Laura Kiessling
@laurakiessling.bsky.social
Chemical biologist at MIT, passionate about glycoscience and all chemical biology
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Join us for the 2025 Welch Conference on Chemical Research, “New Horizons in Drug Discovery,” Oct. 27-28 in-person or virtually. The event is completely free! Find more information here: welch1.org/conference/c...
Conference Overview
welch1.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join us for the 2025 Welch Conference on Chemical Research, “New Horizons in Drug Discovery,” Oct. 27-28 in-person or virtually. The event is completely free! Find more information here: welch1.org/conference/c...
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Don’t miss Pamela Bjorkman’s keynote address at the 2025 Welch Conference about the need to combat future SARS-CoV-2 variants and new spillovers of SARS-like betacoronaviruses. Join in-person or virtually here: welch1.org/conference/r...
Register for the 2025 Welch Conference
welch1.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Don’t miss Pamela Bjorkman’s keynote address at the 2025 Welch Conference about the need to combat future SARS-CoV-2 variants and new spillovers of SARS-like betacoronaviruses. Join in-person or virtually here: welch1.org/conference/r...
Looking forward to a great #chembio program hosted by @thewelchfoundation.bsky.social and organized by Kevan Shokat welch1.org/conference/c.... Great coincidence that Welch honorees are Stuart Schreiber and Pete Schultz.
2025 Conference Program
welch1.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Looking forward to a great #chembio program hosted by @thewelchfoundation.bsky.social and organized by Kevan Shokat welch1.org/conference/c.... Great coincidence that Welch honorees are Stuart Schreiber and Pete Schultz.
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Amazing news that the 5th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social attracted 450 participants from 50 countries.
If you are as excited as we are, already mark next year's date (29th of September, 2026) in your calendars and make sure to suggest your favorite speakers!
#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
If you are as excited as we are, already mark next year's date (29th of September, 2026) in your calendars and make sure to suggest your favorite speakers!
#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
We are excited that the 5th Virtual #ChemBioTalks attracted 450 participants from 50 different countries world-wide. Thank you all for making this such an engaging event!
If you want to suggest speakers and keynotes for 2026, please do so by October 31st at ChemBioTalks@gmail.com
#ChemBio #ChemSky
If you want to suggest speakers and keynotes for 2026, please do so by October 31st at ChemBioTalks@gmail.com
#ChemBio #ChemSky
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Amazing news that the 5th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social attracted 450 participants from 50 countries.
If you are as excited as we are, already mark next year's date (29th of September, 2026) in your calendars and make sure to suggest your favorite speakers!
#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
If you are as excited as we are, already mark next year's date (29th of September, 2026) in your calendars and make sure to suggest your favorite speakers!
#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!
Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
We are hiring!
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
Open positions
GR-SCHUHMACHER
www.epfl.ch
August 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We are hiring!
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
Looking forward to talking today about some new ways of looking at what human lectins do. #FallACS2025
Heading to #FallACS2025. Check out the #TOXI program. Some great talks and award sessions. See you soon! @sturlalab.bsky.social @laurakiessling.bsky.social @acs.org
August 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Looking forward to talking today about some new ways of looking at what human lectins do. #FallACS2025
We are so grateful for resources to help us test key ideas about glycans and #Alzheimers disease. #glycotime🧪
To overcome challenges that #neurodegenerative diseases pose, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative has awarded seed grants for 5 innovative research projects.
Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV
Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV
June 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We are so grateful for resources to help us test key ideas about glycans and #Alzheimers disease. #glycotime🧪
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
To overcome challenges that #neurodegenerative diseases pose, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative has awarded seed grants for 5 innovative research projects.
Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV
Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV
June 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
To overcome challenges that #neurodegenerative diseases pose, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative has awarded seed grants for 5 innovative research projects.
Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV
Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Opportunity in fragment-based design at Lilly (job available in 4 locations | UK: Bracknell | USA: Boston MA, Louisville CO, San Francisco CA) ref: R-86733 #FBD #FBDD #FBLD #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
Advisor - Fragment-based Computational Design in Bracknell, United Kingdom | Research & Development at Lilly
Apply for Advisor - Fragment-based Computational Design job with Lilly in Bracknell, United Kingdom. Research & Development at Lilly
careers.lilly.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Opportunity in fragment-based design at Lilly (job available in 4 locations | UK: Bracknell | USA: Boston MA, Louisville CO, San Francisco CA) ref: R-86733 #FBD #FBDD #FBLD #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Brief victory celebration and NEW ASSIGNMENT
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
1/n
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
1/n
a white and orange cat is standing on its hind legs on a tiled floor .
ALT: a white and orange cat is standing on its hind legs on a tiled floor .
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Brief victory celebration and NEW ASSIGNMENT
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
1/n
More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!
1/n
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Lead author @ssmelyansky.bsky.social spearheaded a strategy to label a single sulfur-containing glycan called ManLAM on the cell envelope of the bacteria that cause #TB. news.mit.edu/2025/new-mol... or here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪 #glycotime @mitchemistry.bsky.social
New molecular label could lead to simpler, faster tuberculosis tests
MIT chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB tests.
news.mit.edu
May 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Lead author @ssmelyansky.bsky.social spearheaded a strategy to label a single sulfur-containing glycan called ManLAM on the cell envelope of the bacteria that cause #TB. news.mit.edu/2025/new-mol... or here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪 #glycotime @mitchemistry.bsky.social
We are so excited to see the cool science that will come out of your group #chemsky
I'm excited to share that I'll be joining the Chemistry Department at Stony Brook University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor this fall! My group will use fundamental organic transformations to advance polymeric biomaterials. Check out jillalty.com for more information.
