Congrats, 112 travel grantees & 13 poster awardees (list below)! These early career participants made Spain #SynBYSS exciting, supported by generous sponsors & senior speakers & panelists who joined it without travel supports. Thank all & see you in Japan in May 2028! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Double rainbows 🌈 just before the night session of Gordon Research Conferences at Bates College in Maine Despite the intermittent pouring rains all day, this is nice and hopeful. So will our life and the current research situation. @jcvi.org

Good morning, Maine, at 6 am of new week! After sleeping for 5h in a dormitory room of Bates College and using shared bathrooms, I am ready for Gordon Research Conferences: Engineered Microbes for the Treatment of Disease!

A 6-day trip to give a talk at GRC: Engineered Microbes for the Treatment of Disease. While St. Louis Airport alarm keeps on for >15 min, people look calm. We have been 'trained' by nonsense news for the last 1.5 years, so it would be nothing compared to what we have seen. See you if you attend it.

Important work by Jay Keasling et al. in Nature Biotechnology, Nature Portfolio @natbiotech.nature.com @keaslinglab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Engineered polyketide synthases enable a microbial chassis for recyclable plastics with tunable properties - Nature Biotechnology

Polyketide synthases are engineered for the production of sustainable plastics.

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#SynBYSS seminar with Prof. Cong Trinh at University of Tennessee, Knoxville & Prof. Michael Brasino at University of Vermont @utknoxville.bsky.social The talk video link is below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-23...

SynBYSS with Prof Cong Trinh at U. of Tennessee, Knoxville & Prof Michael Brasino at U. of Vermont

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#SynBYSS 10am USA CT 203rd, Jul 30: Prof Cong Trinh at U. Tennessee, Knoxville & Prof Michael Brasino at U. Vermont 204th, Aug 13: Prof Si Jae Park at Ewha Womans U. & Prof Hyeongmin Seo at U. Iowa @utknoxville.bsky.social Talk schedule & Zoom link docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Please RT: We're hiring! Computational postdoc for foundation model and sequence-structure-function studies of intrinsic disordered proteins through a consortium and unique large datasets. Ideal candidates have led ML/AI projects in protein design/analysis.

1st time when passengers won against Airlines. A passenger had an accident, back to gate. We had a noncompliant one. F-words fights after announcement to deplane. Static moments; no need to deplane. Transparency is key. If someone solves Airlines' nonsense, that person deserves Nobel Peace Prize.

Another interesting paper by Sang Yup Lee et al. in Nature Communications, Nature Portfolio @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another interesting paper by Jay Keasling et al. in Nature Communications, Nature Portfolio @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Polyketide synthase-based controlled synthesis of polycyclopropanated fuel molecules - Nature Communications

To be practically useful, sustainable aviation fuels need a suitable energy density and freezing point. Here the authors explore an iterative polyketide synthase family, leading to engineered biosynth...

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Interesting work by Simon d'Oelsnitz et al. in Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Portfolio @natchembio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Using enantioselective biosensors to evolve asymmetric biocatalysts - Nature Chemical Biology

Here d’Oelsnitz et al. generate enantioselective transcription factors that convert chiral reaction products into fluorescent signals, enabling the rapid evolution of asymmetric enzymes with inverted ...

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Good morning, Puerto Rico & world. Although we suffered yesterday, most people who survived can see another day. We may suffer again, but I hope better today because I am still alive, watching gorgeous sunrise. I feel hope & past pain, therefore I exist.

I enjoy with 3 generations of leaders who attend Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XXIV in Puerto Rico: pioneers, current & future leaders

Kristala Prather is giving her award talk. Congrats!

My choice of this month article in New Biotechnology is attached: "Lycopene pathway rewiring by combinatorial co-expression of constituent enzymes in a cell-free protein synthesis system" by Kang, Lee, Yun et al @efbiotechnology.org @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lycopene pathway rewiring by combinatorial co-expression of constituent enzymes in a cell-free protein synthesis system

We established a platform for reconstructing the lycopene pathway by combinatorial co-expression of five constituent enzymes using a crude Escherichia…

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Craig Venter: his life in summary by Barry Merriman in Nature Biotechnology, Nature Portfolio @jcvi.org @natbiotech.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

J. Craig Venter 1946–2026 - Nature Biotechnology

Nature Biotechnology - J. Craig Venter 1946–2026

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Arriving in Washington Dulles from San Diego by overnight flight, watching rising Sun

2 years ago, exactly from tomorrow, I moved in this apartment unit, and went to a conference on the same day. Today, I moved out of it, and will take overnight flight to Puerto Rico to give a talk at a conference. Deja vu. On my way to the San Diego airport by Trolley. See you if you attend it!

