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The interest of my research is the regulation of the cell stress response in health and disease. My lab uses single-molecule fluorescence microscopy to characterize the gene-expression regulation of stress-inducible genes.

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Employment (4)

McGill University: Montreal, Quebec, CA

2019-05-04 to present (Biochemistry)
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Maria Vera

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: The Bronx, New York, US

2013-01-02 to 2019-04-30 | Associate/Research Assistant (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
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Maria Vera

Institut Pasteur: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2011-04-01 to 2012-03-31 | Postdoc
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NYU Langone Medical Center: NY, NY, US

2006-09-01 to 2011-03-30 | Postdoc (Biochemistry)
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Maria Vera

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Navarra: Pamplona, ES

1999-11-02 to 2005-12-01 | PhD student (Internal Medicine)
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Works (27)

EDC-3 and EDC-4 Regulate Embryonic mRNA Clearance and Biomolecular Condensate Specialization

2024-03-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Elva Vidya; Yasaman Jami-Alahmadi; Adarsh K. Mayank; Javeria Rizwan; Jia Ming Stella Xu; Tianhao Cheng; Rania Leventis; Nahum Sonenberg; James A. Wohlschlegel; Maria Vera et al.
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A compact regulatory RNA element in mouse Hsp70 mRNA

NAR Molecular Medicine
2024-01-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Wenshuai Wang; Fei Liu; Maria Vera Ugalde; Anna Marie Pyle
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Impact of histone deacetylase inhibition and arimoclomol on heat shock protein expression and disease biomarkers in primary culture models of familial ALS

2023-12-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Mario Fernández Comaduran; Sandra Minotti; Suleima Jacob-Tomas; Javeria Rizwan; Nancy Larochelle; Richard Robitaille; Chantelle F. Sephton; M. Vera; Josephine N. Nalbantoglu; Heather D. Durham
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Proteostasis regulation through ribosome quality control and no‐go‐decay

WIREs RNA
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Lokha Ranjani Alagar Boopathy; Emma Beadle; Aitana Garcia‐Bueno Rico; Maria Vera
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Localized synthesis of molecular chaperones sustains neuronal proteostasis

2023-10-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Celia Alecki; Javeria Rizwan; Phuong Le; Suleima Jacob-Tomas; Stella Xu; Sandra Minotti; Tad Wu; Heather Durham; Gene W. Yeo; Maria Vera
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The ribosome quality control factor Asc1 determines the fate of HSP70 mRNA on and off the ribosome

Nucleic Acids Research
2023-07-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Lokha R Alagar Boopathy; Emma Beadle; Alan RuoChen Xiao; Aitana Garcia-Bueno Rico; Celia Alecki; Irene Garcia de-Andres; Kyla Edelmeier; Luca Lazzari; Mehdi Amiri; Maria Vera
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The ribosome quality control factors Asc1 and Hel2 regulate the expression of HSP70 during heat shock and recovery

2022-09-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Lokha R. Alagar Boopathy; Emma Beadle; Alan Xiao; Aitana Garcia-Bueno Rico; Celia Alecki; Irene Garcia de-Andres; Maria Vera
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Analysis of the Expression and Subcellular Distribution of <i>eEF1A1</i> and <i>eEF1A2</i> mRNAs during Neurodevelopment

Cells
2022-06 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Zoe Wefers; Celia Alecki; Ryan Huang; Suleima Jacob-Tomas; Maria Vera
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Imaging of DNA and RNA in Living Eukaryotic Cells to Reveal Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Gene Expression.

Annual review of biochemistry
2020-03-16 | Journal article
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Imaging Single mRNA Molecules in Mammalian Cells Using an Optimized MS2-MCP System.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
2019-01-01 | Journal article
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Single-mRNA detection in living S. cerevisiae using a re-engineered MS2 system.

Nature protocols
2018-10-01 | Journal article
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An improved MS2 system for accurate reporting of the mRNA life cycle.

Nature methods
2017-11-13 | Journal article
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Single-Cell and Single-Molecule Analysis of Gene Expression Regulation.

Annual review of genetics
2016-11-01 | Journal article
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Promoter-Autonomous Functioning in a Controlled Environment using Single Molecule FISH.

Scientific reports
2015-05-28 | Journal article
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Maria Vera
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The translation elongation factor eEF1A1 couples transcription to translation during heat shock response.

eLife
2014-09-16 | Journal article
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Gene regulation: the HSP70 gene jumps when shocked.

Current biology : CB
2014-05-01 | Journal article
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In vivo characterization of the role of tissue-specific translation elongation factor 1A2 in protein synthesis reveals insights into muscle atrophy.

The FEBS journal
2013-12-01 | Journal article
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Reactive nitrogen species switch on early extracellular matrix remodeling via induction of MMP1 and TNFalpha.

Gastroenterology
2009-01-06 | Journal article
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Requirements for gene silencing mediated by U1 snRNA binding to a target sequence.

Nucleic acids research
2008-02-24 | Journal article
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Liver transduction with a simian virus 40 vector encoding insulin-like growth factor I reduces hepatic damage and the development of liver cirrhosis.

Gene therapy
2006-10-05 | Journal article
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Effect of adenovirus-mediated RNA interference on endogenous microRNAs in a mouse model of multidrug resistance protein 2 gene silencing.

Journal of virology
2006-10-04 | Journal article
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Intratumoral injection of dendritic cells transduced by an SV40-based vector expressing interleukin-15 induces curative immunity mediated by CD8+ T lymphocytes and NK cells.

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy
2005-11-01 | Journal article
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Intratumoural administration of dendritic cells: hostile environment and help by gene therapy.

Expert opinion on biological therapy
2005-01-01 | Journal article
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Maria Vera

Factors influencing the production of recombinant SV40 vectors.

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy
2004-10-01 | Journal article
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Durable cytotoxic immune responses against gp120 elicited by recombinant SV40 vectors encoding HIV-1 gp120 +/- IL-15.

Genetic vaccines and therapy
2004-08-23 | Journal article
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Simian virus-40 as a gene therapy vector.

DNA and cell biology
2004-05-01 | Journal article
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Clustering of missense mutations in the C-terminal region of factor H in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

American journal of human genetics
2001-01-17 | Journal article
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Communications biology. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)