Lena Steckelberg

@lenasteckelberg.bsky.social

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RNA biologist and virologist @Columbia. Studying how viruses use RNA structure to manipulate cellular processes. She/her www.steckelberglab.org

Video highlighting the similarities between an xrRNA from Zika virus (ZIKV) and the plant-infecting ST9a. Despite having no sequence similarity, both RNA structures use a similar molecular mechanism to create a nuclease-resistant structure.