New paper alert! Congrats to the amazing Mario, Max, and Ashley on developing an ultrahigh-throughput platform for directed evolution of plastic-degrading enzymes. ♻️

A great way to end the year - this collaboration (started after a fun conversation about a weird-looking molecule with Brian from the McMahon/Woods group) is now out in JPC A! Fun synthesis, and working with the McMahon/Woods group was a dream! The Journal of Physical Chemistry doi.org/10.1021/acs.jp…

Check out our new DNA-templated approach to protein mimicry! We assemble mini-proteins from peptides using DNA scaffolds, bypassing peptide folding constraints. This opens a new sequence space for protein design! Proud of F. Zhao and M. Frandsen! J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

I am pleased to share my latest first author paper from my PhD. We use drugs to catalyze a polymerization which induces the synthesis of nanoparticles giving us one pot nanomedicines. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… #polymers #cryoEM Joe Patterson Nowick Group UCI Chemistry

Now hiring! A beautiful lab space with a capital view is just one of the perks for our Director of Undergraduate Chemistry Research. Helping undergraduate students acquire the skills and knowledge that will help them throughout their careers is another! loom.ly/Qxt9PMo

Check out talks from Martell Group #ACSSpring2024! Today, Caleb Cox is giving a poster from 1030-noon in Studio 3-10, Marriott (switchable DNA polymerization catalysts). On Wednesday 7-9 PM, Eric Kohn is giving a poster in Hall C (DNA aptamer selections). My talk is 935 AM today

Congrats to Eric! This is a really well-deserved honor!

We are so proud of Eric for earning this incredible opportunity!

Proud to share an office with this guy! Congratulations Elliot!

Happy to announce that I've defended my dissertation! I've loved my time with the Martell Group here at UW-Madison Chemistry and am looking forward to my next adventure as a postdoc in the The Soh Lab @ Stanford at Stanford University!

If you're at ACS, I'm presenting our work on a DNA-encoded platform for high-throughput reaction screening tomorrow at 9:55 AM in Hall D Room 7 of the Colorado Convention Center! I'd love to see you there! Martell Group #ACSFall2024

Out today from the The Soh Lab @ Stanford, this critical perspective on biosensors for #ParkinsonsDisease seeks to pinpoint necessary changes for new sensors to translate into impact for PD patients. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Take a look at a cool new perspective looking at biosensors for #ParkinsonsDisease by Grace M. Maddocks

Check out this neat paper on photocatalyst activation at cell-cell contacts by my former labmate and fellow DNA enthusiast Xu Zhou! It's great to see this published!

Excited to be working in the The Soh Lab @ Stanford!

Radical Polarity | Journal of the American Chemical Society nagib lab Ohio State Total Synthesis and Methodology Highlights #Radical #Polarity pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

The unreasonable effectiveness of plasmid sequencing as a service (Plasmidsaurus) owlposting.com/p/the-unreason… i cover plasmidsaurus, the plasmid sequencing company they are one of the most interesting startups ive ever stumbled across and this essay explains why (3.8k words)

When an unusual late-night lab observation leads to something more! Swellable cross-linked protein crystals as a support for enzymes and catalysts, now in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. H/t Jed, Ethan Hartman, and Eli for all of their work on this! Martell Group pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

I'm grateful to have been recognized as one of the Top 100 applicants for the 2025 #CASFutureLeaders. Congrats to all of the amazing chemists who were selected! 🧪🧬 And thanks to Peter Carlton for organizing this awesome program!