Omar Rifaie Graham
@RifaieGrahamLab
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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Chemistry @QMUL. Interested in Polymers, Systems Chemistry, and Synthetic Biology
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Joined June 2018
🚀I'm looking for postdocs to join my group at Queen Mary University of London through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF). We design synthetic cells for biotech & diagnostics using polymer chemistry & synthetic biology. Interested? Please reshare!
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Interested in light-mediated RAFT? Check out what the experts recommend in this User Guide by @CyrilleBoyer61, Matthias Hartlieb, @KonkolGroup, @QiaoGreg, @Brent_Sumerlin, with now Dr @MagdaBeres (and me 🙂) in ACS Polymers Au @MacroJrnls_ACS - for free! https://t.co/4pG03rOXKT
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This perspective offers an in-depth guide to photopolymerizations mediated with thiocarbonylthio compounds, with a particular focus on photoiniferter and photoinduced energy/electron transfer RAFT...
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Some of our representative work: 🔬 Nature Chem – Synthetic cells for polymerization ( https://t.co/IXMt59j3bV) 🧪 Nat Comms – Polymer-based artificial systems ( https://t.co/9gfo8v1K5H)
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Nature Communications - Methods to diagnose malaria are of interest but can be costly or not sensitive enough to detect low levels of parasitemia. Here the authors report an ultrasensitive method...
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In our report @ScienceMagazine ( https://t.co/z48Ap2SfH5), we @aprahamian used a U-tube as a filtration system & showed how a photoswitchable hydrazone-based anion receptor can be applied in the active pumping of KCl against a gradient (video is a simplistic rendering of process)
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Our article "Nanoscale Biodegradable Printing for Designed Tuneability of Vaccine Delivery Kinetics" is available online at Advanced Materials! https://t.co/dzWlieQQaK Major shout to my co-first author @RJSun13 and all our wonderful collaborators who helped realize this dream!
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https://t.co/9gfo8v2hVf Sharing the post would be appreciated, thank you!
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Nature Communications - Methods to diagnose malaria are of interest but can be costly or not sensitive enough to detect low levels of parasitemia. Here the authors report an ultrasensitive method...
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Please get in touch if you would like to conduct a Royal Society Newton International Fellowship in my group @QMUL. The topic would be either on polymer-based Synthetic Cells or polymerization reactions for disease diagnostics. Details of the scheme and relevant papers below:
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The newly launched Fielden Research Group ( https://t.co/aoCRUvVWNa) has two open funded PhD studentships! @UoBChemistry Group members will learn loads, from organic synthesis to microscopy. Please get in touch if you'd like to know more. RT much appreciated! Details below:
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Our last paper is out @NatureComms 📢 We used #synbio to create synthetic communities of Yarrowia and Yarrowia-cerevisiae 👯 Cross-feeding controlled population dynamics📈 Division of labour improved #sustainable #bioproduction 🏆 Full article: https://t.co/kQG9S0E59m
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Nature Communications - Microorganisms can be engineered to sustainably produce a variety of products including fuels, pharmaceuticals, materials, and food. This work reports the design and...
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Pleased to see this comment https://t.co/px9gWXkc7b published, where @ANBismillah and I discuss our experiences of living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and working in academia. Free to access link here: https://t.co/gRb3xx5pWr
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Nature Reviews Chemistry - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Two early-career researchers in supramolecular chemistry share their experiences of...
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Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century Faraday Discussion. Call for abstracts https://t.co/yVzleu83F1
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Please RT: I am hiring for a unique position of Research Fellow / Senior Researcher / Senior Postdoc! Join my #synbio lab @imperialcollege to coordinate and supervise research, apply for grants, write papers, and assist managing the team. ➡️ Apply now! https://t.co/Yh1UrIYP8y
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Introducing the concentrisome: a nanoscale vesicle-in-vesicle, capable of triggered multi-stage release of payloads + enzymatic synthesis within a nanoparticle – an *attoliter* reactor. Out now @NatureChemistry . Well done @ColinMSPilks for leading!
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Nature Chemistry - Most lipid nanoparticles are structurally simplistic, existing as single-compartment assemblies. Now, a microfluidic technology to create liposomes-in-liposomes—with full...
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Check out my perspective where I discuss the potential of synthetic polymers for kinetically controlled assembly in @J_A_C_S! There's lots of exciting research to be done in this area... watch this space! https://t.co/0huaNH3Tst
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Covalent polymers are versatile macromolecules that have found widespread use in society. Contemporary methods of polymerization have made it possible to construct sequence polymers, including block...
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Are you a chemist (in the widest sense) with 3-8 years of post-PhD research experience and want to join amazing @Chemistry_QMUL? If yes, please have a look at our call for expressions of interest in the Royal Society University Research Fellowship scheme.
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News from The Centre for Chemical Research at Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University has been ranked 92nd in the world and 9th in the UK in U.S. News & World Report’s #BestGlobalUniversities rankings for 2024-25. The rise of 8 places is the latest in a series of international successes. Find out more: https://t.co/r4SXm1CNYQ
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Our new Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein has launched today! 🎉 @BezosEarthFund has granted us $30 million to establish the Centre. Together, we will transform our food systems and protect our planet 🌍💚
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Join us for a three-year Postdoctoral Research position funded by @LeverhulmeTrust. This collaborative project, jointly supervised by Greg Chass and myself at @QMUL, focuses on “Optimising CO2 Mineralization: From Atomistic Detail to Reactor Design”:
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I'm very pleased to share our work on the force-controlled release of small molecules with a rotaxane actuator. Published today in @Nature thanks to the incredible work of @LeiChen63199376 and Rob Nixon! https://t.co/eI7xQ8Dqgj
#OpenAccess @OfficialUoM @UoMChemistry
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