We’re so excited to introduce our ☀️summer rotators☀️ First up is Bobby Wolesensky who joins us from NYU Chemistry where they worked as an undergrad in the labs of Dirk H. Trauner and Glen Hocky! Outside of lab, they enjoy photography, movies, & getting to Ann Arbor! Welcome Bobby 🎉

We have developed the first-in-class photoswitchable agonists for the 5HT2A receptor (serotonin family GPCR). Bifunctional, tethered variants (PORTLs) enable genetically targeted optical control. Belinda Hetzler Dirk H. Trauner NYU Chemistry Weill Cornell Medicine chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Excited to announce an incredible lineup for Photopharmacology III. Our website is live, please sign up (it's for free) and submit a poster. Please RT and spread the news! event.fourwaves.com/photopharmacol…… photopharmacologypapers Molecular Switches NYU Chemistry Chemistry at UofT #RealTimeChem

Two weeks to go until Photopharmacology III: event.fourwaves.com/photopharmacol… Registration is free, we already have > 300 attendees and an amazing lineup. Matt Banghart CarreiraGroup Graham Ellis-Davies @jF_lab_ HasanLab @IsacoffLab Harald Janovjak Thorn-Seshold Lab 🇺🇦 Weiping Wang

Frontal but not parietal cortex is required for decisions under risk biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Natural product anticipation through synthesis go.nature.com/3KbtNRG A Review article by Belinda E. Hetzler, Dirk Trauner (Dirk H. Trauner) & Andrew L. Lawrence (Andy Lawrence) New York University Chemistry Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh

Our review on the anticipation of natural products through #TotalSynthesis is now available online Nature Reviews Chemistry. Such great fun to work with friends from across the pond, Belinda Hetzler and Dirk H. Trauner! Chemistry Edinburgh NYU Chemistry rdcu.be/cEZq9

Are you looking for a postdoc position in chemical biology? 🧫🧪🧬 Do you hold a Ph.D. in biology or chemistry with experience in cell biology? Then please consider applying for our open position: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen… (Please retweet!)

Check out our paper on Tetrodotoxin, a truly intoxicating molecule! Thanks to all involved in this project: David Konrad, Peter Rühmann, Hiroyasu Ando, Belinda Hetzler, Nina Strassner, Ken Houk Bryan S. Matsuura. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

So this is caged-oxytocin in action. Left: wash on of oxytocin on ex vivo mammary tissue (mouse) expressing gcamp Right: region of interest stimulated using caged-OT ex vivo mammary tissue expressing gcamp Beautiful imaging by Dr Krystyna Gieniec 🔬 from Felicity Davis lab