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Jorge Marchand, PhD
@xenobio.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Washington - Chemical Engineering. Building technology and engineering biology with #XenoNucleicAcids at the Xenobiology Lab.

#XNA #SyntheticBiology #ChemBio #Biosynthesis #NucleicAcids #UW
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This is our latest preprint about the biogenesis of the translation proteins in a minimal translation system (PURE). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 17, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990
Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Check out our latest pre-print on building biocatalytic cascades for the synthesis of phenylalanine derivatives for applications in genetic code expansion

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Andrew Buller's lab at Wisconsin is also doing terrific work in this area - stay tuned for that too

#synbio
A One-Pot Biocatalytic Cascade to Access Diverse L-Phenylalanine Derivatives from Aldehydes or Carboxylic Acids
Non-standard amino acids (nsAAs) that are L-phenylalanine derivatives with aryl ring functionalization have long been harnessed in natural product synthesis, therapeutic peptide synthesis, and diverse...
www.biorxiv.org
December 11, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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🚨 We’re Hiring! 🚨

Join the Molinari Lab @UMD_BioE as a Postdoctoral Associate or Staff Scientist and help shape the future of engineered living materials! 💡🔬

📅 Apply today by sending your CV and cover letter at saramol@umd.edu

#syntheticbiology #ELMs
December 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (by Andrew Spaeth, me) has 428 tenure-track positions and 65 teaching positions: bit.ly/facultychemj... facultychemjobs chemjobs chemsky 🧪
The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
bit.ly
December 3, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Come be my colleague! We’re hiring an assistant professor in marine natural products and marine biotechnology at SIO - check out this link to learn more: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04101
Marine Natural Products/Marine Biotechnology - Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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NEW paper 🚨! We engineered TNT sensors in soil bacteria for long-term detection of explosive in natural soil, enabling geospatial detection of contaminated soil. This work (led by Erin Essington) included new sensors, circuits, modeling, & a 28-day testing workflow. 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An autonomous microbial sensor enables long-term detection of TNT explosive in natural soil - Nature Communications
Engineered microbes can detect harmful chemicals, but may not work well in complex environments. Here, the authors built microbial sensors for detection of TNT explosive and tested their response over...
www.nature.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Calling all systems and computational biologists in search of a faculty position:

We have Assistant and Associate Professor positions! 🚀

Pittsburgh is beautiful, and we are doing amazing science here.

cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

Please apply by Dec 2!
Faculty.Professor.Assistant - Full-Time
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cfopitt.taleo.net
November 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Re-reading your rejected manuscript
November 30, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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📢 Brand new ID faculty position just posted @fredhutch.bsky.social in Seattle. Join our ID group that studies infections in immunocompromised hosts. The Emerald city has great academics, phenomenal facilities, outstanding collaborators - all in amazing surroundings.

apply.interfolio.com/159913
November 26, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Should it benefit anyone here, I'm happy to share the notes from my reaction engineering course: github.com/Andrew-S-Ros.... Thank you @typst.app for making me not want to explode when putting this together, and we'll try it again next year! Lots of ideas for round two!
github.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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Check out our database of 47 POSTDOCTORAL fellowships in cancer/oncology.

For each fellowship, we provide a brief description, link to opportunity, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).

Download this database here (Excel file): research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Good luck!
November 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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The antimycotic 5-fluorocytosine is a virulence inhibitor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and eradicates biofilm-embedded bacteria synergizing with β-lactams https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624304v1
The antimycotic 5-fluorocytosine is a virulence inhibitor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and eradicates biofilm-embedded bacteria synergizing with β-lactams https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.20.624304v1
Objectives: Biofilm increases bacterial antibiotic tolerance, posing a challenge for treating biofil
www.biorxiv.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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UCLA Chem & Biochem is looking for assistant professors of teaching. What does this position entail? Candidates should be great teachers & pursue research in the scholarship of teaching and learning in chemistry and/or biochemistry. More info: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09898
Assistant Professor of Teaching
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
November 21, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Open-rank tenure track positions in computational biology! Come work with a gaggle of great colleagues in the CMSE department at Michigan State! #msu #cmse #compbio #bioinformatics #genomics #BioSky

careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
MSU Careers Details - Ast/Asc/Full Professor - Tenure System
careers.msu.edu
November 21, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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I haven't seen a nucleic acids starter pack yet, so I started one! Please reach out if I missed you! go.bsky.app/NxKgUY5
November 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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Chemical Biology #ChemBio
starter pack here: go.bsky.app/KLrTWoj

Please repost! #ChemSky #realtimechem #FluorescenceFriday
November 17, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Starting to think this app needs a starter packs starter pack.

Some good ones (COI: I am in them, so they must be good)

AI in science: go.bsky.app/JeFdryY

Drug development: go.bsky.app/B2pzQm2

Women in chem: go.bsky.app/LjumNEg
November 20, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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Very creative use of a prebiotic-inspired, hybridization-accelerated covalent reaction for capture of charged aminoacyl-tRNAs.
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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Check out our updated database of 189 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities.

For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link to funder and eligibility criteria (such as citizenship).

Good luck!

Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
November 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Ready to join the #ChemBio community under the blue skies ?
go.bsky.app/KLrTWoj
November 19, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Glad to see #chembio twitter making a comeback
November 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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If you're a computational chemist/biologist, or simply interested in learning more about #ML/#AI in natural product drug discovery, this is a great place to get an overview of where the field stands.
rdcu.be/dlQQw
September 11, 2023 at 4:09 PM