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Chemical Biology at TU Dresden. Bringing chromocontrol, redox cascades, and photoswitch-based imaging into biology. tu-dresden.de/chemie/chembio | PI posts. orcid.org/0000-0003-3981-651X

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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Get your online ChemBio fix in September - thanks to the Leiden crowd for organising, now the 6th edition!
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TU Dresden @tudresden.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
TUD lecture series “Frontiers in Science” on June 25: Chemist Prof. Seth M. Cohen from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social will give a lecture on his research into metalloenzymes. 💊 It is called “Combining Medical and Inorganic Chemistry – From the Lab to the Bedside.” ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/e...
Foto: Ein Mann mittleren Alters mit kurzem, dunklem Haar lächelt in die Kamera. Er trägt einen dunkelblauen Anzug mit einem hellblauen Hemd und eine Krawatte in verschiedenen Blautönen und einem Muster. Im Hintergrund ist eine Backsteinwand und ein Gebäude mit großen Fenstern zu sehen. Der Mann steht auf einem Balkon mit einem weißen Geländer.
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nioxjournal.bsky.social @nioxjournal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Most cited manuscripts from @nioxjournal.bsky.social A comparison of the chemical biology of hydropersulfides (RSSH) with other protective biological antioxidants and nucleophiles By Jon Fukuto and Adrian Hobbs
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Ute Hellmich @hellmichgroup.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Now it's official! Our DFG funded Collaborative Research Center on Membrane Complexes will be funded for another round! 🥳🥳🥳 For our lab that means more exciting work on TRP channels and their role as cellular signaling hubs 😍 @crc1507.bsky.social www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Internship / MSc for #engineering, #photoswitch & #optogenetics fans: Like LEDs, soldering, simple PCBs and optics? Join the Thorn-Seshold lab at @tudresden.bsky.social & help build next-gen light engines for #photopharmacology & cellular control. PIs please repost! @poldresden.bsky.social
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Julia Thorn-Seshold @juliathornseshold.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Proof of principle vs. translational reality check: Can we accumulate nano-formulated drugs inside solid tumours by transiently disrupting tumour vasculature? Yes, in principle, but with a translational catch 👇 #GO-Bio #BMFTR @lmu.de; #ChemBio bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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BPS Publications
Background and purpose Nano-formulated chemotherapeutics prolong systemic availability of drugs and can reduce systemic toxicity, but their accumulation in solid tumours is often limited and unpredi...
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
GBM Lunch on May 6, 2026, 12:30 Speaker: Youjun Yang (East China University of Science and Technology) Title: "Early Ferroptosis Detection Targeting Lipid Hydrogen Abstraction” Chair: @oliverthornseshold.bsky.social Organizer: Joint Study Group "Chemical Biology" #GBMLunch #ChemicalBiology
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This week’s Essential Read in #chembio - my vote: what actually happens to diazirine photolabels? @nadlerlab.bsky.social strikes again. Enjoy #photopharma and caveat N2or! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Bifunctional Lipid–Protein Cross-linking Efficiency and Reaction Products
Bifunctional diazirine lipids are versatile tools for mapping protein–lipid interactions and cellular localization by photo-cross-linking. Yet, the cross-linking efficiency of these probes has not bee...
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Youjun Yang and coworkers did a great chemical probe design paper: Fluorogenicity cleverly triggered by H-atom abstraction. Congrats to all! #chembio #fluorescencefriday #realtimechem pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Early Ferroptosis Detection Targeting Lipid Hydrogen Abstraction
Ferroptosis is an Fe2+-dependent and lipid peroxidation-mediated regulated cell death. Its early detection is critical for diagnosis and timely intervention. Lipid hydrogen abstraction is the initiati...
