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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Jun 14

🚀 PhD position at the intersection of medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.
You'll develop ferroptosis inhibitors to combat bacterial lung infections

🧪 Research (50%) /🎓 Teaching (50%)

Looking for someone with:
➡️ Strong background in organic synthesis
➡️ Passion for working across disciplines

Graduate teaching & research assistant medicinal chemistry and/or chemical biology | University of Antwerp

YUFE vacancies

www.uantwerpen.be

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Thomas Boettcher @thomasboettcher.bsky.social · Apr 20

A new cover feature from our lab, designed by first author Viktoriia Savchenko, went online in ACS Chemical Biology.
Here is the article link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social

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Marta Barniol-Xicota @mbarniolx.bsky.social · Mar 24

🚀 Our new #preprint is out!

We developed a phage display platform for fast, direct screening of unnatural macrocyclic peptide substrates, enabling the discovery of highly selective protease substrates for imaging and therapeutic applications.

Check it out! doi.org/10.1101/2025... 📄🔗

#ChemBio

Macrocyclic phage display for identification of selective protease substrates

Traditional methods for identifying selective protease substrates have primarily relied on synthetic libraries of linear peptides, which offer limited sequence and structural diversity. Here, we prese...

doi.org

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Feb 19

🎊 Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the Belgian @jongeacademie.bsky.social ! I’m excited to connect with so many passionate researchers and artists, and I look forward to contribute to this vibrant community. Thanks to the Jonge Academie for this opportunity- I can’t wait to get started 💪

Jonge Academie @jongeacademie.bsky.social · Feb 19

We hebben 10 nieuwe leden verkozen!
Ontdek ze hier 👉 www.jongeacademie.be/nieuws/nieuw...

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Jonge Academie @jongeacademie.bsky.social · Feb 19

We hebben 10 nieuwe leden verkozen!
Ontdek ze hier 👉 www.jongeacademie.be/nieuws/nieuw...

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Jan 25

Using cutting-edge methods like ABPP, XL-MS, and TurboID, we aim to identify bacterial proteins that allow pathogens to evade the immune response.

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Jan 25

‼️PhD Position in Chemical Biology at the University Antwerp‼️#chembio

✔️Deadline: ‼️February 20, 2025‼️
✔️Find full details and submit your application here: www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

Doctoral scholarship holder chemical biology | University of Antwerp

YUFE vacancies

www.uantwerpen.be

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · Jan 9

If you are interested in 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, definitely consider the #ABPP2025 conference on March 30th to April 2nd, 2025, at The Francis Crick Institute.
Registration deadlines have been updated.
www.linkedin.com/posts/14th-i...

14th International Activity Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) Meeting on LinkedIn: REGISTRATIONS DEADLINES UPDATE! Early Bird registration (🐣) has been…

REGISTRATIONS DEADLINES UPDATE! Early Bird registration (🐣) has been extended to the 30th of January and Late Registrations (🦉) end on the 28th of February…

www.linkedin.com

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IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · Dec 13

Check out this starter pack with accounts related to the University of Antwerp (Belgium):
go.bsky.app/NQ9aNYZ

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thanks Pavel 🤗

Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Dec 14

🍾 Wow, I got an FWO project! 🍾
This is my groups first major funding since we started - I almost can’t believe it! 🥳
This 4-year grant will let us develop new chemoproteomic methods to uncover how bacteria evade phagocytosis. Super exciting for this first big step!!! 💪✨🥂

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Isabel Thomas @isabelthomas.co.uk · Nov 19

Growing my idea starter packs! Let me know if you're in #scicomm for young audiences and would like to be added! go.bsky.app/KRmczwo

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · Nov 19

This week is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 🦠

This graphic highlights the discovery dates of some key classes of antibiotics – note that no new class of antibiotics has reached the market since 1987

Download & read more here: www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/08/a...

#ChemSky #MedSky 🧪

A Guide to Different Classes of Antibiotics. Twelve different classes of antibiotic are shown in this graphic with discovery dates indicated, from approximately 1930 through to 1990. Whether the classes are bacteriostatic agents (chloramphenicol, oxazolidinones, sulfonamides, tetracyclines and macrolides) or bactericidal agents (beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides, quinolones, ansamycins, streptogramins and lipopeptides) is also indicated.

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Klaus Tschira Stiftung @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de · Nov 21

📣 Ab sofort können Interessierte sich um den 23. KlarText-Preis für #Wissenschaftskommunikation bewerben.
Wir suchen wieder Forschende, die uns in einem Artikel 📄 oder einer Infografik 📊 erklären, woran sie für ihre Promotion geforscht haben.
Mehr Informationen unter: klartext-preis.de

Card mit dem Text "Bewirb dich um den KlarText-Preise 2025. Einsendeschluss 28.2.2025.

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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · Nov 21

We are working on the program for the 5th Virtual ChemBioTalks on September 30th, 2025. While we already have commitments by our keynotes @oconnorlab.bsky.social and @craigmcrews.bsky.social, the remaining program is still in planning. Whom would you most like to hear at our next event?

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Nov 20

Sounds delicious!!! Careful that the piraat might catalyze an unexpected dessert experiment 😅

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Verhelst Lab @verhelstlab.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hello #chemicalbiology community on bluesky! Some of you may know my lab. We work on covalent chemical probes with a main focus on proteases. #abpp #chemicalproteomics You can visit www.verhelstlab.net or check our papers on pubmed.

Verhelst Lab – Laboratory of Chemical Biology

www.verhelstlab.net

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Ben Schumann @drglycoben.bsky.social · Nov 19

#Chembio crowd! Come and join #ESBOC25, the oldest Chemical Biology Symposium in Europe, in its 58th (!) instalment, on 28th-30th May 2025 - in beautiful and scenic Gregynog/Wales! Chaired by none other than Olalla Vazquez and with a rockstar lineup: www.esboc.org.uk

ESBOC – European Symposium on Biological and Organic Chemistry

www.esboc.org.uk

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · Nov 18

Great to see so many new people here! Explore Starter Packs to get started!
I made one of scientists with a focus on #ChemBio, #Chemistry, (Chemical) #Proteomics and #DrugDiscovery:
bsky.app/starter-pac...

As well as a short version of the 25 most recommended accounts: bsky.app/starter-pac...
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Scientists to follow

Join the conversation

bsky.app

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Juan S. Bonifacino @juanbonifacino.bsky.social · Nov 17

Here are some free/open-source sites for the preparation of scientific illustrations, including icon libraries: bioicons.com, scidraw.io, bioart.niaid.nih.gov, inkscape.org, biogdp.com, reactome.org/icon-lib

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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · Nov 17

📯📯 Chemical Biology starter pack 📯📯
140 PIs & groups posting primary research in chemical biology.

Please reskeet (?) & reply to this post if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/KLrTWoj

Let's make ChemBioSky even greater again!

#realtimechem #FluorescenceFriday #chemsky #chemtwitter #AgentOrange

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Nov 18

Would love to be added, too! We are using chemical probes to understand host-pathogen interactions.

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ChemKritzer @chemkritzer.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hey #ChemSky! I teach a primary-literature-based #ChemicalBiology course, and I'd like suggestions for updating the readings. Target audience is 1st-year PhDs and senior undergrads on their way to PhD. Each week I'll add another unit to the thread for your suggestions. Thanks for your help!!

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David Monchaud @dmonchaud.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi Bluesky! New here and a bit surprised not to see a starter pack dedicated to Chemical Biology so.. here we go!
go.bsky.app/DDpDuvo

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Michaela Prothiwa @mprothiwa.bsky.social · Nov 16

Awesome! I’d also love to join!

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