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Wylan Wong

@chaoticmetazoan.bsky.social
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Postdoc researcher in sustainable biotechnology in the Wallace Group, University of Edinburgh. Interested in photocatalysis, biocatalysis, and mostly their interface.

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Gav Armstrong @nchemgav.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The title of this In Your Element article made me involuntarily sing Zombie by the Cranberries Niacin in your bread, NAD in your lab www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Niacin in your bread, NAD in your lab - Nature Chemistry
Wylan Wong and Craig P. Johnston explore the enduring legacy of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and its analogues, from their early biochemical discovery to their resurgence in anti-ageing research ...
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Dominik Handler @86dominik.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Lastly, huge thanks to Julius (@juliusbrennecke.bsky.social, @rippei.bsky.social), Wylan (@chaoticmetazoan.bsky.social) , Aleks and the entire Brennecke Group (current and former members)! This project has been a long journey, and we’re thrilled to finally share it with the community. 🧬🚀 (18/18🏁)
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Johnston Lab @johnstonlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Niacin in your bread, NAD in your lab - Nature Chemistry
Wylan Wong and Craig P. Johnston explore the enduring legacy of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and its analogues, from their early biochemical discovery to their resurgence in anti-ageing research ...
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Johnston Lab @johnstonlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Nice to see our In Your Element article published in Nature Chemistry (@natchem.nature.com). Congratulations to Wylan (@chaoticmetazoan.bsky.social)!
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Johnston Lab @johnstonlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Great news – this paper has now been published in ACS Catalysis! Huge congratulations again to Wylan (@chaoticmetazoan.bsky.social), and thanks to our collaborators in the Wallace Lab (@swallacelab.bsky.social) Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Concurrent Linear Deracemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols via Simultaneous Photocatalysis and Whole-cell Biocatalysis
Photobiocatalysis enables remarkable synthetic transformations by combining the exquisite stereoselectivity of enzymes with the mild generation of high-energy intermediates by photocatalysis, but prac...
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Johnston Lab @johnstonlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Congratulations to Wylan! Our collaboration with the Wallace Lab at the University of Edinburgh has borne fruit as a preprint of Wylan's work combining photocatalysis and whole-cell biocatalysis for deracemizing secondary alcohols is now online: doi.org/10.26434/che...
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