Auclair Lab
banner
auclairlab.bsky.social
Auclair Lab
@auclairlab.bsky.social
We explore many fields of chemistry and biology (many of them concerning enzymes).
Located at McGill University, Montreal.
Student-ran account: posts not by Dr. Auclair unless indicated.
RP/follow ≠ endorsement.
https://www.auclair-group.mcgill.ca
Pinned
NEW PREPRINT:

An extensive structure-activity relationship investigation of pantetheinamides and their ability to inhibit Salmonella typhimurium.

We investigate the mechanisms of action of these compounds and their use with in vivo mouse models.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Prof. Auclair presented at the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) annual symposium last week!
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Come find us at @concordia.ca Loyola campus for CBGRC this Friday!
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by Auclair Lab
NEW PREPRINT:

An extensive structure-activity relationship investigation of pantetheinamides and their ability to inhibit Salmonella typhimurium.

We investigate the mechanisms of action of these compounds and their use with in vivo mouse models.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
NEW PREPRINT:

An extensive structure-activity relationship investigation of pantetheinamides and their ability to inhibit Salmonella typhimurium.

We investigate the mechanisms of action of these compounds and their use with in vivo mouse models.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Here's some more balanced centrifuge arrangements #chemsky
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We're incredibly proud to announce Dr. Jacob Pierscianowski has officially defended his PhD thesis!
Congratulations to Dr. Jake on the amazing work.
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Good Wordle yesterday.
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Update: purified it anyways. Fraction looks reasonably pure. Now let's see the activity tests. #chemsky
Admin got up yesterday at 7 in the morning to perform a transformation that probably didn't work. One (1) colony on the plates. This is the #chembiosky life.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Auclair Lab welcomes two new members!

Maya Gaylor, co-supervised by Prof. Lupien in Microbiology and Immunology, will be working on our antimicrobial projects.

Dr. Alana Rangaswamy is a recent graduate from the Keillor lab @uottawa.ca and will focus on enzyme and depolymerization efforts.
October 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Admin got up yesterday at 7 in the morning to perform a transformation that probably didn't work. One (1) colony on the plates. This is the #chembiosky life.
September 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Fun fact: we scheduled our lab cleanup day a few weeks ago, and the second we finished up, we got a notification that we were having a safety inspection the very next Monday.

Talk about good timing #chemsky
September 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Many members of the Auclair lab hosted and attended the student-led Careers After Chemistry conference! #CAC2025 #chemsky
September 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Literal green chemistry #chemsky
September 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Doing a little setup for our new baby 👀
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
New instrument 🔜🔜🔜
September 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sign up for McGill Chemistry's Careers After Chemistry 2025 conference! Registration ends September 5.

cacmcgill.wixsite.com/cac2025/regi...
Register | CAC 2025
cacmcgill.wixsite.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Auclair lab went tree trekking recently! Super fun teambuilding exercise.
August 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Very happy to meet 2020 Nobel Prize laureate @e-charpentier.bsky.social at @ircm.bsky.social!
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Auclair Lab
‼️NEW PAPER ALERT

In Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, we replace an enzyme-vulnerable amide bond with a thiazole to produce potent antiplasmodial and antimalarial pantothenamide mimics. A collaboration between the Auclair lab @mcgill.ca and the Saliba lab at ANU.
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
🧵
August 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reposted by Auclair Lab
Another day, another paper 😌
‼️NEW PAPER ALERT

In Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, we replace an enzyme-vulnerable amide bond with a thiazole to produce potent antiplasmodial and antimalarial pantothenamide mimics. A collaboration between the Auclair lab @mcgill.ca and the Saliba lab at ANU.
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
🧵
August 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
‼️NEW PAPER ALERT

In Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, we replace an enzyme-vulnerable amide bond with a thiazole to produce potent antiplasmodial and antimalarial pantothenamide mimics. A collaboration between the Auclair lab @mcgill.ca and the Saliba lab at ANU.
doi.org/10.1128/aac....
🧵
August 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Balloons! #chemsky
August 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Finding the volume of our milling balls: if it was good enough for Archimedes, it's good enough for grad students #chemsky
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A wonderful moist-solid #chemsky
July 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's gel day #chemsky
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM