Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
@biotechnoloj.bsky.social
Co-Founder at Selenide Consulting Inc.
Vancouver, BC
🇮🇪 🏴 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
Chemical Biotechnology | Biomining | Green Chemistry | Biocompatible Chemistry | Sustainability
Vancouver, BC
🇮🇪 🏴 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
Chemical Biotechnology | Biomining | Green Chemistry | Biocompatible Chemistry | Sustainability
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My PhD is in Biocompatible Chemistry- but what does that really mean? 🧵
Biocompatible Chemistry is an unexplored 4th domain of synthesis (see image below).
This emerging field is a bridge between chemo- and bio-synthesis that complements existing approaches in synthetic biology/chemistry.
Biocompatible Chemistry is an unexplored 4th domain of synthesis (see image below).
This emerging field is a bridge between chemo- and bio-synthesis that complements existing approaches in synthetic biology/chemistry.
Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) also known as scrambled egg slime 🥚🍄🟫
May 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Dog vomit slime mould (Fuligo septica) also known as scrambled egg slime 🥚🍄🟫
Hemlock varnish shelf (Ganoderma tsugae) certainly lives up to its name, but is more commonly known as Hemlock reishi.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
December 24, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Hemlock varnish shelf (Ganoderma tsugae) certainly lives up to its name, but is more commonly known as Hemlock reishi.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
I spotted this "edible but not incredible" golden waxy cap mushroom (Hygrocybe flavescens) poking out the ground
December 24, 2024 at 8:17 AM
I spotted this "edible but not incredible" golden waxy cap mushroom (Hygrocybe flavescens) poking out the ground
Purple jelly disc fungus (Ascocoryne sarcoides) and a crust fungus hanging out together.
Sadly, neither fungus tastes of grapes 🍇
#FungiFriends
Sadly, neither fungus tastes of grapes 🍇
#FungiFriends
December 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Purple jelly disc fungus (Ascocoryne sarcoides) and a crust fungus hanging out together.
Sadly, neither fungus tastes of grapes 🍇
#FungiFriends
Sadly, neither fungus tastes of grapes 🍇
#FungiFriends
As the name suggests, the Common Stump Brittlestem (Psathyrella piluliformis) can be identified by its growth at the base of hardwood stumps 🍄
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
December 13, 2024 at 8:30 PM
As the name suggests, the Common Stump Brittlestem (Psathyrella piluliformis) can be identified by its growth at the base of hardwood stumps 🍄
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
Even the tiniest mushrooms find their spot.
This Mycena sp. found a gap in the leaves and took it!
#fungifriends
This Mycena sp. found a gap in the leaves and took it!
#fungifriends
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Even the tiniest mushrooms find their spot.
This Mycena sp. found a gap in the leaves and took it!
#fungifriends
This Mycena sp. found a gap in the leaves and took it!
#fungifriends
Reposted by Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
Chemophobia, the irrational fear of chemicals, is a public health threat. news.immunologic.org/p/chemophobi...
Chemophobia - the fear of chemicals - is a public health crisis
Low science literacy and lack of biology, chemistry, and toxicology knowledge exacerbates this global health threat.
news.immunologic.org
December 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Chemophobia, the irrational fear of chemicals, is a public health threat. news.immunologic.org/p/chemophobi...
Western Black Elfin Saddle (Hellvella vespertina) looks very similar to Hellvella dryophila.
H. dryophila tends to grow near oak trees, whereas I saw this H. vespertina growing in a coniferous forest.
#fungifriends
H. dryophila tends to grow near oak trees, whereas I saw this H. vespertina growing in a coniferous forest.
#fungifriends
December 10, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Western Black Elfin Saddle (Hellvella vespertina) looks very similar to Hellvella dryophila.
H. dryophila tends to grow near oak trees, whereas I saw this H. vespertina growing in a coniferous forest.
#fungifriends
H. dryophila tends to grow near oak trees, whereas I saw this H. vespertina growing in a coniferous forest.
#fungifriends
This orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) certainly lives up to its name!
