5 days left to apply for PhD and Postdoc positions in a cool project about herbaria, plants and digitization!🌿😎 Postdoc: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... PhD: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... More info: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... #Jobs #HPBio #HistSci #DigitalHumanities #PhilSci

What I'd like to see AI used for is scheduling lectures across universities instead of classes and thn to coordinate the org of classes from lectures across the campus and distributing grading to those professors and collecting the results for final analysis to ⬆️ information efficiency and dissem

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Even within an orgnism cells have memory. There are chemical signatures that relay information from its past. Within a non living system the same can be said for the local chemical environment and its true all the way up to the scale of the universe. Some scientists seem to forget the fuzziness.

CS tools is very handy! Just added another couple of CS tools scripts to my github - one for making adjustable templates for picking membrane proteins in nanodiscs & micelles: github.com/olibclarke/c... (cont. next post:)

Can viruses "make decisions"? The physicists are torn debating #free-will and a #deterministicuniverse and how those things exist simultaneously. The #physiologists are pursuing how decisions are made and what is and is not free will +more. The #biophysicists are in the middle and not loud enough.

I worked for the past two days on my grant and I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I’ve made negative progress. I could have binge watched Netflix for two days and be in better shape than I am now. Armed with this information I’m going to work on my grant for the next two weeks.

This is the height of corruption. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

New on the Archive: Nguyen, Timothy (2026) The Role of Rigor in Artificial Intelligence. [Preprint] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29688/

Chinese companies are racing to develop and deploy artificial-intelligence powered brain–computer interfaces that can help people to move, speak and control devices go.nature.com/49Kiiir

I highly recommend the ASUS ProArt series with a powerful NPU and GPU but read this article and go offline with the best AI www.makeuseof.com/free-way-to-...

And we call that proportion... jealous. It's okay to be proud of your students and accomplishments. You should lead with the name of the first author anyways and not the title or the journal. which so many mentors don't. Authors, 1 liner synopsis, title, journal <--always.

When #gradstudents give #ResearchInProgress talks, they should also take like an extra hour or two of their time to sit down with 2-5 faculty after the talk to have a 1-on-1,. This would be a good time for some focused discussion and great practice for interviews for their future #postdoc positions.

The converse of extremely kind and generous mentorship … can also be highly motivating.

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Maybe we should take a "Trust the process" approach to #politics. Get as many democrats to register Republican as possible since so many republicans stay for the identity and not the policy, Shift the conversation on the right back to the center, and trust that the dems will be okay. Then vote.

#UO If youre giving a talk to a #Molecularbio peeps about #MolecularBiology. Only a few people ok the room need the ' #diseaserelevence ' hook. I personally just want to know what's going on with your system. Im not the #NIH and this isnt #the90s man. Im already interested or I wouldn't be here.

California is literally just becoming its own country .

COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not

Next week, we welcome Gry Oftedal ‬(University of Oslo) in our ROTO Lecture Series. Gry will speak about self-assembly in living systems. Just register here to participate 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #HPBio #PhilSci

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The magnitude of my frustration is directly contradicted by the length of my frustration. I go from 0 to 100 very quickly. (I need counseling, I know) But I let it go pretty quickly. Which honestly I'm willing to live with currently after observing others hold a grudge for weeks/months/years

A new goal for the rest of the year os to write 1 email a week to my congressional representatives. I feel like thats a small thing that would be worth the five minutes. If anyone would like to join, we could draft together and invite more people.

There's a lot to be said for finding the right team. In the Navy, I had good teams and bad teams. Often a good leader can make all the difference. Im academics this is so much more important. The support systems for researchers are such garbage and so expensive. I miss me some mando-fun.

Declaring it, doesn't make it real. #MichaelforPresident #TheOffice #IYKYK

If you like #food and you do not follow Bob Morano on some platform, you are truly missing out

Gotta love #Disney #MickeyMouse. Every "attractive"character is tall full-figured, long haired human like character with tiny feet instead of the large round feet. They have necks, which Mini does not, and breasts which both Mini and Daisy lack. Animal ears are hidden by hair.

MUTUAL AID REQUEST: i have a student who has had to leave an unsafe housing situation. they have a safe place to go, but had to leave their clothes behind. planning on taking them to Costco + a few thrift stores this afternoon- if you want to chip in, my Venmo is jfmclaughlin92

University of Pittsburgh Press are having a sale for this month, so you can pick up a copy of my book, The Age of Mammals, for a standard hardback price of $42 (rather than the usual more academic price of $70) Link here, and code is 29INT40 : upittpress.org/books/978082... #FossilFriday

I'm sitting in the hospital cafeteria listening to an undergraduate complain to a postdoc friend of mine that they weren't on a paper that they worked on. My friend is telling them that they know the PI and to just let it go. I intervened. This is not okay! What is going on right now?!

There's a reason "United" is in the name of this country. It takes Numbers to beat number$

Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

I don't care how messed up the analogy is if it works. When its completely professional that's great, when its completely unprofessional, that's comedy. #KeepCalmAndLaughOn Seriously, though, going to hurt some feelings today.

This is super interesting work and I look forward to reading it more thoroughly but...I can't wait to see how the administration spins this.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

7 profound lessons from The Daily Stoic: 1. Focus on What You Can Control 2. Accept Adversity as Part of Life 3. Practice Gratitude Daily 4. Live in Accordance with Nature 5. Embrace the Present Moment 6. Control Your Emotions 7. Practice Self-Discipline and Temperance

You can ask your mentor any questions, with respect. If you feel anxious in a meeting, state that you feel anxious and need to take a moment. Take 1-5 minutes to be aware of your breathing, your fingers, and toes then return. Find your strength, know your value.

In the #Navy, I developed curricula for multiple #teaching divisions and measurably increased our student performance by making modular course material that could be adapted on the fly and taught by even a non-expert with very little training by promoting student ownership of material.

Theres a fine line between collaborating and intellectual theft. Its called the authors list.

So, I was reviewing Zoom recordings of when I feel under attack and have responded...strongly. After watching the recordings and sharing them with people to review. What was found is that, yes I do react strongly, but only after having been silenced, or having someone raise their voice at me.

As a #postdoc, the worst part of the job in my experience so far has been being treated like a professional when I am presenting or advertising my lab but being treated like a #trainee when making progress in the lab... while also not being afforded the #resources needed to complete the job.

I often promote "staying in your lane" in science, but as many of us know, you simply have to take the road that is paved before you, a lot of the time. If on that road, ask for directions. Simple. if no one is giving you directions, pull the fuck over and ask someone else for directions. #helpme

When you email someone with the wrong name and they email you back with a signed name at the bottom (which is also their legal name, work ID name, everyting/everywhere name), but you still reply with the wrong name, don't expect a reply.

In biology, we all say, BLAST search, basic, easy, anyone can do. I will say it took me a full year to learn how to properly run a BLAST search in a meaningful way.

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Anyone working on #protein #evolution or #orphan #pfam please hmu. DM here or google me and email me. I need advice, discussion, software testing? #FoldSeek #AlphaFold #AlphaFind #BLAST #homology #biology #structbio #structuralbiology #bioinformatics #hps

One thing I learned in the Navy that I see less of in academics is, take care of your people first and your own career second. You'll find your own career will already be taken career of. When you're looking for a mentor, find the one that takes care of their people.

Where are my #mitochondria #tomography people and #nucleosome #structuralbiology people. Need new collabs and mentors ASAP. Repost please

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