Admin got up yesterday at 7 in the morning to perform a transformation that probably didn't work. One (1) colony on the plates. This is the #chembiosky life.
Scientific illustration depicting the design and control of protein folding and stability. The left side shows a progression from amino acid sequence rules to peptide helices (colored cylinders with directional arrows), which assemble into structured proteins. The right side features two graphs labeled "Control": the top graph plots fraction folded (θ) versus temperature (°C) with multiple colored curves, and the bottom graph shows a linear decrease in melting temperature (Tm) with increasing guanidinium hydrochloride concentration ([GdmHCl]). A yellow circle labeled "PICK OF THE WEEK" appears in the bottom left corner.
Our Chemical Science Pick of the Week is from Dek Woolfson and colleagues!
"De novo designed 3-helix bundle peptides and proteins with controlled topology and stability"
Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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Something big is coming…
Soon, we’ll be able to share a story of peptide helicates, helical polymers, and DNA junctions.
Stay tuned 😉
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Call for Expressions of Interest – MSCA Postdocs 2025
Join my group at CiQUS to work on “Selective DNA Junction Binders for Targeted Anticancer Therapy”.
Deadline: June 15
www.usc.es/ciqus/en/MSC...
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Nice video and gorgeous crystal structure, Christine. I love it and I love the original paper too #DNAJunctions #IRN_NAC #ChemSky #ChemBioSky
Can’t wait to travel to Pavia next month to see my friends.
Honored to speak at the Università di Pavia about our latest work on peptide helicates and DNA three-way junctions.
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Inspiring morning at @ciqus.bsky.social with @lsalassa.bsky.social, who showed how flavin photocatalysis can unlock new paths for platinum-based cancer therapies. Brilliant chemistry 🧪, sharp vision 💡
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PhD opportunity available in my lab @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and @edinburghchem.bsky.social. Developing chemical tools for Ubiquitin-like proteins. 3.5 years and would be a good fit for a molecular sciences (chem/bio) background. tinyurl.com/5h5xz93r
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Great to have Prof. Xiaoguang Lei of Peking University at FU Berlin for his talk, “Opportunities for Merging Chemical and Biological Synthesis”! #ChemicalBiology #Synthesis #ChemBioSky
Fantastic talk, ‘Organic Chemistry to Shine Light on Biology,’ by Johannes Broichhagen (@broichhagenj.bsky.social) from the Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in Berlin. For a comprehensive overview of his work, check out: doi.org/10.1002/anie... #ChemSky #ChemBioSky
Well, so much for the fraternal banter.
#chembiosky vs #nanosky
The fight for #chemsky is on
Come on #chembiosky we need to try and push the RSC Chemical Biology group @rsc-cbbg.bsky.social follower count above the Nanoscience group!!!!
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