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Abby Knight

@abbyknight.bsky.social
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Mom | Associate Professor @uncchemistry working at the interface of polymer science, chemical biology, and bioinspired materials. www.knightgroupunc.org

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Abby Knight @abbyknight.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Our student org ACGS, @htkratochvil.bsky.social, and I launched a short form video challenge in UNC Chemistry to promote fun, accessible, and creative science communication! Shout out to the Knight Group - they made three AWESOME videos in under 12 hours !🔥 🔗 www.instagram.com/knightgroup....
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Abby Knight @abbyknight.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Understanding sequence–structure–function relationships is central in biology, but far less developed for synthetic macromolecules. We built PRISM (Polymer Rate Insights and Sequence Modeling), an integrated workflow linking polymerization kinetics to sequence descriptors. 🔗 doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Bottom-Up Simulation, Reconstruction, and Quantification of Macromolecule Sequences from Experimental Polymerizations
Motivated by the canonical sequence–structure–function paradigm, tools to characterize chemical patterning in natural biomacromolecules, from proteins to nucleic acids, have grown exponentially in rec...
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Abby Knight @abbyknight.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In biology, from DNA to enzymes, sequence controls function. In our most recent publication, Matt Bogen asked if we could do the same in synthetic polymers to isolate and separate rare earth elements.
table of contents image illustrating how polymer composition and sequence impact lanthanide binding
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Jeff Martell @jeffmartell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Excited to share our new preprint, which was years in the making! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... New reactions are typically developed by trial and error. How can we speed up this process? Read on to learn how we used DNA scaffolding to perform >500,000 parallel reactions on attomole scale. 1/n
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DNA-Scaffolded Ultrahigh-Throughput Reaction Screening
Discovering and optimizing reactions is central to synthetic chemistry. However, chemical reactions are traditionally screened using relatively low-throughput methods, prohibiting exploration of diver...
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Abby Knight @abbyknight.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Years: 7 Students with graduate degrees: 8 Students with undergraduate degrees: 11 Group parties in a parking garage: 1 Rooms "escaped": 2 Matts: 3 Zoom meetings, shirts tie dyed, figures recolored: too many to count One promotion. #associateprof
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Herdeline Ardoña (Digs) @herdelineardona.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
It is an honor to be selected as part of this year’s Talented 12 cohort! Thank you @cenmag.bsky.social for the feature, and of course, to everyone who has been part of my academic journey to date! 🥼🧪🎉
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Jill Alty @jillalty.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I'm excited to share that I'll be joining the Chemistry Department at Stony Brook University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor this fall! My group will use fundamental organic transformations to advance polymeric biomaterials. Check out jillalty.com for more information.
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Home | Jill Alty
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Another great job at my favorite university: UNC-Chapel, as new Director of the UNC Macromolecular Interactions Facility. Our outstanding Director is retiring. The Director is responsible for 1) core facility management, 2) training, & 3) graduate teaching 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...
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Research Assistant Professor
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics seeks to fill a fixed-term assistant professor position in the role of Core Facility Director. The Director is the scientific and administrative leader of...
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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
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Christian Pester @cwpstr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
LAST CALL! We are seeking nominations for the @acspmse.bsky.social Early Investigator and Future Faculty Awards of the @acs.org. Please nominate a colleague before February 1: #ACS #PMSE Early Investigator: pmsedivision.org/early-invest... ACS PMSE Future Faculty: pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-...
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Abby Knight @abbyknight.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Congrats to @megannjackson.bsky.social and her team!
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Herdeline Ardoña (Digs) @herdelineardona.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Applications are now open for the NSF-supported Future Faculty Workshop in Soft Matter, to be hosted at UC Irvine @ucirvine.bsky.social on July 15-17! Please help us spread the word—mentee applications are accepted until March 31st: shorturl.at/grUek
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Abby Knight @abbyknight.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We are looking for a postdoc to join the Knight Group! Interested in the interface of peptide and polymer chemistry with applications in therapeutics and nanomaterials? Send questions or an application with a cover letter, CV, and statement of previous research. #chempostdoc www.knightgroupunc.org
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