28.10.2025 Small RNAs and small proteins in stress response and virulence control of pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria

In our Speaker Series, Prof. Cynthia Sharma talked about deciphering the mechanisms of players in bacterial regulatory networks.

On 28 October, we welcomed Cynthia Sharma to RTG 2937, who holds the Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. Research in the Sharma Lab focuses on mechanisms of gene regulation in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori and the related foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. They are especially interested in post-transcriptional regulation during stress response and virulence by small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) and associated RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and have been employing diverse deep sequencing approaches for global transcriptome analyses and to study RNA-protein complexes as well as translatome analyses to identify small proteins. Read more about the Sharma Lab here.

Thank you for the impulses you gave us, Cynthia! We were extremely happy to welcome you to Marburg.