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# The Aitken Lab

eIF3 and Translation Initiation

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- [Home](https://aitkenlab.vassarspaces.net/) - The Aitken Lab explores how the molecular machinery that translates genetic information into functional protein molecules is assembled.
- [People](https://aitkenlab.vassarspaces.net/people/) - Colin Echeverría Aitken, Assistant Professor in the Biology Department and the Biochemistry Program at Vassar College.
- [About](https://aitkenlab.vassarspaces.net/about/) - Our lab is affiliated with the Biology Department and the Biochemistry Program at Vassar College, where Dr. Colin Echeverría Aitken is an Assistant Professor.
- [Publications](https://aitkenlab.vassarspaces.net/publications/) - Aitken Lab Publications and Prior Publications by Dr. Colin Echeverría Aitken
- [Background](https://aitkenlab.vassarspaces.net/background/) - Translation, Translation initiation, and eIF3 Translation is the process whereby genetic information is interpreted to assemble the protein molecules it codes for. Translation is fundamental to life and is largely controlled during the initiation phase. Eukaryotic initiation factor 3 (eIF3) is required for life, translation initiation, and the regulation of gene expression at the translation
- [Research](https://aitkenlab.vassarspaces.net/research/) - We employ a suite of biochemical, biophysical, and genome-scale approaches to investigate how the multi-subunit eIF3 complex contributes to the mechanism of translation initiation and to translational regulation.