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A digital representation of a human head with DNA strands and a balance scale, symbolizing the intersection of genetics and justice. Generated with AI by Thanarat, Adobe Stock.
Today is the 10th International Day for Women and Girls in Science. The goal is to highlight the need to advance gender equality and celebrate diversity in science. UPSC has been striving for gender balance already since 2007 and has currently achieved it, but the work to create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment continues.
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PhD student Nabila El Arbi (right) successfully defended her PhD thesis that was supervised by Markus Schmid (left). The central dogma of biology states that DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is then translated into proteins, assuming that one gene contains the information for one protein. However, RNA modifications like alternative splicing can produce multiple proteins from a single gene. Not much is known about this in plants, but PhD student Nabila El Arbi dived into the unknown and started to enlighten it.
Read more: Nabila El Arbi sheds light on plant RNA regulation