November edition of the PPSG online webinar is taking place at 3pm, Friday the 7th November!
Sign up link below:
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We look forward to hearing from our speakers:
🧪 Dr James Checco from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
🧪 Dr Martin Spinck from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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World-renowned researcher Matthew D. Disney will present the 10th annual Streck Award Lecture, "Sequence-Based Design of Small Molecules Targeting RNA," at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on April ...news.unl.edu
Good to see acknowledgment from industry about the importance of fundamental research funding. We need more industry leaders to step up to make this point to Congress. www.statnews.com/2025/06/27/b...
Looking forward to speaking at this seminar series on Friday. (Note this is at 3 PM UK time, which is 9 AM central!)
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Proposed cuts will have “a catastrophic effect on the advancement of biomedical and biotechnology capabilities in the United States,” more than 100 leaders of biomedical/health sciences companies tell...
Consider submitting your peptide research to a special joint issue of JOC and Biochemistry on the Chemistry and Biology of Peptides!
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This Special Issue will celebrate the chemistry and biology of peptides, from synthesis, to structure and modifications, to biology and applications, and finally to degradation. Submit your manuscript...
November edition of the PPSG online webinar is taking place at 3pm, Friday the 7th November!
Sign up link below:
bit.ly/4hqPbTQ
We look forward to hearing from our speakers:
🧪 Dr James Checco from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
🧪 Dr Martin Spinck from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
This was a great collaboration with our UMN chemistry team and @mayoclinic.org collaborators, including Vijay Shah ad Harmeet Malhi @umnchemistry.bsky.social
I will be presenting at the RSC Protein and Peptide Science seminar this Friday! Come check it out!
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James Checco
James Checco
James Checco
This is huge.
I had an excellent time last week at the 2025 American Peptide Symposium! For me, the main highlight of the event was the inaugural Young Investigators' Symposium, where students and post-docs had a chance to share their research.
Check out the awesome video below:
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This Wednesday and Thursday is the VIRTUAL Nebraska Drug Discovery and Development Pipeline Symposium! Registration is still open! Plenary speakers include Brian Kobilka and Virginia Man-Yee Lee.
#chemsky, you should attend!
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World-renowned experts will offer their insights during the fifth annual ND3P Symposium, set for June 25-26. The symposium will be virtual and highly interactive.
if you’re tired of Word/excel/PPT asking to save files to OneDrive and would rather default to your local computer, it’s in Preferences > Save - uncheck the top box
(whose wording sounds nothing like having this functionality)
And its finally out! Check out my recent article investigating the role of BRD4 in inflammation. But what excites me the most: we explore the safety side of things, and reduce the risk of BET side effects by >50 fold through more selective molecules.
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#chemsky
James Checco
BET bromodomain inhibitors demonstrate significant promise as anti-inflammatory agents. However, clinical data demonstrated that nonselective BET bromodomain inhibitors led to significant dose-limitin...
