Laplace transform vanishing at all integers

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I am looking to find a function $f$ which is not zero almost everywhere ($f\neq 0 ~a.e.$) and such that $$ \int_{\mathbb{R}} f(t) e^{-ts} dt = 0~\forall s\in\mathbb{Z}$$

I was thinking of taking an inverse Laplace transform of sine to help me with this, but apparently it does not exist. I am not thinking it should be a more elaborate construction, perhaps some sort of piecewise function.

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The OP made it more or less clear that we are dealing with the bilateral Laplace transform.

It follows from the Cauchy integral theorem that $$\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-(t+2i\pi)^2} e^{-st}dt=\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-t^2} e^{-s(t-2i\pi)}dt$$

whence take $$f(t)=e^{-t^2}-e^{-(t+2i\pi)^2}$$