01 / RESEARCH FILE↗
Biological defluorination
Finding biological routes to break some of chemistry’s most persistent bonds.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRYOPEN FILE →
THE PERSON BEHIND THE SCIENCE
ABIODUN
IDOWU.
Environmental Engineer.
Researcher. Builder.
I engineer biological systems to understand
and transform persistent environmental contaminants.
FIG. 01 / MOLECULAR PERSPECTIVES
PROTEIN ENGINEERING
Small molecules.
Big questions.↗
Big questions.↗
A folded structure. A world of possibilities.
FAcD · PDB 3R3V ↗CONCEPTUAL SEQUENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY✳SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY✳PROTEIN + ENZYME ENGINEERING✳PFAS
001 / A CONNECTED WAY OF THINKING
Environmental problems.
Molecular possibilities.
My work lives at the intersection of environmental engineering, biochemistry and biotechnology. I connect the smallest biological mechanisms to some of our most persistent environmental challenges.
A little more about me →002 / SELECTED RESEARCH
Three threads. One curiosity.
003 / SKILLS / METHODS
How I put questions to work.
Protein engineering
Investigating the relationship between protein sequence, structure and catalytic function.
Related research →Enzyme engineering
Comparing enzyme variants and asking how molecular changes affect activity.
Related research →Molecular biology
Working with DNA and expression systems to investigate biological function.
Related research →Sequence analysis
Comparing biological sequences to identify meaningful variation and conserved features.
Related research →004 / SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The work, on record.
005 / EVENTS / FIELD NOTES
Outside the notebook.
PHOTO CREDITS ARE SHOWN INSIDE EACH FIELD NOTE
006 / LATEST WRITING
A few things on my mind.
↗So What Is the Nigerian Dream?
...It is Black excellence.
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↗Note From Abiodun #2: Win, Lose, Play Again
Addiction, games, and why showing up matters more than winning.
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↗The Nigerian Dream: When Survival Became The Dream
Japa is not the dream. Japa is a response to reality.
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