Loesgen Lab
@loesgenlab.bsky.social
Natural Products Chemistry group at the Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, working on natural products based drug discovery and chemical ecology.
Editorial in Science last week highlighting the importance of marine labs in light of the current funding issues: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Saving science by the sea
As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Editorial in Science last week highlighting the importance of marine labs in light of the current funding issues: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Marine Biosciences Assistant/Associate Prof job at University of Florida explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... [for MNP folks, this is where Sansa Loesgen @loesgenlab.bsky.social is based]
University of Florida - Details - Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
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October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Marine Biosciences Assistant/Associate Prof job at University of Florida explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... [for MNP folks, this is where Sansa Loesgen @loesgenlab.bsky.social is based]
Join us at the UF Whitney Lab! Focus on research in a new brand new building!!
Now Hiring! Whitney Laboratory Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!
Apply & More Info - explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We seek a creative, collaborative scientist whose research harnesses or advances cutting-edge tools. Please help spread the word & reach out with any questions!
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Join us at the UF Whitney Lab! Focus on research in a new brand new building!!
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Rudolf and Loesgen Labs had a great 2025 beach Day! 5th time at the UF Whitney Lab!
July 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Rudolf and Loesgen Labs had a great 2025 beach Day! 5th time at the UF Whitney Lab!
Very excited for this paper- a new zebrafish screen for analgesics, works for natural products extracts. Open Access! More on ‘behavior-guided’ isolation to come! Thanks to the Strother team for a wonderful collaboration! @ UF WhitneyLab authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
March 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Very excited for this paper- a new zebrafish screen for analgesics, works for natural products extracts. Open Access! More on ‘behavior-guided’ isolation to come! Thanks to the Strother team for a wonderful collaboration! @ UF WhitneyLab authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Very excited to see another molecule discovered by @LoesgenLab being synthesized! Congrats to the Blakemore lab- thanks for the collaboration! Stay tuned for some awesome activity! Congrats to Oh-Seok Kwon! @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Total Synthesis of Chalaniline A: An Aminofulvene Fused Chromone from Vorinostat-Treated Fungus Chalara sp. 6661
Chalaniline A, an aminofulveno[1,2-b]chromone derivative previously isolated from a vorinostat-treated ascomycete Chalara sp., was prepared in nine steps from orcinol (3,5-dihydroxytoluene). In a key ...
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September 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Very excited to see another molecule discovered by @LoesgenLab being synthesized! Congrats to the Blakemore lab- thanks for the collaboration! Stay tuned for some awesome activity! Congrats to Oh-Seok Kwon! @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Very proud of Erin Marshall and Bastien Petit to present at ICNPR 2024 in Krakow, Poland. Cool bugs, chemistry, metabolomics, and neuro activity! Cant wait for ASP 2025! @LoesgenLab @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry @pharmacognosy
August 1, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Very proud of Erin Marshall and Bastien Petit to present at ICNPR 2024 in Krakow, Poland. Cool bugs, chemistry, metabolomics, and neuro activity! Cant wait for ASP 2025! @LoesgenLab @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry @pharmacognosy
The 4th annual Beach Day by the Rudolf and Loesgen Labs was a great success. This year with a boat tour, surfing, and pau hana! @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry @LoesgenLab @LabRudolf
June 29, 2024 at 12:32 PM
The 4th annual Beach Day by the Rudolf and Loesgen Labs was a great success. This year with a boat tour, surfing, and pau hana! @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry @LoesgenLab @LabRudolf
Exciting to be at the 7th International Cassiopea Workshop in Key Largo! #Cassiopeabase #Corals @LoesgenLab talks by @femontesanto @mrkmccauley and truly yours! Thanks @momedinamunoz and @aohdera for the invite! Proud to present @Whitney_Lab @UF
May 10, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Exciting to be at the 7th International Cassiopea Workshop in Key Largo! #Cassiopeabase #Corals @LoesgenLab talks by @femontesanto @mrkmccauley and truly yours! Thanks @momedinamunoz and @aohdera for the invite! Proud to present @Whitney_Lab @UF
Once you become a Floridian, you have to save the manatees! Work by Annika Jagels @LoesgenLab Whitney_Lab, UFChemistry in collaboration with Uli Stingl UF_MCS. 'Fungal endophytes from Thalassia testudinum show bioactivity against the seagrass pathogen'_ www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Fungal endophytes from Thalassia testudinum show bioactivity against the seagrass pathogen, Labyrinthula spp.
Thalassia testudinum has undergone die-offs in the past century due to seagrass was�ng disease caused by Labyrinthula sp. Litle is known about how seagrasses resist Labyrinthula infec�ons, but metabol...
