Karrera Djoko
@thecopperdoctor.bsky.social
Copper (and other metal ions) in microbiology. Not a New PI anymore. Like chocolates. Need dogs. Forever dreaming of warm, sunny vacations.
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Ok, I figured out how to create a Metallobiologists starter pack. I'll keep adding to the list as I find more, but please add your name here if I've missed you.
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
Already missing heather season in the UK 😭
September 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Already missing heather season in the UK 😭
Summer, please never leave. Mostly so that all my weekend walks look like this (pics from Swaledale) but also because I still have so much to do before the new academic year starts lolsob.
August 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Summer, please never leave. Mostly so that all my weekend walks look like this (pics from Swaledale) but also because I still have so much to do before the new academic year starts lolsob.
Montenegro, you beau-t
July 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Montenegro, you beau-t
Petition for England to look like this every weekend.
May 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Petition for England to look like this every weekend.
IS IT CHRISTMAS YET
December 13, 2024 at 3:41 PM
IS IT CHRISTMAS YET
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I’m proud to join more than 30 colleagues today in sharing our analysis of potential risks from “mirror life”. We summarize our findings in a @science.org article, and in greater detail in a 300pg technical report:
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Report: purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Report: purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
December 12, 2024 at 7:05 PM
I’m proud to join more than 30 colleagues today in sharing our analysis of potential risks from “mirror life”. We summarize our findings in a @science.org article, and in greater detail in a 300pg technical report:
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Report: purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Report: purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
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Our time is monetized but not valuable
December 10, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Our time is monetized but not valuable
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Bluetorial: What’s the worst that can happen? Meeting a scientific hero
(Lots of chemical history today)
(Lots of chemical history today)
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Bluetorial: What’s the worst that can happen? Meeting a scientific hero
(Lots of chemical history today)
(Lots of chemical history today)
If I have to sit through another meeting where students are referred to as "our target market", I might actually scream out loud instead of internally.
December 10, 2024 at 1:47 PM
If I have to sit through another meeting where students are referred to as "our target market", I might actually scream out loud instead of internally.
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Ok, I figured out how to create a Metallobiologists starter pack. I'll keep adding to the list as I find more, but please add your name here if I've missed you.
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
November 13, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Ok, I figured out how to create a Metallobiologists starter pack. I'll keep adding to the list as I find more, but please add your name here if I've missed you.
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
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My guess is that this post is a joke to 50% of scientists and serious to the other 50%.
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
My guess is that this post is a joke to 50% of scientists and serious to the other 50%.
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Only 1 week left to apply for this competition-funded position in my group!
We have a competition-funded PhD position available: A joint project with the group of Dr. Jamie Blaza at the University of York working on the discovery and evaluation of ruthenium compounds with antimycobacterial activity. More info and application instructions: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership:: Exploration of Ruthenium Complexes as Potential Candidates against Mycobacteria at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership:: Exploration of Ruthenium Complexes as Potential Candidates against Mycobacteria at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Only 1 week left to apply for this competition-funded position in my group!
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Good explanation of recent changes for efficiency:
No more academic boards of studies, each module can only have one summative assessment, modules with <10 students cancelled, removal of all double-blind marking.
www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/assessm...
No more academic boards of studies, each module can only have one summative assessment, modules with <10 students cancelled, removal of all double-blind marking.
www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/assessm...
Assessments Cut as University ‘Changes the Work’ | York Vision
The University is set to impose wide-ranging changes to modules, assessment and departmental structures in a bid to save money.
www.yorkvision.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Good explanation of recent changes for efficiency:
No more academic boards of studies, each module can only have one summative assessment, modules with <10 students cancelled, removal of all double-blind marking.
www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/assessm...
No more academic boards of studies, each module can only have one summative assessment, modules with <10 students cancelled, removal of all double-blind marking.
www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/assessm...
