Grzegorz Kudla Research Group

RNA Synthetic Biology

Professor Grzegorz Kudla

Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow

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Research in a Nutshell 

The Kudla lab  combines synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing, and computational modelling to study the relationships between RNA sequence, structure, expression, and function. The group focuses on the study of codon usage bias, RNA folding, and RNA interactions. We believe that a detailed understanding of the sequence-function relationship for selected model transcripts will uncover principles applicable to many RNAs.

Grzegorz Kudla Research Group

People

NameRole
Professor Grzegorz KudlaGroup Leader
Pragya MittalResearch Fellow
Fernando Bellido MolíasResearch Fellow
Marcin PlechResearch Fellow (with Joe Marsh)
Hasan ÇubukPhD student (with Joe Marsh)
Jian You LauResearch Assistant
Alex McDonnellPhD student
Laura Cano ArocaPhD student
Mohd AhmadPhD student
Nabid BhuiyanPhD student
Serafina SoehiantoMRes student

Key Publications

  1. Gabryelska et al (2022) Global mapping of RNA homodimers in living cells. Genome Research 32 (5) 956-967
  2. Zhang et al (2021) In vivo structure and dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome. Nature communications 12 (1)
  3. Mordstein et al (2020) Codon usage and splicing jointly influence mRNA localization. Cell systems 10 (4) 351-362
  4. Mittal et al. (2018) Codon usage influences fitness through RNA toxicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (34) 8639-8644
  5. Ziv et al (2018) COMRADES determines in vivo RNA structures and interactions. Nature methods 15 (10) 785-788

Full publication list can be found on Research Explorer: Grzegorz Kudla — University of Edinburgh Research Explorer

Collaborations

  • Professor Laurence Hurst, University of Bath
  • Dr Michael Liss, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Professor Eric Miska, University of Cambridge

Partners and Funders

  • MRC
  • Michael J Fox Foundation
  • Thermofisher

 

Scientific Themes

gene regulation, evolution, RNA, codon usage, synthetic biology