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March 15, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Once you become a Floridian, you have to save the manatees! Work by Annika Jagels @LoesgenLab Whitney_Lab, UFChemistry in collaboration with Uli Stingl UF_MCS. 'Fungal endophytes from Thalassia testudinum show bioactivity against the seagrass pathogen'_ www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
March 11, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Florida - Chile - Antartica! 🇺🇸 🇨🇱 🧊We are so excited for postdoc Federica Montesano from @LoesgenLab, @Whitney_Lab, @UF to join our Chilean Collaborators for Antartica Expedition ECA60 INACH 1621 to study Antarctic Fungi, Bacteria, Microbiomes. Safe travels & happy sampling!
January 19, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Florida - Chile - Antartica! 🇺🇸 🇨🇱 🧊We are so excited for postdoc Federica Montesano from @LoesgenLab, @Whitney_Lab, @UF to join our Chilean Collaborators for Antartica Expedition ECA60 INACH 1621 to study Antarctic Fungi, Bacteria, Microbiomes. Safe travels & happy sampling!
Excited to host Christine Salomon today at 6pm
at the Whitney Lab for her public lecture "Battle for the bats - development of treatments for White Nose Syndrome". Join us in person or via zoom: calendar.ufl.edu/whitney-lab/... #NaturalProducts #DrugDiscovery
at the Whitney Lab for her public lecture "Battle for the bats - development of treatments for White Nose Syndrome". Join us in person or via zoom: calendar.ufl.edu/whitney-lab/... #NaturalProducts #DrugDiscovery
January 11, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Excited to host Christine Salomon today at 6pm
at the Whitney Lab for her public lecture "Battle for the bats - development of treatments for White Nose Syndrome". Join us in person or via zoom: calendar.ufl.edu/whitney-lab/... #NaturalProducts #DrugDiscovery
at the Whitney Lab for her public lecture "Battle for the bats - development of treatments for White Nose Syndrome". Join us in person or via zoom: calendar.ufl.edu/whitney-lab/... #NaturalProducts #DrugDiscovery
Exciting to be a small part of this work by Mark McCauley, Samantha Koda, and Dave Duffy at the UF Whitney Lab!
Why does the Environmental DNA community rely on mitochondrial DNA? We have evidence that nuclear DNA should not be overlooked! authors.elsevier.com/c/1iKvGB8ccy...
Why does the Environmental DNA community rely on mitochondrial DNA? We have evidence that nuclear DNA should not be overlooked! authors.elsevier.com/c/1iKvGB8ccy...
January 5, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Exciting to be a small part of this work by Mark McCauley, Samantha Koda, and Dave Duffy at the UF Whitney Lab!
Why does the Environmental DNA community rely on mitochondrial DNA? We have evidence that nuclear DNA should not be overlooked! authors.elsevier.com/c/1iKvGB8ccy...
Why does the Environmental DNA community rely on mitochondrial DNA? We have evidence that nuclear DNA should not be overlooked! authors.elsevier.com/c/1iKvGB8ccy...
We are looking for the next Whitney Lab Director with a bold vision for marine sciences. Learn more about UF's Whitney Laboratory here and apply by January 20th 2024! JOIN US at the beach for cutting edge science! 🐊 😎 🔬 Pls spread the news! youtu.be/ifH2xVXx9F4?...
December 20, 2023 at 3:55 PM
We are looking for the next Whitney Lab Director with a bold vision for marine sciences. Learn more about UF's Whitney Laboratory here and apply by January 20th 2024! JOIN US at the beach for cutting edge science! 🐊 😎 🔬 Pls spread the news! youtu.be/ifH2xVXx9F4?...
JOIN US! Excited too chair the search for our new Director - we seek an innovative leader with a bold and inclusive vision for the future of #MarineBiology @Whitney_Lab. Apply by January 2024 here bit.ly/3um0kBe #UF #Hiring #NowHiring #HigherEd #TenureTrack #Professor
November 16, 2023 at 2:53 PM
JOIN US! Excited too chair the search for our new Director - we seek an innovative leader with a bold and inclusive vision for the future of #MarineBiology @Whitney_Lab. Apply by January 2024 here bit.ly/3um0kBe #UF #Hiring #NowHiring #HigherEd #TenureTrack #Professor
Second day @sacnas #2023NDiSTEM! See the UF booth for @Whitney_Lab training options. Open positions on several levels from postbacc, technicians, to grad students and postdocs! Talk to me about Natural Products Chemistry and the American Society of Pharmacognosy!
October 28, 2023 at 12:34 AM
Second day @sacnas #2023NDiSTEM! See the UF booth for @Whitney_Lab training options. Open positions on several levels from postbacc, technicians, to grad students and postdocs! Talk to me about Natural Products Chemistry and the American Society of Pharmacognosy!