Tom Lau
@tomlau.bsky.social
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Science, Drug Discovery, Public Infrastructure, Soccer Analytics & Miscellany. Boston via Dublin.
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Can't say i'm not a little tempted to try to come home :) I'll be back at the dept for the 20 year reunion at Xmas at least!
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Silly take for a vacation day. Those couples that are smiling while sharing a slice and a hot dog at Costco, you just know they're gonna be together forever.
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Chembio in the Pub! The tastier, chattier version of the popular Boston conference. Jun 12th is pretty close to the GRC too so whether you're a local or visiting it would be great to hang out www.eventbrite.com/e/chembio-in... #chembio #chemicalbiology #bostonbiotech
ChemBio in the PUB 2025
Chemical Biology in the PUB
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Still Amusing Ourselves
Why does this 40-year-old book by a career academic still hit so hard?

⏬ Bluesky 'bite-sized' article thread (12 min) with added links 📖🍿🔊
The One Book That Explains Our Current Era Was Written 40 Years Ago
NYT pundits and NBA coaches alike can't stop recommending this four-decade-old book.
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Gotta ridewithgps or Strava route?
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Truncated gRNA sequences to target Cas9 fusions to hundreds of sites with similar sequences: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This should address a question I commonly get for GLoPro (PMID: 29735997), about targeting TF binding sites throughout the genome, rather than a single locus.

Cool work.
Multi-locus CRISPRi targeting with a single truncated guide RNA - Nature Communications
A critical goal in functional genomics is evaluating which non-coding elements contribute to gene expression, cellular function, and disease. Here the authors present a CRISPRi-based method using trun...
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@kusterlab.bsky.social Still happening, is it just me?
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Whom would you like to hear at our next event?

The planning for the 5th Virtual ChemBioTalks is starting. We are excited for talks by @oconnorlab.bsky.social, @craigmcrews.bsky.social and Kelly Chibale.

Let us know in reply to this post, whom you would additionally like to hear!
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natchembio.nature.com
We asked a collection of chemical biologists, “What do you think are the most exciting frontiers or the most needed developments in your main field of research?”

You can read that they said in our Feature “Thoughts for the future” – Free to read in January. rdcu.be/d5Ksw
Thoughts for the future
Nature Chemical Biology - As Nature Chemical Biology approaches its third decade we asked a collection of chemical biologists, “What do you think are the most exciting frontiers or the most...
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Turns out the best seat on the plane is the one not next to your own family!
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Ogdenville vibes
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possuhuanglab.bsky.social
1/ In two back-to-back papers, we present our de novo TRACeR platform for targeting MHC-I and MHC-II antigens

TRACeR for MHC-I: go.nature.com/4gcLzn5
TRACeR for MHC-II: go.nature.com/4gj5OQk
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atinygreencell.bsky.social
Come with me as I troubleshoot this very high GC PCR toward clonable homology arms in an actinobacteria. Testing DMSO, Betaine 1M, and Propylene Glycol to see if we get amplification. Arms are 1000bp. Full length with arms and gene is 2800bp. Let's go!

🧵 1/n
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This was glorious. I will never complain about a 2 hour toddler flight to Detroit ever again.
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Very neat system from Alice's team. I love the name too!
aliceyting.bsky.social
Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from gene expression and real-time fluorescence to modulation..
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Delighted these fun explainers have made it to bluesky
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Skeetorial time! Let’s talk early human dose prediction. Not the fancy, need-tons-of-software and a DMPK pro kind. Just the kind that uses some basic algebra. HDP is a unifying concept for med chemists. It’s the master optimization parameter, and it can’t be easily cheated. 1/
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Assume all small molecules are unselective for their protein target until proven otherwise. Even if the vendor tells you it’s a selective inhibitor for X, there’s a decent chance it isn’t selective! So how do we find quality molecules for scientific experiments? academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
The Chemical Probes Portal – 2024: update on this public resource to support best-practice selection and use of small molecules in biomedical research
Abstract. The Chemical Probes Portal (www.chemicalprobes.org) is a free, public resource, based on expert-reviews, that supports the assessment, selection
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