They say the sincerest form of flattery is mimicry, and we really love histidine! ❤️ Check out our most recent work on histidine mimics: Genetic incorporation of diverse non-canonical amino acids for histidine substitution. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

My lab at @ethzurich.bsky.social is looking for a motivated PhD student. We develop chemical tools for advanced fluorescence microscopy 🔬 and work at the interface of synthetic chemistry ⚗️ and protein engineering 🦠. Sharing with skilled Master students appreciated. More info at tinyurl.com/2dbjk5ty

🚨Open PhD positions in chemical biology!🚨 Join us in developing chemigenetic probes for imaging and sensing. ⚗️🧫Experience in chemical synthesis and/or protein engineering? 🗻🇨🇭Love mountains, chocolate, and a safe, diverse, and engaging environment? Apply (or re-post)! jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

🚨 PhD Opportunity! Passionate about enzyme engineering or genetic code expansion? 🧬 Our lab is hiring a PhD student! 🔬 Exciting interdisciplinary research 🤝 Engaging environment 🌱 📄 Does this sound like you, apply now! ⏳🔗 📢 Know someone? Share this! 🔄 jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

Exciting news from the lab! Our first preprint, “Hydrophobic Tuning with Non-Canonical Amino Acids in a Copper Metalloenzyme” is now available. In this study, we rewrite the rules of enzyme engineering with a cyclic, hydrophobic twist that’s anything but ordinary. 🔍: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...