Laura M. K. Dassama

Chemical Tools for Complex Biological Systems IV Organizers Luke Lavis, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University Zev Gartner, University of California, San Francisco Jennifer Prescher, University of California, Irvine

ahem, ONE of THE chemical biology conferences of 2026:) www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...

I ran out of space and there are too many stars to list... Mi Hee Lim, Allie Obermeyer, Chu Wang.... read the website and tag people here if they are on bluesky. I can't wait to attend. If you have never been, Heidelberg in September is lovely. Come hang out and send your students and postdocs!

Chemical biology 2026

Registration for THE chemical biology conference of 2026 is now open! EMBO ChemBio 2026 in Heidelberg

DeGrado, Arikin, Picotti (Keynotes). @lmkdassama.bsky.social @brianliau.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @benlehner.bsky.social @alitavassoli.bsky.social

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Really great work, James!! Wonderful dose of #lipidtime!

Congratulations to 2025 #MacFellow William Tarpeh! The Stanford chemical engineer is working on sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources.

🗞️: stanford.io/3IZIBqF

Congrats!!

Proof-of-concept innate immune checkpoint inhibitor shows promise against solid tumors in rodents | Arc Institute Biochemist Lingyin Li has been pioneering a new direction for immunotherapy, searching for drugs that would turn these “cold” environments “hot”. Instead of stimulating T cells in the adaptive immune…

ENPP1 drug developed by Institute Scholar @lingyinli.bsky.social gains FDA approval for Phase I cancer clinical trials: arcinstitute.org/news/stf-162...

Open Faculty Position: Assistant or Associate (Untenured) Professor Application deadline: 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Sarafan ChEM-H is seeking candidates with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Click the link above to learn more & apply!

Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa

Very excited to host Dan tomorrow!!

A Machine Learning Model for the Proteome-Wide Prediction of Lipid-Interacting Proteins Lipids are essential metabolites that play critical roles in multiple cellular pathways. Like many primary metabolites, mutations that disrupt lipid synthesis can be lethal. Proteins involved in lipid...

@jonathanccc-chem.bsky.social's predictor for discovering lipid interacting proteins is now in press - congratulations to all the authors!. We are delighted that SLiPP has spurred so many new research directions in the lab and nucleated many collaborations! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

It has been a busy summer for the group, but recently we said goodbye to @mekedlawitts.bsky.social who is headed to @brianliau.bsky.social's group for her postdoc! We will terribly miss Mekedlawit's boundless optimism and sunny disposition, but are thrilled for what lies in her future! Goodbye, doc!

📢 We’re hiring! ‪Stanford Chemistry is now accepting applications for a Junior Faculty Position in Chemistry (open area), with the appointment set to begin on September 1, 2026.

Learn more and apply here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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📢 Congratulations to Prof. Justin Du Bois on his appointment as Chair of the Chemistry Department!

A warm welcome as Prof. Du Bois steps into this important role, and our sincere thanks to Prof. Steven Boxer for his leadership over the last 5 years.

#FacultyNews #Leadership

Congrats!!!

Congrats!!

So honored to be a part of this years HHMI Gilliam Fellows cohort! Thankful for my amazing mentor @lmkdassama.bsky.social and all of those who’ve supported me. Excited to join the community!

Truly thrilled that @isaacapaddy.bsky.social has been named a Gilliam Fellow!! Isaac is a model trainee and has been a delight to work with. Many congratulations, Isaac! We found out during our weekly individual meeting that he would be a Gilliam Fellow, and I happened to capture the moment 🤗.

Amazing!! Congrats again!

Very cool! I quickly scanned through it - what's the minimum bacterial load this works with? Nice work - congrats!!

Yay!! Repost the link, please?

Chrystal! Congrats!! You are so deserving of this recognition!

A reminder of our North Star here in academia - celebrating the accomplishments of our students on this happy graduation day @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social. Featuring speaker/alum Neal Devaraj 👏

Truly wonderful to celebrate these amazing scientists graduating from the Dassama group! Congrats to @mekedlawitts.bsky.social @jonathanccc-chem.bsky.social on their PhDs and to Sebastian Alfonso on his Masters, all in Chemistry! @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social

Thanks to Rachel and Laura for this great collaboration!

Outside the lab, Laura likes to hang out with her almost 2- and 5-year olds!

The Dassama group uses detailed understanding of factors that enable interactions between biological molecules to provide insights that allow functional control of those molecules. Applications include host-microbe interactions and targeted control of disease-relevant proteins.

Meet Dr. Laura Dassama, an Assistant Professor at Stanford University. This illustration by Rachel Torrez showcases how the Dassama Group uses tools of chemistry and physics to provide molecular insights into complex biological processes.

Congrats!!! Great news :)

After a wonderful lunch and tour with superstars @frutag33.bsky.social, @lmkdassama.bsky.social and Hawa Racine Thiam, I briefly ran into @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social getting off the elevator! Day made! 🤩