Congratulations to Dr. Anita Hopper who was selected as one of the first faculty highlighted in the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Initiative video series. Dr. Hopper. You can use this direct link to see Dr. Hopper discuss her long-term interest in what tRNAs are and they have to do with protein synthesis in the cytoplasm? She also discusses the surprising phenomenon of tRNA retrograde nuclear import in which tRNA travels back from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Her lab works to better understand that process and the role it plays in numerous biological functions.