ChemBioTalks

Wahyu Setia Widodo delivered a flash talk at the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks conference on enzymatic tagging of proteins using ADD technology, which is based on the flavin transferase ApbE. The talk, published through ACS Bioconjugate Chemistry, is drawing attention among researchers interested in chemical biology tools for labelling and studying proteins.

Researcher Yutong Zhang gave a flash talk at the 6th virtual ChemBioTalks event, presenting work on using DNA nanodevices to measure pH levels around lysosomes in living cells. The talk relates to a study published in Nature Cell Biology. The work offers a new way to track chemical conditions inside cells, drawing interest from the chemistry and biology community.

Chemist Gilles Gasser gave a talk at ChemBioTalks presenting his research group's work on metal complexes used to generate antibody-drug conjugates. The compounds can release carbon monoxide upon light irradiation, an approach with potential applications across biology and medicine. The talk drew positive attention from science commentators, who highlighted the combination of photochemistry and targeted drug delivery as a promising direction in chemical biology research.

Gilles Gasser gave an invited talk on metal complexes for medicinal applications at the sixth virtual edition of the ChemBioTalks series. The presentation, described as insightful by attendees, covered how metal-based compounds can be used in medicine, an area where Gasser's research group is well known. The seminar was held online, allowing chemists from around the world to attend and discuss bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry topics.

At the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks, Lars Stevens-Cullinane from Jeannine Hess's group gave a flash talk on a metal-dependent degrader strategy targeting metallo-beta-lactamases in Gram-negative bacteria. The approach could offer a way to undermine antibiotic resistance in hard-to-treat pathogens, and the talk accompanies a recent paper in JACS.

Chemist Luke Lavis gave a talk titled 'Illuminating biological processes using chemistry' at the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks, an online seminar series for the chemical biology community. He explained the chemistry behind chemical fluorophores, the fluorescent molecules used to light up biological processes in living cells. Listeners praised the talk as fascinating, sharing it within the chemistry and science communities online.

The sixth Virtual ChemBioTalks conference has wrapped up, with its Flash Talks session singled out as a highlight. Three short presentations covered DNA nanodevices, protein labeling, and degraders targeting bacterial proteins. The speakers won the event's Abstract Challenge, and organizers congratulated them, drawing attention from the online science community.

Chemist Dirk Trauner delivered the opening keynote at ChemBioTalks, presenting his work on light-switchable molecules that can control ion channels. The approach has significant potential applications in restoring vision, and his accompanying paper was published in Angewandte Chemie. Attendees praised the lecture, with scientists sharing highlights of the talk on light-based control of biological processes.