Manesis Lab

Est. August 2023 | Metals. Microbes. Metabolism. Manesis Lab tweets! Primarily a student run account

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

Hot off the press from the Manesis Lab! Amazing work from Riley taking a detailed approach to interrogating long range ET in a specific subset of enzymes from the bacterial cytochrome c peroxidase superfamily. Check it out here: https://t.co/50oS7bQ4J4

[NIH @NIH]

The NIH Director’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Awards empower innovative scientists redefining the limits of biomedical and behavioral research.

Meet the 2026 recipients of the NIH Director’s Pioneer, New Innovator, and Transformative Research Awards and discover the groundbreaking research they’re pursuing: https://t.co/ER0N4lHGsc

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

Proud of our superstar Leah Stroebel on passing prelim-- well done Leah!

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

Still thinking about how much fun we had at CRIC last weekend! UIC, thanks for hosting!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2026 recognises discoveries that have enabled chemists to drive chemical reactions that lead to homochirality.

Life’s chemistry is what chemists call homochiral, after the Greek words for “same” and “hand”. Like hands, all amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only one of them is found in the proteins in your cells. The other is rarely found in nature.

For a long time, chemists wondered how homochirality can emerge. When they began to experiment with chemical reactions that can form two mirrored molecules, they always obtained equal proportions of both in their test tubes. However, chemists strived to produce only one of these mirror images, because in the development of molecules that will interact with living beings – such as in pharmaceuticals – only one mirror image will have the desired effect.

Thanks to laureates Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai, we now know how homochirality can emerge. Their discoveries have been decisive for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

We had an amazing time at the Penn State Bioinorgaic Workshop last week! A huge thank you to all of the students and teachers who made it possible!
Our lab contributed 3 posters to this event, with a special shout out to Leah and Katya who won an award for their poster!

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

The Manesis lab has a lot to celebrate nowadays! Chase Radziej, a rising 2nd year grad student, has received the Chemistry-Biology interface training program fellowship! Additionally, rising 4th year in the lab, Riley Stein, has earned the Phillip W. Rhymes graduate fellowship!

[Rosenzweig Lab @RosenzweigLab]

Just out in @PNASNews Caitlin Palmer's work on CopD: https://t.co/3aohJL2Few
@NUChemistry @NUmolbiosci

[Chemistry at Illinois @ChemistryUIUC]

We are incredibly proud of all our Illinois chemistry students who showcased their research during the Undergraduate Research Week Symposium. Your energy and enthusiasm were truly inspiring!🙌

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

We are so excited for the UIUC undergraduate research symposium this Thursday, where our very own undergraduate researchers, Allie and Saiesha, will present their work! The 2026 program and a full list of presenters can be found here: https://t.co/8RBvL449gJ

[Lehnert Group @UMLehnertgroup]

New paper alert: Nabhendu and Nicole's review of high-valent transition metal-oxo complexes just got published!

Find it in Chemical Reviews here: https://t.co/YFHw5LOpyl

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

We are so proud of our very own Niku Cowart and his decision to attend The Ohio State University in the fall to pursue his PhD is Chemistry! Best of luck, Niku. We are all excited to see what amazing things you do on your journey!

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

Today, NSF announced it has made offers & will award 2,500 Graduate Research Fellowships for the 2026-2027 academic year to outstanding graduate students across the U.S. pursuing research-based degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. https://t.co/IYju3vBuuC

[Beckman Foundation @BeckmanFnd]

Coming Soon: Undergraduate Research Week, April 20-24.
We’ll be showcasing our amazing #BeckmanScholars and their research across all our social media profiles. Look for exciting content like images, videos, quotes, program stats, and more.
#URW2026 #BSP

[UniProt @uniprot]

UniProt Webinar Reminder – Join us to learn where to find AMR-related annotation in UniProt.

'Curating proteins involved in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in UniProt'
15.00 (GMT) Thursday 16th April.
Registration is free but essential: https://t.co/lQ1sGc0Un8

[Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran @AmbikaBhagi]

Prof. Kate Pleteneva's talk on how lysine enables electron transfer in heme proteins is happening now at A301 #ACSSpring2026 Super cool!!

[UniProt @uniprot]

NEW - Experimental Peptidoformsand associated UNIMOD record mappings for proteomics PTM data.
Find them in the protein feature viewer - Proteomics PTM-containing peptide track.
Example: https://t.co/KBLVu84M2I

[UniProt @uniprot]

New UniProt Webinar – Join us to learn where to find AMR-related annotation in UniProt.

Curating proteins involved in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in UniProt
15.00 (GMT) Thursday 16th April.
Registration is free but essential: https://t.co/lQ1sGc0Un8

[UniProt @uniprot]

UniProt Webinar Reminder
Join us to learn how automatic annotation tools enrich UniProt protein data.

Automatic annotation systems in UniProt
15.00 (GMT) Thursday 12th March.

Registration is free but essential: https://t.co/MP0KKIEEb7

[Manesis Lab @ManesisLab]

Congrats to our fantastic undergraduate researcher, Anika Moghe, on being awarded the Peter Beak Scholarship for Undergraduate Research! We are so excited to spend the summer with you!