Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi

PhD student in Prof. Orna Amster-Choder´s lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Strong background in Molecular Microbiology, RNA and Protein Biochemistry and Transcriptomics. Data analysis of NGS projects (RNA-seq and ribo-seq).

• M. Irastortza-Olaziregi*, O. Amster-Choder, Coupled Transcription-Translation in Prokaryotes: An Old Couple With New Surprises. Front. Microbiol. 11, 3532 (2021).
• M. Irastortza-Olaziregi*, O. Amster-Choder, RNA localization in prokaryotes: Where, when, how, and why. Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. RNA. e1615, 1–27 (2020).

* Corresponding authorship

• Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi and Orna Amster-Choder. Old dogmas revisited: Studying transcription-translation coupling in bacteria by ribosome profiling. 9th ILANIT/FISEB Conference. February 2020. Eilat, Israel. Poster.
• Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi and Orna Amster-Choder. Old dogmas revisited: the study of bacterial coupled transcription-translation by ribosome profiling. The Israel Science Foundation - Broad Institute Symposium. July 2019. Jerusalem, Israel. Poster.
• Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi. PafR inhibits biofilm formation of UPEC through a secreted proteinateous complex. The Israel Society for Microbiology Fall Workshop. November 2017. Ginossar, Israel. Oral communication.
• Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi and Orna Amster-Choder. Exploring the Coupling between Transcription and Translation in Bacteria: a Ribosome Profiling Approach. 8th ILANIT/FISEB Conference. February 2017. Eilat, Israel. Poster.
• Oleg N. Murashko, Vladimir R. Kaberdin, Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi, Sue Lin-Chao. Enolase Plays a Role in the Control of the Gene Expression in Escherichia coli under Anaerobic Conditions. Academia Sinica Symposium in RNA Biology. October 2015. Taipei, Taiwan. Poster.
• Vladimir Kaberdin, Mirijam Zeller, Olatz Ruiz, Mikel Irastortza-Olaziregi, Udo Bläsi. Search for New Ribonucleic Activities in Sulfolobus solfataricus Using Zymography. 16th Annual Meeting of the the RNA Society. June 2011. Kyoto, Japan. Poster.

• Erasmus+ Grant for summer course at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. 2017. European Commission
• Research Visit Grant for stay at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Basque Government
• Predoctoral Grant for research at the University of the Basque Country in Leioa, Spain. 2012-2015. Basque Government
• Leonardo Grant for internship at Max F. Perutz Laboratories in Vienna, Austria. 2011. European Commission
• Erasmus Grant for undergrad studies at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. 2008-2009. European Commission