{"id":24709,"date":"2023-01-05T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=24709"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:44:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:44:14","slug":"grad-student-edgar-faison-in-zhang-lab-published-rna-research-in-biomolecules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/grad-student-edgar-faison-in-zhang-lab-published-rna-research-in-biomolecules\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad student Edgar Faison in Zhang lab published RNA research in Biomolecules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-24711 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/01\/Edgar-Faison-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Edgar Faison professional photo from a graduation\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/01\/Edgar-Faison-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/01\/Edgar-Faison-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2023\/01\/Edgar-Faison.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">Grad student Edgar Faison and Zhang lab collaborate<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">d<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0with Dr. Ramamoorthy&#8217;s group at the University of Michigan to\u00a0use polymer\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">nanodiscs<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0as a novel alignment medium for measuring residual dipolar couplings on RNA.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_EOP x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"x_x_OutlineElement x_x_Ltr x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_FluidPluginCopy\">\n<p class=\"x_x_Paragraph x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">Krishnarjuna<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">Bankala<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0\u2020<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">, Thirupathi Ravula<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0\u2020<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">, Edgar M. Faison<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0\u2020<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">, Marco Tonelli, Qi Zhang, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">Ayyalusamy<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0Ramamoorthy. 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"x_x_Hyperlink x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2218-273X\/12\/11\/1628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_Underlined x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">&#8220;Polymer-Nanodiscs as a Novel Alignment Medium for High-Resolution NMR-Based Structural Studies of Nucleic Acids&#8221; Biomolecules<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a012, no. 11: 1628.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"x_x_Hyperlink x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/biom12111628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_Underlined x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/biom12111628<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"x_x_EOP x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_Paragraph x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"><em><span class=\"x_x_EOP x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_FluidPluginCopy\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted1\">\u2020 =<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_FluidPluginCopy\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_FluidPluginCopy\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted1\">These authors contributed equally to this work.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_EOP x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_FluidPluginCopy x_x_ContentPasted1\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_OutlineElement x_x_Ltr x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_FluidPluginCopy\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"x_x_Paragraph x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">Here,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">Zhang lab<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0collaborated with Dr. Ramamoorthy&#8217;s group at the University of Michigan to use polymer\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">nanodiscs<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0as a novel alignment medium for measuring residual dipolar couplings on RNA. Residual dipolar couplings are an NMR observable that reports on the relative orientation of internuclear bond vectors irrespective of distance.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">This new technology facilitates the collection of this powerful and sometimes tediously wrought information.<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0The Ramamoorthy group developed and characterized the alignment\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">medium<\/span><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"x_x_NormalTextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0 x_x_ContentPasted0\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_x_TextRun x_x_SCXW252126247 x_x_BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" 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