Home | Jill Alty
jillalty.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We are so excited to see the cool science that will come out of your group #chemsky
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
the word alert is in a purple circle
ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle
media.tenor.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
We’re thrilled to feature an incredible lineup of plenary speakers at #Glyco27!
These experts will share cutting-edge insights and the latest advancements in glycomics across areas of health, including immunology, neuroscience and more!
Register today: glyco27.org/en/begin
@glycotime.bsky.social
These experts will share cutting-edge insights and the latest advancements in glycomics across areas of health, including immunology, neuroscience and more!
Register today: glyco27.org/en/begin
@glycotime.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re thrilled to feature an incredible lineup of plenary speakers at #Glyco27!
These experts will share cutting-edge insights and the latest advancements in glycomics across areas of health, including immunology, neuroscience and more!
Register today: glyco27.org/en/begin
@glycotime.bsky.social
These experts will share cutting-edge insights and the latest advancements in glycomics across areas of health, including immunology, neuroscience and more!
Register today: glyco27.org/en/begin
@glycotime.bsky.social
These kinds of cuts are taking place when #TB rates are rising, including in the US. They dovetail with USAID cuts to #TB programs.
A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze - The Boston Globe
Researchers may have to kill macaques, a kind of primate used in a vaccine study, due to the order.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Job opportunity in SF to work at a small startup with the first PhD graduate of the Lieberman Lab!
Taxa is hiring! We're looking for a Computational Biologist to spearhead the analysis of massive genomic datasets for our flagship probiotics. Exciting science, great team, and transparent compensation. Apply here 👇
Taxa hiring Computational Biologist in San Francisco, CA | LinkedIn
Posted 4:13:15 PM. The OpportunityWe are looking for a talented Computational Biologist to spearhead the analysis of…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Job opportunity in SF to work at a small startup with the first PhD graduate of the Lieberman Lab!
A new means of selectively imaging the inner mycolate of mycobacteria using a compound that covalently modifies an enzyme intercepts to create a new intermediate with the Kim lab, @thebrysonlab.bsky.social and the Bernhardt lab. #TB
First post here! To inaugurate this account, I'd like to share my recent work, now published in JACS.
Intercepting a Mycobacterial Biosynthetic Pathway with Covalent Labeling | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Intercepting a Mycobacterial Biosynthetic Pathway with Covalent Labeling | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Intercepting a Mycobacterial Biosynthetic Pathway with Covalent Labeling
The mycobacterial cell envelope plays both infectious and protective roles. Understanding its structure is crucial for unlocking the molecular basis underlying these functions. Studying glycans, the p...
pubs.acs.org
March 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A new means of selectively imaging the inner mycolate of mycobacteria using a compound that covalently modifies an enzyme intercepts to create a new intermediate with the Kim lab, @thebrysonlab.bsky.social and the Bernhardt lab. #TB
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Thanks to Ratmir Derda we have an articulate reply to:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
putting glycans back into the picture! @laurakiessling.bsky.social @anneimb.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @molinarotony.bsky.social @dbojar.bsky.social @siglecdude.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
putting glycans back into the picture! @laurakiessling.bsky.social @anneimb.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @molinarotony.bsky.social @dbojar.bsky.social @siglecdude.bsky.social
Confronting risks of mirror life
Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thanks to Ratmir Derda we have an articulate reply to:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
putting glycans back into the picture! @laurakiessling.bsky.social @anneimb.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @molinarotony.bsky.social @dbojar.bsky.social @siglecdude.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
putting glycans back into the picture! @laurakiessling.bsky.social @anneimb.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @molinarotony.bsky.social @dbojar.bsky.social @siglecdude.bsky.social
This is really beautiful research showing how the glycocalyx changes with aging and its impact on the blood-brain barrier.
Happy to share this new #glycotime work with collaborator Tony Wyss-Coray, led by grad student Sophia Shi, mucin loss at the BBB is associated with aging and cognitive decline, can be reversed by restoration with with gene therapy. Aging is a mucinopathy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease - Nature
Disruption of mucin-domain glycoprotein expression and function in the endothelial glycocalyx are associated with ageing and Alzheimer’s disease, leading to dysregulated blood–brain barrier function.
www.nature.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is really beautiful research showing how the glycocalyx changes with aging and its impact on the blood-brain barrier.
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
For the Idaho Statesman 🥔, Professor Melanie Samuel explains how science funding drives cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer— and the devastating impact of mass firings in Health & Human Services.
Happy Homecoming 🧪🧬🔬🏠
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...
Happy Homecoming 🧪🧬🔬🏠
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...
February 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For the Idaho Statesman 🥔, Professor Melanie Samuel explains how science funding drives cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer— and the devastating impact of mass firings in Health & Human Services.
Happy Homecoming 🧪🧬🔬🏠
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...
Happy Homecoming 🧪🧬🔬🏠
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Catherine Grimes (University of Delaware)
Laura Kiessling (MIT) @laurakiessling.bsky.social
Apply now on the GRC website!
#glycotime
Laura Kiessling (MIT) @laurakiessling.bsky.social
Apply now on the GRC website!
#glycotime
February 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Catherine Grimes (University of Delaware)
Laura Kiessling (MIT) @laurakiessling.bsky.social
Apply now on the GRC website!
#glycotime
Laura Kiessling (MIT) @laurakiessling.bsky.social
Apply now on the GRC website!
#glycotime
Reposted by Laura Kiessling
Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
Please share widely!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...