Wonderful work from the lab of Brad Moore at UC San Diego: cloning and harnessing the versatile octopus camouflage pigment xanthommatin for diverse real world applications — cool TV news story here and a link to Nature Biotech manuscript below
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Incredibly honored to be named a 2025 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences! 🧬 Grateful to Pew Trusts for this recognition and support, and to my awesome lab team, mentors and colleagues at @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social Excited for what's ahead!
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UC San Diego researchers have engineered bacteria to produce octopus pigment, potentially revolutionizing cosmetics, textiles and military applications.
📢We are delighted to announce that @fleurmferguson.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) has been awarded the 2025 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship! Please join us in congratulating her 🎉 #medchem #chemsky
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As the world warms due to climate change, insects and the parasites they carry have already begun emerging in regions where they were previously unheard of — including California and the United States.
