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advances in natural products chemistry, biology and their relation to medicine; and a laboratory to do great science

Joined January 2021
Yesterday Stevie Wonder received an Honorary degree from Hopkins and the Peabody, and gave us a song to a cheering ovation. The genius of his name is correct.
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Former Group Member Brenda Wilson was in town to receive an award from the @ASMicrobiology as her highly regarded "Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Molecular Approach " heads to a new edition. We posed for a picture with her pbk for non-experts written with her son! How cool is that?
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Appearing today in @J_A_C_S. Connecting the dots to a biogenetic proposal for anthraquinone-fused enediyne biosynthesis: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04393 Remarkable rearrangement and oxidation chemistry — and a simple, efficient synthetic model. Congratulations Paramita and Serena!
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Read a comprehensive overview of NRPS structures from deep background over time to new insights into protein dynamics and functional diversity. Excellent!
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Belated, belated congratulations to Jamie to complete the Magnificent Seven, all earning their Ph.D.'s in 2022. Her work with the @MaierLab lab in Basel has given eye-opening views of non-reducing polyketide synthases in action—watch for them later this year!
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Replying to @Monobactam
Congratulations Michael! Your Defense presentation was outstanding by any standard. You have the perfect scientist's last name, and have always shown a beam of light on your work. And thank you Lukas for bringing the German tradition of a special hat to mark a special day
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How does innovation happen in biosynthetic enzymes? Michael, the latest of the #Magnificent Seven to defend his thesis, made a big step toward answering this question — published in part @PNAS doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026017…. Bravo all around!
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Congratulations to Hunter and successful defense of this Thesis. In a great collaboration the Lamichhane and Nuermberger labs in the School of Medicine, exciting translational advances have been made against @mycobacterial diseases TB and M. abscessus.
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Fall down seven times—get up eight. Take 15 min. and listen to what Tyler Perry had to say @Emory. youtube.com/watch?v=6QPr2G7T…
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25 Days. Strength and resolve to the Ukrainian people.
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