Our latest work on the nitrogenase-like methylthio-alkane reductase, which specifically reduces reduces carbon-sulfide bonds is now out @natcatal.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s419.... We find for the first time large #nitrogenase metalloclusters (P- and L-cluster) outside nitrogenases.

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out! Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025! ➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh #FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

New molecular design absorbs 2 photons to store 2 positive and 2 negative charges 100 ns lifetime, 3 eV energy storage, and 37% quantum yield A step toward multi-electron photochemistry Mathis Brändlin and @bjoernpfund.bsky.social in @natchem.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our latest paper is finally published in @natcomms.nature.com (doi.org/10.1038/s414...) !! We successfully constructed synthetic multinuclear metal complexes using only proteins.

Excited to share that our Concept article on the chemogenetic protein translocation tool "SLIPT-PM" is now out in ChemBioChem! We review its development, key features, current applications, and future challenges in chemical biology. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Heading to Long Beach for #ICBIC21! Excited to present our latest artificial metalloenzyme.

The fourth talk of the 5th Virtual ChemBioTalks will be given by @cathleenzeymer.bsky.social. She will talk about her group’s exciting research under the title “Design and directed evolution of artificial photoenzymes”. Make sure to register for free: https://cvent.me/G1geWW

Excited to share that our new paper is out in @jacs.acspublications.org ! We introduce a new design principle for fluorogenic antigen probes, using an intramolecular reaction between a thiol-reactive fluorophore and a cysteine engineered into a DARPin. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq #chemsky

We show how photoredox catalysis can bypass Kasha’s rule, enabling reactions from higher excited states. This work, led by the exceptional @bjoernpfund.bsky.social, offers new insights into photochemical reactivity. Published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org bit.ly/3IysmjX

Molecular recording of cellular protein kinase activity with chemical labeling: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to De-en Sun and the entire team.

Grateful for the opportunity to present our photo-driven artificial metalloenzyme at #Biotrans2025. It was wonderful to reconnect with old colleagues and meet new friends!

So many impressive and inspiring presentations at Repartzyme! Amazing to see how rapidly and significantly the field is progressing. Thrilled to meet many of my scientific heroes from my undergraduate days.

Very happy to be back in Basel🇨🇭 for a while!

Professor Oliver Wenger has received an Advanced Grant for his research projects in photochemistry, which involve chemical reactions triggered by light. This plays a part in processes such as the conversion of solar energy into other forms of energy. @wengeroliver.bsky.social

Professor Thomas Ward's ERC project "Bionix" explores new ways of producing nitrate, which plays a key role in global agriculture as a plant nutrient in fertilizers. Professor Ward and his team aim to establish an efficient process that uses significantly less energy and produces fewer emissions.

New cover design @naturesynthesis.bsky.social I really had fun visualizing the Turner Lab’s research and am grateful that they let me take a playful approach. We turned one-pot multienzyme cascade reactions into a marble run—perfect for an animated cover! Research behind the cover ▶️ rdcu.be/ealKn

Come and join us in Marburg

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The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 462 tenure-track positions and 77 teaching positions: bit.ly/facultychemj... #facultychemjobs chemjobs chemsky

By incorporating two cofactors into the four binding sites of streptavidin, we engineered programmable artifical enzymes for tandem abiotic transformations including an enantioselective formal C–H hydroxylation and a photooxidation-Michael addition. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #chemsky

📣 Our website got a fresh makeover! 🔍 Check out our updated lab website! sites.google.com/view/y-okamo...

Today, several #NobelPrize Laureates arrive in Stockholm, warmly welcomed by Hans Ellegren. Here we see David Baker stepping off the plane at Arlanda. This week is packed with inspiration, press conferences and lectures, so stay tuned! 🌟 @uofwa.bsky.social @hhmi.bsky.social #Science #AcademicSky

The next frontier of T cell therapeutics when the T also stands for tissue-targeting, such as brain or local immune response, via synthetic gene circuits @science.org science.org/doi/10.1126/... science.org/doi/10.1126/... science.org/doi/10.1126/...

One more week till the deadline - Please reach out if you have any questions or want to know more. Thanks

Researchers from the University of Basel have created synthetic cells that mimic natural cell communication. These protocells, activated by light, could lead to new advances in basic research and medical applications. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

A team of researchers has expanded the menu of photobiocatalytic reactions to a three-piece combo. The reaction stitches together an aldehyde, an alkene, and an α-bromo ketone to create a single chiral ketone product. cen.acs.org/synthesis/bi... #chemsky #bluesci 🧪

Honored to be appointed as Secretary of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry. Looking forward to making meaningful contributions (sakutai.jp/en/organizat...).

Can you write the narrative of your research career? Rather than lists of publications this is what many universities and funders are now requiring. Narrative CVs may foster a more inclusive selection processes but do we know how to write and assess them? www.chemistryworld.com/careers/the-...

Now at #SBUK24 we're straight onto Protein and Genome Design session with the first keynote from Dek Woolfson exploring rational and computational protein design and applications in modifying cellular transport

Join our team as a PhD researcher in Biomaterials for Neural Regeneration as part of our multi-partner center Interreg funded by @CZ_Stiftung the full call is here. www.nature.com/naturecareer... more details on our position: www.walther-group.com/job-openings... #phdjobs #chemjobber #PhD #chemsky

Hi #ChemSky! 👋 Started my research group "Designer Biomolecular Chemistry" at National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan🇯🇵 (Aug 2024). Working on designer enzymes for abiotic reactions, combining novel metal catalysis🧪 and protein engineering💪.

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network MetRaZymes is now also on BlueSky! @bruns-lab.bsky.social