Ethan Slaton

Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering, University of Florida
Research in the Denard Lab

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

Today, we shipped off six plasmids to be deposited into the @Addgene plasmid bank - meaning that these plasmids will soon be available for the scientific community to use!

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

Hey @ChEnected #AIChE2023 !! Come to Celebration 4 at 4:20 PM to hear about my work on utilizing yeast to study and engineer PTM-enzymes! @UFLChE @UFWertheim @UFexplore @aichewic

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

Really excited to announce our work in collaboration with @sagardkhare group available in pre-print! I, along with @ethanslaton_ and @CarlDenard, worked on experimental validation of predicted substrates and inhibition potential of active targets - check it out!

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

I couldn’t do this work without the support from NIH NIGMS and @UFLChE - thank you so much! Additional shout out and thank you to the entire #DenardLab and my PI @CarlDenard - it takes a village and I’m grateful y’all are mine! 2/

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

The #DenardLab is having the best time at #AIChE2022 in Phoenix, AZ! 4/4

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

My UG @ethanslaton_ presented the expansion of HARP during the UG poster session and has been networking up a storm as he is looking for a Summer 2023 REU in synthetic biology and enzyme engineering! Great job, Ethan! 3/

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

I always get really exciting (and a bit nervous) talking about my work, and today was no exception! Thank you to the Biocatalysts and Enzyme Engineering session at @ChEnected for the opportunity to talk about our HARP system to discover Nb modulators against proteases! 1/

[Fernando José Mérida Figueróa @FMerida_UF]

I ran this hands-on workshop for the 1st time to introduce basic DoE, report preparation, and team dynamics for Unit Ops 1 students at @UFLChE [stealing ideas from @ChESS_2022!] Teams did a great job. We had so much fun (cool team names!) Looking forward to see their logos! 🖌

[Ethan Slaton @ethanslaton_]

Had a great time at #FAME22 this week and was awarded 1st in my poster session for undergraduates. I’d like to thank @CarlDenard and @sammartinusen for being amazing mentors and the rest of the #DenardLab for their help. @UFLChE @FLACSsection @UFWertheim

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

Had such a blast presenting my work on reprogramming proteases at #FAME2022. Huge thanks to my PI @CarlDenard for the encouragement and support, as well as the rest of the #DenardLab for all their hard work! #WomenInSTEM @UFLChE @UFWertheim @ACS_BIOT @AmerChemSociety

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

So insanely proud of #DenardLab UG Cassidy for her incredible talk today at the Wertheim Engineers’ Biotech Organization (WEBiO) Student Seminar! She presented her work on KLK6 engineering and highlighted the other work happening in the lab! @UFLChE @UFBME @UFWertheim

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

The #DenardLab welcomes Gabby, our REU student for the summer! She is a rising sophomore at Howard University and will be working on Neurosin evolution and variant characterization this summer. Welcome, Gabby - we’re so happy to have you here! @UFLChE @CarlDenard @UFWertheim

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

well they say it takes a village, and I’m so grateful for mine! 1/

[Samantha Martinusen @sammartinusen]

I had the absolute best time last night at the #ACSBIOT Poster Session as part of #ACSSpring2022! @ACS_BIOT @AmerChemSociety @UFLChE 1/

[DenardResearchGroup @CarlDenard]

Many times, I think I cannot possibly do this. Sometimes, especially when I look at how awesome my lab members are, I think I can do this. Every once in a while, the NIH also thinks I can do this. Thank you to NIGMS for funding our proposal.