Sterling Field, Ph.D.
PostDoctoral fellow at Michigan State university
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology
Exploring how cells survive stress through biomolecular condensatesCells compartmentalize signaling pathways, metabolism, and other processes into organelles, which can be either surrounded by a membrane or without a membrane (biomolecular condensates).
Research focuses on how biomolecular condensates in plants function at the biophysical, biochemical, cellular, and organismal levels, to both understand their function and their formation.
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Under normal conditions, transcripts that are being actively translated are assembled into polysomes. Polysome sites are active centers of translation of mRNA. Under hypoxia, polysome loading declines for the majority of mRNAs encoding nonessential proteins. At the same time, these mRNAs are trafficked to two classes of mRNP particles in the cytosol: Stress Granules, sites of mRNA storage, or to Processing Bodies, which are sites of mRNA degradation
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Stress granules during floodingEdit this text to make it your own. To edit, simply click directly on the text and start typing.
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CML38 and SGsEdit this text to make it your own. To edit, simply click directly on the text and start typing.
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CDC48 regulation of mRNPsEdit this text to make it your own. To edit, simply click directly on the text and start typing.
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Outreach and educationRanging from educating the public about science and plant biology, to increasing visbility and support for the LGBTQ+ community in Science.
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