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17 Nov 2024
(...I've got the same name on the blue site. There're quite a few bioinorganic chemists, chemical biologists, microbe-wranglers, natural product collectors, and enzyme enthusiasts there already, and "starter packs" if you want to (re)find people easily...)
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16 Jul 2024
We're hiring a postdoc! Have (or expect to soon have) a PhD in a biochem/structural bio related discipline? Interested in studying bacterial copper usage and transcriptional regulation? Apply here: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…
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27 Jun 2024
🥼🧪Our opening for a research technician is now live! 🌟🌟We'd love to have you join us. Apply here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersect…
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14 Jun 2024
...and if you're interested in microbial chemical biology but are looking for something on the West Coast instead, the Dassama Lab is also hiring.
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14 Jun 2024
If you're interested in microbial chemical biology and looking for a research technician position, the Kenney Lab at Pitt is hiring. You'd be working with weird new (metallo)enzymes, weird microbes, and weird new natural products. Fill out an app here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersect…
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30 May 2023
While I'll really miss working with @PallasChou as she heads off to @ChemSysBio, she finished up with a bang: telling the entire graduating Harvard class (!!!) about how amazing enzymes are!
29 May 2023
Honored to deliver Harvard’s Senior English Address on the beauty of enzymes and how they parallel our lived experiences. Grateful for time at @BerkeleyLab, @BalskusLab, and @jbei which fostered my love for enzymes.
Speech: youtu.be/3C95a-lQbRY
#commencement #harvard #enzymes
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31 May 2023
(Keep an eye out for our paper on some fun - if occasionally frustrating! - compounds and enzymes in what will hopefully be the not-exceedingly-distant future!)
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antiSMASH: now with more methanobactins! (not that i'm not excited for other reasons too, of course.)
4 May 2023
With the release of antiSMASH v 7.0.0, there's major improvements in metallophore BGC prediction!
-NRPS metallophore classification
-Detection of three new metallophore classes
-Actinobacterial transcription factor binding site prediction to infer BGC function
More info: 🧵👇
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18 Oct 2022
Super psyched to see this (and its companion paper) finally make make it out! Lovely protein structures, crazy natural product biosynthetic pathways, and a glimpse of how the enzyme family as a whole operates - what's not to like?!
18 Oct 2022
Our paper on the structure of ClbP is out. Great summary in this thread. Very grateful to my mentor @RachelleGaudet and great collaborators @BalskusLab, @MatthewRVolpe, @kenneylab, and Richard Walsh at @HC2EM.
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30 Sep 2022
...submitted my first batch of faculty apps last night, and I'll admit it feels a little surreal. OK, a lot surreal.
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An excellent summary of current strategies for metallophore genome mining (with some important words of caution about the limitations of existing tools.) There's still no real replacement for spending a bunch of time staring at genomes, unsurprisingly!
1 Aug 2022
Check out my new perspective on metallophore genome mining, just published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology! We highlight the latest #Bioinformatics techniques and envision what’s next for the field. For a TL;DR, see below (🧵 1/n)
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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18 Jun 2022
A postdoc position is available in our lab @LehighChem, studying bacterial copper acquisition and regulation! Experience in biochemistry, X-ray crystallography and/or microbiology preferred. #chempostdoc
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I'll be presenting in tomorrow's session - tune in for my stories about investigating new enzyme families (particularly those involved in natural product biosynthesis), and stay for biochemistry talks from several other fellows!
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ActinoBase really is such a lifesaver for anyone starting to work with actinomycetes!
28 Jun 2022
This really is a nifty Trojan Horse siderophore approach!
28 Jun 2022
New antibiotic conjugates block TonB itself from interacting with outer membrane receptors, shutting down active transport. Such a good idea!
@CarstenPeukert @CunrathOlivier
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dr. g. e. kenney is probably in lab retweeted
22 Jun 2022
Love it with all the pens in the picture 🌈🏳️🌈
22 Jun 2022
I drew this progress flag using textile, food, and other natural dye molecules! Tough one to research but it was fun to make! Hope y’all like it! #chemtwitter
I’m donating a portion of my June proceeds to @UpstatePrideSC 🏳️🌈
More about them below!
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18 May 2022
Looking forward to the support of this community as I try to drag my current research across the metaphorical finish line, and to figure out what's next!
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Really enjoyed reading about these great chemists (and the great chemistry they're doing)!
8 Apr 2022
It's live! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put this issue together, especially @TehshikYoon and @katabeta and @armindadowney cen.acs.org/careers/diversit…
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25 Mar 2022
So very exciting to find out more about how MbnBC actually work!!!
24 Mar 2022
Just out in @PNASNews. A mixed valent diiron center catalyzes the core step in methanobactin biosynthesis. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.21…. Great group effort with @rjodts, @NLKProteomics, @jmarbol21, @carsten_krebs
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17 Feb 2022
Yup, I can confirm that this is 100% accurate - I really can't imagine how I would've tackled my ill-behaved metalloenzymes in grad school if @lmkdassama hadn't been there!
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