Smith Ayoola Babalola

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

Mit did a great job presenting his research at the annual departmental undergraduate symposium! Everyone loved his pie analogy 🥧

[Smith Ayoola Babalola @smith_ayoola]

@ChekanLab Congrats Mit.

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

Congratulations to Ayoola @smith_ayoola for passing his dissertation proposal defense yesterday! It's been exciting to see his enzyme engineering project succeed!

[Smith Ayoola Babalola @smith_ayoola]

@ChekanLab Thanks to your guidance and support Dr. Chekan

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

Congrats to @sanathrajkk0 for successfully passing his PhD proposal defense! 🎉🎉Awesome job!!

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

Beyond excited for our first paper to be published! Congrats to @stella_lima33 @EthanU99 @mikepasquale77 Brigitte, Imani, Tyler, and Cody!

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

We had an awesome time at #NP2023 @SIMB_Microbio and got to visit SIO!

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

Out now, we use bioinformatics+metabolomics to uncover a plant biosynthetic cassette responsible for diverse cyclic peptides. We apply this to find new NPs in Coffea. Finally, we reconstitute the first enzyme activity for a split BURP peptide cyclase!

https://t.co/jkeiInMgRM

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

As part of the 40th anniversary of @TrendsinBiotech, we spotlight an achievement in NP production. In 2013, Paddon et al reported 25g/L fermentation of artemisinic acid coupled with synthetic steps to yield the essential antimalarial drug artemisinin.

https://t.co/5vysOhstne

[Chekan Lab @ChekanLab]

We have an opening for a NIH-funded postdoc in the lab! Our research focuses on the discovery and engineering of new RiPP natural product biosynthetic pathways using bioinformatic and in vitro approaches. See details below. #chempostdoc