA! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/….
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
18 Oct 2023
We are delighted to share a new method for live-cell transcriptome recording: Molecular Time Capsules!
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We envision MTCs will help reveal the origins of phenotypic heterogeneity, and facilitate the study of transcriptomes in hard-to-access locations. (1/n)
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
15 May 2023
Congrats to Li lab graduate student Manraj Gill on receiving an MIT School of Science DEI Service Fellowship for his deep engagement in the mentorship of underrepresented students both within @MIT and in the broader community! @MITBiology @ScienceMIT
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
10 Mar 2023
What do the #epigenome and #Grogu have in common? Answer: the Force is strong in both of them.
In our latest review (in press) with @dpmelters @NCIYaminiDalal, we discuss how mechanical forces shape chromatin structure, leading to biological functions. osf.io/s2h9j/
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16 Dec 2022
Congrats, Itai!
15 Dec 2022
I'm happy to share our work on computer-aided synthesis planning of hybrid enzymatic/synthetic reaction pathways with @Geneticdesigner and @cwcoley!
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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26 Aug 2022
Beautiful structure and mechanism by @ch_hu1 and @AilongK lab!
25 Aug 2022
Caspases control programmed cell death in eukaryotes. Type III-E CRISPR harbors caspase-like proteases. Our new Science paper explains how Craspase switches on protease activity in RNA-guided fashion - safe alternatives to Cas nucleases in therapeutics.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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26 Aug 2022
Way to go @aaronjoinerphd!! Awesome accomplishment by an awesome dude.
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
26 May 2022
IscB-ωRNA is as active as Cas9 in test tube, but only a fraction in size. Want to learn about their similarity and differences in high-res? What might be holding its activity back in human cells? Further miniaturization? Check out our new publication. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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10 May 2022
Awesome and thought-provoking work by Lydia et al!
9 May 2022
Check out our, @GeneWeiLiLab @julianstanley_, new paper showing that a large fraction of RNA molecules in bacteria are fragments of canonical full-length mRNAs with consequences for differential RNA-seq analysis: doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac295
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
12 Apr 2022
Great feature on innovative research from the Ailong Ke lab! research.cornell.edu/news-fe…
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
6 Apr 2022
Sad to learn that #Yale Prof. and colleague #SidneyAltman, 1989 Chemistry #Nobel recipient, has died. His publication on the #ribozyme action of #RNaseP was a milestone discovery in the now exploding field of #ncRNA. The photo shows him celebrating the news of his Nobel Prize.
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
11 Feb 2022
The work of a great scientist and one of my best friends, @vera_rinaldi 🥳
It was always fun to make wild conjectures together as to what could be going on here! Congratulations!
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
28 Jan 2022
Thanks for interviewing me 😊 @WhiteheadInst
27 Jan 2022
In the newest #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles, Jordana Bloom studies how hormonal changes during menopause affect gene expression. In December, she coordinated a Covid-safe lab cookie exchange — where lab members could flex their baking skills & stay connected: wi.mit.edu/news/meet-whitehe…
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
18 Jan 2022
The latest Spotlight piece I've written for the @RNASociety featuring @RNABob . It was great to know Bob and learn about his exciting research on riboswitches!
5 Jan 2022
"It's important to keeping learning... you never know where the inspiration for a breakthrough could come from."
Read more in this month's Spotlight featuring Dr. Robert Battaglia @RNABob, who is a post-doc in Gene-Wei Li's lab at @MIT! rnasociety.org/dr--robert-ba…
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
14 Jan 2022
75 years of research on human diseases in 1 minute
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Pyroptosis is conserved between human and bacteria: caspase-activated gasdermins form pores and protect bacteria from phage
Fantastic collaboration with the Kranzusch lab, now out in @ScienceMagazine
Congrats @TanaWein & @algejohn !
science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126…
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
11 Jan 2022
Finally out-- Intimate look at how an anion can snap-lock a polyanionic riboswitch into a tight pseudoknot to upregulate bacterial #detox machinery: labor of love by postdocs Rajeev Yadav (now @michiganstateu), Julia Widom (now @uoregon) & Adrien Chauvier rdcu.be/cELsB
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Robert Battaglia retweeted
6 Jan 2022
Thrilled to present our latest paper, up now on bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Interested in mapping interaction interfaces of your favorite protein in vivo, or developing inhibitors of those interactions? Curious about regulation by small proteins/miniproteins? A thread (1/n)
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