The Center for Chemical Evolution, funded by NSF and NASA to uncover the chemical origins of life.

Joined May 2012
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Love seeing this feature of one of our favorites! @facundofGT He is a great person and a great scientist--it has been a true gift to have him as a key collaborator in our center! #WildStreak #MassSpec #NSFfunded @ibbgatech @GTSciences pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jas…
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Afternoon session of Origins of Biological Macromolecules is kicking off with @DrJayTweets and followed up by @ChemBarkPaul @GregSpringsteen @facundofGT, Chris Keating, Luke Leman and Aiko Guzman! Join us at #ACSSpring2021!!
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And we didn't even get to the afternoon session!! Be sure to join us all afternoon for more great #chemistry! #NSFFunded
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For those attending #ACSSpring2021, I'll be giving a short talk today (Thursday) at 5:30 PM EDT (2:30 PM PDT) on "Why did life choose potassium over sodium?" in celebration of the #NSFFunded @4ChemEvolution. You may think potassium uninteresting, but in my book, it is, oh, K.
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Super excited for Aaron's talk next to finish out our first session on the Origin of Biological Macromolecules at #ACSSpring2021. Be sure to join some of this awesome session! @aaronengelhart #GTalumni @GTSciences @UMNresearch
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Join us in 10 minutes at #ACSSpring2021 in our #Origin of Biological #Macromolecules session all day today!! @GT_CHEM @GTSciences #NSFFunded
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So excited to see this work from @facundofGT and PD Marcos Bouza demonstrating the power of TENG devices for diverse applications! One thing leads to another...and another. @GTSciences
.@facundofGT at @GeorgiaTech demonstrates a new method for identifying double bond position and stereochemistry in lipids for shotgun lipidomics using triboelectric devices. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Ten years. Hundreds of collaborations. Many (many) hours of intense meetings. Thousands of experiments repeated. Countless friendships made. A scientific legacy just beginning to be realized. Congrats team on a job well done! @ibbgatech @GTSciences @GT_CHEM @NSF @NASAAstrobio
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The biopolymer love-fest continues with praise for the awesomeness of #RNA. Prof Lazcano spoke to lessons learned from #RNAviruses and Prof Williams on how exaptation was key to getting the #biomolecules of life. #BeOpenMinded #origins @NASAAstrobio @ibbgatech #evolution @UNAM_MX
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Guessing @DrJayTweets and @ChemBarkPaul were loving Luke Leman's proclamation that depsipeptides are SO COOL that they deserve to be studied for their own innate properties...not just as a possible peptide precursor! #Origins #DynamicChemistry @NSF @NASAAstrobio @scrippsresearch
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Inspiring talk about bio #homochirality by @DonnaBlackmond to finish up our first session today. Now a great conversation with our speakers about the complexity of #Origins research. @facundofGT @ChemBarkPaul @GroverGroup @ibbgatech @scrippsresearch @GTSciences
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Chatting about novel ionization techniques on a beautiful Fri afternoon! Great talk by @facundofGT about #MassSpec of complex mixtures. Shout out to @DrJayTweets and @YuGroupNCKU! Team work makes the dream work! @NSF @NASAAstrobio @ibbgatech @groverlab @GTSciences #AwesomeAlumni
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Life is a complex system and likely so were it's origins...#TRUTH Martha @GroverGroup speaks to the selection of molecules and the role of cycles in evolution. Love that former CCE student @christine_y_he was the Suddath award winner in 2017! @NatureChemistry @ibbgatech @GTChBE
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A great first day--amazing talks and some really fabulous discussions with our speakers. Excited to continue this discussion tomorrow! Thanks @VGrassian @SzostakLab @GregSpringsteen and the other non-tweeting speakers! Inspiring science! @ibbgatech @NSF @NASAAstrobio #Origins
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Getting into how small molecules and minerals influence the formation of biopolymers. @VGrassian is discussing pyruvic acid, surfaces and all the potentially cool chemistry in between! So happy to have our CCI buddy with us today! @CAICECCI @NSF @ibbgatech @UCSDChemBiochem
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After a great talk, Dr. Krishnamurthy @scrippsresearch showed some great pics including this classic of CCE Director and Managing Director WAY more than 10 years ago! #Teamscience #Friends #Collaborations #AncientHistory
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Not too late to join us! petitinstitute.gatech.edu/su…

Suddath Symposium's line up of speakers today & tomorrow @4ChemEvolution
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And we're off! Thrilled to share so much exciting research on #Chemical #evolution over these next two days! Total #rockstar lineup kicked off by our Director, Nick Hud! @ibbgatech #origins @GTSciences @GT_CHEM @NSF #Origins @NASAAstrobio
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Hey CCI friends--know any energy enthusiasts looking for a new adventure? We've got a great position at GT open for a few more days! @NSFCENTC fans, #CCISolar alum.. pass it on!
The Energy Policy and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech is looking for a Director. For info, visit the GT HR website, and search position 222596 for posting info and application. #energytwitter Please share and retweet!
And last but certainly not least, we'll be chatting about #peptides, #RNA and #ribosomes and how they work so well together! Featuring #UNAM Prof. Lazcano, @scrippsresearch Dr. Leman and @GT_CHEM Prof. Williams. Registration Free!! petitinstitute.gatech.edu/su… @ibbgatech #Origins

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