Investigating the role of specialised ribosomes in local translation in neurons

Postdoc

University of Copenhagen

POSTDOC

Ulku Uzun, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, has been awarded a postdoc grant from Lundbeck Foundation worth DKK 2,399,995.

In her project, she will study the composition of and modifications to various types of ribosomes – the tiny ‘factories’ that manufacture the proteins inside cells.

She will examine these ‘protein factories’ in nerve cells to determine whether the placement in the nerve cell influences how the ‘factory’ functions.