Richard Helm

Congratulations to my eldest son Levi for a successful PhD thesis defense!

We are expanding our capacity in the Virginia Tech Genomics Sequencing Center and seeking a Next Generation Sequencing Specialist!!! See Position 519807 at jobs.vt.edu!

GlycoMIP Is hiring a Lab Technician. Check out the link and apply! buff.ly/3vNsBx5

Big news! Our @GlycoUniverse Glyconeers have arrived and we’re learning to use them. They will make a great addition to our user facility.

Will be offering a brand new class in Biochemical Techniques this semester. My first textbook in this area, purchased in 1982 is in tatters, but I still use it! What should sophomores in college know about such things? Let me know if you feel strongly about something!

Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Congrats to my daughter Emma for her successful PhD defense at Iowa State University! Based on her date of birth, Emma was my second PhD student. Based on my feelings, I'm just a proud Dad. You go Dr. Helm!

First fall semester in over a decade without a class to teach! The reins of BCHM4115 have been handed over to Profs. Kylie Allen (@KylieAllenVT) and Dan Slade (@TheSladeLab). Wish them well...tough semester to start something new. I need to change my username and image icon!

What's in your hemp oil? This year we performed LC-MS analysis of hemp oils to see if stated levels reflect content. Six hemp oils bought on-line were tested for CBD (cannabidiol) content. Do you think stated [hemp oil] and [cannabidiol] contents correlate? Short answer---No.

Looking forward to providing a sustainable strategy for supporting, maintaining, and enhancing University shared research infrastructure! @VTresearch vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/…

How big should your research group be? It appears to depend on what you are after. See: nature.com/articles/s4158… "Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology"

Saw this today and passed, but not by a lot. Take the quiz to find out: g.co/phishingquiz @Jigsaw @Google

@TEREWILLIAMS Yes, Jody is still here keeping the lab in check, but there is really no hope for my office.

Started at VT 26 years ago today. Some thoughts: 1. "Startup" was $15K--still use the vacuum pump it bought. 2. Current lab costs $300K/yr to maintain. 3. Have VT t-shirts as old (and older) as most students at VT. 4. Instructed over 2,500 students. 5. My office is still a mess.

@BCHEPPdepthead You and me both! Quite amazing to see where all the wood chemists/biochemists moved on to.

@bchm4115 Hard to believe how fast the time has flown.

Mark your calendars for Science at the @TheLyricTheatre !

If you want know more about mass spec-based Proteomics and Metabolomics at VT.......

BCHM4115 has completed the analysis of the turkey proteins and lipids from breast, leg and thigh meat. Available at: preprints.org/manuscript/201…

Students just got the proteomes of turkey breast, leg, thigh meat to analyze for differences! By the heat map, it should be fun! REAL data!

Do you think the principal lipids in leg, thigh and breast meat of a store-bought domestic turkey are different? Indeed they are!