mRNA-specific translation initiation rates are tuned to prevent cellular stress

Carson Thoreen, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular andMolecular Physiology at the Yale School of Medicine.His research hasmade foundationalcontributions to understanding howsignaling pathwaysorchestratesystems ofmRNAtranscription, translation and stability.CurrentworkcombinesRNA biochemistrywithcomputationalmodelingtodecodethemolecular grammargoverningmRNAtranslationand stability.