Assistant Professor @Scripps_Ocean @UCSDSkaggsSOP | Postdoc @moorelabsio | PhD @narayanlab | Undergrad @SVSU | Enzyme enthusiast & chemical biologist
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Joined November 2017
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April Lukowski retweeted
Very excited to share our latest work in solving flavin mechanisms in a single-component halogenase. Great team work by @PhinthaA @AprilLukowski.
Unlocking the catalytic precision of ligand-controlled enzymatic halogenation | PNAS pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pn…
Come be my colleague! We’re hiring an assistant professor in marine natural products and marine biotechnology at SIO - check out this link to learn more: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF041…
April Lukowski retweeted
Our latest perspective article by @NookKPrakinee @PhaisanSuppalak @SirusKongjaroon on how to use Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction for enzyme engineering recently published in JACS Au. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
April Lukowski retweeted
Just out from the Booker Lab!
@BookerMan_PSU
@basicchemist #ACSBioMedChemAu
Structural Evidence for DUF512 as a Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Cobalamin-Binding Domain | ACS Bio & Med Chem Au pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
April Lukowski retweeted
When the standard approaches didn't work, @Chad46971777 came up with a new one to solve a synthetic challenge that @YeWangum was having. Mix in @AzamHussai70792 and the following @J_A_C_S paper was the result.
@NarayanLab @MichiganChem @UMLifeSciences #biocatalysis
Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction to Enable Biocatalytic Synthesis of Azaphilones | Journal of the American Chemical Society @AlisonNarayanUM
@UMichResearch @UMich @NarayanLab #Ancestral #Sequence #Reconstruction #Biocatalysis #Azaphilones
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
April Lukowski retweeted
Interested in continuous evolution of biomacromolecules or in the development of Darwinian nanoparticles for gene delivery! Then apply to be a postdoctoral researcher in the Diercks Lab at Scripps. More information at dierckslab.com or at recruiting2.ultipro.com/SCR1…
April Lukowski retweeted
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
April Lukowski retweeted
Tired of low heterologous biosynthesis yields? Try GrowBio to rapidly make g/l bioproduction. Just give synthetic cells a reason to make your favorite compound like the octopus pigment xanthommatin. Led by @LeahBushin and out at biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
April Lukowski retweeted
New pub today in @PNASNews that extends our @noaacoastalsci ECOHAB work at @Scripps_Ocean on domoic acid biosynthesis with @Andreweallen to support toxin forecasting during an oceanic diatom bloom pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
April Lukowski retweeted
ICYMI: Scripps Oceanography receives $10 million to create a center studying the impacts of climate change on marine species’ nervous systems. Learn more about the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/uc-san…
April Lukowski retweeted
Our Pharm Sci Dept at UIC (Chicago) is hiring an Assistant Professor in natural product drug discovery. Expertise in bioinformatics, genetics, plant sciences, microbiology, and/or synthetic/chemical biology are welcomed! App deadline: Oct 16.
Apply here:
uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersi…
April Lukowski retweeted
Never underestimate a diiron enzyme. Congrats @sanjoyadak90 for bringing the nitrile synthase AetD to life with @Drennan_lab, Maria-Eirini Pandelia, and Ken Houk labs. Published today @NatureChemistry nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
April Lukowski retweeted
🌊🧬BIG NEWS: Thanks to a four-year, $10 million grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, a new center will be established at Scripps Oceanography to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior of marine animals. 🧵⬇️
@AllenInstitute
ALT Martin Tresguerres examines specimens in an aquarium within a lab
April Lukowski retweeted
🌊🔬 A new approach to discovering ocean-based drugs could revolutionize health science! Researchers with Scripps Oceanography are unlocking the ocean's vast potential to develop groundbreaking treatments. Learn more about the innovative new method. ⬇️
lajolla.ca/news/health-scien…
April Lukowski retweeted
Come work with me! The PLNU Chemistry Department has a tenure track position, open to candidates from any area of chemistry: pointloma.wd1.myworkdayjobs.…
Can’t wait to meet the fall quarter marine biology lab students as I teach the microbiology portion! Get ready to learn about the tiny but mighty in the ocean 💪🦠
Are you a @UCSanDiego undergrad student interested in #MarineBiology? 🌊 SIO 136: Marine Biology Laboratory provides learning opportunities in tide pools and aboard research vessels. Learn more about this course and the variety of Scripps-led classes. ⬇️ scripps.ucsd.edu/news/deep-d…
April Lukowski retweeted
Our team (fraley.ethz.ch/) in D-CHAB and IPW @ETH_en are embarking on some exciting projects with the opening of our lab this year! Consider attending my inaugural lecture this Sept to hear more about how we integrate #naturalproducts and #biocatalysis into #MedChem
Amy Fraley @aefraley, our new Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, & her team roam through the kingdoms of life in search of #biosynthetic strategies to produce #therapeutics.
Learn more in this article & join the lecture: Sept 18, 2024! @ETH_en
chab.ethz.ch/en/news-and-eve…
April Lukowski retweeted
It's back! 📸🌅 Scrippshenge, an event that happens twice a year when the sunset aligns under #ScrippsPier, returned last night and @UCSanDiego
photographer @ErikJep was there to capture the magic.
April Lukowski retweeted
It came from the deep(ish) ocean... and then transitioned to a euryhaline lifestyle causing widespread fish-killing blooms in brackish water throughout Texas and Europe... It's Prymnesium parvum and their #PKZILLA s! Now in @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… Thoughts in:🧵
April Lukowski retweeted
Out today at @ScienceMagazine - giant PKZILLA proteins spew huge polyketide marine toxins, just like #Godzilla! Witnessed by @photocyte & @VikShende at @Scripps_Ocean science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…