Cindy Chan, Ph.D

I'm deeply saddened. A tireless champion of plant #synbio and man of integrity. His insistence on focusing on real-world problems, calling out BS and bringing together lab and Ag, industry and academia will be sorely missed

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Our researchers from the Molecule Maker Lab Institute worked on an AlphaSynthesis tool which can extract chemical structures and reactions from papers! Super proud of everyone!

Check out the paper here:
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#AI #chemistry #NSFstories #chemicalstructures #chemicalreactions

minChemBio: Expanding Chemical Synthesis with Chemo-Enzymatic Pathways Using Minimal Transitions Chemo-enzymatic pathway design aims to combine the strengths of enzymatic with chemical synthesis to traverse biomolecular design space more efficiently. While chemical reactions often struggle with r...

Our MMLI team at Penn State University just published a new paper - minChemBio - to expand chemical synthesis with chemoenzymatic pathways using minimal transitions! Congratulations, Mohit Anand, Vikas Upadhyay and Costas Maranas! doi.org/10.1021/acss...
#NSFstories #AI #chemistry #retrosynthesis

I'm hearing that some USDA postdocs were getting fired yesterday, I'm sorry if this affects you. The cuts will hit US crop research hard. It won't stop here and I shudder to think what R&D and Higher Ed will look like in a year or two

Plant Physiology. Calll for Assistant Features Editors. Deadline for applications: October 15, 2024.

We're looking for two cohorts of Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editors to start in 2025 and 2026!
See the editorial. Advanced PhD students & postdocs.
I'd be delighted to tell you more in person, at #PlantBio2024, #ICAR2024SanDiego, or #BT2024DBG.
Or message me!
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I didn't realize we are both here on bluesky. i wear contacts and sunglasses in the field

Is anyone from #Maui here? I'm planning a trip and would like to know if it is okay to visit the West of Maui - I know Lahaina is still closed due to the unfortunate fire last year. I'm thinking of reserving a condo in Valley Isle Resort. Any suggestions and advice would be awesome! TIA! #hawaii

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Slowly trying to find the people I follow when the blue bird existed. Do suggest to me who else I should follow here on blue sky. May the blue bird community continues to fly in this blue sky!

Here’s is to the crazy ones. #SteveJobs

Based on this there are fewer than 67 people who have pinned the #plantscience feed - @plant science colleagues - let’s use it for shared benefit!

I'll search for it to pin it. Didn't find it when I first joined.

Curious to know what's the portion of the cyano are in benthic phase... and if they still produce toxins

Still trying to get used to blue sky... I'll get there!

And oh... I'm doing data management for RIPE project. Built a whole Confluence site for the project during the pandemic from scratch.

Self-introduction:First-gen degree holder.Did undergrad research on Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum and fell in love with algae. Worked in medical marketing, then taught in high sch. Studied MS Forensic Science, PhD in algal CCM at Cambs and postdoc in photosynthesis. Should I start a lab??

Hi Andy! Good to reconnect!!

Show me your pet and who they’re named after. Umm... maybe not who, but what @benedek.bsky.social @youngeukaryote.bsky.social @sjb287.bsky.social

Hmm... that's really interesting. Are there any other tools used to monitor the lake besides satellite imaging? (Interested in HAB research, trying to get into it....)