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#ChemSky This Preprint by @sophieguti.bsky.social has got it all: Natural Product synthesis, Chelators, Ln, Curium luminescence, mass spec methods, bacteria! doi.org/10.26434/che... Comparative Binding Studies of the Chelators Methylolanthanin and Rhodopetrobactin B to Lanthanides and Ferric Iron.🧪🧵
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
#ChemSky This Preprint by @sophieguti.bsky.social has got it all: Natural Product synthesis, Chelators, Ln, Curium luminescence, mass spec methods, bacteria! doi.org/10.26434/che... Comparative Binding Studies of the Chelators Methylolanthanin and Rhodopetrobactin B to Lanthanides and Ferric Iron.🧪🧵
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I have a PhD position available in my group, to start in March 2025. If you have a keen interest in biochemistry and would like to study an exciting and novel class of copper proteins (aka weird Cu tubes) from bacteria, I'd love to hear from you.
You should apply here: ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/...
You should apply here: ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/...
December 3, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I have a PhD position available in my group, to start in March 2025. If you have a keen interest in biochemistry and would like to study an exciting and novel class of copper proteins (aka weird Cu tubes) from bacteria, I'd love to hear from you.
You should apply here: ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/...
You should apply here: ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/...
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Another preprint, and this time the excellent work of @imrsankhan.bsky.social from his PhD & our first full experimental Staph aureus paper - on transporters of course! Imran found a cool link to glutathione and infection too.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Distinct roles for the Staphylococcus aureus POT transporter DtpT in di/tripeptide uptake and glutathione utilisation inside human macrophages
Peptides available in biological niches inhabited by the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus serve as a rich source of amino acids required for growth and successful host colonisation. Uptake of pept...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Another preprint, and this time the excellent work of @imrsankhan.bsky.social from his PhD & our first full experimental Staph aureus paper - on transporters of course! Imran found a cool link to glutathione and infection too.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposting this for new arrivals. PS: this isn't an exclusive PI-only list! If you are student, postdoc, or tech working on metals in biology, and I have missed you, please let me know. ☺️
Ok, I figured out how to create a Metallobiologists starter pack. I'll keep adding to the list as I find more, but please add your name here if I've missed you.
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
go.bsky.app/SgEyRLv
December 2, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Reposting this for new arrivals. PS: this isn't an exclusive PI-only list! If you are student, postdoc, or tech working on metals in biology, and I have missed you, please let me know. ☺️
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Final call for early abstracts is tomorrow!
The call for abstracts is out for ASM Microbe 2025! I am convening a session on metal homeostasis in environmental microorganisms! We have two great invited speakers lined up and room for 3-4 oral abstracts.
Please consider submitting to this session!
Please consider submitting to this session!
December 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Final call for early abstracts is tomorrow!
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I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Research Fellow (eDNA in Biofilms)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Ministry of Educati...
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:49 AM
I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
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A widespread family of ribosomal peptide metallophores involved in bacterial adaptation to metal stress | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2024 at 3:50 AM
A widespread family of ribosomal peptide metallophores involved in bacterial adaptation to metal stress | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The Lake District in late autumn never disappoints.
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The Lake District in late autumn never disappoints.
In other news, I discovered last night that the big Tesco in Durham now sells Tim Tams. I may/may not have bought so many that may/may not have prompted the person at the register to comment, "Wow, you must really like Tim Tams."
November 29, 2024 at 9:58 AM
In other news, I discovered last night that the big Tesco in Durham now sells Tim Tams. I may/may not have bought so many that may/may not have prompted the person at the register to comment, "Wow, you must really like Tim Tams."
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Does anyone know of small grants schemes that a PhD student could apply to in order to cover sequencing costs? Looking for ~£4k. #MicroSky
November 26, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Does anyone know of small grants schemes that a PhD student could apply to in order to cover sequencing costs? Looking for ~£4k. #MicroSky
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November 26, 2024 at 3:33 PM