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Katharina Höfer appointed EMBO Young Investigator

The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) has selected RTG 2355-PI Katharina Höfer for its Young Investigator programme. Along with 26 other scientists from across Europe who were honoured this year, she will receive financial support and access to mentoring and training programmes for a period of four years. Congratulations, Katharina!

Katharina and her lab recently discovered an enzymatic reaction that covalently links RNAs to proteins during infection of bacteria by bacteriophages. "Thanks to the excellent EMBO network, we will be able to investigate the importance of RNAylation in other organisms, including humans," says Katharina Höfer. One of Katharina Höfer's long-term goals is to establish RNAylation as an innovative method for controlling microbial processes, including the production of novel RNA-based therapeutics.