Giddings Lab

This is the official lab account for the Natural Products Research Lab of Dr. Lesley-Ann Giddings at Smith College.

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

We are excited to continue sharing our work on acid rock drainage microbes in our new paper--Isolation and Genome Analysis of an Amoeba-Associated Bacterium Dyella terrae Strain Ely Copper Mine From Acid Rock Drainage in Vermont, United States https://t.co/gvYV0UuwzF

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

Looking for a 2-year teaching and research postdoc in natural products? Then this opportunity is for you: https://t.co/aXdZxSDTRG. (Applications will be reviewed starting Mar 24th)

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

🚀 Join Our Lab at Smith College as a Postdoctoral Fellow! 🚀

Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of natural product research in extreme environments? We invite you to apply here: https://t.co/K69D7iUuPr #PostdocOpportunity #NaturalProducts #academictwitter

[Malika Jeffries-EL @Chem_Diva]

Congratulations to @dwphillips1, the first African American woman to be elected to serve as president of the 148 year old society. #Chemistry

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

The chemistry department at Smith College, the largest women's college in the United States, is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor with research interests at the intersection of biochemistry and physical chemistry. See link for more details: https://t.co/N8DIBb8BCq

[Katherine Maloney @malonekn]

Natural Products Barbie box set at #ASP2023 ⁦@TheLabOfGiddy⁩

[pharmacognosy.us @pharmacognosy]

Are you interested in performing research in the area of natural products? Are you excited about the use of natural compounds in the treatment and prevention of diseases? For full information see https://t.co/GvXrfczalg

[Mikucki Lab @IceMicrobes]

Can’t stop thinking about glaciers, Ocean Worlds and exotic brines?
Same here – come join us @icemicrobes! We are seeking graduate students for funded projects studying the microbial ecology of icy ecosystems @UTKMicrobiology

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

The NSF and NIH have now finally admitted to racial bias in grant funding. The question is now––what are these funding agencies going to do about it? https://t.co/Bv1uKjn3VM

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

A great research opportunity for Black, Indigenous, and LatinX undergraduates interested in natural products research!!! Please spread the word. Feb/Mar 1st rolling deadline. https://t.co/ZSCO7K1YMZ

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

We just read the ACS Publications Diversity report and we knew the numbers were this bad but it actually hurts to see it in writing. We have to do better. Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day! https://t.co/qBbzpi9yj2

[Marine Drugs MDPI @Marine_Drugs]

Review: Extremophilic Fungi from Marine Environments: Underexplored Sources of Antitumor, Anti-Infective and Other Biologically Active Agents, by Lesley-Ann Giddings and David J. Newman
https://t.co/tnxX8eoVgq
#marinefungi #extremophilic

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

And another one (DJ Khaled voice)! Check out our latest in-depth review on the natural product treasures that can be found in marine fungi...https://t.co/tXUt6w1JFD

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

Check out our latest paper characterizing a broadly specific N-hydroxylase involved in making the iron-chelating drug desferrioxamine B!!!

https://t.co/lvQwUI7etz

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

Two of us from Smith College are on this list! @916ice @smithcollege. Many thanks to those who took the time to highlight Black excellence in science.

[Cell Mentor @CellMentor]

With this final list, @CommofScholars and @phdgprotein86 hope to dismantle the myth that outstanding Black scientists make up a small percentage of the scientific community.

Read more in Cell Mentor: https://t.co/e4CwEaMyIY

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

And another one!!!... Our data article on the metagenome and metatranscriptome of microbes at the Ely Mine Superfund site: https://t.co/T5Aef9n235

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

#BlackInChem #BlackInSTEM #smithcollege

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

1st characterization of a microbiome & transcriptome at Ely Copper Mine, an EPA Superfund site! Could this metal-polluted environment be a source of new drugs? Could metal resistance genes help us find new antibiotics? Read to find out.
https://t.co/8KRubINHuN

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

Our new paper! Cover art by Daniel Tetréault ‘20. Featuring research done by former undergraduate Giddings lab members Katherine Morillo ‘18 and Kieran Bhave ‘20.
https://t.co/8KRubINHuN

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

@ashleighbaber @JMUChemistry Correction: the program was called MMEP- Minority Medical Education Program

[Giddings Lab @TheLabOfGiddy]

@ashleighbaber @JMUChemistry Dr. Black played a big role in me becoming a chemist. As part of the Minority Educational program at Yale, I took chemistry with Dr. Black the summer before attending Smith College. She inspired me to continue. It is so important to have role models like Dr. Black. Rest in power.