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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing news that the 5th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social attracted 450 participants from 50 countries.

If you are as excited as we are, already mark next year's date (29th of September, 2026) in your calendars and make sure to suggest your favorite speakers!

#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery

Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 3d

We are excited that the 5th Virtual #ChemBioTalks attracted 450 participants from 50 different countries world-wide. Thank you all for making this such an engaging event!

If you want to suggest speakers and keynotes for 2026, please do so by October 31st at [email protected]

#ChemBio #ChemSky

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 2d

Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!

Sarafan ChEM-H @stanford-chemh.bsky.social · Aug 26

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor

Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation.

Click the link above to learn more & apply!

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Milena Schuhmacher @mschuhmacher.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are hiring!

If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!

More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...

Open positions

GR-SCHUHMACHER

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Aug 19

If you are at #FallACS2025 and like carbs, come by: My new title is Probing glycan recognition in health and disease.

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looking forward to talking today about some new ways of looking at what human lectins do. #FallACS2025

Michael Trakselis @trakselis.bsky.social · Aug 13

Heading to #FallACS2025. Check out the #TOXI program. Some great talks and award sessions. See you soon! @sturlalab.bsky.social @laurakiessling.bsky.social @acs.org

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are so grateful for resources to help us test key ideas about glycans and #Alzheimers disease. #glycotime🧪

Science in Boston @scienceinboston.com · Jun 12

To overcome challenges that #neurodegenerative diseases pose, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative has awarded seed grants for 5 innovative research projects.

Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV

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Science in Boston @scienceinboston.com · Jun 12

To overcome challenges that #neurodegenerative diseases pose, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative has awarded seed grants for 5 innovative research projects.

Congrats to Drs. Joseph Coughlin, Giovanni Traverso, Pattie Maes, Bin Zhang, @laurakiessling.bsky.social & @eboyden3.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4mVasaV

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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · May 30

Opportunity in fragment-based design at Lilly (job available in 4 locations | UK: Bracknell | USA: Boston MA, Louisville CO, San Francisco CA) ref: R-86733 #FBD #FBDD #FBLD #CADD #CompChem #cheminformatics #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
careers.lilly.com/us/en/job/R-...

Advisor - Fragment-based Computational Design in Bracknell, United Kingdom | Research & Development at Lilly

Apply for Advisor - Fragment-based Computational Design job with Lilly in Bracknell, United Kingdom. Research & Development at Lilly

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 23

Brief victory celebration and NEW ASSIGNMENT

More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation!

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ALT: a white and orange cat is standing on its hind legs on a tiled floor .

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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · May 12

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium

www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · May 5

The images show the ManLAM stays associated with cells in the macrophage even after a few days. Wish the macrophages were better at killing M. tuberculosis… We @kiesslinglab.bsky.social hope to use this labeling for better #TB diagnostics. #chemtwitter🧪

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · May 5

Stephanie along with Chi-Wang Ma, @lsoyoung.bsky.social @vicmarando.bsky.social, Greg Babunovic, @thebrysonlab.bsky.social used bioorthogonal labeling with oxaziridines to follow the glycan in infected macrophages. This is the first example of labeling a single type of glycan in cells (we think).

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · May 5

Lead author @ssmelyansky.bsky.social spearheaded a strategy to label a single sulfur-containing glycan called ManLAM on the cell envelope of the bacteria that cause #TB. news.mit.edu/2025/new-mol... or here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪 #glycotime @mitchemistry.bsky.social

New molecular label could lead to simpler, faster tuberculosis tests

MIT chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB tests.

news.mit.edu

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Apr 29

We are so excited to see the cool science that will come out of your group #chemsky

Jill Alty @jillalty.bsky.social · Apr 28

I'm excited to share that I'll be joining the Chemistry Department at Stony Brook University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor this fall! My group will use fundamental organic transformations to advance polymeric biomaterials. Check out jillalty.com for more information.

Home | Jill Alty

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM

Implementation of Schedule F

This is what a lot of us have been worried about.

This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.

BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Apr 19

🙏 We need your help 🙏

The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.

We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:

NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...

NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

w/ @noamross.net

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GlycoNet @glyconet.bsky.social · Feb 13

We’re thrilled to feature an incredible lineup of plenary speakers at #Glyco27!

These experts will share cutting-edge insights and the latest advancements in glycomics across areas of health, including immunology, neuroscience and more!
Register today: glyco27.org/en/begin

@glycotime.bsky.social

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Apr 16

These kinds of cuts are taking place when #TB rates are rising, including in the US. They dovetail with USAID cuts to #TB programs.

🕊 Sharon ~ NHDogLover ⚖️ 🗽 @nhdoglover.bsky.social · Apr 16

A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...

Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze - The Boston Globe

Researchers may have to kill macaques, a kind of primate used in a vaccine study, due to the order.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · Apr 4

Job opportunity in SF to work at a small startup with the first PhD graduate of the Lieberman Lab!

Jacob Baker @microjacob.bsky.social · Apr 4

Taxa is hiring! We're looking for a Computational Biologist to spearhead the analysis of massive genomic datasets for our flagship probiotics. Exciting science, great team, and transparent compensation. Apply here 👇

Taxa hiring Computational Biologist in San Francisco, CA | LinkedIn

Posted 4:13:15 PM. The OpportunityWe are looking for a talented Computational Biologist to spearhead the analysis of…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Mar 27

A new means of selectively imaging the inner mycolate of mycobacteria using a compound that covalently modifies an enzyme intercepts to create a new intermediate with the Kim lab, @thebrysonlab.bsky.social and the Bernhardt lab. #TB

tcwarner.bsky.social @tcwarner.bsky.social · Mar 27

First post here! To inaugurate this account, I'd like to share my recent work, now published in JACS.

Intercepting a Mycobacterial Biosynthetic Pathway with Covalent Labeling | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Intercepting a Mycobacterial Biosynthetic Pathway with Covalent Labeling

The mycobacterial cell envelope plays both infectious and protective roles. Understanding its structure is crucial for unlocking the molecular basis underlying these functions. Studying glycans, the p...

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glycoexpasy.bsky.social @glycoexpasy.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks to Ratmir Derda we have an articulate reply to:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
putting glycans back into the picture! @laurakiessling.bsky.social @anneimb.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @molinarotony.bsky.social @dbojar.bsky.social @siglecdude.bsky.social

Confronting risks of mirror life

Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward

www.science.org

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Laura Kiessling @laurakiessling.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is really beautiful research showing how the glycocalyx changes with aging and its impact on the blood-brain barrier.

Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Feb 26

Happy to share this new #glycotime work with collaborator Tony Wyss-Coray, led by grad student Sophia Shi, mucin loss at the BBB is associated with aging and cognitive decline, can be reversed by restoration with with gene therapy. Aging is a mucinopathy!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease - Nature

Disruption of mucin-domain glycoprotein expression and function in the endothelial glycocalyx are associated with ageing and Alzheimer’s disease, leading to dysregulated blood–brain barrier function.

www.nature.com

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Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · Feb 27

For the Idaho Statesman 🥔, Professor Melanie Samuel explains how science funding drives cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer— and the devastating impact of mass firings in Health & Human Services.
Happy Homecoming 🧪🧬🔬🏠
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/read...

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Jennifer Kohler @doctorjj.bsky.social · Feb 14

Catherine Grimes (University of Delaware)
Laura Kiessling (MIT) @laurakiessling.bsky.social

Apply now on the GRC website!

#glycotime

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Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD @rburdine1.bsky.social · Feb 11

Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social

Please share widely!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...

Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer

YouTube video by Association of American Universities

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