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Congrats to Joey Cotruvo (@CotruvoLab), associate professor of chemistry, who was recently named recipient of the 2024 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry by the #ACS Division of Biological Chemistry! science.psu.edu/news/cotruvo… @PSUScience @penn_state #Chemistry
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Congrats to @BookerMan_PSU for being recently honored with the 2023 Percy L. Julian Award from @NOBCChE! It recognizes his achievements in pure and/or applied science, as well as dedication over the years in research and commitment to the STEM community. psu.edu/news/eberly-college-…
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The College of Sciences has named chemistry Associate Professor Wei-chen Chang as the LORD Corporation Distinguished Scholar. 🥳 Learn how has secured more than $3 million of external funding to support his research. ➡️: ncst.at/xvr050PEvQJ
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Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 3′-Deoxy-3′,4′-didehydro-cytidine triphosphate (ddhCTP) By Tyler Grove, Lawrence Harris et al @EinsteinMed @Ferrier_Inst 🔓 Open access in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au 👉 go.acs.org/5Dd
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Enzymatic Fluoromethylation Enabled by the S-Adenosylmethionine Analog Te-Adenosyl-L-(fluoromethyl)homotellurocysteine NEW #ASAP by @BookerMan_PSU, Bo Wang, & co-workers from @psu_chemistry. Read it here: go.acs.org/5cR
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Matt Bauerle retweeted
McCarthy's proposed budget caps would lead to an immediate cut of 14%-31%, growing to 28%-58% below current services, depending on what happens to defense and VA medical care. That 31% first-year cut would leave appropriators $208 billion in the hole. americanprogress.org/article…
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New e- pathway for radical SAM enzymes: "In this work, we provide evidence that the substrate, in this case, heme, facilitates electron transfer from NADPH to the [4Fe-4S] cluster." From Silakov, Lanzilotta and colleagues @universityofga @PennState  pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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MAGA Republicans love to harp about “fiscal responsibility” while giving huge tax breaks to their wealthy friends and campaign donors. A new @amprog report finds the Bush + Trump tax cuts are primarily responsible for the growth in the national debt. americanprogress.org/article…
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Matt Bauerle retweeted
My first report from @amprog is out! It's why I think fair analysis would say debt/GDP is rising due to tax cuts and NOT spending. First, the big (and true) claim: without the Bush tax cuts, their extensions, & Trump tax cuts, debt/GDP would be declining. americanprogress.org/article…
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Excited to share our group’s work on chemically modifying FeMo-co. Here we report our strategy to selectively enrich one of its seven Fe sites with 57Fe for mechanistic studies of the Mo nitrogenase. Big thanks to Dmitriy, Brian, Dan, and @srisantitham. nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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The missing step in the formation of a lipid molecule that allows certain single-celled organisms to survive the most extreme environments on Earth has now been deciphered by a team of #PennState and @UofIllinois researchers led by @BookerMan_PSU. buff.ly/3KgxTbA @BMB_PSU
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Replying to @BookerMan_PSU
@BookerMan_PSU Looking forward to your talk! You are the closer!!! #ChemistsRock #ChemistryLegacy 🔥🔥🔥
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Very excited about our second contribution to ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, which describes studies on a novel system for generating the lipoyl cofactor (i.e. lipoic acid). This system consists of two proteins previously annotated as biotin synthases! pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021…
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Viperin is a radical SAM protein that inhibits flaviviruses. But what do viperin-like enzymes do? Lachowicz et al @EinsteinMed show these enzymes use the same "ddh-synthase" reaction, pointing to an evolutionarily conserved host defense strategy. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… #tbt
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In honor of his contributions to enzyme chemistry, Squire J. Booker (@BookerMan_PSU) of @penn_state @HHMINEWS is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2019. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: ow.ly/cpu850IU7TF #biochemistry
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We're delighted to share with you that Dr. Squire Booker has been reappointed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as HHMI investigator for seven years. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Booker for his outstanding scholarship and contributions.
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