Interesting talk by @stephanhammer.bsky.social at #Biochemistry2026. He talked about hir group's research into "In Silico-Guided Evolution of Transferase Families for Haloalkane-Driven Selective Alkylation".
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio #Evolution
Juliane Breiltgens from the group of Michael Müller presented her PhD research at #Biochemistry2026: "Chemoselectivity of aromatic (di-)methylation by SAM-dependent C-methyltransferases"
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio
Interesting talk by Mehmet Erguven from the @rentmeisterlab.bsky.social at #Biochemistry2026. He talked about "Artificial methionine guanosyltransferase for cofactor engineering".
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio #SAM
Jennifer Andexer (@andexerlab.bsky.social) introduced the session on S-adenosyl methionine at #Biochemistry2026 and then gave an insightful lecture: "How to turn an N into an O: Controlling the chemoselectivity of SAM-dependent methyltransferases".
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio @gdch.de
Great talk by Wilfred van der Donk at #Biochemistry2026. He talked about "Peptide-Aminoacyl-tRNA Ligases in Natural Product Biosynthesis".
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio #Peptides #tRNA
(Glyco-)sphingolipids play important roles in bacterial infections. Studying them requires powerful chemical tools.
Jürgen Seibel talked at #Biochemistry2026 about the synthesis of probes based on (glyco-)sphingolipids and their use to study biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ChemSky #ChemBio
Interesting talk by Jürgen Seibel at #Biochemistry2026. He talked about "Enzyme and Substrate Engineering for novel CAZymes activities".
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio #Glycotime #Lipidtime
Exciting talk by @mariaweyh.bsky.social from the @klanglab.bsky.social at #Biochemistry2026. She talked about the incorporation of isopeptide-linked tripeptides into proteins and their further chemical modification in cells.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio
@mariaweyh.bsky.social from the @klanglab.bsky.social gave an interesting talk at #Biochemistry2026 under the title: "Accessing defined protein-protein conjugates via in-cellulo native chemical ligation".
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio #Ligation #Peptides #Proteins
How can unnatural #peptides be made in an enzymatic way?
@helgebode.bsky.social gave an insightful lecture at #Biochemistry2026 about engineering non-ribosomal peptide synthetases to make tailored peptides.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#ChemSky #Biochemistry #ChemBio #NRPS
#Biochemistry2026 is off to a great start with an insightful lecture by @helgebode.bsky.social, who talked about "Making peptides the nonribosomal way".
#Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio
The #Biochemistry2026 conference "From chemical structures to biological functions" gets on the way with the opening words by Claudia Höbartner (@chlab.bsky.social). We are looking forward to three days of exciting #Biochemistry and #ChemBio research!
www.gdch.de/biochemistry...
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Join us as member of the Division of Biochemistry of the @gdch.de!
- A vibrant network of biochemists
- Connection with international experts
- Reduced fees for division conferences
- Support of junior scientists via travel grants and prizes
en.gdch.de/network-stru...
#Biochemistry #ChemBio #ChemSky
Conference Tour continues. Got on the train bright and early today to go to #Biochemistry2026 by @gdchbiochem.bsky.social.
Looking forward to three days of exciting #Biochemistry and #ChemBio research and to presenting some of the newest work of our group.
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www.gdch.de/biochemistry...
We are very excited to be hosting #Biochemistry2026 in Würzburg in the coming 3 days. We have a great program of speakers waiting for you!
If you are on the way to Würzburg, share your excitement with #Biochemistry2026!
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www.gdch.de/biochemistry...
#ChemSky #ChemBio #Biochemistry
@gdch.de
How can peptide-based drugs be modified at a late stage for further biological evaluation?
At #Lunteren2026, Eva Meeus told us about her amazing work on modifying the skeleton of tryptophan in peptides through nitrogen atom insertion.
pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#ChemSky #ChemBio #Peptide
Activating prodrugs with an external stimulus is an exciting strategy in #DrugDiscovery.
Rienk Eelkema told us at #Lunteren2026 about using ionizing radiation as a trigger for prodrug activation with deep tissue penetration.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery #Cancer
Interesting talk by Peter Fodran from the University of Groningen at #Lunteren2026. He talked about his group's work on the efficient and #MedChem friendly synthesis of privileged scaffolds for drug discovery.
www.fodranlab.com
#ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery #Synthesis
Great talk by Phillip Yesley from the group of Wim Velema at #Lunteren2026.
He discussed the use of mutational profiling to find covalent ligands for structured #RNA using acyl imidazoles as the reactive group.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ChemSky #ChemBio #Covalent #CovalentInhibitor
Predicting the stereochemical outcome of glycosylations is a complex problem.
In his talk at #Lunteren2026, Daan Hoogers from the group of Jeroen Codee of our @led3hub.bsky.social presented his research into the systematic exploration of this question.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#ChemSky #ChemBio
Rachael Tiamiyu and Valentine Nwanelo at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology conference
Rachael Tiamiyu discussing her research poster at a conference
Valentine Nwanelo standing next to his research poster
Rachael Tiamiyu and Valentine Nwanelo, Pflum Lab members, representing WSU at the @asbmb.bsky.social (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) conference! #wsuchemistry #ASBMB26 #ChemSky #chembio
Great to hear the full story of this exciting project that is done in collaboration with, among others, @mads-chem.bsky.social of our @led3hub.bsky.social. (2/2)
#ChemBio #ChemSky #Synthesis #SAR #Tuberculosis #Virulence #ABPP #PAL
Excellent #OrganicSynthesis is the basis of many #ChemBio projects. Nevertheless, we often do not present much of our synthesis.
I am excited to be at the Dutch Symposium on Organic Chemistry #Lunteren2026, where synthesis will take the center stage.
#ChemSky #OrganicChemistry #Science #Conference
Getting started with a full week of #Science #conferences. I will be at #Lunteren2026 and #KNCVMCCB2026 by the #KNCV and at #Biochemistry2026 by @gdchbiochem.bsky.social. Looking forward to learning about exciting science and (re-)connecting with many scientists.
#ChemBio #Biochemistry #ChemSky
In case you missed it!
An industrial-grade, integrated and automated laboratory, combined with a genetic circuit-controlled, growth-coupled continuous evolution system based on OrthoRep that can evolve proteins with diverse functionalities. #ChemSky #ChemBio
www.nature.com/articles/s44... link ($)
📣 Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2026
🗓️ 4-5. June, 2026 - Biozentrum University of Basel
Register and submit your abstract for a contributed talk until March 29 ➡️ ptf26.scg.ch
#ptf26 #scs #peptides #chemistry #medchem #chembio #switzerland #symposia
📢Know someone worthy of the @rscbmcs.bsky.social Hall of Fame?
Nominations are open for the 2026 inductee recognising a prominent chemist for outstanding, sustained contributions to areas of interest to the BMCS #chemsky #chembio #medchem
Find out how to nominate🔽
www.rscbmcs.org/awards/hallo...
If you are interested, make sure to come by! More information can be found here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l...
#Antibiotics #DrugDiscovery #LPS #Bacteria #Zosurabalpin #Chemistry #ChemBio
We are looking forward to the LED3 Lecture by Thomas Clairfeuille from Roche on March 26th. He will talk about "The discovery and mechanism of lipid transport inhibition by the antibiotic Zosurabalpin"
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l...
#ChemBio #ChemSky #Antibiotics #DrugDiscovery