Other species in the order Pezizales are mycorrhizal or parasitic, but this fungus is saprotrophic, growing on decaying organic matter 🍊🍄
#fungifriends
Other species in the order Pezizales are mycorrhizal or parasitic, but this fungus is saprotrophic, growing on decaying organic matter 🍊🍄
#fungifriends
December 10, 2024 at 1:01 AM
This orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) certainly lives up to its name!
Other species in the order Pezizales are mycorrhizal or parasitic, but this fungus is saprotrophic, growing on decaying organic matter 🍊🍄
#fungifriends
Other species in the order Pezizales are mycorrhizal or parasitic, but this fungus is saprotrophic, growing on decaying organic matter 🍊🍄
#fungifriends
What do you think, a species of Calocera sp. too?
December 10, 2024 at 12:51 AM
What do you think, a species of Calocera sp. too?
This curry milkcap mushroom bled milky white, indicating a Lactarius species of fungus. It also had a faint curry smell due to the chemical quabalactone III.
Once dried, this chemical converts into sotolon, a molecule also found in fenugreek and maple syrup 🍁
#fungifriends
Once dried, this chemical converts into sotolon, a molecule also found in fenugreek and maple syrup 🍁
#fungifriends
December 8, 2024 at 5:30 PM
This curry milkcap mushroom bled milky white, indicating a Lactarius species of fungus. It also had a faint curry smell due to the chemical quabalactone III.
Once dried, this chemical converts into sotolon, a molecule also found in fenugreek and maple syrup 🍁
#fungifriends
Once dried, this chemical converts into sotolon, a molecule also found in fenugreek and maple syrup 🍁
#fungifriends
Coral fungus is notoriously hard to identify so at first I would have said Ramaria sp. but now I'm thinking Clavulina sp #fungifriends
December 8, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Coral fungus is notoriously hard to identify so at first I would have said Ramaria sp. but now I'm thinking Clavulina sp #fungifriends
This jelly fungus in the genus Dacromyces aka. orange witch's butter is not closely related to species of "true" witch's butter species in the Tremella genus
Dacromyces grows on dead hardwood and often appears shiny whereas Tremella species are parasitic and have matte surfaces #fungifriends
Dacromyces grows on dead hardwood and often appears shiny whereas Tremella species are parasitic and have matte surfaces #fungifriends
December 7, 2024 at 7:35 AM
This jelly fungus in the genus Dacromyces aka. orange witch's butter is not closely related to species of "true" witch's butter species in the Tremella genus
Dacromyces grows on dead hardwood and often appears shiny whereas Tremella species are parasitic and have matte surfaces #fungifriends
Dacromyces grows on dead hardwood and often appears shiny whereas Tremella species are parasitic and have matte surfaces #fungifriends
It's great to see that Japan has joined Horizon Europe after Canada joined earlier this year. These intercontinental partnerships are vital for keeping research open.
In an announcement the European Commission said, if negotiations are successful, it would be the first time Japan had taken part in the ‘closest form of cooperation in the field of research and innovation that the EU can offer’.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/negotia...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/negotia...
Negotiations on Japan joining Horizon Europe have begun
If successful Japan would be able to participate in research projects addressing societal challenges
www.chemistryworld.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM
It's great to see that Japan has joined Horizon Europe after Canada joined earlier this year. These intercontinental partnerships are vital for keeping research open.
I spotted this tree with at least 7 or 8 different species of fungi on it!
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 AM
I spotted this tree with at least 7 or 8 different species of fungi on it!
Reposted by Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
Anyone in Vancouver needing some inspiration for this week's Taylor Swift concerts?
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
December 2, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Anyone in Vancouver needing some inspiration for this week's Taylor Swift concerts?
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
Anyone in Vancouver needing some inspiration for this week's Taylor Swift concerts?
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
December 2, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Anyone in Vancouver needing some inspiration for this week's Taylor Swift concerts?
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
@naturechemistry.bsky.social has you covered!
