Jeremy Baskin

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Click chemist, cell biologist, #chembio & #lipidtime enthusiast, & occasional classical pianist (he/him). Also @basktastic on Twitter.

Do you (want to) use whole-plasmid sequencing (e.g. @plasmidsaurus) but are put off by $15/sample? Use SAVEMONEY—our (postdoc Masaaki Uematsu’s) algorithm that lets you mix 6 or more plasmids/sample & computationally de-mixes reads!

https://colab.research.google.com/github/MasaakiU/MultiplexNanopore/blob/master/colab/MultiplexNanopore.ipynb

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.12.536413v1

How it works: 1/n

Google Colaboratory

Multiplexing exists for long-read sequencing but typically involves extra barcoding or is geared toward those with their own sequencers. SAVEMONEY (Simple Algorithm for Very Efficient Multiplexing of Oxford Nanopore Experiments for You) is for users of 3rd party services. 2/n

Glycans are sweet,
Nucleic acids—they’re fine.
Proteins are interesting,
But nothing beats #lipidtime!

#ValentinesDay #badpoetry

🚨New manuscript: interorganelle lipid transport is rapid, & it is hard to quantify discrete steps in this network, mediated by lipid transfer proteins working at membrane contact sites between different organelles. We (Dongjun Liang & Lin Luan) harness chemoenzymatic tagging & super-fast #bioorthogonal chemistry to make fluorescent lipids that report on PM-to-ER phospholipid flux mediated by a family of lipid transfer proteins at these contact sites! https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.01.526230 #lipidtime #chembio

A phishing message from an account pretending to be me is going around my department.

I'm deeply offended by the typos and grammatical errors.

If the phisher uses "utilize," I swear I'll hunt them down and force them to copy lines from Strunk and White.

If you want to reconnect with those from #ChemTwitter who have created accounts here in the #Fediverse, here is a Google Sheet that >400 people have added themselves to.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qdJvHHvu-BC4N6nk1jNMhTwoBrIaqHLUCZRf9pCQwDs/edit?usp=sharing

If you want to add your details, you need to either fill in this Google Form: https://forms.gle/gF9MLUGMWs23EFix6 or just ask me to add your details if you'd rather not use a Google product (note: the form does not capture e-mail addresses).

#ChemiVerse #Chemistry #ChemToots

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ChemCommunity on Mastodon Sheet maintained by @[email protected] (DIRECT FEDIVERSE LINKS IN COLUMN G) TO ADD YOURSELF TO THIS SHEET, PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM: <a href="https://forms.gle/gF9MLUGMWs23EFix6">https://forms.gle/gF9MLUGMWs23EFix6</a> IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED BUT DON'T WIS...

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Public Service Announcement:

For those writing NIH grants: hypertext/URLs are not allowed even in the NIH proposal’s data sharing plan!

You're supposed to write the name of the resource but not include links to it.

https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2023/01/10/dms-plan-tip-leave-the-hypertext-at-home/
#NIH #grants @academicchatter

DMS Plan Tip: Leave the Hypertext at Home – NIH Extramural Nexus

Our work on Virus-Assisted Directed Evolution of enhanced suppressor tRNAs (VADER) in mammalian cells just came out! It was a long road since we first envisioned this seven years ago. Thankful for the creativity and perseverance of an incredible team led by Delilah Jewel and Rachel Kelemen, who made this dream a reality. https://rdcu.be/c16Xk
Cristina Jiménez-López & me wrote a review on manipulating lipid levels on sub cellular scales with photo-caged probes - do check it out! We love these probes... but we've also tried to point out the challenges that lie ahead. There's a teaser in it what we plan 😉 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1367593122001193
🎉💯🎉 UC Santa Cruz professor
Needhi Bhalla has been awarded the American Society for Cell Biology Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity for her research endeavors and high-impact diversity, equity, and inclusivity actions over the years. Congrats @NeedhiBhalla!
https://bit.ly/3HcjNbH
Biologist Needhi Bhalla awarded ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity

Bhalla was recognized for her research endeavors and high-impact diversity, equity, and inclusivity actions over the years.

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