In the Parkinson lab, we focus on the discovery of novel bioactive natural products from cryptic biosynthetic gene clusters found in soil dwelling bacteria.

West Lafayette, IN
Joined August 2018
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Honors Biology students learning about how Microbes in our soil produce useful antiobiotics. Practices such as serial dilution, sterile technique and micro-pipetting are also being applied in this unique learning experience with @ParkinsonLab! @jeff_principal @LSClafayette
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Big news alert! The Department of Chemistry has a new name: the James and Margaret Tarpo Department of Chemistry. This change reflects the profound impact of their generous contributions. @PurdueChemistry @LifeAtPurdue bit.ly/4aVp9Dp #Purdue #Science #Chemistry
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The latest #cellfree natural products work from my lab! nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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We are thrilled to release 3,000+ more genomes on the NPDC Genome Portal (npdc.rc.ufl.edu)! This week, we are also launching new filter and search functionalities to improve your experience. Please take a moment to fill out our NPDC survey here: forms.office.com/r/6yWxZDVww…
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Proud to have this now accepted in @MCR_AACR ! Great work by first author @annaleighbenton, and thanks to collaborators @NadiaAtallah1 @ParkinsonLab. @PurdueBiolSci @PUCancerInst aacrjournals.org/mcr/article…
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Our paper on the nanoRAPIDS platform is out in @CommsChem. The analytical pipeline nanofractionates 10 ul complex culture extract into 384 wells and then determines high-res mass and bioactivity of all peaks. doi.org/10.1038/s42004-024-0…
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Congrats Professor Li @theligroup for this award recognizing outstanding faculty members who are on an accelerated path of academic distinction!
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Betsy Parkinson, assist. professor at @PurdueChemistry, was stunned to learn that she was one of the recipients of Purdue's Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award. The announcement took place during a faculty meeting. #PurdueUniversity #Boilermaker #Science #Chemistry #Teaching
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Congratulations to all our 2024 @PurdueScience Faculty and Staff honorees including executive assistant Jackie Butram! Here are the other honorees in Chemistry and the college: purdue.edu/science/about/fac…
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ASP Summer Research Fellowship pharmacognosy.us/asp-summer-…
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Thrilled this is out! The fruit of creative and persistent work by Soniya Rayi @IUChemistry and collaboration with @FuquaClay. Interbacterial Biofilm Competition through a Suite of Secreted Metabolites | ACS Chemical Biology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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INVITATION We are starting a new round of online community annotathons to populate v4.0 of the MIBiG repository with high-quality data. If you have relevant expertise in natural product genomics or chemistry, please participate! Please register here: forms.gle/LJR9uRTCyLg7Q3uo7
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🎓On Sunday, Audrey Birch will receive her bachelor's degree from @PurdueHSCI in biomedical health sciences. She will also take center stage to deliver an address as the Division III commencement ceremony’s student responder. #PurdueHHS #PurdueUniversity purdue.edu/newsroom/releases…
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A recap thread of this month's faculty research...
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We're currently accepting applications for faculty positions in Organic Chemistry, Quantum Information Science, and Advanced Materials. Link here: chem.purdue.edu/facultyopeni… #chemjobs
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Wonderful time visiting Purdue after many years, as well as catching up with fellow Badgers @EmilyDykhuizen, Casey Krusemark, old friends @Altmaniacs and new ones, Betsy Parkinson
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