@compoundchem.com made this card describing my role as a chemist. More can be found here: www.compoundchem.com/women-in-che...

Thank you @compoundchem.com for recognizing the women of chemistry! A few years back you featured >180 present day women chemists, including me. www.compoundchem.com/women-in-che... You are the best!

Today is the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬 This graphic highlights women of the periodic table, the elements they discovered, and the two elements named after women. Plenty more graphics on women in chemistry here: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom...#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #ChemSky 🧪

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Ben Franklin: "In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation..."

apnews.com/article/minn... citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search

It makes me feel sick that Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. The idea that a powerful, old, rich man would feel comfortable accepting her prize speaks volumes.

I am grateful for the selective amnesia that allows me to forget how absolutely miserable and sick the common cold can make me.

My family did not suffer food insecurity during the prolonged shutdown in Fall 2025. But the reverberations persist for all of us. **I have zero confidence that Congress can govern.**

Please share this widely. Gift link. Thugs are beating random civilians in the streets for intimidation and now they're raiding the homes of journalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

17 kids have died of the flu this season. To date. Vaccinations save lives.

Sonia almost got measles while pregnant. Her country has now lost its measles elimination status. "I received my MMR booster on September 27, 2010, having no idea my husband would fall terrifyingly ill and be hospitalized with measles only one year later." www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-close-me...

I'd like to chat with people who have applied for grad school in chem or biochem for fall 2026 for an article in C&EN (@cenmag.bsky.social) about how funding changes in the US are impacting admissions. If this is you, please fill out this form. forms.office.com/r/5xUxaqEnfX #chemsky #chemchat

Excited to share our first collaborative paper of the year- a review on the emerging roles of lipids in flavivirus infection, now published in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social. Congrats to Judah (postdoc) for spearheading the work! @ohsunews.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Letter of resignation from @jennifer-troyer.bsky.social former Dir of Extramural Ops at NHGRI "The NIH is not only no longer the organization that I love but is now an organization that I can no longer be a part of and retain my integrity and self-respect." www.linkedin.com/posts/jennif... 1/6

5y ago, on Jan.6, a violent mob, encouraged by Trump, tried to overthrow our government & subvert the will of the American people. Today I honor Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who was wounded & fought bravely to protect our government. Thank you, Edwards, for your bravery & service.

Graduate school application season... TIP 4 Don't talk about location, hobbies, and free time amenities in response to the question "Why did you apply to this program?" Your answer should be scholarly and specific to the program/university.

An annual survey conducted by the American Chemical Society of its members’ salaries shows they rose across most categories from 2023 to 2024. cen.acs.org/careers/sala... #chemsky 🧪

Happy new year! I've so enjoyed the end-of-year lists of people's favorite papers from 2025, so I made a list of 16 #lipidtime studies from 2025 that I found interesting. Here they are in no particular order (please add more if you would like!), and here's to much more exciting science in 2026! 🧪

Graduate school application season: Tip #3 In the current funding climate, find a program with 3-4 people you would be happy to complete your thesis with. Changes at the NIH have created instability. Minimize your risk.

Happy New Year! I enter 2026 with the optimistic assumption that nothing could be worse than the Trump-driven 2025 disaster.

Graduation school application season... TIP #2. Consider teaching & coursework requirements. These vary widely by program & aren't always clear from the webpage. OHSU requires no teaching, while some state schools require 1+ years. Similarly, will you have to take a heavy courseload?

Sharing this piece by @katherinejwu.com - A succinct explanation about why i fear for the younger generation of scientists... www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Ok here it is - out of 44 FDA approvals this year, 31 are small molecules (70%), 26 of those are oral drugs (84%), 22 of them are chiral (71%). This is the largest number and percentage of chiral FDA approved molecules in a single year. Fitusiran is not a small molecule, bonus.

@compoundchem.com My 3.9 year old wanted me to read this to her last night. She thought the title was hilarious. She made up her own subtitle: "Why does honey make your toots smell?" I admit, I was stumped.

Beautiful blue sky winter day here in Portland, OR

Today I am grateful for Maurice Hilleman. Dr. Hilleman developed >40 vaccines, including safe & effective vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis A and B, and chickenpox. Eight of his vaccines are still used today. His work has saved millions of lives and prevented so much suffering.

I had chickenpox as a little kid. It was MISERABLE. I itched everywhere and felt just awful. I wouldn't wish this on anyone (except maybe RFK, Jr.). Vaccinations save lives.

Graduation school application season... TIP #1. IT IS AN INTERVIEW Candidates: If you are invited to meet with the program and professors, it is an INTERVIEW. You should treat it like one. Prepare, impress, be professional, energetic, curious.

Heartbreaking. The flu is dangerous- not always, but it can be.

Walking around the #NIH hospital and seeing all kinds of patients getting care here: kids in wheelchairs, adults in masks and chemo caps. And all of this is being cut down, undermined, and destroyed by Trump. It should make us all incredibly angry.

New work from my team, identifying drug targets in M. abscessus. Pre-print posted here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Absolutely wonderful talks at the 2025 Chemical Biology & Physiology meeting in Portland, Oregon. And, wow, blue skies too!

1,475 pertussis (whooping cough) cases have been reported this year in Oregon (according to OHA). Highest numbers since 1950s. This can be a very serious illness for infants. Please-- vaccinate! If you interact with babies, you should make sure you are up to date.

Pacific Northwest winter beauty.

My advice: Look at what was recommended by the CDC and WHO pre-Trump. Up until 2025, facts, data, and scientific research mattered to US leaders. There have been no breakthroughs in 2025 that warrant the changes and utter nonsensical recommendations coming from unqualified Trump cronies.

Mycobacteria Researchers: Please include unique identifiers for your protein of interest (POI) in publications. For example, I think BlaC is interesting. But, to make it clear what "BlaC" is, I should provide the locus ID (Rv2068c) AND/OR the Uniprot ID: P9WKD3. I am on a mission now.

Bhattacharya, Kennedy, and Memoli will need to use some clever math to disguise all of the excess deaths in American children from vaccine-preventable disease. 100% preventable deaths, from measles, whooping cough, hepatitis, and other.⚰️

The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children. Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT

Hey, need a flu shot? Free at Doernbecher lobby today! Safe parents, safe kids! #fluseason @ohsudoernbecher.bsky.social

If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

I spent the weekend enjoying the beautiful Oregon coast.

My niece made a model of calcium for 8th grade science. I am confused... but I like the way it looks.

The MAHA Health Summit had goody bags that included mouth tape. LOL. Really? A freebie that tapes your mouth shut?

Job vacancy: Nature Chemical Biology is hiring Nature Chemical Biology is seeking an Associate or Senior Editor. This is a permanent full-time position within the editorial team. The vacancy is for one of the offices based in USA or China. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

PSA: NIH study section members Keep a hard copy back-up of your online written reviews. Don't learn the hard way.

Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong! You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com 50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op. #chemsky #chemchat

Enjoying this article this morning👇 The role of colony morphotype in shaping gene essentiality in Mycobacteroides abscessus | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I absolutely agree with this view published by @madhupai.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c... All children have the right to vaccinations and NO child should die of measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, or any other vaccine preventable disease.

Absolutely 👇 It is a moral failure to allow children to get seriously ill and die of vaccine-preventable diseases.