Because organic chemistry is hard enough. Author of chemtips.wordpress.com Associate Professor, Concordia University Lab website is findlaylab.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3mv3ln4teck2kLooking for work? Concordia University is hiring an ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in Fungal Genomics and Biomanufacturing. https://www.concordia.ca/jobs/artsci/associate-professor-fungal-genomics-biomanufacturing.html #microsky #chemsky09 Sep 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ln4teck2khttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3m4vul5htu22fIf you remove the "mab" suffix, most antibody drugs are great names for demons: Atezolizu Basilixi Drozitu Ozanezu Porgavixi05 Nov 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vul5htu22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3m3vh57ewi226@cenmag.bsky.social Pet spa? Really? It's been ten minutes and my wife is still giggling.23 Oct 2025 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3vh57ewi226https://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3m2rearbfas2hBacteria exposed to antibiotics become resistant, that's the core of the #AMR crisis. We figured out how to expose them to antibiotics and evolve susceptibility instead. @farhanrc.bsky.social shows how, in our latest paper. https://academic.oup.com/jac/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jac/dkaf350/8277598?login=true09 Oct 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rearbfas2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3lvdropukx22hThe Findlay lab turned 10 years old today! What an incredible journey it's been.01 Aug 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdropukx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3lsynwpptz22qNew paper from the lab! Evolving bacteria in the lab is a great way to understand #AMR. But, does it matter what evolution platform you use? Yes. @farhanrc.bsky.social showed different platforms select different evolutionary paths. Read more at IJAA: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857925001207 #microsky02 Jul 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsynwpptz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3lqxekcumec23The latest work from my lab is out in @molbioevol.bsky.social! @farhanrc.bsky.social evolved bacteria right into evolutionary traps, reverting antibiotic-resistant strains back into sensitive ones. #microsky https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msaf115/815777006 Jun 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxekcumec23https://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3lk4u3j37ps2yToxin-antitoxin systems are weird, but seem pretty effective. So where are the plasmids with 20+ toxin/antitoxin pairs? The logic that makes one pair adaptive should be true for 2 pairs, 3 pairs, n+1 pairs... #microsky11 Mar 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4u3j37ps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemtips.bsky.social/post/3lfpsbgkcsc2gThis seems like a fitting first post. My lab has just published a paper on the evolution of resistance to Octyl-tridecaptin A1! This antibiotic is tough to evolve resistance against. To crack it we had to optimize SAGE, our lab evolution system. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944501325000114 #AMR #microsky14 Jan 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:vmqttab2fvmm6stale52hclw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpsbgkcsc2g