Bacteria enthusiasts, connoisseurs of diterpene, enediyne, and leinamycin-type natural products.
Wertheim UF Scripps Institute
Joined September 2019
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We’re hiring postdocs in the Shen Lab!
We're seeking candidates with expertise in:
🧪 Natural product discovery
🧬 Genome mining
⚗️ Synthetic chemistry & biocatalysis (esp. for ADCs)
Interested? Email Professor Shen with your CV + references:
🔗 explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
Shen Lab retweeted
Scientists from our institute have developed multiple bi-specific antibodies. As home to the Natural Products Discovery Center, we're adding anti-cancer natural products to cancer-seeking antibodies that were also developed here. @lab_shen
wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/202…
Cancer-fighting drugs called bispecific antibodies are having a moment. A growing number are making their way into the clinic, and researchers are developing increasingly elaborate molecules with new capabilities.
go.nature.com/3RwPzYJ
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As a @lab_shen student, Lucas Fluegel explored biosynthetic systems in bacteria for biotech and drug discovery applications. He now explores the effect of #biotechnology advances on international governance and global stability at @CarnegieEndow. More: scripps.edu/graduation
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For "outstanding lifetime contributions to natural products chemistry," and "significantly improving medicine and human health," with RNA-targeting innovations, two prestigious awards go to Wertheim UF Scripps scientists. wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/202…
@lab_shen @disney_lab
ALT A tray full of bacterial residues is held by gloved hands, their yellow, brown and orange colors showing through the plastic tray.
We’re hiring postdocs in the Shen Lab!
We're seeking candidates with expertise in:
⚗️ Synthetic chemistry & biocatalysis (esp. for ADCs)
Interested? Email Professor Shen with your CV + references: [email protected]
Officially added NCBI RefSeq genomes annotated with antiSMASH 8.0 into the NPDC Portal!
Excited to now fully leverage the breadth of actinobacterial genomic data for natural product discovery and comparative analysis.
Check it out here: npdc.rc.ufl.edu/home
Shen Lab retweeted
A nice @J_A_C_S synthchem paper from Masayuki Wasa, Ph.D. It highlights the collaborative culture of the @UFScripps chemistry department, led by @disney_lab and the fantastic Natural Products Discovery Center group, directed by @lab_shen directory.ufhealth.org/wasa-… @UF_Research
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🚨We’re reviewing applications now!🚨
UF Scripps is hiring multiple faculty (Asst/Assoc/Full Prof) in RNA science as part of a major investment.📍Jupiter, FL – a gorgeous place to live + raise a family.
Apply 👉 jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/…
Info 👉 wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/rna…
RT to share!
Shen Lab retweeted
Today is the last day to submit abstracts for Florida ACS (FAME) Conference (Sept 12-14). This is a great opportunity to network and get a speaking slot, especially for early-career biochemists and chemical biologists! fl-acs.org/fame-conference/
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By combining a soil microbe’s natural cancer-killing compound with an antibody, Wertheim UF Scripps scientists may have found a new approach to treating aggressive blood cancers including B cell #lymphoma. wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu/202…
#drugdiscovery #cancer #cancerreseach
ALT Scientists from @lab_shen extract natural products from samples within The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute's Natural Products Discovery Center. In this photo, a scientist holds up tubes filled with microbe samples.
Shen Lab retweeted
Our lab at FSU in sunny Florida is looking to hire a fully funded postdoc position in natural products discovery and/or biosynthesis in Actinobacteria! We utilize new strategies and modern synthetic biology tools to unlock new chemistry and molecules. kalkreuterlab.com
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Checkout the JIMB issue on Natural Products academic.oup.com/jimb/pages/…
Thank you authors! @marnixmedema @GillesvanWezel Michael Smanski, @BK_KAIST @hanzyduzit @lab_shen Dong-Chan Oh, @EustaquioLab @gerryiidr Hsiao-Ching Lin, Yousong Ding, @LabRudolf @ParkinsonLab and Ikuro Abe!
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Many want a batch download option and we'll implement this in future releases.
In the meantime, if you'd like to download all the available NPDC genomes for your analyses, you can use the following:
github.com/chevrettelab/npdc…
Just be sure to cite us :) biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
We are thrilled to release over 1,000 more genomes on the NPDC Genome Portal (npdc.rc.ufl.edu)!
Shen Lab retweeted
Discover the Natural Products Discovery Center, home to thousands of rare microbes. Learn how @UFScripps' Dr. Ben Shen & his team explore microbes for groundbreaking treatments & cures.🌿🔬 The future of drug discovery might lie in these tiny, yet mighty, microbes!
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It's out! One of @tyler_alsup_'s PhD projects is now published in @rsc_chembio! He used heterologous expression to decipher the first four steps of phenalinolactone #diterpene #biosynthesis. More from Tyler coming soon! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
We're thrilled to announce an update to the NPDC Portal, now featuring search and sort functionalities! This improvement was made possible thanks to our collaborators at the Chevrette Lab. @wildtypeMC
npdc.rc.ufl.edu/home