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Understanding the thioredoxin system is key to understanding cellular RedOx homeostasis. Congratulations to @lzeisel.bsky.social on being awarded one of the @gdchbiochem.bsky.social Young Scientist Awards for his work in the @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social in this field. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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GDCh Division of Biochemistry @gdchbiochem.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We are excited that we could today award four Young Scientist Awards for outstanding publications and dissertations over the last two years. The awardees are Johannes Morstein, Sarah Emmert, Frederik Schmidt and Lukas Zeisel. Congratulations to all awardees! (1/3) #Biochemistry #ChemSky #ChemBio
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Kate Carroll @carrollchembiol.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Excited to share our new Perspective in @natchembio.nature.com with @Yang_J_lab. How do we move from isolated cysteine modifications to a systems-level understanding of redox signaling? We outline a unified chemical framework for decoding the cysteine redoxome. Read here: t.co/6XY1FCdtN6
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Oliver Thorn-Seshold @oliverthornseshold.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Chemical biology PhDs/postdocs: don't miss out! Liz New is hiring a 2-year postdoc position on making & using fluorophores, in Sydney, Australia. A great group in a great city. #chembio #postdoc hunters - check out the @lizjnew.bsky.social lab for more. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemical Biology
Full time, 2 years fixed term Located at the School of Chemistry on the Camperdown Campus Opportunity to contribute to multidisciplinary research on new mitochondrial targeting agents Base Salary, Lev...
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Important paper alert #molswitches & #photopharma! Thorough, clear, fundamental mechanistics. Congratulations to @screspi.bsky.social @nadjasimeth.bsky.social and all involved!
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Ben Schumann @drglycoben.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#chembio and #bioorganic crowd: Registration to ESBOC is open. Join us on 27th-29th May for the oldest meeting in chemical biology in Europe, at the awesome Schlosshotel Pillnitz in Dresden! Check out www.esboc.org.uk or register directly at eveeno.com/esboc2026!
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European Symposium on Biological and Organic Chemistry (ESBOC) 2026
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Kimberly Beatty @beattylab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thank you @compoundchem.com for recognizing the women of chemistry! A few years back you featured >180 present day women chemists, including me. www.compoundchem.com/women-in-che... You are the best!
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Women in Chemistry
Over the years, I've made a number of graphics highlighting important women in chemistry history. But highlighting and supporting women in chemistry isn't just about pointing to historical figureheads...
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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) @gdch.de · 03/02/2026
🎨 „Colourful Chemistry" – unter diesem Motto lädt das JCF der GDCh vom 10.–13. März nach Köln. 400 junge Forschende, Plenarvorträge, Workshops und erstmals der JCF Best Supervisor Award. Erste Preisträgerin: Prof. Lena Daumann. gdch.app/article/colo...
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Colourful Chemistry: Frühjahrssymposium zeigt Vielfalt der Chemie
Unter dem Motto „Colourful Chemistry” findet vom 10. bis 13. März in Köln das Frühjahrssymposium des JCF (JungesChemieForum) der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) statt. Die Tagung richtet sich a...
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Jon Beves @jonbeves.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
#photoswitches: How should we determine errors on PSS distributions, and the absorption spectrum of the metastable isomer? We have been discussing this for years and have finally written a manuscript, including a python code to fit your data without human bias. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Ben Schumann @drglycoben.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Out now in @natchembio.nature.com: Xylosyltransferase engineering to manipulate proteoglycans in mammalian cells 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... check out the press release below! #glycotime
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Xylosyltransferase engineering to manipulate proteoglycans in mammalian cells - Nature Chemical Biology
The xylosyltransferase isoenzymes XT1 and XT2 catalyze the first glycosylation step in the biosynthesis of proteoglycans. Now, bump-and-hole engineering of XT1 and XT2 enables substrate profiling and ...
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Ute Hellmich @hellmichgroup.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🧪If you love lipids,cell biology & chemical bioloy and wonder about the fundamental mechanisms of life, you'll be in for a treat! 🤩🥳 Don't miss the next @gbmev.bsky.social Lunch Seminar by @nadlerlab.bsky.social & Kristin Böhlig! #ChemBio #LipidLove Preregister for free @gfg-chembio.bsky.social
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Join us for the GBM Lunch on January 28 at 12:30 PM (CET)! André Nadler & Kristin Böhlig @nadlerlab.bsky.social (@mpi-cbg.de) will speak on “Quantifying Intracellular Lipid Transport.” Chair: Oliver Thorn-Seshold (TU Dresden) Organizer: Joint Study Group "Chemical Biology" #GBMLunch #ChemicalBiology
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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 16/01/2026
A new paper by @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social reports photoswitchable ligands with wavelength-dependent, and concentration-independent, control of TRPC4/5 channels in live tissues www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ideal efficacy photoswitching for chromocontrol of TRPC4/5 channel functions in live tissues - Nature Chemical Biology
Using chemical photoswitchable reagents to exert purely wavelength-dependent control over biological systems in deep tissue and in vivo requires a concentration-independent design paradigm. Here, such...
