The bumbling biochemist (Bri Bibel)
@bumblingbiochemist.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Biochemistry & Chemistry @ LMU | Metabolic enzymes of bioremediating bacteria. Making biochemistry fun & accessible #biochemsky #chemsky
http://thebumblingbiochemist.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/@thebumblingbiochemist
http://thebumblingbiochemist.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/@thebumblingbiochemist
If you've got glucose, you've got options! Glycolysis tends to get all the spotlight, but that's just one way to go! (At least until you reach a one-way arrow!)
More on metabolism: bit.ly/metabolismgl... & bit.ly/bbmetabolism
More on metabolism: bit.ly/metabolismgl... & bit.ly/bbmetabolism
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If you've got glucose, you've got options! Glycolysis tends to get all the spotlight, but that's just one way to go! (At least until you reach a one-way arrow!)
More on metabolism: bit.ly/metabolismgl... & bit.ly/bbmetabolism
More on metabolism: bit.ly/metabolismgl... & bit.ly/bbmetabolism
Redox time in biochem class . . . M&M's came out in full force yesterday
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Redox time in biochem class . . . M&M's came out in full force yesterday
When you’re too short for your whiteboard . . . (caught in the act on our classroom recording system…)
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
When you’re too short for your whiteboard . . . (caught in the act on our classroom recording system…)
Welcome to the Bibel lab Ryan! We’re so happy to have you on our team! (And you seem to be good luck as Korina got the PCR figured out!)
More about the Bibel lab at LMU and what we do: bibellab.lmu.build
More about the Bibel lab at LMU and what we do: bibellab.lmu.build
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Welcome to the Bibel lab Ryan! We’re so happy to have you on our team! (And you seem to be good luck as Korina got the PCR figured out!)
More about the Bibel lab at LMU and what we do: bibellab.lmu.build
More about the Bibel lab at LMU and what we do: bibellab.lmu.build
LOOOOOONG day – up at Boston at 3:30 am to teach an afternoon lab until 5 in LA! (Followed by catching up on course prep for tomorrow morning’s class). PRIME was definitely worth it though!
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
LOOOOOONG day – up at Boston at 3:30 am to teach an afternoon lab until 5 in LA! (Followed by catching up on course prep for tomorrow morning’s class). PRIME was definitely worth it though!
I’m soooo grateful that I had the honor & privilege of presenting at the PRIME meeting. It was my first time representing LMU in a talk & I was so proud to get to share some of my students’ work, why I love teaching them in the lab, & how I plan to incorporate more students in research in a CURE
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m soooo grateful that I had the honor & privilege of presenting at the PRIME meeting. It was my first time representing LMU in a talk & I was so proud to get to share some of my students’ work, why I love teaching them in the lab, & how I plan to incorporate more students in research in a CURE
One of the great things about the teacher-scholar model of a place like LMU, where I get to both do research and teach, is that I feel like I have communities in both the research world and the undergraduate education world (although at times I feel like an imposter in both). @aktaguy.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
One of the great things about the teacher-scholar model of a place like LMU, where I get to both do research and teach, is that I feel like I have communities in both the research world and the undergraduate education world (although at times I feel like an imposter in both). @aktaguy.bsky.social
What a day! From a red-eye flight to a tour of the Cytiva factory, where I felt like I was in a whole different world in most of the rooms!
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What a day! From a red-eye flight to a tour of the Cytiva factory, where I felt like I was in a whole different world in most of the rooms!
En route to Boston! PRIME Summit here I come. My talk's not until Wednesday but, tomorrow, Cytiva factory tour! Behind the scenes of where they make AKTAs!
October 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
En route to Boston! PRIME Summit here I come. My talk's not until Wednesday but, tomorrow, Cytiva factory tour! Behind the scenes of where they make AKTAs!
Teaching undergraduates protein biochemistry is an immense privilege. Especially with this group of students!
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Teaching undergraduates protein biochemistry is an immense privilege. Especially with this group of students!
A “Quick Start Guide” for starting off in research with good habits
Some things I recommend you do/learn/etc. as early as possible in your training…
blog version: bit.ly/quickstartsc... ; downloadable: bit.ly/quickstartre...
Some things I recommend you do/learn/etc. as early as possible in your training…
blog version: bit.ly/quickstartsc... ; downloadable: bit.ly/quickstartre...
October 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A “Quick Start Guide” for starting off in research with good habits
Some things I recommend you do/learn/etc. as early as possible in your training…
blog version: bit.ly/quickstartsc... ; downloadable: bit.ly/quickstartre...
