"Science is a good idea for a few days"

After five days with an awful cold (not covid) I feel halfway human again. Whatever going around right now is rough.

Can't stand Alexi Lalas. Clint Dempsey is the man though.

Comfy kitty

You've probably seen ads for the Google pixel's magic eraser feature. Just wanted to show a real world example.

Good morning!

Congrats to post doc Hayley Knox on her cool review of genomic enzymology - first Allen lab paper of 2023! authors.elsevier.com/a/1gME54sz6ME-…

A life update: I moved from Texas to San Francisco to start my career as a research scientist at Charles River Laboratories.

My hometown!

If you are into studying complex reaction mechanisms in enzymology , do check out our latest work on Vitamin B1 biosynthesis now online in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Enzyme Chemistry Chemistry Department #chemistry #biochemistry #mechanism #biosynthesis #enzymology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Calling all Enzyme Mechanics! The Texas Enzyme Mechanisms Meeting will be held on June 3, 2023 in Austin, TX UT Pharmacy . Website and details to follow! #UTCBMC

Just looked up how tall a T-Rex was (12 feet) and now I feel like I've been lied to my whole life. Jurassic park had me thinking they were like 40 feet tall.

Just came out in J. Am. Chem. Soc.. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… A concise synthesis of a structurally very challenging tetrasaccharide is achieved in 28 steps from free sugars via an iMAP strategy.

I am hiring an Associate Scientist to join the protein sciences group at our South San Francisco site. Feel free to send me candidates that have experience in protein purification and QC. jobs.criver.com/job/South-San-…

Absolutely dripping with style

I can't always see the hummingbirds as they fly around near my window, but I can see my cat's head following them. And that's pretty much how a coupled assay works in enzymology. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

How are pentofuranose side chains added to polysaccharides? Here we showed a three-component system is responsible with enzymes showing similarity to mycobacterial AG biosynthesis - leading to a new glycosyltransferase family (GT136) #CAZy #glycotime pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The Effects of Codon Usage on Protein Structure and Folding doi.org/10.1146/annure…