Sam Roberts

Current Postdoc in Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian's group in Cambridge working on G-quadruplexes. Also interested in Origins of Life research

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

I'm pleased to say our work on codon:anticodon binding at the origins of life on Earth has just been put up online at JACS! https://t.co/UKeXMTb40c Thanks @MengSu37479902 for including me :)

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of giving a talk as part of the PCE3 seminar series. It was livestreamed and you can find it on youtube https://t.co/x4YAj5gScq

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

Why are amino acids assigned to the codons they are? Would the earliest forms of translation needed the decoding centre of the ribosome? Find out in our new preprint https://t.co/GX4tZtwVnL @MengSu37479902

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

@MengSu37479902

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

The first mechanism demonstrating an enzyme free sequence dependdent aminoacylation of RNA. Key to the origins of the genetic code. A pleasure to be have been a small part of this amazing work. Congrats everyone! https://t.co/eYjJrALorc
@Liu_Ziwei_Tom

[Matthew Powner @matt_powner]

Our latest paper on Selective Synthesis of Lysine Peptides and the Prebiotically Plausible Synthesis of Catalytically Active Diaminopropionic Acid Peptide Nitriles in Water https://t.co/G3HqJS8Na3 great work by @benj1_t @UCLChemistry @ucl @J_A_C_S

[Jyoti Singh @jyotisinghUCL]

Do you want to know why Lysine is a privileged amino acid and about it’s late addition to the code!!
here it goes Congratulations 🎉🎉and great work by ⁦@benj1_t⁩ ⁦@matt_powner⁩ ⁦@acsJACS⁩ https://t.co/pN9stUcirK

[Rafał Szabla @rafal_szabla]

Yay! Our most recent article (experiment+theory) about the photochemistry of a potentially prebiotic precursor to RNA nucleotides, 2-thiooxazole, has just been published in @PCCP !

https://t.co/Rd0P8sIibp

@matt_powner @SamRobe22992890 @LaurenBertram2 @ChemPWr @PWr_Wroclaw

[Tom Wilks @tom_wilks]

Bohemian rhapsody for postdocs:

Is this a real job?
Or more like a PhD?
Caught in short contracts
No chance of stability

Open your eyes
Look up to PIs and see
I'm just a postdoc
I get no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Stress is high
Pay is low

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

@MRC_LMB The drone was suprisingly close to my face in the end

[J. Am. Chem. Soc. @J_A_C_S]

Template-Free Assembly of Functional RNAs by Loop-Closing Ligation @MRC_LMB @HarvardCCB @harvardmed @MGHMedicine @Harvard #Template #Assembly #RNA #Loop #Closing #Ligation
https://t.co/1nn6yq72N7

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

Just come out in JACS ASAP Chemistry to create loops in RNA under prebiotic conditions https://t.co/R6lgwsuQMv So pleased to contribute to this work. Well done @Nodragonfly @Liu_Ziwei_Tom @SzostakLab

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

@HelloGarglers I wouldn't be surprised if someone else had sent this on, but this looks likes it be right up your alley https://t.co/YtZwnrlovk

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

It went live today :) Enzyme free aminoacylation of RNA via a phosphoramidate-ester intermediate https://t.co/M5yTXbIHo1

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

It has been a bit of long stretch since my last paper, but now here is our latest work currently ASAP in JACS. https://t.co/oiBf7x0Emx An alternative method of prebiotic aminoacylation via phosphoramidate chemistry.

[Saidul Islam @drsaidulislam]

I have a new chemistry PhD position starting in Oct. 2022. This is a great opportunity to work on the origins of life at @KingsCollegeLon. Please RT and share- it would be a big help to me! @KingsNMES ⁦@FindAPhD⁩ #chemtwitter ⁦@kclchemistry⁩ https://t.co/Orm2N259R9

[Nick Green @NickGreen_chem]

Check out our @MRC_LMB latest work on the incredible prebiotic chemistry of #RNA 😁 We discovered a #prebiotic reaction that provides both RNA and #DNA purine nucleosides, RNA via an until-now unobserved radical sulfitylation mechanism https://t.co/x1NVbJRY80 #originoflife

[Nick Green @NickGreen_chem]

https://t.co/czoWLOmc69

Check it out in @J_A_C_S - everything you need to know about photochemistry that could have been promoted by the Sun on the young Earth, making the molecules of life!

The main text is more attractive than the TOC, I promise :) #prebioticchemistry #ool

[Ben Colville @colvilleben]

Excited to share the 1st paper from my PhD, online now in @angew_chem! TNA nucleotides can form under the same conditions that give ribonucleotides. Our route selects for the correct threo-isomer using UV irradiation to remove the unwanted by-products: https://t.co/Q6f6gQTQLp

[Sam Roberts @SamRobe22992890]

#MischiefMovieNight The Stinking Bishop award for Cheesiest Meet Cute