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Pavel Baranov (Gaelic: Pól O'Reithe; Russian: Павел Баранов) aka Pasha (Russian: Паша) is a professor of Biomolecular Informatics. Pasha specialises in mRNA decoding and protein synthesis. His lab develops and maintains RiboSeq.Org resources. Pasha received his Ph.D. in the School of Chemistry at the Moscow State University in 1998. Before coming to Ireland in 2007, he worked at Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin and in the Human Genetics Department at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. For accurate and up-to-date information use Pasha's lab page.
Research Interests
Teaching Activities
PVB teaches BC3010, BC3011, BC4002, BC4012, GN3002 and MB6303 modules.
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Community benchmarking and evaluation of human unannotated microprotein detection by mass spectrometry based proteomics
Wacholder, A., Deutsch, E. W., Kok, L. W., van Dinter, J. T., Lee, J., Wright, J. C., Leblanc, S., Jayatissa, A. H., Jiang, K., Arefiev, I., Cao, K., Bourassa, F., Trifiro, F.-A., Bassani-Sternberg, M., Baranov, P. V., Bogaert, A., Chothani, S., Fierro-Monti, I., Fijalkowska, D. & Gevaert, K. & 14 others, , 21 Jan 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, p. 1241Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Common cell lysis procedures distort ribosome profiling analyses of gene expression
O’Connell, A., Fedorova, A. D., O’Connor, P. B. F., Zhdanov, A. V., Baranov, P. V., Loughran, G. & Andreev, D. E., Dec 2025, In: Genome Biology. 26, 1, 241.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comprehensive analysis of yeast +1 ribosomal frameshifting unveils a novel stimulator supporting two distinct frameshifting mechanisms
Fenton, D. A., Bożko, M., Świrski, M. I., Loughran, G., Yordanova, M. M., Kufel, J., Atkins, J. F. & Baranov, P. V., 26 Nov 2025, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 53, 22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Guidelines for minimal reporting requirements, design and interpretation of experiments involving the use of eukaryotic dual gene expression reporters (MINDR)
Loughran, G., Andreev, D. E., Terenin, I. M., Namy, O., Mikl, M., Yordanova, M. M., McManus, C. J., Firth, A. E., Atkins, J. F., Fraser, C. S., Ignatova, Z., Iwasaki, S., Kufel, J., Larsson, O., Leidel, S. A., Mankin, A. S., Mariotti, M., Tanenbaum, M. E., Topisirovic, I. & Vázquez-Laslop, N. & 19 others, , Mar 2025, In: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 32, 3, p. 418-430 13 p., 2613.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Programmed ribosomal frameshifting during PLEKHM2 mRNA decoding generates a constitutively active proteoform that supports myocardial function
Loughran, G., De Pace, R., Ding, N., Zhang, J., Jungreis, I., Carancini, G., Mudge, J. M., Wang, J., Kellis, M., Atkins, J. F., Baranov, P. V., Firth, A. E., Li, X., Bonifacino, J. S. & Khan, Y. A., 24 Oct 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 43, p. eady1742Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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UCC researcher receives prestigious recognition in Molecular Biology
12/07/24
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University College Cork Reports Findings in Data Processing (RiboGalaxy: A Galaxy-based Web Platform for Ribosome Profiling Data Processing - 2023 Update)
10/07/23
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Study Results from University College Cork Update Understanding of Protein Biosynthesis (Arising Lack of Evidence for Ribosomal Frameshifting In Atp7b Mrna Decoding)
Baranov, P. & Atkins, J. F.
27/01/23
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New Study Findings from University College Cork Illuminate Research in Genetics (Monitoring translation in all reading frames downstream of weak stop codons provides mechanistic insights into the impact of nucleotide and cellular contexts)
Baranov, P. & Atkins, J. F.
4/01/23
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Cancer cells found to replace depleted tryptophan using phenylalanine substitutants
Baranov, P. & Atkins, J. F.
21/03/22
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