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Nathan Lewis

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GRA Eminent Scholar and Professor at University of Georgia. Into Systems Biology, genome editing, cell-cell interactions, glycobiology, metabolism, biologics, and lots of other cool science stuff. Http://lewislab.uga.edu

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Glycoengineering of the hepatitis C virus E2 glycoprotein improves biochemical properties and enhances immunogenicity - npj Vaccines npj Vaccines - Glycoengineering of the hepatitis C virus E2 glycoprotein improves biochemical properties and enhances immunogenicity

Excitng collaboration in which we expressed a hepatitis c vaccine candidate in a panel of glycoengineered CHO cell lines. This allowed us to find a specific glycan structure that greatly improved immunogenecity, even for more distant strains #glycotime www.nature.com/articles/s41...

11.06.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SARS-CoV-2 infectivity can be modulated through bacterial grooming of the glycocalyx | mBio Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for coronavirus disease 2019, can infect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and individuals who exhibit GI symptoms of...

While our first discovery of this occurred just weeks into the shutdown, it's great to see it off bioRxiv now.
SARS-CoV-2 infectivity can be modulated through bacterial grooming of the glycocalyx. Great collab with Knight and Esko labs and many others #glycotime
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

12.03.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Took me a while to get the new uga address, but my lab website is finally live. lewislab.uga.edu

03.02.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With all of the US government science chaos going on, I'm curious if anyone knows which governments are seeing the great opportunity to recruit top labs and tech companies, to bolster their international presence, and to reverse the brain drain.

03.02.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ Join us for the next GlyGen Webinar!

๐Ÿ—“ Feb 4, 2025 | ๐Ÿ•’ 10 AM EST

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Speaker: Dr. Parastoo Azadi, CCRC, @universityofga.bsky.social

๐Ÿ’ก Research, Collaboration, Service & Training at CCRC

๐Ÿ“‘ Details: wiki.glygen.org

Also, don't miss our Jan webinar on Jan 28th!

#glycotime

22.01.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Multiplex genome editing eliminates lactate production without impacting growth rate in mammalian cells - Nature Metabolism Hefzi et al. engineer cells to nearly eliminate lactate production and increase mitochondrial use of pyruvate by deleting both lactate dehydrogenases and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases with the goal o...

After ~8 years, happy to share work done w/
@natelewis3.bsky.social showing you can eliminate the Warburg effect in mammalian cells w/out impacting growth rate is out now in @natmetabolism.bsky.social!

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

#science #biotech #cancermetabolism
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20.01.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Multiplex genome editing eliminates lactate production without impacting growth rate in mammalian cells Nature Metabolism - Hefzi et al. engineer cells to nearly eliminate lactate production and increase mitochondrial use of pyruvate by deleting both lactate dehydrogenases and pyruvate dehydrogenase...

Here's a link to the pdf: rdcu.be/d6aZw

14.01.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Genetic Tweak Optimizes Drug-making Cells by Blocking Buildup of Toxic Byproduct Scientists led by UC San Diego have developed a new strategy to enhance pharmaceutical production in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, which are commonly used to manufacture protein-based drugs for t...

today.ucsd.edu/story/geneti...

14.01.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I don't think that 101 years ago, Otto Warburg was aware how broadly relevant his discovery was. Check out our new paper out today in Nature Metabolism, wherein we engineered the Warburg effect out of mammalian cells to improve biologics production urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

14.01.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of a pitcher with a spoon and a cup of sugar on a table ALT: a cartoon of a pitcher with a spoon and a cup of sugar on a table

Calling all glyco-enthusiasts!! We have an opening for a tenure-track faculty member at any rank in the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (ccrc.uga.edu) in the areas of plant or microbial glycoscience. Come join our amazing team.
#glycotime
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/400...

21.11.2024 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These past few years have seen a rapid expansion of cell-cell communication research. Check out our new review of the diverse methods leveraging single-cell and spatial omics: rdcu.be/dwkND

20.01.2024 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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