Masschelein Lab

Engineering Microbes for Drug Discovery & Lead Optimization | Exploring the Biosynthetic Creativity of Microorganisms @BiologyKULeuven @VIB_microbes

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

Our lab is moving to another platform. You can now find us here! 🚚👇

[VIB @VIBLifeSciences]

🔬 Peptides make powerful drugs, but they are difficult to synthesize. So, @JNJInnovMed teamed up with VIB scientists (@Masschelein_Lab @VIB_microbes) to harness the power of bacteria!
👉 Read here https://t.co/FCnoz2CvUl

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

We're very proud of Luka Van den Berghe for securing an #FWO PhD fellowship! 🎉👏 As the 2022 @iGEM_KULeuven Team Leader, Luka was recently invited to write a paper on live biotherapeutics for anticancer therapy in the iGEM competition. Read more here! 👉https://t.co/FYFIcnP7Vh

[Gilles van Wezel 💙💛 @GillesvanWezel]

PhD defense of Nataliia Machushynets has started @LeidenBiology @LeidenU. thanks to @Masschelein_Lab Mark liles @marnixmedema @EvolvedBiofilm @derozenleiden @SpainkHerman for being on the committee and to felliw promotor @NatMart_Chembio

[Akos T. Kovacs @EvolvedBiofilm]

@Masschelein_Lab is in Leiden for a PhD defence from @LeidenBiology and therefore we can enjoy her talk on lipid antibiotics

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

📢 Our lab is hiring! Interested in harnessing the biosynthetic potential of beneficial, human-associated bacteria? We're looking for a passionate #postdoc to engineer gut bacteria for local, in vivo disease detection and drug delivery. Apply now! 👇https://t.co/5L7MgtiGHL

[VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology @VIB_microbes]

📢 Fascinated by microbial life? Want to join one of our teams @VIBLifeSciences and @KU_Leuven as a management assistant, bioinformatician or postdoc?
Our center is hiring! Check out https://t.co/DqrnzYKpPx

[Nat. Prod. Reports @NatProdReports]

🔓Be sure to read this #OpenAccess review by Joleen Masschelein & co @Masschelein_Lab @VIB_microbes in our latest issue on using Bacillus subtilis as a host for natural product discovery & engineering of biosynthetic gene clusters

Find it in full below👇
https://t.co/vztZlS6o6v

[VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology @VIB_microbes]

Throwback to our @VIB_microbes retreat with @RaesLab, @LabMichiels, @Masschelein_Lab, @SibylleVonesch and @KevinVerstrepen's team at the Antwerp Zoo!

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

Excited to speak at the 15th Global Industrial Microbiology Congress & Metabolic Engineering Summit in Shanghai this fall. Abstract submissions are still open! https://t.co/33zYLdxMKB 🌎🦠🧬

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

@GillesvanWezel @KLM Hopelijk zit de kat er niet meer in 😉

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

Many congratulations to @HansGerstmans for being awarded a senior @FWOVlaanderen postdoctoral fellowship!! 🥳👏 Looking forward to the collaboration with @lammertyn_lab and @ColindaScheele! @BiologyKULeuven @VIB_microbes @vib_ccb @biosystkuleuven

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

Many congratulations to @HannePut @HansGerstmans @Hannevdc99 for their hard work on this!

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

Thrilled to announce our latest review article in collab. with @LabMichiels, featured in @NatProdReports! We explore the power of Bacillus subtilis for uncovering and engineering novel #naturalproduct biosynthetic pathways.🦠🧬Read the full story here: https://t.co/JvlOW9Elfj

[Matthew Jenner @Jenner_Lab]

🚨 ECRs working on Natural Products 🚨
Join us for our annual 2-day symposium #CBNP17 on 4th– 5th July 2024.
Running straight after Directing Biosynthesis (Birmingham) #DBVII.
Sponsored by @UKRI_News and @RSC_CBBG.
Registration & info: https://t.co/jJzfhgA2FC.

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

We are looking for a #BusinessDevelopment Manager at @VIB_microbes! This is your chance to transform scientific discoveries and innovations🔬into practical applications and impactful industry collaborations.🚀 Apply now! 👇
https://t.co/NMwPONutLT

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

📢PhD position available! Interested in advancing cancer treatment by engineering microbes to produce innovative protein-based chelators for radionuclide therapy? Apply below for this joint PhD position @SCKCEN & our lab @BiologyKULeuven @VIB_microbes
👉https://t.co/c7hEFyGovD

[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

New toy in the lab! We are very excited to work with @Nuclera’s eProtein Discovery system: an automated benchtop platform for rapid access to soluble, active & purifiable proteins of interest! 🚀 Many thanks to @VIBTechWatch for making this possible.

[Kevin Verstrepen @KevinVerstrepen]

Check out our back-to-back papers in @NatureComms today! 1st paper describes development of 16 orthogonal LoxPSym sites for easier genetic engineering - https://t.co/PLmtwuIQJH. 2nd paper shows use in promoter shuffling for metabolic pathway optimization https://t.co/Rajv9g9Bq1