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Natural products + biosynthesis
JSPS Postdoctoral fellow in the Abe Lab (UTokyo 東大)
PhD with M. Chang (Berkeley 2024)
i also like to ride bikes and skateboards
JSPS Postdoctoral fellow in the Abe Lab (UTokyo 東大)
PhD with M. Chang (Berkeley 2024)
i also like to ride bikes and skateboards
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Congratulations to former student Eli and the team on their new paper in Nature Chemical Biology! Here they show that the difference in radical rebound of FeII/aKG halogenases is uniquely controlled by the switching of the metal ligand bond axes! Take a look: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic metal coordination controls chemoselectivity in a radical halogenase - Nature Chemical Biology
Radical FeII/α-ketoglutarate-dependent halogenases are powerful biocatalysts for C–H functionalization. Here, the authors reveal the mechanistic basis for chemoselectivity in a lysine halogenase.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Congratulations to former student Eli and the team on their new paper in Nature Chemical Biology! Here they show that the difference in radical rebound of FeII/aKG halogenases is uniquely controlled by the switching of the metal ligand bond axes! Take a look: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#secmet #natprod tRNA deacylases as resistance markers to identify nonproteinogenic amino acid-producing biosynthetic gene clusters!
Congrats to lead author Doug and team on their new preprint, which describes a genome mining strategy to find non-canonical amino acid-based secondary metabolites outside of RiPP and NRPS pathways! Read more below: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
tRNA-Deacylase Directed Discovery of Biosynthetic Pathways
Amino acids are one of nature’s most privileged building blocks for generating molecular diversity on length-scales ranging from small molecules to proteins. While amino acid products arising from cer...
chemrxiv.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 AM
There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
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3 new color palettes added to my GitHub repository of plant/anime inspired palette collections: bird of paradise (bop), love in a mist (liam), and blue iris (bir). Hex codes, how to use, and the respective inspirations are available at GitHub page: github.com/cxli233/Colo... #DataVisualization
December 4, 2024 at 7:38 PM
3 new color palettes added to my GitHub repository of plant/anime inspired palette collections: bird of paradise (bop), love in a mist (liam), and blue iris (bir). Hex codes, how to use, and the respective inspirations are available at GitHub page: github.com/cxli233/Colo... #DataVisualization
The same actinobacteria, different growth media! More than the colors, what shocked me was the smell. The far right flask smelled like pineapples 🍍 while the others were all earthy, particularly the third from the left. #secmet
December 4, 2024 at 2:10 PM
The same actinobacteria, different growth media! More than the colors, what shocked me was the smell. The far right flask smelled like pineapples 🍍 while the others were all earthy, particularly the third from the left. #secmet
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The Maguey cactus (Agave americana) is also known as the "Century Plant" because it blossoms only once during its 10 - 30 year life, then dies... but what a blossom: up to 10 m/32 ft high
There's lots to talk about, but my favorite fact: it's in the same family as asparagus.
(📷: Alvesgaspar)
There's lots to talk about, but my favorite fact: it's in the same family as asparagus.
(📷: Alvesgaspar)
September 11, 2024 at 10:30 PM
The Maguey cactus (Agave americana) is also known as the "Century Plant" because it blossoms only once during its 10 - 30 year life, then dies... but what a blossom: up to 10 m/32 ft high
There's lots to talk about, but my favorite fact: it's in the same family as asparagus.
(📷: Alvesgaspar)
There's lots to talk about, but my favorite fact: it's in the same family as asparagus.
(📷: Alvesgaspar)
CoE: received
Visa application: submitted
Pants: at the tailor
It's a good day
Visa application: submitted
Pants: at the tailor
It's a good day
September 10, 2024 at 1:12 AM
CoE: received
Visa application: submitted
Pants: at the tailor
It's a good day
Visa application: submitted
Pants: at the tailor
It's a good day
I'm getting antsy. I've been out of the lab for months and I can't apply for my visa yet 😭 would love to start the next chapter of my career and get out of limbo... also I'm running out of money 😀
September 5, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I'm getting antsy. I've been out of the lab for months and I can't apply for my visa yet 😭 would love to start the next chapter of my career and get out of limbo... also I'm running out of money 😀