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MChangGroup @MChangGroup
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MChangGroup@MChangGroup
24 Mar 2025
Our lab recently made a big move - to Bluesky! Follow us at mchanggroup.bsky.social for updates like our newest preprint: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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Max Sosa@maxbsosa
30 Sep 2024
I'm finally on my way! After a long, relaxing summer, I'm finally headed to Tokyo as a @jsps_sns Postdoctoral Fellowship. I'll spend the next few years working with Prof. Abe and the many talented scientists @UTokyo_News Lab of Natural Products Chemistry.
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Enzyme Chemistry@EnzymeChemistry
8 Jul 2024
Expanding chemistry through in vitro and in vivo #biocatalysis by Elijah N. Kissman, Max B. Sosa @maxbsosa, Douglas C. Millar, Edward J. Koleski, Kershanthen Thevasundaram, and Michelle C. Y. Chang @MChangGroup at @UCB_Chemistry @PrincetonChem in @Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Check out our review on the current state of biocatalysis. Congrats to the authors. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Expanding chemistry through in vitro and in vivo biocatalysis

Nature - This Review considers developments in enzymes, biosynthetic pathways and cellular engineering that enable their use in catalysis for new chemistry and beyond.

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Rittle Lab@RittleLab
8 Jul 2024
Start your week off with a little manganese. @rdavbritt chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

O2 Activation and Enzymatic C-H Bond Activation Mediated by a Dimanganese Cofactor | ChemRxiv

Dioxygen (O2) is a potent oxidant used by aerobic organisms for energy transduction and critical biosynthetic processes. Numerous metallocofactors, which most commonly feature iron or copper ions,...

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Also, congratulations to our undergrads Jacob Leeman (@jacob_leeman), Kodi Nguyen, Claire Li, and Avery Yang for earning their undergraduate degrees!
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Big congratulations to our newly minted doctors, Dr. Max Sosa (@maxbsosa), Dr. Elijah Kissman, and Dr. Douglas Millar (@_PhDoug ).
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Big thanks to the Bay Area Chemical Biology Community for the all the great memories. We will miss everyone greatly!
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Next up, we had Andrew Michael Whitten who did a posh job with his presentation on applying ATP-Grasps to several different problems in protein bioconjugation chemistry.
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Been a very busy week for the Chang Group! First, congrats to @vstafford_ for presenting an award winning poster at the CBBA Day!
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Princeton Chemistry@PrincetonChem
16 May 2024
Announcing our new @PrincetonChem and @PrincetonMSE #ssNMR #DNP instrument: fully installed at Frick Lab, ready for inspired campus research, and one of just a few instruments like it in the world. Read all about it here: bit.ly/3QR9o9p
Full-color image of the NMR Facility director sitting in his office at Frick Lab.

ALT Full-color image of the NMR Facility director sitting in his office at Frick Lab.

Full-color image of the ssNMR instrument fully installed in the basement at Frick Lab.

ALT Full-color image of the ssNMR instrument fully installed in the basement at Frick Lab.

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MIT Chemistry@ChemistryMIT
7 May 2024
Congratulations to Professor Dan Suess, Professor Alison Wendlandt, and Professor Bin Zhang, who have all earned tenure effective July 1, 2024! chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-…
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The Muir Lab@MuirLab
30 Apr 2024
Congratulations to our newest inductee into the @theNASciences! @PrincetonChem
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UW–Madison Biochem@UWBiochem
24 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Monica Neugebauer (@NeugMonicaElena), who is a 2024 recipient of the Shaw Early Career Research Award! The $200,000 award is sponsored by @GrMKEFdn. Learn more about Neugebauer's research: biochem.wisc.edu/2024/04/24/…

Neugebauer Receives Shaw Early Career Research Award

The award will support her lab’s exploration of biomedical applications of continuous protein evolution.

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MIT Chemistry@ChemistryMIT
23 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Professor Dan Suess, who has been named the winner of the 2024 Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship by @InorgChem! chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-…
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Check out the published version in @angew_chem! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Biosynthesis of Strained Amino Acids by a PLP‐Dependent Enzyme through Cryptic Halogenation

Halogenases enable organisms to alter the reactivity of a biological substrate by enzymatically installing a leaving group. In this communication, we discover a bacterial gene cluster which uses a...

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MChangGroup@MChangGroup
14 Dec 2023
Check out our lab’s latest preprint on the biosynthesis of amino acids that feature strained rings. @maxbsosa discovered that these gene clusters contain a PLP-dependent enzyme that forms the ring from a halogenated substrate. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Alison Biester@AlisonBiester
8 Mar 2024
Read about an amazing new cryo-ET data processing tool developed by @barrettmpowell from the @jhdavislab! Check out my news article on this work and the publication out now in Nature Methods. biology.mit.edu/davis-lab-ex… nature.com/articles/s41592-0…

News brief: Davis Lab - MIT Department of Biology

New software allows scientists to model shapeshifting proteins in native cellular environments Cells rely on complex molecular machines composed of protein assemblies to perform essential functions...

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MIT Biology@MITBiology
8 Mar 2024
From @AlisonBiester reporting on the @jhdavislab, new software allows scientists to model shapeshifting proteins in native cellular environments biology.mit.edu/davis-lab-ex…
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Princeton Chemistry@PrincetonChem
7 Mar 2024
So pleased to post this @ChristheChang paper, now out in @Nature: "Oxidative cyclization reagents reveal tryptophan cation–π interactions." Congratulations Chris Chang Lab and all! Full paper: bit.ly/4a2oLmF
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Chemical Science@ChemicalScience
1 Feb 2024
Don't miss this excellent @ChemistryWorld piece, it features a #ChemSciHOT🔥article from the group of @ChemicalScience Associate Editor Michelle Chang @MChangGroup! 'E. coli rewired to shift carbon flow towards C4 chemicals' chemistryworld.com/news/e-co…

E. coli rewired to shift carbon flow towards C4 chemicals

Bioengineering strategy creates evolutionary advantage linking cell growth with product formation

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Chemistry World@ChemistryWorld
30 Jan 2024
Leveraging the ability of living systems to evolve and overcome complex problems, researchers from @UCBerkeley have created strains of Escherichia coli capable of anaerobically producing n-butanol, 1,3-butanediol and 4-hydroxy-2-butanone. chemistryworld.com/news/e-co…
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