ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag

(I have one too! Probably lots of overlap...) And check out the Secondary Metabolism feed. Lots of awesome science here on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...

There seems to quite a few new faces lately, so if I haven’t already added you, but you’d like added please let me know and for anyone interested in following more microbial natural products folks, then our starter pack is now 100 strong go.bsky.app/72NeGsT

🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.

People keep talking about tech firms in relation to the H1-B $100k fee but it’s gonna really sink universities.

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

The Secondary Metabolism feed is really seeing a significant uptick. More views/day, and climbing, + a lot more useful posts with moderation. Nice to see others are finding the new server useful, too! If you do research in this area, follow and keep an eye on it! 🧪🖥️🦠🧬 bsky.app/profile/danu...

We are delighted to sponsor the Natural Products in the 'Omics Era' symposium at @pacifichem.bsky.social! Keynote speakers include Helen Woolner @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social whose research focuses on bioactive natural products from marine bacteria & fungi #ORG018 📅19-20 December 2025 🔗pacifichem.org

Reminder that one thing that made this site good initially was that we sorta agreed to not re-post a bunch of objectionable crap by assholes into our friends’ TLs, even if just to say “look at this asshole.” The vibe was better when we just blocked those chumps and moved on.

"6-year Postdoctoral Position in Chemical Ecology and Natural Products Research" https://uol.de/en/job/6-year-postdoctoral-position-in-chemical-ecology-and-natural-products-research-706 I don't know the group, but the topic sounds great!

🔓Take a look at a #OpenAccess review by Gerald Lackner & co. covering recent insights into the biosynthesis and biological activities of the peptide-derived redox cofactor mycofactocin #secmet #natprod 📍 @lacknerlab.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social @uni-jena.de

⏰ Just 7 days left for our Glycopeptide Renaming Challenge! 💡 Share your best name idea and win 500€ 👉 More info and submission here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1ym9... #secmet #NaturalProducts #Antibiotics #NamingChallenge #Glycopeptides @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social @marghesosio.bsky.social

Have you seen this new Focus article from Christopher Thibodeaux that is discussing unexpected surprises in RiPP natural product biosynthesis? doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... #ChemSky 🧪 #ChemBio

i keep seeing the talking point of 'i'm not against all vaccines, just some vaccines' and a) they do actually mean all vaccines b) they're saying that so you will be curious enough to want to know more/think they can be reasoned with c) they ALWAYS have other anti medicine/anti science views.

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

OK, this seems to be working well! New feed is full of good stuff, and the posts stick around. 🧪🦠🖥️🧬 #secmet One wrinkle, though: I switched things up so that the words "natural product(s)" require approval. Otherwise, we're getting far too many non-scientific kinds of posts clogging the feed. 1/n

I see a new antiSMASH bugfix is out... #secmet github.com/antismash/an...

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Exploring Cactaceae’s Secondary Metabolites: Insights & Future Directions Cactaceae, the family of plants that includes cacti, has long fascinated scientists and botanists alike, primarily due to their unique adaptations to arid environments and their stunning diversity. Recent research has begun…

I've updated the "Secondary Metabolism" feed to run from @blueskyfeedcreator.com. The previous feed only held posts for 7 days. This should retain the last 100 posts, and even more if I decide to start paying (or get donations). It should be much more useful! Feed is here! bsky.app/profile/danu...

We're accepting proposals from new PIs through our New Investigator call until SEPT. 9 🖥️🧬🦠 🧪🍄🌱 jointgeno.me/CSPnewPI Hear from @snehacouvillion.bsky.social on how this program helped further her research⬇️ @axelvisel.bsky.social @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used. As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how Part 1: is your work in Libgen? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Gus Speth: "I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that 30 years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy...”

Union station, DC

Hey, calling all Natural Products and Secondary Metabolism people! @jgi.doe.gov is looking for feedback prior to reorganizing data structures and portals. #secmet is underrepresented right now. Hit the link if you want to share your ideas or complaints! Even (especially) if you don't use our stuff!

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

My issue with the idea that you should stay on Twitter to fight Nazis or whatever is that if you were to come up with a way to beat Nazis on Twitter, Twitter would ban it immediately

Hey, calling all Natural Products and Secondary Metabolism people! @jgi.doe.gov is looking for feedback prior to reorganizing data structures and portals. #secmet is underrepresented right now. Hit the link if you want to share your ideas or complaints! Even (especially) if you don't use our stuff!

A thread on fear of cities. I grew up in 70s & 80s in a mostly working class white town I didn’t know at the time was segregated from the small, Blacker city across the river. My mom was a rare lefty who loved cities, but I absorbed attitudes at school: “cities are scary.” 1/

Natural Products Repository of Costa Rica (NAPRORE-CR): An open-access database chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... #NaturalProducts #SecMet

My statement on Trump’s mob boss move to extort $1 billion from UCLA (i.e., California taxpayers) & to try to force UCLA to adopt Trump’s bigoted policies. Spoiler: The answer is no.

Today's reminder that Congress could simply repeal IEEPA and Section 232 & we could end all of this tariff nonsense tomorrow, and if it still didn't stop, Congress still has the power to end it: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

🔓Don't miss a #OpenAccess review in our latest issue by Jae Kyu Lim, Eung-Soo Kim & co at KIOST & Inha University looking at the isolation and mining strategies of natural products from sponge-associated bacteria #secmet #naturalproducts Check it out below🔽

Here's a very rare opportunity to come and work with the @jgi.doe.gov , managing the team for our advanced analysis efforts, which are taking a pretty significant leap right now. The application window is short, so have a look now! 🖥️🧬🧪 jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/advance...

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A picture worth a thousand words. I’m holding the manuscript (in prep) for my paper detailing the optimization of a natural product for treating FLT3-ITD AML. The bag below it holds my stem cells, collected for transplant into a non-related leukemia patient. Truly a full circle moment #chemsky

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How can we best infer horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in prokaryotes? Our new study finds a surprising winner: gene presence–absence patterns beat explicit phylogenetic approaches! 📄 Mishra & Lercher (2025), Mol Biol Evol 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...

Here's a very rare opportunity to come and work with the @jgi.doe.gov , managing the team for our advanced analysis efforts, which are taking a pretty significant leap right now. The application window is short, so have a look now! 🖥️🧬🧪 jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/advance...

🧪🦣🏺 Who wants to hear a story about biotech billions, unscientific claims, and shoddy smear tactics attacking women in science*? Thread 🧵 *which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected

Interesting read on Streptomyces #natprod rapamycin's potential role as treatment for long Covid and ME 🧫🦠🧪💊🛌

Check out a review by Xinjie Shi from Zhejiang University in our latest issue discussing the structural diversity and biosynthetic mechanism of the bisintercalator family of nonribosomal peptides #secmet #naturalproducts Read it in full on our website👇

A UK study warns antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could cost the global economy $1.7 trillion annually by 2050, causing millions of deaths. The US, UK, and EU face severe economic and health burdens. Recent aid cuts could worsen AMR, stressing the urgent need for antibiotic investment. #MedSky 🛟

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

@koeris.bsky.social @darpa.mil @arpa-h.bsky.social come see what we think are the next steps and challenges in carbon-negative #Biomanufacturing

Come read about our thoughts on why cyanobacteria are underrepresented in drug discovery and how both synthetic biology and native hosts can help. This was fun to work on with a great group of people who include @dtdoering.bsky.social @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com @eustaquiolab.bsky.social