I am looking forward to the 2026 PacTB meeting, which starts in less than an hour. @ohsunews.bsky.social is hosting this year, and attendees will come from across the west coast to discuss mycobacterial pathogens. 🧫💉🔬🦠

I absolutely have a viewpoint. Until recently, the US was a leader in research & NIH was something of which all Americans could be proud. Productive, innovative, life-saving. Trump, RFK Jr., and Bhattacharya are systematically destroying our research capacity. I won't be silent in my dissent.

Such an amazing moon we have. www.nasa.gov/image-detail...

The President's fiscal year 2027 Budget was released today. Important---Important---Important The President's Budget is always fundamentally a political document that Congress may or may not (usually not) take very seriously. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... 1/9

My most recent PhD candidate, who was amazing (Julia Doh) defended in April 2020. I love working with graduate students, but OHSU's program is small (15-20 students/year for all the faculty). Advice?

I serve on NIH study sections. I consider it a privilege and a duty. It is hard but rewarding work. Right now it seems like the least I can do to support our colleagues at NIH.

I place a really high value on a college education. I wish that college was more accessible. Yet, I found this article absolutely fascinating. The ROI varies widely-- I wish that programs/colleges were forced to disclose this information. freopp.org/whitepapers/...

Spring has arrived in Oregon.

Color chemistry

From Galbraith & Galbraith: “tradewinds” bring soluble proteins to the leading edge – with a nice assortment of microscopy approaches including iPALM www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you so much for holding Bhattacharya responsible for his lies.

We've been we've been working on this for quite a while now (hopefully published soon). Grateful to @proftracypalmer.bsky.social for concinving me & @lislowe.bsky.social that mycobacteria produce inter-bacterial toxins. Team science, led by @sambenedict5.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I wish Trump, Musk, and RFK Jr. could directly observe the suffering & deaths that they are causing. This call to action for WHO is timely because, as stated, "...the US’s recent decisions have greatly amplified the risk of multiple international outbreaks of disease". www.bmj.com/content/392/...

The vaccine news headlines are frustrating-- they read like there is new information. "Vaccines prevent measles!" "Vaccines save lives!" They should be accompanied by a 1950s voice-over like those jokey documentaries on film strips for kids.

Following @joshuasweitz.bsky.social post and discussions with him and the Vox story, I have estimated R01 success rates for each NIH institute and center with enough awards for this to be meaningful. A long 🧵... 1/25

Big surprise, the DOGE wrecking ball made a lot of bad decisions, with no expertise, with no clear thought, and their actions were most likely illegal. I co-blame Musk and Trump for this one, but Michael McDonald's complicity should cost him his job. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

There is no logic behind cutting NSF fellowships. None. Sabotaging the NSF fellowship is a blunder | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cracked, but still there: the glass ceiling persists for senior women in science www.nature.com/articles/d41... It is depressing to know that I have been reading articles like this for most of my career and that I will likely keep reading them for the next 20 years. Yes, gender bias persists.

I was using @chimerax.ucsf.edu just now and three of my enzymes look like the cutest lil' sea horses. Happy weekend!

Jerrie Cobb was an outstanding pilot who out-performed nearly all of of the men at NASA who were training/testing to go to space. Didn't matter. She was denied the opportunity, again and again, because she was female. This is the country we live in. www.lowellmilkencenter.org/programs/pro...

The future of research is imperiled by the drop in NIH funding for ESIs under Bhattacharya's leadership. He claimed that ESIs were get funded because of "affirmative action". When ESI funding rates drop, ESI will be forced to leave science. Also look here: drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/n...

Recently doing many TLCs and I didn't really appreciate how important it was to saturate my chamber. Now I know! 👇 Let Us Teach Proper Thin Layer Chromatography Technique! | Journal of Chemical Education pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

I have served on study section for many years now. It is absolutely critical that we support early stage investigators (ESI) and new investigators during grant review and funding. The playing field is not level.

So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

These wool nudibranchs are amazing, made by artist Arina Borevich of Wool Creature Lab. woolcreaturelab.com

"At Voices for Vaccines, our years of work with formerly hesitant families have shown us that empathy works — meaning not judging people who have refused vaccination." From our director. www.ms.now/opinion/vacc...

I love this: www.chronicle.com/article/i-ma...

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I want a surgeon general who has knowledge and expertise that exceeds the vast majority of qualified doctors. Not a snake oil salesman.

"The Epstein files ... exposed a system in which some of the most powerful men in science actively worked to keep women out, mocked their intelligence behind closed doors, and used a convicted sex offender's money and connections to consolidate their own power." -A Mighty Girl (FB 022526) 1/2

Thank you @docteurjayp.bsky.social for hosting my recent visit to Lewis & Clark College! It was a great visit and I enjoyed learning more about your work.

Beautiful day here at OHSU in Portland, Oregon.

Our paper on The Lipid Interactome is now published, and the database is open: lipidinteractome.org @ohsummi.bsky.social @ohsunews.bsky.social @nadlerlab.bsky.social @jeremybaskin.bsky.social Please RT to spread the word. doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

Our department at Genentech is hiring. We're looking for a freshly-minted PhD (0-3 years) protein biochemist / structural biologist to join as a Sr Scientist. A rare opportunity to join our group leader job family at a more junior level than we usually hire.

The shut-down delays in grant review are really messing up my grant writing strategy. I submitted a grant in June 2025-- summary statement end of January 2026 (instead of Oct.) I wish I had extra time to process!

@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