Mel Higgins

Biochemist/structural biologist, glycobiology, natural product biosynthesis, sports fan, cats!, 🇨🇦 in the 🇺🇸, she/her

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@PhilmusLab Yes, I would love to join!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

Received this today. Unfortunately I think they will be disappointed…

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

Got into the wrong Uber at the airport but somehow made it to #EMC2024. Looking forward to hearing about all the cool enzymes everyone is working on!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@MPJohnson79 I thought football was a team sport.. my mistake! Instead of protesting, why didn’t they stand up and try to show everyone they deserved to be there instead of using this as an excuse. Champions do not make excuses!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

Great talk Stan!

[Lukasz Ciesla @ciesla_lukasz]

Greatly looking forward to @stanlab_bama talk today! Lots of exciting science! 🪰🪰🪰

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@v_m_marshall Sounds good. Send me an email and we can find a time to chat!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@jmillwood89 That’s a good question. I’m not sure.

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

New lab website is up! Thanks @dylanmc_42 and @Jake_Hicks1 for putting it together. https://t.co/Sa99wEezY1

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

The Higgins lab is hiring a postdoc for an NIH funded project! If you have experience with natural product isolation and/or biosynthesis elucidation and want to join our multidisciplinary team please see our website to apply (https://t.co/Sa99wEezY1)!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

When someone asks where are are from, how do you answer? Where you were born, where you grew up, where you spent the most time, or where you live now? I’m never sure how to answer this question..

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@sharma502002 @NIH @NIGMS I don’t have a PhD position open at moment.

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

Beyond excited to share that the Higgins lab has been awarded an @NIH @NIGMS #R35 #MIRA to discover novel natural products and biosynthetic enzymes. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped make this happen. We can’t wait to get started!

[dbCAN @yanbinyin]

such a great experience to attend the #CAZyme #GRC last week and talk about #dbCAN and other CAZyme bioinformatics tools. Very excited to have met @CAZyDB and other people that I had only known by their names in papers! Here is one slide that many CAZymers want to see! @NFHC_NU

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@tyler_alsup_ It’s my first time here. I’ll definitely be back!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

One perk of attending conferences is tagging on an extra day for some sight seeing and delicious food! #Boston

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

@sharma502002 @NIH @NIGMS We will have an open postdoc position for this project that will be posted next week.

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

So much fun! Great to see everyone :)

[Wade Abbott @sweetmicrobe]

Lobster 🦞 dinner! GRC CAZymes 2023! #Glycotime

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

First lobster dinner at #CAZy #GRC!

[Mel Higgins @mhiggins237]

Congrats Malena on receiving an URCA award for her poster presentation on hygromycin A biosynthesis!