Ryan Stikeleather

Translation Accuracy in E. coli

The paper quantifies amino acid substitution rates in E. coli, finding no significant differences in overall translation error rates among ribosomal variants but unique mistranslation profiles.

The transcriptional and translational outcomes for pseudogenes in bacterial endosymbionts

The paper measures transcript and protein abundance in bacterial endosymbionts to understand how they manage pseudogenes, finding that pseudogenes are transcribed but rarely produce proteins, and that tmRNA may target them for degradation.

The effects of rapid mitochondrial gene loss on organellar proteomes

The paper compares mitochondrial and chloroplast proteomes across two flowering plant species to understand how gene loss and transfer affect organellar translation machinery.