Tess E. Brewer

This study identifies EfpL as a ribosome rescue factor that senses cellular metabolic state, complementing EF-P in proline-containing sequence translation.

The paper introduces a dual reporter system to identify ribosome pausing motifs in E. coli, revealing new motifs that influence translational efficiency.

The paper identifies di-prolyl motifs as enriched in slow-growing, thermophilic, and multicellular bacteria, suggesting a link between translation stalling and functional roles in these organisms.