@basicchemist

Now a post-doc at BU with the Allen Lab. Structural biology and enzymology. PhD from the Booker Lab at PSU.

Joined February 2017
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As part of #BUPDA @BU_Tweets, we organized a post doc mini-retreat on the beautiful #CharlesRiverCampus with interactive talks from @LaurenACelano and @EswaraPallavi on post doc training and creating your online presence! #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek
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Paula Welander@PaulaWelander27 Jul 2022
Beautiful structural study from @BookerMan_PSU and colleagues on the mechanistic details of GDGT formation resolving a decades long question - the substrate is fully saturated!!😮microbial biochemistry is so wild... nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Discovery, structure and mechanism of a tetraether lipid synthase

Nature - In Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme catalyses the formation of the biphytanyl chain.

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Corey Kaminsky@corey_kaminsky25 May 2022
Thrilled to see this project published today in @NatureCatalysis! In this paper from @surendranathlab, @sphwng, Josh, @yogi_chem and I report redox liberation by selective solvation of heterogenized molecular catalysts. 🧵below. nature.com/articles/s41929-0…

Adsorbed cobalt porphyrins act like metal surfaces in electrocatalysis

Nature Catalysis - Heterogenized molecular catalysts are often assumed to operate via analogous mechanisms to their homogeneous counterparts. Here, the authors demonstrate that a tethered cobalt...

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A research team led by @BookerMan_PSU has uncovered crucial steps for adding chemical tags to transfer RNA news.psu.edu/story/667358/20…

Modifying RNA: Crucial steps for adding chemical tag to transfer RNA revealed | Penn State Univer...

The chemical steps in an important cellular modification process that adds a chemical tag to some RNAs have been revealed in a new study by Penn State chemists. Interfering with this process in...

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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize20 Aug 2021
#OnThisDay 20 August 1955, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and her colleagues published the final structure of vitamin B12 which has the most complex structure of all vitamins.
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Kamala Harris
@KamalaHarris7 Nov 2020
We did it, @JoeBiden.
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Whoever is updating The Guardian’s live updates has had enough lol
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MIT Chemistry@ChemistryMIT29 Oct 2020
In this month's Graduate Student spotlight, @surendranathlab member Corey Kaminsky shares the videos that consistently make her laugh, the song that always puts her in a good mood, the current fad she could do without, and more! chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-…
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize29 Jul 2020
“I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.” Remembering Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the #NobelPrize-awarded biochemist who was one of the most outstanding X-ray crystallographers of her time. She determined the structure of penicillin and vitamin B12.
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clara T@ramencult31 Mar 2020
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CSHL WiSE@CSHL_WISE15 Jan 2020
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a pioneer in x-ray crystallography – She wanted to get a look at molecules, but the tech didn’t exist to do it – so she developed it & used it to "look" at penicillin, vitamin B12, insulin, & more cshlwise.org/wise-wednesdays… @biochem_bri #WiSEWednesday
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Druse Labs@druselabs127 Dec 2019
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18… A #Crystal/Clear Pipeline for Applied Image Processing by Christopher Watkins Nicholas Rosa Thomas Carroll David Ratcliffe Marko Ristic Christopher Russell Rongxin Li Vincent Fazio Janet Newman classifying images of protein #crystallization droplets
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Charlie Dulberger@chaaawie23 Dec 2019
I used to be the Grinch -- I guess I've mellowed with age. Merry Christmas and happy holidays y'all. #StructuralBiology #ChristmasCard @CellCellPress @Structure_CP
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saying "I'm a grad student" -boring -given a pitiful look -forever a student saying "I'm a scientist" -wicked smart -no one challenges your science knowledge -sounds like you're a freaking genius who whips up potions and elixirs in the lab all day #phdchat #AcademicChatter
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the only reliable crystallization technique i know of thus far is prayer and ritual sacrifice
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Editorial: Many PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are overworked and overstressed — and their mental health is suffering because of it. buff.ly/32aYvEe
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Happy that we could help James out on this one. Love my #bioinorganic team @psu_chemistry
Biochemistry@BiochemistryACS23 Jul 2019
Volume 58, Issue 29 is online now! In this issue: the characterization of several Cfr RNA methylase enzymes reveals a C-terminal metal-binding domain that affects activity. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… From Gumkowski et. al. @BookerMan_PSU @PSU_chemistry @BMB_PSU

Analysis of RNA Methylation by Phylogenetically Diverse Cfr Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Enzymes...

Cfr is a radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) RNA methylase linked to multidrug antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens. It catalyzes a chemically challenging C–C bond-forming reaction to methyl...

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Antoni Porowski@antoni24 Jul 2019
A legend ❤️
NPR
@NPR24 Jul 2019
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tells NPR that despite battling cancer for a third time, she's not going anywhere anytime soon. "I am very much alive," Ginsburg said. n.pr/2Y9DdE4
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Group photo of IES and Shared EPR #summerschool at U Denver. Follow us @EPR_ESR. If you want to learn more about #EPR #ESR check out lecture materials here: easyspin.org/denver2019 @enricabordignon @prisnerlab @pinenut666 @songihanlab
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