Another school year comes to an end, and it is time to talk about the wonderful work of the students I have the pleasure of working with. This year I had the pleasure of working with a wonderful group of #Capstone students from the @oregonstate.edu @engineering.oregonstate.edu

Looking for a synthetic biology faculty position? Come talk to me at SEED 2026 about upcoming opportunities at @uoknightcampus.bsky.social #synbio #SEED

Biocatalysis! Process chem! Job! #PfizerChemistry is hiring! PhD 0-5 years exp #ChemJobs #ChemSky

ribosomologists take note 👇 #MicroSky

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

If you haven't been using Bioicons, you should check it out: bioicons.com You can find so many high quality vector arts for science that is also open source/free! If you made vector arts for your papers, I urge you to contribute them on Bioicons too. I have shared several icons I made as well.

COMMBAT: a web platform for exploring expression control of biosynthetic gene clusters @narjournal.bsky.social from @sebarigali.bsky.social With @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

Excited that our paper on enzymatic bromination of peptides is now online at ACS Chemical Biology! Led by Haley Bridge, we showed that the flavin-dependent halogenase RebH and its variants can be used for late-stage chemoenzymatic diversification of bioactive peptides: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Join us! We are recruiting an Associate/ Assistant Professor in quantitative, systems and engineering biology (QSEB) @warwicklifesci.bsky.social . warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Most bacteria remain uncultured with vast microbial ‘dark matter’ awaiting discovery.. to address this am excited to share EDEN - an enhanced domestication method to grow uncultured bacteria & new diversity. Using EDEN we isolate a new species active against MDR pathogens.. doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Happy to share our latest work, 'Integrating targeted genome mining and structure-guided modeling reveals unexplored 7-deazapurine-containing pathways.' 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

The @jgi.doe.gov is an amazing partner! I am grateful they have accepted some of our proposals as it has helped us immensely.

Come to #Microbio26 poster 094 to hear all about natural product antimocrobial discovery from @tosinorababa.bsky.social and me #MicroSky

Tetracenomycin Y, a plant growth-promoting tetracenedione from a rare actinomycete of the genus Acrocarpospora | The Journal of Antibiotics rdcu.be/fc3BP

Now out in @acs.org JACS Au, the manuscript by #BarbaraTerlouw et al. describing PARAS, a high-accuracy machine-learning algorithm to predict substrate specificities of nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) adenylation domains, key for estimating natural product structures from BGC sequence. 1/n

How to make your own robot! A review of people making awesome lab robots out of commercial 3D printers. Thank you @vsaggiomo.bsky.social and Sander for inviting me to help write this paper in @digital-discovery.rsc.org. Beep boop! 🤖 #chemsky doi.org/10.1039/D5DD...

Seen on our walk today. I believe I am too far north for the #Chupacabra so cougar?

NIGMS is signed onto the F31 NOFO. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Our highlight review on recently isolated cyanobacterial metabolites is out @natprodreports.rsc.org !🥳 Covers isolation, structure elucidation (analytical techniques, biosynthesis and total synthesis). Great work with @elisabethjanssen.bsky.social! @chem.uzh.ch pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

It was great to work with @nicoleavalonlab.bsky.social @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com @eustaquiolab.bsky.social and Jimmy O @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social colleagues Bill G and Arnaud T @jgi.doe.gov Drew D, and UF colleagues Yousong D and Hendrik L as well as @oregonstate.edu Shaz S (from our lab)

🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess Viewpoint by @philmuslab.bsky.social & co. discussing the challenges & solutions to unlocking the potential of cyanobacteria in drug discovery #secmet #natprod Check it out in full below👇

2 x Assistant Professor in Chemistry University of Warwick - Department of Chemistry. 📍 Location: University of Warwick, UK 📅 Start date: AY 2026/2027 ⏰ Deadline to apply: 8th April 2026 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Automated genome mining predicts structural diversity and taxonomic distribution of peptide metallophores across bacteria @elife.bsky.social by Zachary Reitz and Bita Pourmohsenin et al from @marnixmedema.bsky.social and @nadineziemert.bsky.social elifesciences.org/articles/109...

