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Our lab has fun studying the fundamental role of iron (Fe) and sulfur (S) in biology in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry @UofSC.

University of South Carolina
Joined May 2020
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Please join me and @bioJenP this year at the 2025 Gordon Research Seminar: Cell Biology of Metals in Portland, ME 🔬🧫 (and the associated GRC of course! @erinlconnolly1 and Tom Bartnikas) with our Keynote Speaker @OFisherLab And why not…vote for your fav transition metal!
67%Fe
22%Cu
11%Mn
0%Zn
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Congratulations to @clairefisher113 from the @fwoutten group for nabbing a Best Poster Award at the @USCResearch #DiscoverUSC2023 research showcase! 👏🥳👏 sc.edu/about/signature_event…
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🥈 Emily Cook (@lifeofchEMI), @GreytakChem 🥈 Anna Dickfoss & Alex Dibattista, @woutten_lab 🥈 Katelyn Carr, Shaw lab
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@UofSC_Chem was well represented in the 2023 @UofSC Faculty Awards! Congrats to these winners: ➡️ Micky Myrick, Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award ➡️ Morgan Stefik, Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award ➡️ Ken Shimizu, Russell Research Award
We are excited to announce this year's @UofSC faculty award winners. Please join us in celebrating the outstanding work our faculty and staff are doing to advance academic excellence at the university! sc.edu/about/offices_and_div…
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I'm not going to say I'm as smart or talented as the folks at MIT, Stanford, etc. but the labor/resource differential explains a significant part of their increased productivity. I have trouble getting an ice machine fixed, much less access to world-class core facilities...
“The disproportionate scientific productivity of elite researchers can be largely explained by their substantial labor advantage rather than inherent differences in talent.”
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“The disproportionate scientific productivity of elite researchers can be largely explained by their substantial labor advantage rather than inherent differences in talent.”
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Awesome work, Marty! And I see you are already training the next generation! @jmarbol21
The DBC is pleased to announce that J. Martin Bollinger of Penn State University has been chosen as the winner of the 2023 Abeles and Jencks Award for the Chemistry of Biological Processes. Congratulations to Prof. Bollinger!
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We developed an #OpenHardware optoelectronic device for acquiring multi-channel time-lapse images of bacterial colonies growing in agar plates 1/6
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Wondering if anyone had yet migrated over to Mastodon and, if so, which server is the best for STEM folks? I'm not saying I'm leaving Twitter immediately but...
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Scheming with @clairefisher113 two months ago: “omg I have an idea for a Halloween costume”
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Watching our boss walk into lab and realizing he matches us? Priceless.
Scheming with @clairefisher113 two months ago: “omg I have an idea for a Halloween costume”
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Awesome news! Polly Fordyce @fordycelab @Stanford_ChEMH is the recipient of the 2023 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry! Her revolutionary work on high throughput quantitative methods to study proteins and enzymes will be showcased in a special award Symposium #FallACS2023!
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Forget the ATP, how about that central role for IRON as a catalyst for life! #PLOSBiology: A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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Senior night! Come out and support your senior blue devils tonight at Rockbridge - senior recognition at 5:45 pm and racing starts at 6:00! @DreherHigh @dreherathletics @RichlandoneA @RichlandOne
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If like me you've run hundreds of minipreps but never bothered to read up on why they extract plasmid but not chromosomal DNA, a recent tweet by @joel_rosenbaum finally motivated me to look it up. From Biennium and Doly 1979:
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The VPR recently arranged for some of our outstanding research faculty to meet with members of the Board of Trustees. They shared their passion for research, creating new connections and a deeper understanding of the challenges on both sides of the table.
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Learn useful tips to help manage your data in the SHARPGrads "Research Data Management Basics" webinar on Sept. 6. Topics will include best practices for file management, documentation, storage, preservation, & more. ✔️ Register to attend ➡️ bit.ly/3TmQIhg #UofSC
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Heard about young excess deaths in fall 2021 from USA life insurance data? Report from SOA confirms this is the case, but these deaths are predominately COVID-19 deaths in 25-54yr olds during the Delta surge, especially in the Southeastern region. covid-datascience.com/post/w…
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Always take care of your work-life balance 😆😅 #phdchat #AcademicChatter
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We're thrilled to announce that we are currently accepting nominations for the ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award! Submit nominations here and share with your networks: go.acs.org/1Yh
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