Some things I recommend you do/learn/etc. as early as possible in your training…
blog version: bit.ly/quickstartsc... ; downloadable: bit.ly/quickstartre...
Huge thanks to Devin Feil, Loyola Marymount University for the new headshots!
October 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Huge thanks to Devin Feil, Loyola Marymount University for the new headshots!
Today, the entire Bibel lab was finally here at the same time. And, my chemicals order arrived! It was a lot of fun! More about the Bibel lab and what we do at LMU: bibellab.lmu.build
September 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Today, the entire Bibel lab was finally here at the same time. And, my chemicals order arrived! It was a lot of fun! More about the Bibel lab and what we do at LMU: bibellab.lmu.build
As I've begun building my lab and introducing students to protein purification, seeing their excitement, it's really hit home how incredible proteins are and how immense a privilege it is to get to explore them. I love feeling that I'm empowering my students with skills that can take them far.
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
As I've begun building my lab and introducing students to protein purification, seeing their excitement, it's really hit home how incredible proteins are and how immense a privilege it is to get to explore them. I love feeling that I'm empowering my students with skills that can take them far.
It’s been a great but exhausting first 3 weeks of my first semester as an Assistant Professor at LMU!
September 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It’s been a great but exhausting first 3 weeks of my first semester as an Assistant Professor at LMU!
Today, we took secondary structure to the next level!
September 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today, we took secondary structure to the next level!
This is just a random (for others) picture from office hours of a strategy for figuring out protonation status in pKa problems that students found helpful so thought I’d share. You can do similar with pI and charge instead of protonation.
September 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is just a random (for others) picture from office hours of a strategy for figuring out protonation status in pKa problems that students found helpful so thought I’d share. You can do similar with pI and charge instead of protonation.
A few more nonfiction science books I recently read to recommend before I forget in the whirlwind of undergraduate faculty life! bit.ly/bbbookrecs
September 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A few more nonfiction science books I recently read to recommend before I forget in the whirlwind of undergraduate faculty life! bit.ly/bbbookrecs
More about the Bibel lab and what we do here: bibellab.lmu.build
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
More about the Bibel lab and what we do here: bibellab.lmu.build
My samples arrived safely from my prior lab!!!! Precious purified proteins, glycerol stocks, plasmids, and more all nice and safe in the -80°C freezer or 20°C freezer as appropriate. HUGE thanks to Dr. Karen Ruff at SMC for shipping them to me, FedEx for not losing them, and Mary Johnson here
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My samples arrived safely from my prior lab!!!! Precious purified proteins, glycerol stocks, plasmids, and more all nice and safe in the -80°C freezer or 20°C freezer as appropriate. HUGE thanks to Dr. Karen Ruff at SMC for shipping them to me, FedEx for not losing them, and Mary Johnson here
Welcome Korina to the Bibel lab!
September 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Welcome Korina to the Bibel lab!
Thanks to all my amazing colleagues at LMU for helping me get set up, thanks to my SMC students who got my work up and running over the past couple years, and thanks to Alice, Korina, and Liam who took the leap of faith in me and joined my lab! (unfortunately with barely-overlapping schedules…)
September 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thanks to all my amazing colleagues at LMU for helping me get set up, thanks to my SMC students who got my work up and running over the past couple years, and thanks to Alice, Korina, and Liam who took the leap of faith in me and joined my lab! (unfortunately with barely-overlapping schedules…)
Welcome Alice to the Bibel Lab @ LMU! I promise most days will be more fun than taking inventory! (though finding a retro “pipet controller” box gave us a nice laugh :) Huge thanks to Dr. Sarah Mitchell for leaving us some of her old supplies!
September 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Welcome Alice to the Bibel Lab @ LMU! I promise most days will be more fun than taking inventory! (though finding a retro “pipet controller” box gave us a nice laugh :) Huge thanks to Dr. Sarah Mitchell for leaving us some of her old supplies!
Huge thanks to Dr. Sarah Mitchell for leaving us supplies, my amazing colleagues at LMU for helping me get set up, my SMC almumni, and Alice, Korina, and Liam who took the leap of faith in me and joined my lab here ! (unfortunately with barely-overlapping schedules…)
September 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Huge thanks to Dr. Sarah Mitchell for leaving us supplies, my amazing colleagues at LMU for helping me get set up, my SMC almumni, and Alice, Korina, and Liam who took the leap of faith in me and joined my lab here ! (unfortunately with barely-overlapping schedules…)