Assistant Professor of Chemistry (views my own)

Joined April 2015
Hi everyone - I think I'm going to try to move my engagement over to bsky. Please find me there at jameswchecco.bsky.social Looking forward to connecting with the science community over there!
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Congratulations, Martha!!!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Martha Morton has been honored with the 2024 ACS MWRM Volunteer Award. This prestigious recognition celebrates her exceptional dedication & contributions to advancing chemistry in the region. Congrats to Dr. Morton for this well-deserved honor!
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James W. Checco retweeted
Shoutout to Yinsheng Guo and Ashley Votruba who are among the nine faculty who earned @nsf Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards—a record-setting year for #UNL! go.unl.edu/e2zf @unlchemistry @unlpsych
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James W. Checco retweeted
Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
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Huge congratulations to our Young Chemical Biologist Awardees @JamesWChecco, @Keribackus and @DrMikeBooth, here with Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska and Douglas Auld at #ISBC2024 @ChemBioSociety
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Fascinating talks by the three recipients of our 2024 @ChemBioSocietyYoung Chemical Biologist Awards at #ICBS2024 - Congrats @JamesWChecco, @Keribackus and @DrMikeBooth - Well deserved
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James W. Checco retweeted
Not entirely sure how we got to this place in chem bio / molecular bio where it's like "if the figure in your paper doesn't go to at least panel 'h' then did you even do anything?" It's not helpful and we're hurting our own field. Those who do peer review can push back on this.
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Last week, we proudly celebrated the Cliff S. Hamilton Award, honoring the exceptional achievements of Prof. Herbert Waldmann & outstanding graduate student Momodou Camara. Thank you to everyone who joined us in recognizing these remarkable contributions to the field!
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Time to prepare those abstracts! On Nov. 1st we will begin accepting submissions for the 2025 APS/IPS meeting. More info at lnkd.in/ekvRtc4G. Symposium Chairs, Wendy Hartsock, Eileen Kennedy, and Jean Chmielewski, are planning a program that you will want to be a part of.
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James W. Checco retweeted
Let's give this a try Please help @unlchemistry?
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James W. Checco retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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The Wild Robot is a terrific movie. Beautiful story, and is one of the most impressive-looking animated movies I think I have ever seen. Wow!
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James W. Checco retweeted
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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Congratulations to Donald Hilvert of @ETH on receiving the 2025 Abeles and Jencks Award for his lab's contributions to the mechanistic study, evolution, and design of enzymes through innovative approaches! Be sure to catch his talk at #ACSSpring2025! #ACSDBC
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Five days left to register at reduced fee and submit abstracts to #ICBS2024 Toronto before Sept 30. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect to the chemical biology community both from academia and industry! Welcome to join ICBS membership for further benefits. Check it out: chemical-biology.org #ChemicalBiology
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Join us this week for our incredible lineup of seminars! Click this link for more information:loom.ly/M2SXtcI
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Wow!! Thank you, @ChemBioSociety !!
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the awardees and looking forward to their talks during #ICBS2024 Toronto, Oct 27-30 chemical-biology.org
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We’re launching a new series which spotlights some of the most innovative labs in peptide science. Kicking off this series is the @NitscheGroup, renowned for its pioneering work in peptide chemical biology and its collaborative environment. lnkd.in/egU4mxeW
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A Big Welcome to the New Graduate Students of the Chemistry Department at the University of Nebraska! We’re thrilled to have you join our vibrant community of researchers. Get ready for an exciting journey of discovery and innovation! #GBR #ChemistryNebraska #ScienceCommunity
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