Will Pomerantz
@Fe_Will26
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Prof. of Chemistry at UMN, Fluorophile, epigenetics afficiando, coffee geek, and proud dad
Joined March 2023
Save the date! For the first time since 2015, the annual conference of the International Chemical Biology Society comes back to Europe and joins forces with the European Chemical Biology Symposium, to organize #ChemBioParis2025, in the heart of the City of Light. Oct 6-9, 2025
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Life in your 50s. The struggle is real! 😂😂😂🙌
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Interesting read on the funding decline for medicinal chemistry projects. Love both journals, but might also help if @J_A_C_S would support publishing more high impact med chem papers versus sending to J. Med Chem @ACSBioMed
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Data collected from scholars across twenty-three countries over the past decade (2010–2019) reveals a 40% decrease in financial support for medicinal chemistry projects. The decline is especially...
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Assistant Professors Rene Boiteau and Courtney Roberts (@CortnieRoberts) have been named two of only 126 early-career researchers who will receive a prestigious 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship! Congratulations, Rene and Courtney! #UMNProud
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Winners receive a two-year, $75,000 fellowship to advance researchMINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/18/2025) — University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering Assistant Professors...
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Check out the latest issue of ACS Med Chem Lett including a fantastic In This Issue by Early Career Board Member John Woodland.
Read the February issue of #ACSMedChemLett! https://t.co/R6v82pL3ve John Woodland highlights three must read articles In this Issue. https://t.co/B8E0Eaq2nV
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For new investigators and trainees, when you get emails like these please be aware they are predatory conferences. A few things to look for: Organizers you dont know, generic conference title, website with distorted head shots and no sponsors. Just asy no!
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Check out the newest virtual special issue at ACS Med Chem Lett and J. Med. Chem. highlighting the many faces of medicinal chemistry! https://t.co/kn1WUS0N43... Editorial from Ashley Adams, @LoriFerrins , and Anna Junker @ACSBioMed @Kelly_Chibale @JmcLindsley
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New reader for K lactylation! Cool biophysical and mechanistic analysis by the Smith lab.
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Histone lysine lactylation (Kla) regulates inflammatory gene expression in activated macrophages and mediates the polarization of inflammatory (M1) to reparative (M2) macrophages. However, the...
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Cool work by Genentech. Lots of new and improved imides for PROTAC and Glues to try out. https://t.co/3SWiMoFXHn
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Stabilization of cereblon (CRBN)/neosubstrate complexes with molecular glues followed by degradation of those neosubstrates is an emerging strategy in drug discovery with compelling potential to...
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My handle at blue sky is @fewill26.bsky.social Hope to find you there
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Yes, this should continue to be brought up at our editors' meetings
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Love reading the work coming out of the Rankovic lab on MG development. Check out another winner here. Structure–Activity Relationship of Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Molecular Glue Degraders of CK1α | ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
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The original molecular glue degraders (thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide) are known to bind to cereblon (CRBN) and alter its surface to induce recruitment, ubiquitination, and degradation...
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Our Director of X-Ray Crystallographic Laboratory Dr. Victor Young was named one of ten winners of @UMNresearch's Research Technical Staff Award! Vic has served as a key member of the Chemistry staff since 1995.
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MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (10/23/2024) – The University of Minnesota Research and Innovation Office recently announced the winners of the Research Technical Staff Award, which recognizes staff for their...
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Huge congratulations to our Young Chemical Biologist Awardees @JamesWChecco, @Keribackus and @DrMikeBooth, here with Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska and Douglas Auld at #ISBC2024 @ChemBioSociety
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BREAKING: Michelle Obama just laid into Donald Trump like no one has before. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this takedown. https://t.co/4HNOdMmDfz
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Delighted to share @ColeScholtz and @norvailine's preprint on developing BRD4 and D1 selective inhibitors to evaluate efficacy in inflammatory liver disease relative to other selective BET bromodomain inhibitors. A great collaboration with @MayoClinic
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It was a pleasure speaking via the @Caltech Science Journeys Program on October 11! Students & teachers from the local Pasadena area came to campus for this event held at Beckman Auditorium. 🧪
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Perfect day for my dermatology checkup. My doctor wasn’t impressed, but for everyone else-Happy Mole Day!
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