PhD candidate @PMB_Berkeley @CeciMGLab studying biomining of rare earths 🦠⛏📱| @DeptofDefense @NDSEG fellow | previously @VanderbiltU chem bio | yinzer
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30 Jul 2024
My first, first author paper is finally out! Here we discover methylolanthanin, a lanthanide chelator secreted by methylotrophs 🧵(1/5)
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20 Dec 2024
Final version out today in @CurrentBiology! Thanks to our excellent reviewers for their helpful suggestions that improved our manuscript:
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3 Jun 2024
🧵Excited to share my first author preprint detailing much of my dissertation work! Here we used gene editing to retrace the horizontal transfer of a bacterial gene that now encodes an anti-parasitoid toxin in Drosophila: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… /1
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18 Nov 2024
I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RT!!! 1/3
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18 Nov 2024
UC Berkeley is cutting language programs with no notice despite the imminent roll out of an undergrad language requirement. Course quality will decrease w/ bigger class sizes & lecturers (both pre-six and continuing) are losing their jobs.
PLEASE SHARE & SIGN the open letter ⬇️
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5 Oct 2024
VANDERBILT WITH THE BIGGEST WIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY 🔥
@VandyFootball's FIRST WIN OVER A NO. 1 RANKED TEAM!
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20 Sep 2024
It’s been great to be back to the UK, to catch up with colleagues and to meet new people. Thank you all for hosting and @chandler_suth for being a fantastic travel companion.
Chandler giving a seminar - sketch by @ATJCagan
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13 Sep 2024
I wanted to remind all of the incredible folks on here that Reed Chemistry is hiring! If you have any Q's feel free to DM me; I'm the search chair 😃. And if you have Q's for our amazing Jr faculty like @wimblegon and @NicoleMJames1 I know they'd be happy to help!
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11 Sep 2024
Trump said “I have the concepts of a plan” and 10,000 academics gasped
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11 Sep 2024
PhD advisor: do you have plans for graduating?
PhD candidate: i have concepts of a plan
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23 Aug 2024
Very proud of this project and Alexa's work! Presentation at #ISME19
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18 Aug 2024
Excited to be heading to #ISME19 today! If you’re interested in lanthanides, metallophores, and methylotrophy come see my talk about this paper on Tuesday in the new microbial physiologies and metabolic capacities session 🧲🧫
30 Jul 2024
My first, first author paper is finally out! Here we discover methylolanthanin, a lanthanide chelator secreted by methylotrophs 🧵(1/5)
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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30 Jul 2024
My first, first author paper is finally out! Here we discover methylolanthanin, a lanthanide chelator secreted by methylotrophs 🧵(1/5)
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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30 Jul 2024
This paper wouldn’t have been possible without collaboration with amazing scientists from across the world. I’m so thankful to have worked with @s_gutenthaler @AllegraAron @ZachReitzPhD Tri Phi Nathan Good @func_metabo_lab @DaumannL @CeciMGLab on this (5/5)
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24 Jun 2024
We are looking for a postdoc!
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3 Jun 2024
🧵Excited to share my first author preprint detailing much of my dissertation work! Here we used gene editing to retrace the horizontal transfer of a bacterial gene that now encodes an anti-parasitoid toxin in Drosophila: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… /1
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