Shaun McKinnie
@shaunmckinnie
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry @UCSC #sluglife - organic chemistry/biosynthesis/biocatalysis - aspiring dog father - 🇨🇦➡️🇺🇸 - he/him
Santa Cruz, California
Joined September 2018
Excited to share our latest work on a new subfamily of VHPOs that modify external AQ molecules and rescue bacterial growth! @JacksonBaumga10 drove this interdisciplinary effort with amazing MS imaging support from @nerdcitycat and @DrLauraSanchez!
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I got a sneak peek of this awesome story in Dec. 2023 by being on Dr. Manasa Ramachandra’s excellent PhD defense committee! And was so impressed that we had to recruit her as a postdoc for our own oxidative cyclase projects! Huge congratulations Manasa, @AvenaRoss and team!
Activation of Primary C–H Bonds in Oxidative Cyclizations of Tambjamines Catalyzed by Rieske Oxygenases TamC and PtTamC | Journal of the American Chemical Society @queensu @QueensChem @AvenaRoss
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RT @yitang_ucla: In a year with so little to cheer about so far, I am happy to share our manuscript on a copper-dependent halogenase. Unbe…
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Amazing seminar from @awpuri today who shared his lab’s work on microbial chemical ecology, natural product chemistry, biosynthesis, and cool new analytical techniques! Thanks for making the trip out to @UCSCscience!
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RT @kdbauman_: New work from @mfgrp lab! It was such an honor to work with the insanely talented @DjenetBousbaine and so fun to see it all…
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RT @BradMoore_SIO: We're looking for a new Assistant Professor in Marine Natural Products/Marine Biotechnology @Scripps_Ocean. Come join us…
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RT @DrLauraSanchez: Congrats @robbieashepherd on passing the qualifying exam! Shout out to @RubinLabUCSC @shaunmckinnie Elizabeth Neumann a…
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RT @Cochrane_lab: We're recruiting a postdoc in organic chemistry (36 months) to work on a new antibiotic discovery project in collaboratio…
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RT @laurenammurray: A pleasure to write this #firstreactions article for @ACSCentSci on a fantastic piece of work from the @HartwigGroup! E…
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RT @DrLauraSanchez: Check out @phenylallyson most recent paper We checked our different sources with our favorite…
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RT @ChekanLab: Our dept of Chem&Biochem is hiring an Asst Prof in the areas of Inorganic/Bioinorganic Chem. We are an R2 that combines exce…
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RT @DrLauraSanchez: Interested in grad school in Chemistry & Biochemistry? Check out our virtual open house! @ucsc @shaunmckinnie @partchla…
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@Cochrane_lab Ha ha I refuse to accept that it’s been that long 👴🏼. Was phenomenal catching up with you, Rachel and the kids this summer - hopefully see you in my neck of the woods sometime soon!
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RT @BradMoore_SIO: Never underestimate a diiron enzyme. Congrats @sanjoyadak90 for bringing the nitrile synthase AetD to life with @Drennan…
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RT @ChekanLab: Out now in @Chem_CP , we collaborate with @piel_lab to discover a prenyltransferase+terpene cyclase fusion enzyme that modif…
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RT @DrLauraSanchez: Showing off the best view @ucsc to our newest faculty member in Chemical Biology, Jaron Mercer! @shaunmckinnie #sluglif…
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RT @barra_lena: Very happy to share the final chapter of my postdoc time in the Abe group @UTokyo_News . Wondering how a PLP-dependent enzy…
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RT @LabRudolf: Bacteria are talented producers of #diterpenes. We screened 334 terpene synthases: New skeletons, n…
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