Katherine Maloney
@katherinem.bsky.social
Mom, PUI prof @PLNU, 2023 @ACSorganic Chair, Associate Editor ACS JNP, teacher, mentor, natural products stan, and connoisseur of human folly
Honored to have played a small role in this cool story!
Duncan Kountz@dkountz.bsky.social · 7mo agoThrilled to be able to finally post my first adventure into secondary metabolism!: Flavoaffinins, Elusive Cellulose-Binding Natural Products from an Anaerobic Bacterium pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... Co-authors: Ruocheng Yu, f. undergrad Jessie Lee, @katherinem.bsky.social , and Emily Balskus!
XRD fun with 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol isolated from a @tinyearthnet.bsky.social strain @plnu.bsky.social
#JNatProd celebrates inspiring contributions of early career researchers to the field of natural products. 20 authors from 12 countries across 5 continents are highlighted – learn about them and their research here pubs.acs.org/page/jnprdf/...
The brilliant @drdre4000.bsky.social gave an amazing talk @plnu.bsky.social today! Thank you for generously sharing your time with us!
Super excited for @drdre4000.bsky.social seminar @plnu.bsky.social on Monday! (During a break from #ACSSpring2025)
Oxytocin earrings and Valentines Day inauguration of new university president @plnu.bsky.social ❤️ 🦭#chemistryearringselfie
I recently joined the Tiny Matters podcast talking about the resurrection of ancient antibiotics and how reviving ancient molecules could help us understand the diversity of bacterial chemistry 🧪💡 🎧 Listen here: www.acs.org/pressroom/ti... #Evolution #Antibiotics #Paleomycin #TinyMatters #SecMet
Can evolution go backwards? - American Chemical Society
Can more complex traits revert back to a simpler form?
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This interview with @nadineziemert.bsky.social was a fun surprise on my morning commute. Resurrected antibiotic paleomicin as an example of evolution moving from more to less complexity: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Can evolution go backwards?
Podcast Episode · Tiny Matters · 02/05/2025 · 30m
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Great episode, ostensibly about allergies, but also about the many reasons why penicillin is STILL a wonder drug! #secmet #naturalproducts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?
Podcast Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 01/10/2025 · 1h 4m
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Best part of SIMB #NP2025 was catching up with some of my favorite people @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social @mingxunwang.bsky.social @nehagarg.bsky.social @kyobinkang.bsky.social @eustaquiolab.bsky.social
PUI chem profs, ACS Omega is doing a call for PUI papers! Also, the OA charges are covered for PUI's that participate in the ACS PUI OA program (there's a list of participating schools, I'll post that list as a comment to this post). axial.acs.org/cross-discip...
Call For Papers: Undergraduate Research as the Stimulus for Scientific Progress in the USA | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
This Special Issue will highlight the significant research activities at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) in the United States and their unique focus on fostering student engagement in STEM...
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Strong showing of @scrippsocean.bsky.social and @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social alums at the first full day of SIMB #NP2025 meeting @chekanlab.bsky.social @eustaquiolab.bsky.social Neha Garg Kaity Ryan
‘Godfather’ @BradMoore_SIO hands off his SIMB lecture on growth-coupled biosynthesis to @LeahBushin. What a cool story! #NP2025
Here are some free/open-source sites for the preparation of scientific illustrations, including icon libraries: bioicons.com, scidraw.io, bioart.niaid.nih.gov, inkscape.org, biogdp.com, reactome.org/icon-lib
The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has joined the Chemsky community!
Since returning from sabbatical, I’ve gone ‘Full Frizzle’ with the chemistry-themed clothing and accessories. I may rethink this after seeing it on hubby during BIL’s “Dress Like Your Spouse” party last Saturday… 🧐
A chemistry earring selfie in honor of 10/23: Erlenmeyer flask and Bohr atom. 👩🔬 ⚛️ Happy Mole Day to all who celebrate! 🎉
Catching up on podcasts…how did I miss this episode from last March about marine natural products, featuring @EricSchmidtLab Amy Wright and @SafaviLab?! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #secmet
Tiny Matters: Shipworms, sponges and snail venoms: The search for marine medicine on Apple Podcas...
Show Tiny Matters, Ep Shipworms, sponges and snail venoms: The search for marine medicine - Mar 22, 2023
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ChemSky! Save the Date!! Oct 18 at 12 noon ET for the next ACS Div. of Organic Chemistry Virtual Symposium featuring Prof. Alex Grenning and Prof. David Nagib Thank you to BeyondCCHF for hosting For more info see organicdivision.org/doc-virtual-... Free - no registration needed
Took the boys out after bedtime to see the bioluminescent red tide in Mission Bay… 🦠 🌊
