Asst. Prof. Uni Groningen 🇳🇱 Comp & Exp Biochemist, Protein Engineer, 'Would-be designer' (F. Arnold) | SynBio | HT Screens & Selections | Nucleic Acid Enzymes | Biocatalysis | Rstats & Datavis https://www.fuerstlab.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7720-9https://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mstcsd6i2s26Extraordinary blog post by @moalquraishi.bsky.social https://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/a-workaphiles-apology/#2b8545a3-837f-4088-9451-7fad6d40d395 Starting with the question on whether workaphiles will be dying breed post AGI, it later turns into serious scifi - "The 'easy' solution is to make our brains bigger"11 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstcsd6i2s26https://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mqvw4iyjz22pSubmit your research on designed branched sheethelix proteins now [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvw4iyjz22phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mqlvainhcc23Couldn't care less about football but love meself a random chart [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlvainhcc23https://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mq7kwi3tsc22Domain swap is a staple in protein engineering. But instead of trial & error, can we predict an ideal crossover w/ comp modeling? Happy to share a wonderful collaboration w/ Jürgen @lassak-lab.bsky.social at my alma mater LMU Munich to convert a protein ligase to an aaRS for β amino acids t.ly/lNpVw09 Jul 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7kwi3tsc22https://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mpkyblelmk2hCan't believe it Sent a cryo dewar with crystals via #FedEx to @esrf.fr and they lost it. Since 2 weeks gone without a trace and of course they're doing nothing to try find it. Equipment worth €8000, dozens of priceless xtals from our projects gone 4ever 😭 Compensation? €600 from FedEx (by weight) 😡01 Jul 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkyblelmk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mnxqfmtp322pwtaf biology, as if you hadn't had enough enzyme mechanisms for adding oxygen already [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxqfmtp322phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mnksofkejc23well if you liked this you might also be interested in the graph I made for the same course on the abundance of elements. Green are the CHNOPS element, which constitute 98% of living matter on earth. Fun to speculate about the ones way off the axis [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnksofkejc23https://bsky.app/profile/maxfus.bsky.social/post/3mmocgkb6n22cTook a while, but happy to share the published version of our article on ADDing, our highly efficient new enzymatic protein labelling platform that made it on the cover of ACS bioconjugate chemistry 😁 https://pubs.acs.org/toc/bcches/current [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:bom74tzcteaiet2djvmxe5qq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmocgkb6n22c