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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 16/01/2026
Pick a color to control TRP channels - Check out the associated News & Views by Jana Volaric and Wiktor Szymanski on photoswitchable compounds that can agonize or antagonize TRPC4/5 channels depending on the color of light used www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pick a color to control TRP channels - Nature Chemical Biology
Ideal efficacy photoswitching is introduced as a concept in controlling protein activity with light. Largely independent of the concentration of a light-responsive compound, it enables TRPC4 and TRPC5...
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Colour me happy!
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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"It’s also, @georgwinter.bsky.social says, grounds for looking very closely at the proteome-wide effects of any compound in development, no matter its putative mechanism." PREACH #biotech #chemsky
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Interesting paper by the groups of @zhizhou1619.bsky.social and Xiang Sheng in @natcomms.nature.com. They developed a system, with which thiophenols can be fed to cells, converted into non-canonical amino acids and used for genetic code expansion in protein engineering.
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Design and evolution of artificial enzyme with in-situ biosynthesized non-canonical amino acid
Nature Communications - Enzyme design with non-canonical amino acids has achieved rapid progress in biocatalysis. Here, the authors present an efficient strategy for the design of artificial...
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Lipid imaging on the cover of @nature.com! Great times for lipid cell biology indeed. And a fantastic recognition of all the hard work by the team, especially Juan M. Iglesias-Artola and Kristin Böhlig (who made the cover). Link to article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ben Schumann @drglycoben.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The human UDP-Gal-4-epimerase is important for cellular biosynthesis of UDP-Gal and UDP-GalNAc. Both are important precursors for glycosylation. GALE KO abrogates cellular levels of these metabolites. GALE plays a role in cancer (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31908526/) - so we decided to drug it!
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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Video compilation from our #türenauf mit der Maus Tag today! #outreach #chemsky @hhu.de @sophieguti.bsky.social @joguti.bsky.social @markussuta.bsky.social @chemiehhu.bsky.social
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
What can HaloTag do for you? Triggered fluorogenic labelling? Molecular recording? Photo-Chemically Induced Dimerisation? Philipp Mauker's CHalo motif lets reagents do all three, and more. Read the preprint here - doi.org/10.1101/2025... #chembio #fluorescence #cellbio #SLP
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Molecular Recording with HaloTag? H2O2, GSH, Trx, LAP? → multiplexable reagents record diverse enzyme activities ratiometrically, without signal loss @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... CHalo Crew again programming with HaloTag! #chembio #fluorescence #wednesday
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Photocaged HaloTag Ligation with red fluorogenic SiR labels: → on-demand HaloTag visualisation and tracking @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Congrats Philipp Mauker, Joyce Meiring, & the CHalo Crew for again programming with HaloTag! #chembio #fluorescence #wednesday
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Chemically Induced Dimerisation, modular & on-demand: => Fast, stepwise reagents for HaloTag-to-SNAP-tag heterodimerisation without a hook effect Now preprinted: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Congratulations to Philipp Mauker & the CHalo Crew for programming with HaloTag! #chembio #fluorescence #friday
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Julia Thorn-Seshold @juliathornseshold.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
We boosted tumour-selective delivery of nano-formulated chemotherapeutics by transiently shaking up tumour blood vessels. The catch? You only get one shot at this ☝️ This #BMBF funded work, driven by a predominantly female team @lmumuenchen.bsky.social is available on the @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) @gdch.de · 13/02/2025
🔍 Chemie studieren - eine Formel für die Zukunft! Ihr kennt jemanden, der überlegt Chemie zu studieren, aber sich nicht sicher ist? Ein Chemiestudium bietet spannende Möglichkeiten. Auf www.chemie-studieren.de finden sich alle Infos rund um Studiengänge, Ausbildungen und Berufe in der Chemie.
