Nat. Geographic Explorer, UIC Prof. Our lab focuses on: 1) microbial antibiotic discovery; 2) develop novel discovery methods; community partnerships

Chicago, IL
Joined August 2016
Video: How the Big Beautiful Bill will degrade science, public safety, and the US economy. open.substack.com/pub/writes… I made a video to show how NIH-university partnerships benefit society, and how Trump Administration policies have dismantled this essential pipeline.
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(1) My latest commentary: “How trust in the university broke, and why academics must fight to win it back.” open.substack.com/pub/writes…
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(2) “DEI, in addition to nondescript brandings of “wokeness” that were trafficked in popular media for years, served as the trojan horse of this larger war. They were a mechanism that eroded public confidence in the university and paved the way for its widespread dismantling.”
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(3) “To this end, the weaponization of “wokeness”, an intellectually vague and seldomly defined critique, has been incredibly effective at garnering anti-university sentiment from allpolitical affiliations.”
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Work from our lab by @JeanieTan10 featured in Washington Post and cover of Chicago Tribune. It highlights a partnership between our local Boys & Girls Club and UIC to engage middle school students in STEM careers via real biomedical research!
When Camarria Williams, 13, stumbled upon goose poop in a neighborhood park, she enthusiastically scooped some up. She soon learned, with university researchers’ help, that her goose poop contained a cancer-fighting compound. wapo.st/3DmE12z
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We're looking for a new Assistant Professor in Marine Natural Products/Marine Biotechnology @Scripps_Ocean. Come join us - apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF041…
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Latest story from our lab! I've been so fortunate to be able to integrate two passions - biomedical research and STEM outreach. Huge shoutout to the wonderful collaborators on this project including scientists, volunteers, and partners at @BGCChi.
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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…
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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…
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BT Murphy Lab retweeted
Join us to try out the online version of IDBac! If you are doing bacterial analysis with MALDI, come check it out with @NyssaKrull . We will be hosting an interactive online workshop on August 14th at 10:00am CST (via Zoom). Sign up here: forms.gle/xZE6XWj68XU1eWFw8
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A big shout out to my lab who held it together with me being occupied by conference after conference this summer. I’m a lucky PI. Alyssa, Deeya, @JeanieTan10 Mandy, Xochitl, @NyssaKrull Julia, Natalie
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Outstanding talks by @LoesgenLab @JMWinterlab @MeversLab Clevenger and Bewley labs at SIMB. A very inspiring session organized by @ParkinsonLab and Dr Gillian Bruni from USDA.
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Replying to @WritesofMurph
@WritesofMurph just told a super cool story about middle schoolers doing antibiotic discovery from bacteria isolated from soil (or in one case, goose poop) @UICPharm. Nice work! 💩 🦠 #ICNPR2024
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If you missed my talk at the recent @pharmacognosy meeting, I just posted a version on YouTube youtu.be/TBDTNq_Xb4c via @YouTube
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Ovarian cancer is particularly hard to detect. New research from @UICPharm and @UICancerCenter used cutting-edge techniques to identify a new biomarker that offers hope for effective routine screening — possibly even at home. today.uic.edu/new-biomarker-…
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Excited to share that our latest publication - discovery of new antibiotic using novel dual sided agar plate assay (DAPA) - made the cover of @ACS_Infectious Diseases!
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The latest issue of #ACSInfectiousDiseases in live! go.acs.org/5Pg This month's cover article from @MurphyLabUIC describes the development of DAPA, a tool used to discover new antibiotic natural products.
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