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Gavin Williams

@chemsynthbiol.bsky.social

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Professor of Chemistry at NC State. Natural products synthetic biology. Husband. Father. Liverpool Football Club fan.

Gavin Williams @chemsynthbiol.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Can genetically encoded biosensors unlock directed evolution for enzyme reactions that lack scalable screens? Our new @rscadvances.rsc.org paper shows that engineering CymR makes it possible. pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

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Gavin Williams @chemsynthbiol.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Tailored biosensors for directed evolution of terpene P450s. We engineered a CymR-based biosensor that enabled high-throughput, biosensor-guided evolution of a P450. Check it out in our preprint. #biosensor #P450 #synbio #terpene #biocatalysis chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

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Gavin Williams @chemsynthbiol.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

New paper from the Williams lab! We engineered bacteria that glow 🟢 when they make a valuable terpene alcohol. Why does that matter? Thread 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @ncstatechem.bsky.social

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Gavin Williams @chemsynthbiol.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Excited to share our #polyketide #biosensor artwork featured on the cover of Biochemistry! Thanks to several group members for your help with this! #MyACSCover

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Gavin Williams @chemsynthbiol.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thrilled to share our latest enzyme engineering in ACS Chemical Biology! We improved an enzyme involved in #polyketide starter unit biosynthesis and used it to generate polyketide acceptor substrates in vitro. Kudos to Jared and the team of authors! @pubs.acs.org

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Gavin Williams @chemsynthbiol.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Excited to share our @pubs.acs.org Syn Bio publication on the production of non-natural alkylated Trp derivatives in E. coli. Potential applications for #terpene diversification. Kudos to everyone who contributed to this work.

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