Luke Lavis
@rhodamine110.bsky.social
Chemist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus. Passionate about designing, building, and giving away fluorescent dyes to illuminate biological systems. Striving to be positive about all things chemistry (except ChemDraw).
ORCID: 0000-0002-0789-6343
ORCID: 0000-0002-0789-6343
The NMR section is my favorite.
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The NMR section is my favorite.
You made that silly esterase thing actually useful--that is something:)
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You made that silly esterase thing actually useful--that is something:)
ahem, ONE of THE chemical biology conferences of 2026:) www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Chemical Tools for Complex Biological Systems IV
Organizers Luke Lavis, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University Zev Gartner, University of California, San Francisco Jennifer Prescher, University of California, Irvine
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November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ahem, ONE of THE chemical biology conferences of 2026:) www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Just to be clear—I was a lowly tech at Probes making large amounts the dyes that others had dreamt up. But I loved the chemistry and the colors—it inspired me to dream up my own fluorophores.
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Just to be clear—I was a lowly tech at Probes making large amounts the dyes that others had dreamt up. But I loved the chemistry and the colors—it inspired me to dream up my own fluorophores.
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Thanks Luke! Grateful for your good work kind sir. Thirty years ago, I remember crowding around the lightbox in awe with my Pharmingen R&D colleagues at the glowing BioColors vectors we had grown up after licensing from Roger Tsien's Lab down the street at UCSD where I was about to graduate. 🔬🧪🥽🔥🌈
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April 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thanks Luke! Grateful for your good work kind sir. Thirty years ago, I remember crowding around the lightbox in awe with my Pharmingen R&D colleagues at the glowing BioColors vectors we had grown up after licensing from Roger Tsien's Lab down the street at UCSD where I was about to graduate. 🔬🧪🥽🔥🌈