I spotted this amazing example of Witches' Butter (Tremella mesenterica) while out walking in Stanley Park yesterday. The parasitic fungus feeds on species of wood decay fungus
December 2, 2024 at 4:14 PM
I spotted this amazing example of Witches' Butter (Tremella mesenterica) while out walking in Stanley Park yesterday. The parasitic fungus feeds on species of wood decay fungus
Reposted by Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
Content over at the other site deleted; but apart from #KanyeOrCronin or #SocialIsolationSocial posts, I think this was my greatest contribution there, so for a bit of Friday fun for #Chemsky, I'm reposting it here:
Taylor Swift as @naturechemistry.bsky.social covers, starting with March 2020:
Taylor Swift as @naturechemistry.bsky.social covers, starting with March 2020:
November 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Content over at the other site deleted; but apart from #KanyeOrCronin or #SocialIsolationSocial posts, I think this was my greatest contribution there, so for a bit of Friday fun for #Chemsky, I'm reposting it here:
Taylor Swift as @naturechemistry.bsky.social covers, starting with March 2020:
Taylor Swift as @naturechemistry.bsky.social covers, starting with March 2020:
Reposted by Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
The RSC Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Group is now on Bluesky and delighted to be here! We're really looking forward to keeping you all updated with the latest events and news from our community, across the UK and internationally. Spread the word to those you know, and give us a follow! #chembio
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM
The RSC Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Group is now on Bluesky and delighted to be here! We're really looking forward to keeping you all updated with the latest events and news from our community, across the UK and internationally. Spread the word to those you know, and give us a follow! #chembio
Reposted by Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
In the maritime Pacific Northwest, the plentiful winter rains leach nutrients from the soil.
Micronutrients, like Boron and Selenium, dissappear quickly. They are also absolutely necessary for primary and secondary productivity.
These nutrients are brought back by the salmon! Salmon bring life!
Micronutrients, like Boron and Selenium, dissappear quickly. They are also absolutely necessary for primary and secondary productivity.
These nutrients are brought back by the salmon! Salmon bring life!
One of the unseen consequences of megafauna extinctions and severe decline in wildlife abundance is the drastic reduction in global nutrient cycling. This diagram shows nutrient transport as a mere fraction of late Quaternary pre-extinction values.
We need wildlife.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We need wildlife.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 24, 2024 at 6:42 AM
In the maritime Pacific Northwest, the plentiful winter rains leach nutrients from the soil.
Micronutrients, like Boron and Selenium, dissappear quickly. They are also absolutely necessary for primary and secondary productivity.
These nutrients are brought back by the salmon! Salmon bring life!
Micronutrients, like Boron and Selenium, dissappear quickly. They are also absolutely necessary for primary and secondary productivity.
These nutrients are brought back by the salmon! Salmon bring life!
My PhD is in Biocompatible Chemistry- but what does that really mean? 🧵
Biocompatible Chemistry is an unexplored 4th domain of synthesis (see image below).
This emerging field is a bridge between chemo- and bio-synthesis that complements existing approaches in synthetic biology/chemistry.
Biocompatible Chemistry is an unexplored 4th domain of synthesis (see image below).
This emerging field is a bridge between chemo- and bio-synthesis that complements existing approaches in synthetic biology/chemistry.
November 27, 2024 at 1:15 PM
My PhD is in Biocompatible Chemistry- but what does that really mean? 🧵
Biocompatible Chemistry is an unexplored 4th domain of synthesis (see image below).
This emerging field is a bridge between chemo- and bio-synthesis that complements existing approaches in synthetic biology/chemistry.
Biocompatible Chemistry is an unexplored 4th domain of synthesis (see image below).
This emerging field is a bridge between chemo- and bio-synthesis that complements existing approaches in synthetic biology/chemistry.
Reposted by Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠
A new article in the Cornell Chronicle on our new Microbe-Mineral Atlas Center project to understand how microbes interact with metals and minerals so we can build cutting edge biomining technologies to get all the metals we'll need for a sustainable energy future.
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...
Microbe atlas could reveal how to mine critical metals sustainably | Cornell Chronicle
A Cornell-led team will use a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a “microbe-mineral atlas,” a catalog of microorganisms and how they interact with minerals, key for mining critica...
news.cornell.edu
November 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM
A new article in the Cornell Chronicle on our new Microbe-Mineral Atlas Center project to understand how microbes interact with metals and minerals so we can build cutting edge biomining technologies to get all the metals we'll need for a sustainable energy future.
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2024...