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Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
@justin-randall.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Microbiologist interested in antimicrobial peptides and synthetic antimicrobial discovery.

https://research.umkc.edu/jrandall
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DLxXBYMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=a
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justin-randall.bsky.social
UMKC is looking for a NTT faculty in biology to start in January. UMKC is a great place to work and Kansas City awesome. Please apply if interested! Info below:
September 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
justin-randall.bsky.social
We are hiring new a Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in my division at UMKC! If you are interested, please apply by going to the link below and searching for Job ID 55628. It is a really wonderful place to live and work!

erecruit.umsystem.edu/psc/tamext/K...
July 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
justin-randall.bsky.social
So very frustrating. Months of work wasted… 😫
gserratomarks.bsky.social Gabi Serrato Marks @gserratomarks.bsky.social · May 20
NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants.

👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Screenshot of NIMH BRAINS funding opportunity. The expiration date is now before the next application due date.
May 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
justin-randall.bsky.social
This will be an exciting seminar! Don't forget to sign up and attend if interested!
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
nature.com
Nature research paper: A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome

https://go.nature.com/4iECjJz
A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome - Nature
A new lasso peptide antibiotic exhibits broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis, is unaffected by common resistance mechanisms and shows no toxicity towards human cells.
go.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
hansonmark.bsky.social
We can only combat this bias by celebrating #WomenInStem loud and proud. Women like Lilian, Emmy, McClintock, Karikó... of course the list goes on & on..

Please hit me with more fantastic women to celebrate. I'll do my best to work them into lectures.

To close: happy #InternationalWomensDay!

18/n
March 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
hansonmark.bsky.social
I've also now made a Starter Pack for the #AntimicrobialPeptide field here:

go.bsky.app/JLHHzt1

Please let me know who I am missing! This is a very incomplete list so far. I also expect many will join Bluesky later. I will happily keep populating this list! 📣🧬🦠
February 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
iampnetwork.bsky.social
At the AMPs GRC? Come stop by our poster later today or chat in person with any of our committee members! iAMPNet is free to join!
February 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
justin-randall.bsky.social
Last chance! Checkout this free webinar on Antimicrobial Peptides happening soon!
iampnetwork.bsky.social International AMP Network (iAMPNet) @iampnetwork.bsky.social · Jan 15
🌟 Kick Off 2025 with Our First Webinar of the Year! 🌟

🎤 Speakers:
🔹 Belinda Omino
🔹 Padmanie Ramotar, M.Sc

Presentations will focus on research and mentorship experiences with iAMPNet!

📅 Date: January 28th
🕒 Time: 16:00 – 17:00 CET
💡 Register for free using this link: lnkd.in/eAPh62Mn
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
antonino-asaro.bsky.social
If you’re looking to explore lipid cell heterogeneity and dynamics at single-cell level from a fresh perspective, we encourage you to check out this review on single-cell lipid biology!!!
January 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
justin-randall.bsky.social
If you do research involving antimicrobial peptides, please consider joining the international AMP Network (iAMPNet) and follow us @iampnetwork.bsky.social

We provide monthly webinars and access to mentorship and networking opportunities with in the field

To learn more and join visit iampnet.com
iAMPNet | international antimicrobial peptide research network
International AntiMicrobial & host defence Peptide Network (www.iampnet.com)
iampnet.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
sarahmackattack.bsky.social
The posting about @skypeascientist.bsky.social's need for monthly support is starting to work! Thank you to everyone who has become a monthly donor 🥹

We're still at ~80% of the monthly supporters we had in 2021, so I'm trying to claw us back to there. We can do it!

Join us!
givebutter.com/uA8ubg
Monthly Skype a Scientist Support Squad
Help us increase our monthly donations by $1000/month
givebutter.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
richard-goodman.bsky.social
As my first post on bsky post, I thought I'd share a recent paper of ours published in
@naturecomms.bsky.social
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Here we use various techniques to determine the molecular mechanisms for an observed rise in chloramphenicol susceptibility at the same time as an increase in ESBL resistance.
Molecular mechanisms of re-emerging chloramphenicol susceptibility in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales - Nature Communications
In this work, authors probe the molecular mechanism of re-emerging CHL susceptibility in Malawian Enterobacterales isolates, where they identify a stable truncation of resistance genes by insertion se...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Justin Randall (Randall Lab, UMKC)
amitchell.bsky.social
Fantastic resource. Thanks for putting this together Georgia!
blahttodea.bsky.social georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @blahttodea.bsky.social · Nov 11
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
docs.google.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:05 PM
justin-randall.bsky.social
For those interested in how we might rapidly modify antimicrobial peptides to be less toxic, take a look at my most recent publication!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep mutational scanning and machine learning for the analysis of antimicrobial-peptide features driving membrane selectivity - Nature Biomedical Engineering
A high-throughput mutation-scanning method for interrogating sequence variation in antimicrobial peptides facilitates the understanding of sequence–structure–function relationships affecting the membr...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:36 PM