Gabe
@gtitchiner.bsky.social
Scientist. Coffee addict. Gay. Tired. Cat pictures are always welcome.
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A research team from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social has made a breakthrough in elucidating the biosynthesis of plant natural products by combining scRNA-seq and scMS in the same plant cell. The study was published in @pnas.org. www.ice.mpg.de/516369/PR_Ka...
A glimpse into the cell factory: matching gene expression to metabolite production in single plant cells
A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has successfully combined single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell mass spectrometry (scMS) analysis on the same plant ce...
www.ice.mpg.de
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A research team from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social has made a breakthrough in elucidating the biosynthesis of plant natural products by combining scRNA-seq and scMS in the same plant cell. The study was published in @pnas.org. www.ice.mpg.de/516369/PR_Ka...
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Very exciting to finally see our iridoid cyclase ICYC online @natplants.nature.com!
A joined effort with Robin Buell’s lab with Josh Wood generating snRNA-seq, and my student Chloée Tymen performing the initial experiment.
#natprod
#PlantScience
@mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joined effort with Robin Buell’s lab with Josh Wood generating snRNA-seq, and my student Chloée Tymen performing the initial experiment.
#natprod
#PlantScience
@mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Discovery of iridoid cyclase completes the iridoid pathway in asterids - Nature Plants
Iridoids are terpenoid metabolites found in thousands of plants. Using single-cell transcriptomics, the authors discovered an unexpected enzyme that has been neofunctionalized to catalyse the cyclization required to form the iridoid scaffold.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Very exciting to finally see our iridoid cyclase ICYC online @natplants.nature.com!
A joined effort with Robin Buell’s lab with Josh Wood generating snRNA-seq, and my student Chloée Tymen performing the initial experiment.
#natprod
#PlantScience
@mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joined effort with Robin Buell’s lab with Josh Wood generating snRNA-seq, and my student Chloée Tymen performing the initial experiment.
#natprod
#PlantScience
@mpi-ce.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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As a frequent user of the ponds, it disgusts me that terfs are taking a beautiful place and pouring their hate into it. Please fill in this survey if you want to protect this space for all women and make trans women feel. PS the ducks think terfs suck. And the friendly fox. And the crows.
The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds.
Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people.
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
Public Consultation on Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds | Commonplace
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As a frequent user of the ponds, it disgusts me that terfs are taking a beautiful place and pouring their hate into it. Please fill in this survey if you want to protect this space for all women and make trans women feel. PS the ducks think terfs suck. And the friendly fox. And the crows.
Dumb-ass protein. 75% of the lysate went in the freezer as the column saturated.
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dumb-ass protein. 75% of the lysate went in the freezer as the column saturated.
Takes 2 seconds and at minimum requires the government to make an official response.
July 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Takes 2 seconds and at minimum requires the government to make an official response.
Been living here a couple of months now, and the new place is starting to be home.
July 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Been living here a couple of months now, and the new place is starting to be home.
Something weirdly liminal about waiting for a train in the UK countryside
July 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Something weirdly liminal about waiting for a train in the UK countryside
When your equipment supplier gives you custom lego.
July 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
When your equipment supplier gives you custom lego.
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Finally online and open access!
This revised version has a slightly different title and contains a number of additional supplementary figures, mainly in vitro enzyme assays. Kept me quite busy in the lab at the end of last year!
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This revised version has a slightly different title and contains a number of additional supplementary figures, mainly in vitro enzyme assays. Kept me quite busy in the lab at the end of last year!
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ipecac alkaloid biosynthesis in two evolutionarily distant plants - Nature Chemical Biology
Ipecac alkaloids are plant-derived compounds historically used to induce vomiting. Here the authors elucidate how two evolutionary distant plant species have evolved to produce the same ipecac alkaloi...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Finally online and open access!
This revised version has a slightly different title and contains a number of additional supplementary figures, mainly in vitro enzyme assays. Kept me quite busy in the lab at the end of last year!
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This revised version has a slightly different title and contains a number of additional supplementary figures, mainly in vitro enzyme assays. Kept me quite busy in the lab at the end of last year!
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I'm not crying you're crying.
For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi føler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; « her kan jeg passe inn»
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
May 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm not crying you're crying.
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yup, degree in physiology and PhD in developmental biology here - not once
I have a PhD in Genome Sciences
I have taught graduate level courses on human genetics
I have taken graduate level courses specifically on "the Evolution of Sex" and "Sexology" (the study of sex)
Never once did I hear the terms "biological sex"
It's a political dogwhistle, not science
I have taught graduate level courses on human genetics
I have taken graduate level courses specifically on "the Evolution of Sex" and "Sexology" (the study of sex)
Never once did I hear the terms "biological sex"
It's a political dogwhistle, not science
Swiftdrawer/BlazeWarriorWolf/Fireking492 ⚔️@COVIDaware #StopKOSA
@blazewarriorwolf.bsky.social
· May 28
I took Honors Biology in high school 6 years ago and sociology along with anatomy 3 years ago the year I graduated from trade school(2 school years: served as the second half of my high school years). Not once have I ever heard "biological male". It's all a bunch of bs. Transphobia is anti-science.
May 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
yup, degree in physiology and PhD in developmental biology here - not once
It's not perfect but the new place is slowly getting there!
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's not perfect but the new place is slowly getting there!
Hello Manchester, it's good to be back!
May 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hello Manchester, it's good to be back!
I'll always be slightly bemused by the duty free area of Berlin airport. Specifically the existence of a fish and chip shop directly above a Ralph Lauren
May 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'll always be slightly bemused by the duty free area of Berlin airport. Specifically the existence of a fish and chip shop directly above a Ralph Lauren
Ahhh DB, ever unreliable, even on my last day in Germany!
May 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Ahhh DB, ever unreliable, even on my last day in Germany!
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🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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Just finished up my last day at MPI. Thanks to the @oconnorlab.bsky.social for a great two and a half years of science! Next stop: Manchester
May 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just finished up my last day at MPI. Thanks to the @oconnorlab.bsky.social for a great two and a half years of science! Next stop: Manchester
Welp this is 31 I guess.
May 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Welp this is 31 I guess.
Weird couple weeks ahead. Tomorrow I turn 31, and also start my last week working at Max Planck. The week after I make the move back to the UK and Manchester for a new chapter.
May 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Weird couple weeks ahead. Tomorrow I turn 31, and also start my last week working at Max Planck. The week after I make the move back to the UK and Manchester for a new chapter.
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Don't make me tap the sign
Important message for my new followers
April 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Don't make me tap the sign
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We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
March 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable
*screams in apartment hunting*
March 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
*screams in apartment hunting*