Squire J. Booker
@BookerMan_PSU
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Making Enzymology Great Again! Biochemistry, Enzymology, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Natural Product Biosynthesis, Chemical Biology, Diversity and Inclusion
University Park, PA, USA
Joined July 2017
The Department for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is hiring Assistant Professors in Bacteriology. Those with interests in RNA biology are especially encouraged to apply. Please retweet! https://t.co/Qi60isohKt
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The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State is searching for microbiology faculty. Those with interests in RNA biology are encouraged to apply. You could be the next director of the Center for RNA Molecular Biology. Please retweet.
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@BookerMan_PSU Such a fantastic opportunity to recognize and uplift emerging leaders in the field 🌟🧪
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Excited to share this new contribution in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au about using machine learning for antibiotic discovery!! #OpenAccess @ALavasani @ACSBioMed
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The escalating prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the increasing complexity of managing severe infections emphasize the critical need for novel and effective antibiotics. Herein, we...
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Wow!! This is incredibly impressive, Kristin @KristinOsika! Congratulations!! Stay @PennChemistry and work for me!!🙂
Congrats to @PennSAS senior @KristinOsika for her poster presentation in @PennChemistry! Her first-author PNAS paper & 2 more first-author follow-up studies are summarized. Kristin is applying to grad schools now– her research accomplishments already rival those of a PhD student!
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I'm excited to announce that nominations for the 2026 Rising Stars in Biological, Medicinal, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry are now open! https://t.co/jSnaGormtP We are seeking early-career investigators within the first eight years of their initial independent appointment.
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Excited to share some hardcore enzymology just published in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au. Please check out the contribution from Paul Berti's lab! #OpenAccess @ALavasanifar @ACSBioMed
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The sialic acid synthase NeuB, and other α-carboxyketose synthases, are long-standing targets for inhibition by potential antimicrobial compounds. NeuB catalyzes an aldol-like reaction of phosphoen...
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Excited to share this review in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au from Rob Cicchillo's lab at Oerth Bio on using PROTACS in plants. Really interesting and well researched. Check it out!! #Openaccess, so no excuses!! @alavasanifar @acsbiomed
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Farmers urgently need novel technologies to ensure global food security for the rapidly expanding population, yet crop protection has seen little innovation in decades. Mounting regulatory pressures,...
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📢 Don't miss the #Juneteenth Special Issue from #ACSBioMedAu led by @BookerMan_PSU! It features the outstanding research of current black scientists, the diversity of their work, and how they are advancing this field of science. Read for free: https://t.co/lEEJgb7AtS
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Chris's @TheBourneImmuno paper is online now. Huge thanks to @BookerMan_PSU for coordinating this special Juneteenth issue @ACSPublications ACS Bio & Med Chem Au. Congrats to our growing lab and all who contributed. Happy 4th everyone!! https://t.co/mvTF2tHl9p
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Huge thanks to @BookerMan_PSU & the editorial team of @ACSBioMed for this powerful Juneteenth issue. Honored to share our science in a space that celebrates Black excellence, equity, and community in STEM. https://t.co/1i6C2yuQFO
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Greetings, everyone! I'm excited to announce that the 2025 Juneteenth issue of ACS Bio & Med Chem Au is now live! Please check out the contributions from our amazing scientists, as well as the editorial by my outstanding postdoc, Tamra Blue-Lahom, and me.
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Super excited to share this new publication from Steve Townsend's group at Vanderbilt for our upcoming Juneteenth Special Issue in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au!! Check it out! Exciting Science! https://t.co/fr5qohxxXT
#openaccess @ACSBioMed @alavsanifar
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Substance use disorder (SUD) is a mental condition that affects a person’s brain and behavior, leading to a lack of control with alcohol, drug, and medication use. The lack of efficacious and novel...
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God smiled on State College on Sunday, gracing us with such a beautiful day for graduation. The occasion was bittersweet for me as I hooded my last Penn State Ph.D. student, Cody Lloyd 😪. Cody is one of my many outstanding students during my 26 years here. @BMB_PSU @PSUScience
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I'm so excited to have a contribution in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au from my good friend and ex-Colleague, Craig Cameron @CameronLabUNC. Check it out! A really nice study slated for our Juneteenth special virtual issue! #openaccess @acsbiomed @alavsanifar
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Forced-copy-choice recombination occurs at the end of a template, differing from copy-choice recombination, which happens at internal positions. This mechanism may produce full-length genomes from...
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Forgot to add that our paper is part of the upcoming special virtual issue celebrating Juneteenth!
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This work was enabled by chemistry from the Seebeck lab. I should also say that Min Dong's lab beat us to the punch, publishing a similar study a few months ago.
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