Alex Riegert

The Effects of Codon Usage on Protein Structure and Folding doi.org/10.1146/annure…

How are pentofuranose side chains added to polysaccharides? Here we showed a three-component system is responsible with enzymes showing similarity to mycobacterial AG biosynthesis - leading to a new glycosyltransferase family (GT136) #CAZy #glycotime pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@vishavsharma_ @ACSCentSci Awesome work!

Thiamin Biosynthesis!! Radical SAM Enzyme!! Remarkably Complex Chemistry!! Check out our work on the mechanistic enzymology of the ThiC-catalyzed reaction in bacterial thiamin biosynthesis in @ACSCentSci. It was a great team effort. (1/3) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

@stephen_wolfram Please update your research with these recent findings from my group.

You never know where science will take you... Yes, I'm studying images of cats in party hats. Stay tuned...

I can't always see the hummingbirds as they fly around near my window, but I can see my cat's head following them. And that's pretty much how a coupled assay works in enzymology. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

*Moves out to the Bay Area, immediately comes up with a shitty idea that's probably been done before and failed*

Why doesn't someone buy an old movie theater and play old movies? No reclining seats, no reserve seating. Really tap into the feeling of nostalgia. You can't tell me that seeing E.T. or The Lion King in a crappy old theater wouldn't be a hit.

Absolutely dripping with style

Just came out in @J_A_C_S. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… A concise synthesis of a structurally very challenging tetrasaccharide is achieved in 28 steps from free sugars via an iMAP strategy.

@JukeBaRosh Industry pay scales are a whole different ball game compared to academia. It can be hard for me to wrap my head around it sometimes.

@ASterlingRieg Damn, 4 yr degree + lil experience almost same salary as PhD + 6 yr postdoc + 12 yr faculty 😆... 😭

I am hiring an Associate Scientist to join the protein sciences group at our South San Francisco site. Feel free to send me candidates that have experience in protein purification and QC. jobs.criver.com/job/South-San-…

Just looked up how tall a T-Rex was (12 feet) and now I feel like I've been lied to my whole life. Jurassic park had me thinking they were like 40 feet tall.

Calling all Enzyme Mechanics! The Texas Enzyme Mechanisms Meeting will be held on June 3, 2023 in Austin, TX @UTexasPharmacy . Website and details to follow! #UTCBMC

If you are into studying complex reaction mechanisms in enzymology , do check out our latest work on Vitamin B1 biosynthesis now online in @J_A_C_S @EnzymeChemistry @TAMUChemistry #chemistry #biochemistry #mechanism #biosynthesis #enzymology pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

My hometown!

A life update: I moved from Texas to San Francisco to start my career as a research scientist at Charles River Laboratories.

Congrats to post doc Hayley Knox on her cool review of genomic enzymology - first Allen lab paper of 2023! authors.elsevier.com/a/1gME54sz6ME-…

Good morning!

@ASterlingRieg A magic touch does wonders in the hands of the right wizard, Alex. ✨

You've probably seen ads for the Google pixel's magic eraser feature. Just wanted to show a real world example.