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Very excited to have this paper come out in Nature Chemical Biology! We develop and demonstrate a new methodology for characterizing and engineering enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Exciting news! Our latest research on characterizing a new GH family is now published in Journal of Biological Chemistry ! Huge thanks to my amazing lab mates in the WithLab for their invaluable contributions. Stay tuned for more exciting work on the horizon! #cazy #gh185 jbc.org/article/S0021-…

We have multiple fully funded openings for postdoctoral research assistants and MSc/PhD students in my lab Institut national de la recherche scientifique to work on different research projects related to synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. If interested, please contact me. Sharing would be appreciated.

Our department is hiring a CRC Tier II in Computational Genomics. The position is open to 𝐚𝐥𝐥 eligible candidates. Apply by Nov. 30th! concordia.ca/artsci/about/j…

#BREAKINGNEWS HARVARD PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAY RESIGNS, SHORTEST TENURE IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY Emma Haidar & Cam E. Kettles report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Is the concept of "cultural meme" the same as the meme used in today's daily parlance? Is “meme then” the same as “meme now”? The full episode is here: youtu.be/zzTLmJ3EaU0?si…

Day 1! Rebecca Shapiro kicked off the conference with an amazing keynote talk. The second keynote by Ron Weiss was so inspiring! We also had @dacharle42 and superstar trainees. We will have Pulin Li, @ElenaK35, @LeopoldParts, David Kwan, and other superstars tomorrow!

David Kwan on enzyme engineering. 🔧🧬 #synbio6

📣 Canadian Journal of Microbiology is accepting papers for a collection showcasing Canadian research in #Synthetic_Biology. 🧬More info: ow.ly/wYGx50RKYtK Canadian Soc. Micro. David Kwan Bogumil Karas SynBio Canada David Edgell ✨New extended due date! 📅 November 15, 2024

Two articles by the physicist Alan Sokal on on the corruption of science by ideology (he was an early spotter of the pernicious trend, with his famous "hoax" exposing academic gobbledygook 28 years ago). Woke invades the sciences | Alan Sokal | The Critic Magazine

Super proud of my labmate Amir (not on twitter), and others for publishing this beautiful story in Nature! It's been so great seeing this project evolve over the years! Highly recommend reading this one! WithLab BrumerLab Michael Smith Labs @ubcchem #glycotime nature.com/articles/s4158…

If you or a loved one has been tasked with the discovery or engineering of CAZYmes, then have I got a review for you! In our latest review we cover all that you need to get started, including the fundamentals, recent advances, and even... the dark side. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

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In 2021, Ifthiha Mohideen, Trisha Ghosh, Huong Nguyen, and I published "Controlling glycosyltransferase activity: inhibition and enzyme engineering" — a chapter in Comprehensive Glycoscience (2e). Now after license agreement, no longer paywalled! Pls RT! spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/9946…

Seeing Richard Dawkins speak on his last tour around the world was one of my highlights of the year. Prof. Dawkins has been a big influence ever since I read The Selfish Gene, which I was lucky enough to have him sign. Pegah.Hadavi and I were glad to meet you, Richard Dawkins!

Excited to share that our work on sulfated oligosaccharide and glycan synthesis is now live in J. Am. Chem. Soc. ! Check it out pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… WithLab Jacob Wardman