https://mustoelab.org/contact daily 0.75 2020-05-25 https://mustoelab.org/publications daily 0.75 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/0c905699-91c6-4003-b185-de1c5b29ff94/graphicalabstract-kw.png publications [23] S.W. Olson, A.M.W. Turner, J.W. Arney, I. Saleem, C.A. Weidmann, D.M. Margolis, K.M. Weeks*, A.M. Mustoe*. Discovery of a large-scale, cell-state-responsive allosteric switch in the 7SK RNA using DANCE-MaP. Mol. Cell, 2022, 82:1708-1723.E10 (link | bioRxiv). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1590437640027-6KQB2HKZRDCX29UODCY1/tweet_fig-01.jpg publications Adenine riboswitch dynamics visualized by PAIR-MaP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1529780750668-9HVU39GPP35BGJ029QH1/cell-figure7-01.png publications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1590438076647-HC945T7YNY4TY3HWS348/abg-01.jpg publications https://mustoelab.org/research daily 0.75 2022-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1566402879578-QECLT1P0IXJ3YZA659NJ/mRNA-regulation-cartoon-01.png research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1566403571369-56NL7TGV20KBD14FGQK9/intro_figs-06.png research https://mustoelab.org/home daily 1.0 2019-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1566409422857-LIBM6ZH5R92FZUYJG748/16s_fig-02.png home https://mustoelab.org/join-the-team daily 0.75 2025-08-09 https://mustoelab.org/people daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/9c05915e-4be2-49e7-839b-7ff4f7520df7/IMG_6216.jpg people Anthony Mustoe — Principal Investigator Alma mater: University of North Carolina (postdoc); University of Michigan (PhD, biophysics); Washington University (BS, chemical engineering & math) Hometown: Evanston, IL Research interests: Building an amazing research team, RNA folding and dynamics, RNA biology, technology development, cancer biology Favorite food: Everything. 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We celebrated with some mini-golf downtown on Discovery Green. Not sure if Thomas won, but we let him claim first on the podium anyways. I took one for the team by trying (unsuccessfully) for the wild hole-in-ones. That’s what happens when you leave the bench — you forget those shots rarely go in, but you still have to try! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/84f67216-6c39-462f-a126-2045daec927f/IMG_1629.jpg news 12/2021 — Who knew the lab had such outstanding decorating skills?!? It was no contest — we were the runaway winners of the THINC decorating contest (no thanks to me). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/a252c051-1641-4391-8531-6ee1707708b9/FullSizeRender.JPG news 11/2021 — Happy Thanksgiving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b2e67e1f8370ad861b92ad4/1590429347965-5HFW8VANFAY3LA8BZZI2/EXW-gciVcAAGGs4.jpeg news 5/2020 — Welcome to Ritwika and Khoa, the lab’s first graduate students! 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