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Because of overwhelming demand, NIH has new links for the Strategic Plan webinars March 16, 2026 12:30 - 1:30 pm | www.scgcorp.com/strategicpla... April 8, 2026 2:30 - 3:30 pm | www.scgcorp.com/strategicpla... NOTE: YOU HAVE TO RE-REGISTER IS YOU REGISTERED BEFORE

Rethinking Natural Product Discovery: A Complex Epistemological Approach Linking Chemical Ecology and Pharmacognosy | Journal of Natural Products pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Now out in @natcomms.nature.com : versions 2.0 of both BiG-SCAPE and BiG-SLiCE! With significant speed and accuracy increases, as well as new interactive functionalities. Read the full paper here #openaccess: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Come join us again in a next round of this massive online open science community effort! 💪 Sign up using the link in the thread. It’s great fun, and really helps the scientific community. What more can you ask? 🙂

The MIBiG 5.0 Annotathon is coming soon, and registration is now open! 🧬 Does your research involve biosynthetic gene clusters? Do you love natural product biosynthesis? Do you have an interest in rare & exotic enzymes? We can use your help & expertise. Register here 👉 forms.gle/C1cWcLHtrjT2...

New paper from us. If you're interested in genetic manipulation of Clostridia, we have a few new tools for you! 36 new plasmids - all available from @addgene.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #microsky

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.

Phylogeny-­ Aware Metabologenomics Accurately Assigns Natural Products to Biosynthetic Gene Clusters @microbiotech.bsky.social by Judith Boldt et al from Ulrich Nübel and @drrolfmueller.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Very proud to announce that my baby is finally here! This new program at UTMB will support a variety of training opportunities in medical and veterinary entomology. It will also focus on developing a broad network of partners interested in vector biology and ecology across the state of Texas.

Graduate school application season: Tip #3 In the current funding climate, find a program with 3-4 people you would be happy to complete your thesis with. Changes at the NIH have created instability. Minimize your risk.

After reviewing nearly 200 applications from prospective grad students and postdocs over the past few months for a couple different 🧪⚒️ postings, here are some tips, at least as they apply to North American positions. I hope they help future applicants. Share with your networks. 🧵

Happy to share our work on cross-linking enzyme KwwB catalyzes Trp-C5–Trp-N1 cross-linking and accepts diverse precursor peptides | Organic Letters doi.org/10.1021/acs....

"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!

New preprint! We found that the flavin-dependent halogenase RebH catalyzes sequence-tolerant Trp bromination in peptides 🧪https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.17.694899v1

Late job posting: My department is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in microbiology! Please share with anyone interested in working at a PUI. We have a preference for someone who can teach Medical Microbiology, but other than that the focus is open-ended. Happy to answer qs.

A long standing goal in synthetic biology is ‘PURE makes PURE’ - effectively the start of self-replicating biology in a tube from just adding biochemicals and DNA instructions. This looks like a promising breakthrough from the Maerkl lab. 👀

DOE's Office of Science is making a big push into AI, and that includes our work at the @jgi.doe.gov . We want to hear your thoughts (+ and -) on AI-enabled biological data. Consider joining one of our interviews or focus groups by filling out this form! 🧪🧬🦠🖥️ #secmet jointgeno.me/PortalStorie...

NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigator's Research Award (MIRA) for Outstanding Investigators new NOFO is available!! Submission dates starting in January 2026 through May 2028. See link below: simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/...

The Dept of Biology & Marine Biology at UNCW is offering 4 positions!!! A Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, an Assistant Professor of Invertebrate Biology, and two Lecturers of Biology. Plus, the UNCW Center for Marine Science is seeking a second Distinguished Professor of Marine Science!

Review article on the 217 semi-synthetic and synthetic antibiotics that have been inspired by natural products and approved for clinical use between 1943 and September 2025. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Now available online: the new 2.0 version of gutSMASH, with capabilities to detect 12 new types of catabolic gene clusters relevant to gut microbiome ecology, as well as predictions of their regulation through transcription factor binding site detection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Microbiology Come and join great students and colleagues at Hofstra Biology. Please apply using the link below and/or spread the word! hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542

🚨New faculty job opportunity 🚨 Please share this ad for a faculty position in our department at UC Irvine, in the fields of microbiology and infectious disease. MD/PhDs and PhDs are desired and should apply! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09954