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Justin Nodwell

@nodwell.bsky.social

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Justin Nodwell @nodwell.bsky.social · 3d

By GenZ and for GenZ, but I'm thinking I might join in.

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Justin Nodwell @nodwell.bsky.social · 25d

Justin Nodwell @nodwell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Not to brag or anything but...

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

Evidence for European presence in the Americas in ad 1021 - Nature

Precise dating of wooden artefacts at a Norse settlement in Newfoundland establishes that the Norse were in the Americas in ad 1021.

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Justin Nodwell @nodwell.bsky.social · Aug 27

New tool for genome editing in #Streptomyces. Curious to know what people are using. Different systems for different species or is there a one-size-fits-all?

STAGE: A compact and versatile TnpB-based genome editing toolkit for Streptomyces | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Justin Nodwell @nodwell.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for posting - I'm very pleased with this paper which happens to be our first in @plosbiology.org. Great working with you!

Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · Aug 7

What happens to the colossal stash of C- and N-rich (but chemically inaccessible) chitin generated by the global insect population? Love this @plosbiology.org paper from Justin Nodwell & co which shows that #Streptomyces have the equipment to exploit it...

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Aug 6

More than a billion tons of #chitin are produced on Earth each year. This study shows that the soil #bacterium #Streptomyces venezuelae thrives on chitin from #insect #exoskeletons, using a potent mix of chitinases and a dedicated chitobiose importer @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/45sg4S5

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