Check out our recent Nature Communications paper! Aiko Kurimoto & colleagues in both the Berlinguette Group & WithLab demonstrate bioelectrocatalysis with a palladium membrane reactor #electrochemistry #catalysis #hydrogenation UBC Chemistry Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute rdcu.be/c83WX

Check out our Christmas decorations @Glyconet_nce! We decided to go for a synthetic tree this year

Some 🔺 action and some cryoEM. What’s not to like Jamie Blaza YSBL Zach Armstrong Richard Meek #glycotime

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ICYMI in ACS Central Science: Novel biopolymer produced by bacterial enzyme is biodegradable and may be biocompatible. From team incl. Spence WithLab UBC Science, Yasuo Yoshikuni Joint Genome Institute, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) LBNL BioSci AdvancedLightSource Berkeley Lab. DOE Office of Science #synbio als.lbl.gov/bacterial-enzy…

Researchers discovered an enzyme that synthesizes a biopolymer similar to chitin, but linked in a different way. The polymer is biodegradable and may be biocompatible, with potential applications ranging from medical therapeutics to plastic alternatives. als.lbl.gov/bacterial-enzy…

Interesting paper in the April 19 2022 issue of EMBO Journal reporting that alpha-glucans and malto-oligosaccharides can be ubiquitinated. May be a mechanism for removing polyglucosan accumulation

Discovery of a Novel Biopolymer, Poly-β-1,3-N-acetylglucosamine, and its Companion Glycoside Phosphorylase.
Check out #FirstRxns go.acs.org/KF by Sara Blumer-Schuette Oakland University on research go.acs.org/KG by Stephen Withers & team
WithLab UBC Chemistry

Check out our latest review! Jacob Wardman Rhea Bains Peter Rahfeld

Withlab member Spence sat down with AZoM to talk about the discovery of the new biopolymer, acholetin.

Novel bacterial enzyme discovered by WithLab makes new polysaccharide similar to the biopolymer chitin. The new molecule is biodegradable and could be useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering and other biomedical applications. @UBCchem UBC Science

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#ASAP by Stephen Withers & team WithLab UBC Chemistry
The identification of a novel glycoside phosphorylase enzyme led to the discovery of a new biodegradable polysaccharide named acholetin: go.acs.org/FZ

A new study in ACS Central Science describes a bacterial enzyme that can make a new type of polysaccharide with wide-ranging potential as a new type of biocompatible, biodegradable material. fal.cn/3n50G

#Chemistry #Research ACS Publications

Congratulations to GlycoNet researcher Stephen Withers WithLab & team on this discovery! Acholetin, a new type of biodegradable polysaccharide, could be useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering & other biomedical applications.

#glycomics #glycotime

.WithLab and colleagues identified a bacterial enzyme that makes new type of biodegradable polymer, which might someday find use in drug delivery, tissue engineering or other applications. New research reported in ACS Central Science. UBC Chemistry Berkeley Lab fal.cn/3n2Y7

A bacterial enzyme that makes a new type of biodegradable polymer discovered by WithLab might someday find use in drug delivery, tissue engineering or other applications. @UBCchem #UBC

Joint Genome Institute Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) LBNL BioSci AdvancedLightSource via American Chemical Society

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I discovered a new biopolymer! AND I got to name it!

See what I call it and read more about the discovery in ACS Central Science.

Thanks to all my co-authors at UBC, UC Berkeley and the JGI, you’re the best 😘

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We went looking for new CAZymes, and we ended up finding a new biopolymer too!

We named it acholetin!

Read about our discovery in ACS Central Science ACS Central Science.

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Time for some omelettes!

@Shirokazesan Jackie B.R. 🦦 🇲🇽 🏳️‍🌈 Dandelion must be the strongest base ever found
WTF pH 22.7 ?

Groan!