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Loesgen Lab

@loesgenlab.bsky.social
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Natural Products Chemistry group at the Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, working on natural products based drug discovery and chemical ecology.

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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Support the UF Whitney Lab today on Gator Nations Giving Day- with its mission to train tomorrow’s scientists, conserve and restore marine ecosystems, and support cutting edge science! givingday.ufl.edu/pages/whitne...
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Gator Nation Giving Day
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Editorial in Science last week highlighting the importance of marine labs in light of the current funding issues: www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Saving science by the sea
As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...
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Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Marine Biosciences Assistant/Associate Prof job at University of Florida explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... [for MNP folks, this is where Sansa Loesgen @loesgenlab.bsky.social is based]
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University of Florida - Details - Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Join us at the UF Whitney Lab! Focus on research in a new brand new building!!
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Great posters at #ASp2025! Thanks ASP, Whitney lab for travel support! #proudPI
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The Rudolf and Loesgen Labs had a great 2025 beach Day! 5th time at the UF Whitney Lab!
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Very excited for this paper- a new zebrafish screen for analgesics, works for natural products extracts. Open Access! More on ‘behavior-guided’ isolation to come! Thanks to the Strother team for a wonderful collaboration! @ UF WhitneyLab authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Very excited to see another molecule discovered by @LoesgenLab being synthesized! Congrats to the Blakemore lab- thanks for the collaboration! Stay tuned for some awesome activity! Congrats to Oh-Seok Kwon! @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Total Synthesis of Chalaniline A: An Aminofulvene Fused Chromone from Vorinostat-Treated Fungus Chalara sp. 6661
Chalaniline A, an aminofulveno[1,2-b]chromone derivative previously isolated from a vorinostat-treated ascomycete Chalara sp., was prepared in nine steps from orcinol (3,5-dihydroxytoluene). In a key ...
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Very proud of Erin Marshall and Bastien Petit to present at ICNPR 2024 in Krakow, Poland. Cool bugs, chemistry, metabolomics, and neuro activity! Cant wait for ASP 2025! @LoesgenLab @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry @pharmacognosy
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2024
The 4th annual Beach Day by the Rudolf and Loesgen Labs was a great success. This year with a boat tour, surfing, and pau hana! @Whitney_Lab @UFChemistry @LoesgenLab @LabRudolf
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
Exciting to be at the 7th International Cassiopea Workshop in Key Largo! #Cassiopeabase #Corals @LoesgenLab talks by @femontesanto @mrkmccauley and truly yours! Thanks @momedinamunoz and @aohdera for the invite! Proud to present @Whitney_Lab @UF
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
Once you become a Floridian, you have to save the manatees! Work by Annika Jagels @LoesgenLab Whitney_Lab, UFChemistry in collaboration with Uli Stingl UF_MCS. 'Fungal endophytes from Thalassia testudinum show bioactivity against the seagrass pathogen'_ www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
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Fungal endophytes from Thalassia testudinum show bioactivity against the seagrass pathogen, Labyrinthula spp.
Thalassia testudinum has undergone die-offs in the past century due to seagrass was�ng disease caused by Labyrinthula sp. Litle is known about how seagrasses resist Labyrinthula infec�ons, but metabol...
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
Loesgenlab team at FloHet! Check out posters and connect! #FloHet2024 #NaturalProducts #ProudPI
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Florida - Chile - Antartica! 🇺🇸 🇨🇱 🧊We are so excited for postdoc Federica Montesano from @LoesgenLab, @Whitney_Lab, @UF to join our Chilean Collaborators for Antartica Expedition ECA60 INACH 1621 to study Antarctic Fungi, Bacteria, Microbiomes. Safe travels & happy sampling!
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Excited to host Christine Salomon today at 6pm at the Whitney Lab for her public lecture "Battle for the bats - development of treatments for White Nose Syndrome". Join us in person or via zoom: calendar.ufl.edu/whitney-lab/... #NaturalProducts #DrugDiscovery
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Exciting to be a small part of this work by Mark McCauley, Samantha Koda, and Dave Duffy at the UF Whitney Lab! Why does the Environmental DNA community rely on mitochondrial DNA? We have evidence that nuclear DNA should not be overlooked! authors.elsevier.com/c/1iKvGB8ccy...
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
We are looking for the next Whitney Lab Director with a bold vision for marine sciences. Learn more about UF's Whitney Laboratory here and apply by January 20th 2024! JOIN US at the beach for cutting edge science! 🐊 😎 🔬 Pls spread the news! youtu.be/ifH2xVXx9F4?...
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
JOIN US! Excited too chair the search for our new Director - we seek an innovative leader with a bold and inclusive vision for the future of #MarineBiology @Whitney_Lab. Apply by January 2024 here bit.ly/3um0kBe #UF #Hiring #NowHiring #HigherEd #TenureTrack #Professor
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Loesgen Lab @loesgenlab.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Second day @sacnas #2023NDiSTEM! See the UF booth for @Whitney_Lab training options. Open positions on several levels from postbacc, technicians, to grad students and postdocs! Talk to me about Natural Products Chemistry and the American Society of Pharmacognosy!
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