J. Craig Venter Institute is moving to bigger facility in downtown San Diego. My 1st chapter here is ending, but the 2nd one is beginning soon in a brand new building. I will miss this gorgeous view, though. @jcvi.org

#SynBYSS #seminar with Dr. Emily Edwards at Cell Reports Physical Science by Cell Press and Sam Davidson, PhD at Caltech @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @caltech.edu The video link is below: youtu.be/njIqDtLHoAA?...

SynBYSS seminar with Dr. Emily Edwards at Cell Reports Physical Science and Sam Davidson at Caltech

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... ... Importantly, we are competing with ourselves to become better future me, not necessarily the others. Fortunately, we don’t need to wait for another 4 years to become better, while we need to wait for 4 years to see another World Cup or Olympics. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#sports #soccer #competition #life #happy | Tae Seok Moon

I like #sports with objective rules and umpires such as #soccer, as they give relatively fair challenges to almost all players, including underdogs and people in developing countries, and encourage sp...

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#SynBYSS webinar, 10am USA CT 202nd, Jul 16: Dr Emily Edwards at Cell Rep Phys Sci & Dr Sam Davidson at Caltech @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social 203rd, Jul 30: Prof Cong Trinh at U. Tennessee, Knoxville & Prof Michael Brasino at U. Vermont Talk schedule & Zoom link docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Star is the most elegant when s/he retires gracefully. Leaders are the greatest when they step down timely for future leaders. Sunset is gorgeous when new sunrise is expected. Sport players are beautiful when they can give congratulations to the winners. #FIFAWorldCup

Our collaborative work is out in ACS Sustainable Chem. Engin. Thank Juan Martín Rodao, Seong-Min Cho, Sunkyu Park & Kai Lan for wonderful work & NSF for Global Center grant given to >40 PIs with whom I have an honor to work as the center director! @acs.org @jcvi.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

USA, now with only 250 years of history, had become the strongest nation by enbracing researchers such as #Einstein during World War I & II. Now, the reversal is happening. What a loss! Nobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in China @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nobel-winning chemist leaves US to direct AI materials lab in China

Omar Yaghi’s move comes amid cuts to US science and a campaign in China to recruit top international talent.

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#SynBYSS seminar with Lars Friberg (climate strategist) at Vinnova, Sweden's Innovation Agency, and Prof. Greg Tikhomirov at University of California, Berkeley @vinnova.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social The talk video link is below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Twy...

SynBYSS seminar with Lars Friberg at Vinnova (Sweden's Agency) & Prof Greg Tikhomirov at UC Berkeley

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#SynBYSS webinar, Thur, 10 am USA CT 201st, Jul 9: Lars Friberg at Vinnova & Prof Greg Tikhomirov at UC Berkeley 202nd, Jul 16: Dr Emily Edwards at Cell Reports Physical Science & Dr Sam Davidson at Caltech @cp-cellrepphyssci.bsky.social Talk schedule & Zoom link docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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#AI world is inevitable, but the article reflects why I've never used #ChatGPT or similar tools, while I use AI tools for my research such as AlphaFold and #ML a lot. I signed up for ChatGPT months before most people did. I don't want to become a battery of #Matrix. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#ai #chatgpt #matrix | Tae Seok Moon

The #AI world is inevitable, but the following article reflects why I've never used #ChatGPT or similar tools, although I use AI tools for my research such as AlphaFold and machine learning a lot. I s...

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I like #sports with objective rules and umpires such as #soccer, as they give relatively fair #challenges to all players, including underdogs, and encourage #sportmanship. 1/3 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

How I overcame my anxiety to achieve my purpose as a professor | Tae Seok Moon

I like #sports with objective rules and umpires such as #soccer, as they give relatively fair #challenges to all players, including underdogs, and encourage #sportmanship. Imagine the world where Scie...

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Tae Seok Moon@taeseokmoon.bsky.social · last mo.

"Trump says he asked FIFA head to review red card but ‘didn’t tell him what to do’" by The Washington Post "My school dean says he asked me to review his son's exam score "F" but didn't tell me what to do" by my colleague @science.org @washingtonpost.com www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...