Lital Alfonta

The paper identifies an mRNA secondary structure that regulates translation re-initiation in bacteria, showing its conservation and differential enrichment across genomes.

The paper describes a simplified method for preparing and using a cell-free system for genetic code expansion, demonstrating its ability to incorporate multiple unnatural amino acids.

This study investigates how altering transcription and translation rates in E. coli affects protein expression, revealing that increased initiation rates can reduce expression and that codon bias helps regulate synthesis.