This one is probably the best conference view …

i received my first "hate mail" this week from a retired big name in my field. Essentially he said my recent work was trash and I didnt read/cite one of his papers from the year i graduated high school (shockingly it was irrelevant to the story). Do I respond or nah? *bsky needs polls

I didn’t have an ER trip on my turkey day plans…. Thanks to the folks at ucsd med she’s all patched and we are ready to go host thanksgiving!

Was in downtown San Diego tonight while SfN was going on. I was in line behind a group of students who had UNC on their SfN badges and struck up a convo. They told me they were the last UNC imsd class, because it was cancelled. That shook me. UNC IMSD is the reason I didn’t quit and am still here.

Not every mentor is for every person. I always tell grad students to listen to what folks in the lab say about a mentor, but it’s okay to also see it for yourself in a rotation. It’s about the match - finding the person who can meet your needs (which are unique!).

This was a topic discussed in my group this week. anyone who might have a decent answer for this and or how to show an official transcript when they have not completed a semester yet ... we are all ears on suggestions...

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

I just realized frank the bunny was the original labubu... not sure if it's kind of funny or kinda sad?

April did a cake swap! Which resulted in a post swap cake picnic!

When 6 biochemically oriented PIs go out for cocktails and this is the page of the guest book the check comes out in.

Just a totally normal Halloween lecture I swear…

April and I went to a Wizard of Oz themed party tonight, she went as the beautiful and elegant glinda, and I decided to be the yellow brick road. It was a fan favorite.

This is absolutely heartbreaking, Zara was an absolutely wonderful person and wonderful scientist. She also had a great taste in cocktails bar as we realized we were both regulars at Butterjoint in Pgh during different timeframes. She will be dearly missed.

Whenever Angela talks about our work on y-crystallins/cataracts she prefaces it by showing Monet's work pre and post cataracts.

When you get given a box full of Shigemi tubes 😀 When you realize most of them a varian Shigemis 😭

nows that MoFs have won the Chem Nobel we can get back to real (bio)chemistry prizes!

I know of a lot of high powered magnets in Pittsburgh…. But I didn’t know I could use them to move furniture !!

🐧🐧🐧🌸🌸🌸🐧🐧🐧 Thank you Marc Andre for all the memories!!!! (Picture courtesy of Father in law)

anyone ever have a cytiva column valve confuse upflow and downflow?

NMRSky! Is there any way to indicate multiple peak assignments for a single spin system (I.e., exchange where two peaks for one amide are visible) in a BMRB deposition? @nmr900.bsky.social Thanks!

anyone else seeing insane tarrif charges? 24% more expensive?!?!

Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Me: Ugh i shouldn't have agreed to review this manuscript it does not match the abstract and is going to be a lot of work when i should be writing a grant... Also me: oooo invitation to review another manuscript that I know is going to be interesting...✅ *sigh* at least this 2nd one will be easy

How the fuck am I supposed to plan my lab finances if my grants keep getting terminated and reinstated and terminated again? End rant.

Want to attend #bps2026 in San Francisco but need help with funding to get there? BPS offers travel awards for students and scientists at every career level. Deadline to apply is October 3 (and you have to submit your abstract by October 1!)

UCSD is holding a town hall with @repscottpeters.bsky.social this Wednesday to urge him to oppose proposed research funding cuts in the FY2026 budget, set for a vote in September. Please RSVP below and share widely. Everyone is welcome. form.laborbase.org/251675765832...

anyone have bead bath bead suggestions that are affordable? Or any hacks, can I go to wally world and by 500 worth of BB gun ammo (on my p-card) thats made of the same material?

Thrilled to share this manuscript from my lab where we looked at how glycopolymers that compose the glycocalyx influence protein folding and protein-protein interactions via macromolecular crowding. TLDR: The Glycocalyx stabilizes protein folding and PPIs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Me citing my manuscript about to raise my PhD advisors H-index by at least 2 when this manuscript drops....

These are some of the scientists supported by the mosaic grants in the described amicus brief. Thank you to ASM, FASEB and ASCB in joining ASBMB in supporting us. asm.org/press-releas...

But the orange pumpkin told me that the tariffs wouldn't raise prices and that other countries would be paying for it...

Roy running for senate makes me want to move back to NC to vote for him again.

Through the ups and downs of the job market, to starting my faculty career, to everything going on today. I could not have asked for a greater group of scientists to learn from, grow with, and call friends . Thank you. @asbmb.bsky.social #mosaicforever

When work takes you back east. Sometimes you get lucky and get to visit the family at the lake!

Raise your hand if you have already poisoned your ChatGPT pro to tell you what you want/how ANYTHING applies to your work without asking…. Btw it only took like a week and not that much use…

not autocorrect trying to change mucin to muffin throughout my manuscript. Like word I know both are sugar filled but they are not the same!

Sunday’s are for adventures with my better half (this time in nature) and grilling!

Does sartorius costumer support suck for everyone or is it just me? I have been fighting them for over a month to 1.) get my BLI moved and 2.) buy tips for my BLI and i am getting nowhere. im like trying to spend >10k there and they dont want to buisness?

congrats to all the new PDEP fellows! At this rate we are going to have to hold a La Jolla current and past PDEP fellows happy hour sometime...

New centrifuge was so excited to get in the lab it jumped off the truck!

Does anyone know of an immigration lawyer in Pennsylvania who may be willing to do some pro bono work for a student who is being detained by DHS? This student was finalizing their green card application and was taken a week ago. Please hit me up.

Does anyone else have trouble with Sartorius ? im trying to buy things from them and they make me jump through a million hoops.

me drops 5,000$ in consumable BLI tips, accidently orders two, *shrug* they will generate good data also me WTF WHY IS THE FRIDGE $700 UGH why do i need two.

New lab logo, coming in hot!

Guseman griddle works is cooking this morning !!

New toy! Wife and I made smash burger tacos they were awesome!

Is this to be replaced with Final_Final Scientific integrity policy of the NIH

Between this and the cuts to medicare/medicaid the trump admin is straight up lord farquading it up over here. Joni Ernst essentially said this not once, but twice.

We interrupt the regular scheduled beach pictures to enjoy the mountain side vineyards

implen vs nanodrop? thoughts?