Michaela Prothiwa

🚀 PhD position at the intersection of medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.
You'll develop ferroptosis inhibitors to combat bacterial lung infections

🧪 Research (50%) /🎓 Teaching (50%)

Looking for someone with:
➡️ Strong background in organic synthesis
➡️ Passion for working across disciplines

A new cover feature from our lab, designed by first author Viktoriia Savchenko, went online in ACS Chemical Biology.
Here is the article link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social

Macrocyclic phage display for identification of selective protease substrates Traditional methods for identifying selective protease substrates have primarily relied on synthetic libraries of linear peptides, which offer limited sequence and structural diversity. Here, we prese...

🚀 Our new #preprint is out!

We developed a phage display platform for fast, direct screening of unnatural macrocyclic peptide substrates, enabling the discovery of highly selective protease substrates for imaging and therapeutic applications.

Check it out! doi.org/10.1101/2025... 📄🔗

#ChemBio

🎊 Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the Belgian @jongeacademie.bsky.social ! I’m excited to connect with so many passionate researchers and artists, and I look forward to contribute to this vibrant community. Thanks to the Jonge Academie for this opportunity- I can’t wait to get started 💪

We hebben 10 nieuwe leden verkozen!
Ontdek ze hier 👉 www.jongeacademie.be/nieuws/nieuw...

Using cutting-edge methods like ABPP, XL-MS, and TurboID, we aim to identify bacterial proteins that allow pathogens to evade the immune response.

‼️PhD Position in Chemical Biology at the University Antwerp‼️#chembio

✔️Deadline: ‼️February 20, 2025‼️
✔️Find full details and submit your application here: www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

14th International Activity Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) Meeting on LinkedIn: REGISTRATIONS DEADLINES UPDATE! Early Bird registration (🐣) has been… REGISTRATIONS DEADLINES UPDATE! Early Bird registration (🐣) has been extended to the 30th of January and Late Registrations (🦉) end on the 28th of February…

If you are interested in 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, definitely consider the #ABPP2025 conference on March 30th to April 2nd, 2025, at The Francis Crick Institute.
Registration deadlines have been updated.
www.linkedin.com/posts/14th-i...

Check out this starter pack with accounts related to the University of Antwerp (Belgium):
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Thanks Pavel 🤗

🍾 Wow, I got an FWO project! 🍾
This is my groups first major funding since we started - I almost can’t believe it! 🥳
This 4-year grant will let us develop new chemoproteomic methods to uncover how bacteria evade phagocytosis. Super exciting for this first big step!!! 💪✨🥂

Growing my idea starter packs! Let me know if you're in #scicomm for young audiences and would like to be added! go.bsky.app/KRmczwo

A Guide to Different Classes of Antibiotics. Twelve different classes of antibiotic are shown in this graphic with discovery dates indicated, from approximately 1930 through to 1990. Whether the classes are bacteriostatic agents (chloramphenicol, oxazolidinones, sulfonamides, tetracyclines and macrolides) or bactericidal agents (beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides, quinolones, ansamycins, streptogramins and lipopeptides) is also indicated.

This week is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 🦠

This graphic highlights the discovery dates of some key classes of antibiotics – note that no new class of antibiotics has reached the market since 1987

Download & read more here: www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/08/a...

#ChemSky #MedSky 🧪

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📣 Ab sofort können Interessierte sich um den 23. KlarText-Preis für #Wissenschaftskommunikation bewerben.
Wir suchen wieder Forschende, die uns in einem Artikel 📄 oder einer Infografik 📊 erklären, woran sie für ihre Promotion geforscht haben.
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We are working on the program for the 5th Virtual ChemBioTalks on September 30th, 2025. While we already have commitments by our keynotes @oconnorlab.bsky.social and @craigmcrews.bsky.social, the remaining program is still in planning. Whom would you most like to hear at our next event?

Sounds delicious!!! Careful that the piraat might catalyze an unexpected dessert experiment 😅

Hello #chemicalbiology community on bluesky! Some of you may know my lab. We work on covalent chemical probes with a main focus on proteases. #abpp #chemicalproteomics You can visit www.verhelstlab.net or check our papers on pubmed.

#Chembio crowd! Come and join #ESBOC25, the oldest Chemical Biology Symposium in Europe, in its 58th (!) instalment, on 28th-30th May 2025 - in beautiful and scenic Gregynog/Wales! Chaired by none other than Olalla Vazquez and with a rockstar lineup: www.esboc.org.uk

Scientists to follow Join the conversation

Great to see so many new people here! Explore Starter Packs to get started!
I made one of scientists with a focus on #ChemBio, #Chemistry, (Chemical) #Proteomics and #DrugDiscovery:
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As well as a short version of the 25 most recommended accounts: bsky.app/starter-pac...
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Here are some free/open-source sites for the preparation of scientific illustrations, including icon libraries: bioicons.com, scidraw.io, bioart.niaid.nih.gov, inkscape.org, biogdp.com, reactome.org/icon-lib

📯📯 Chemical Biology starter pack 📯📯
140 PIs & groups posting primary research in chemical biology.

Please reskeet (?) & reply to this post if you want to be added!
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Let's make ChemBioSky even greater again!

#realtimechem #FluorescenceFriday #chemsky #chemtwitter #AgentOrange

Would love to be added, too! We are using chemical probes to understand host-pathogen interactions.

Hey #ChemSky! I teach a primary-literature-based #ChemicalBiology course, and I'd like suggestions for updating the readings. Target audience is 1st-year PhDs and senior undergrads on their way to PhD. Each week I'll add another unit to the thread for your suggestions. Thanks for your help!!

Hi Bluesky! New here and a bit surprised not to see a starter pack dedicated to Chemical Biology so.. here we go!
go.bsky.app/DDpDuvo

Awesome! I’d also love to join!

For all the new chemists coming over here to where the sky is blue🤗, we have created a starter pack with professors and labs to follow in chemistry.⚗️
We will soon add a starter pack with non-professoral chemists. Stay tuned - or if you can't wait take a look at our following list 😉

Great to see so many new people from the scientific community joining here. Welcome! I would be very happy to connect with everyone on topics such as #Science, #Chemistry, #Chemsky, #ChemicalBiology, #Antibiotics, #CovalentInhibitors, #ChemicalProteomics, #ABPP and general topics of #academia.

Celebrating Vani Verma for receiving a FWO postdoc fellowship! 🎉 Her research on bacterial HtrA proteases will help us understand their virulent roles and could lead to new anti-infective drugs. Cheers to her hard work and my amazing team with some Belgian beer! 🍻 #proudPI

Thank you!

May I be added too? :) michaelaprothiwa.com, www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...