Michael Lichstrahl

Townsend Lab (@CATLab20) Postdoc.
Department of Chemistry.
Johns Hopkins University.

Better living through chemical biology.

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Really excited about #MyFirstChemSci! We take the monobactam biosynthetic story to the next level and explore the innate substrate tolerance of this #NRPS to generate new compounds by mutasynthesis. A wonderful team effort! https://t.co/etl4jWfUXx

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Very happy to see this now fully online! Amazing work by Dr. Lukas Kahlert to reimagine a well validated assay for a new purpose, with the serendipitous discovery of an unexpected mechanism as well!

[ChemBioChem @ChemBioChem]

Colorimetric Determination of Adenylation Domain Activity in Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases by Using Chrome Azurol S (Townsend) @monobactam @CATLab20 @JohnsHopkins #openaccess https://t.co/ZF9oeW6lZP

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Very proud to announce that I am #PhDone! Grateful to so many people who were part of my journey and made this day so special. To my advisor @CATLab20 thank you for all of your support, mentorship, and the opportunity to grow into the scientist I am today.

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

@rsc_chembio @ericasinner @CATLab20 @JohnsHopkins So excited to finally be in print! I've been talking about this all week at the #NaturalProducts #GRC and it's been very well received. Shout out to @AphettoChemist for the beautiful painting!

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

On the road to Proctor! Excited for a week of #NaturalProducts #GRS #GRC

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

@ParafilmM Everyone responding with canonical amino acids, but I have to show my love for L-Diaminopropionate. #unnatural

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

To hear more about our journey to finally solving this stereochemical ambiguity in complex carbapenem biosynthesis, catch me at this summers' Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds #GRC

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

What a way to start a week! Just accepted @rsc_chembio. From my midnight eureka moment to make these probes all the way to this final chapter in the TokK/ThnK story! Huge thanks to @ericasinner and @CATLab20 for a great team effort and a beautiful result!

https://t.co/cj2jesr2ee

[DC Spurs @DCSpurs]

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[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Of all the things that have been hard to source in these last two years, I never expected the most abundant element in the universe to be one of them. @airgas is citing a Force Majeure on Hydrogen and can't supply it. Anybody on #chemtwitter know what's going on?

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Willing my E. coli to reach OD before a meeting this afternoon. Bacteria respond well to positive reinforcement

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

For the vast majority of my life, it was a truly miserable experience being a DC sports fan. And tonight just reminds me that it can always be worse. Poor Buffalo...

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Don't think I've ever been more entertained watching the NFL. What a weekend.

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

Saturdays really are the perfect time to catch up on compound characterization. All the time in the world to let those 13C NMRs run...

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

@cispt2 @930Club @thewombats @clubhouse_band Well, they do have a song on their first album titled Dr. Suzanne Mattox, PhD! Clearly they tried to corner the scientist crowd from the beginning

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

@cispt2 @930Club @thewombats @clubhouse_band I went to see @thewombats, too! Outstanding show. Been waiting 3 years for them to make it back state-side and it was well worth it! The new album is brilliant.

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

@GusTheChemist @Chem_Walker @billthechemist @SafeChem79 Agreed that the Arndt-Eistert is the king of homologations! Great for sensitive substrates (all of them I've ever done), flexible conditions to generate the ketene and you can trap it with any nucleophile you want!

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

The new @thewombats album was totally worth the wait! Love this evolution in their sound. People Don't Change People, Time Does is incredible. #FYNTW

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

@SigmaAldrich Your website is showing that CDCl3 (https://t.co/rJO6D2RAzW) is available to ship today, Jan. 14. However, we just received an order confirmation showing a March 14 shipment date. What's going on?

[Michael Lichstrahl @Monobactam]

So long Colorado, it's been an adventure!