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Ulrich Lab @ulrichlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join our GBM Redox Meeting 2025 in Saarbrücken! We put together an exciting program covering diverse aspects of Redox Regulation in Life. Check out the Programm and register until Feb 28! redox-gbm-meeting-2025.uni-koeln.de #redox #redoxbiology #gbm @gbmev.bsky.social
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
For ion-specific photocurrents across membranes: just let ionophores intermingle with photolipids. A fully modular approach with easy access to large currents. Stoked that this years-long sleuthing effort led by Peter Pohl is finally out! doi.org/10.1101/2025... #photopharma #ChemBio #lipidtime
photocontrol over high-current specific ion flows across lipid membranes can be achieved by mingling light-responsive photolipids with ion-specific carriers.
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GDCh Division of Biochemistry @gdchbiochem.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The Young Scientist Award of @gdchbiochem.bsky.social of @gdch.bsky.social is open for nominations. If you know an excellent candidate, who defended their PhD or had a publication in 2024 in the field of biochemistry (or related), consider nominating them. #chemsky #ChemBio en.gdch.de/network-s...
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Congrats to our new Doctor Markus! @m-markus.bsky.social pioneered chromocontrol by ideal efficacy photoswitching (doi.org/10.1101/2024...), TRPC5 photopharma (doi.org/10.1002/anie...), & switch-based photoacoustic imaging (doi.org/10.1002/anie... & doi.org/10.26434/che...) : a tour de force summa!
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Luke Lavis @rhodamine110.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Gregorio Weber is a giant in our field, and I am deeply honored to receive this award in his name. I want to acknowledge all my collaborators over the years—especially @dyerfulchymist.bsky.social—and the place that made everything possible: @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Ein Jahr kostenfreie Mitgliedschaft bei der GBM bei Registrierung bis Ende März 2025! Become a member of the GBM now and the 1st year is for free!
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RSC CBBG Interest Group @rsc-cbbg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The RSC Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Group is now on Bluesky and delighted to be here! We're really looking forward to keeping you all updated with the latest events and news from our community, across the UK and internationally. Spread the word to those you know, and give us a follow! #chembio
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Philipp Klahn @docklahn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
You don´t find your people? Check blueskystarterpack.com and search for your community! #organicchemistry #Chemicalbiology #MedChem #naturalproductchemistry
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Julia Thorn-Seshold @juliathornseshold.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Misogeny and sexism is not always easy to recognise, but it's systematic and it paves the way for inequality, hate and violence. Took me painfully long to become angry enough about this. Feminism, and make it intersectional, is good for EVERYONE. #StopViolenceAgainstWomen #TagGegenGewaltAnFrauen
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
@thornsesholdlab.bsky.social set up a feed, that will show all posts with #ChemBio. If you are interested in the feed, click this link, click "Pin to Home" and it will be added as feed to your home screen: bsky.app/profile/did... I will use this hashtag in all relevant posts.
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Thanks Stephan! Feed is ordered like this: (1) prioritises recent posts hashtagged #ChemBio or #ChemicalBiology (not case sensitive) (2) then other recent posts with "chembio", "chemical biology" etc (not as hashes) (3) then the "best 5%HN" of recent #ChemSky, #realtimechem, #FluorescenceFriday etc
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
reposting #ChemBio @hellmichgroup.bsky.social @lipid.bsky.social TRP fans!
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 25/11/2024
This is cool, D2O (in place of H2O) as analgesic via TRPV1 permeation modulation
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📯📯NEW Chemical Biology Feed bsky.app/profile/did:... 📯List: >200 chemical biologists (probes, OC, PC, imaging): bsky.app/profile/did:... 📯Women in ChemBio Pack: bsky.app/starter-pack... 📯General #ChemBio Pack: bsky.app/starter-pack... 📯 #Photopharma: bsky.app/profile/trac... #chemsky 🧪 🔬
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Thorn-Seshold Lab @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
attn to new #chemsky #ChemBio #realtimechem #SciSky 🧪 🔬 #photopharma community members…
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