I've been thinking about the NSF and what we (researchers) can do to help. Last Thursday I reached out to a program manager regarding a panel which I had declined, and it turns out they really needed more panelists. So I am reviewing for them this week.

Happy to share the latest work from the group, where we show a technique to amplify signals in microbial fuel cells. This can help make a new type of living bacterial device more sensitive and practical. Read the article here: www.cell.com/device/fullt...

Enjoyed hosting Dr Yagmur Yegin today at Rice. She gave an interesting talk in my polymers course on polymers for food safety. She even shared some natural silk cacoons that can be extracted and used in food coatings which I might explore for bacterial encapsulation.

Just called Rep Al Green, Sen Cruz, and Sen Cornyns office

It was great to meet the one and only Dr Peter Hotez @hotez.bsky.social at a lunch sponsored by the Rice Baker Institute @stpolicy.bsky.social @bakerinstitute.bsky.social

Hey Bluesky! I am new but wanted to share. We are hiring again at Tandem PV for multiple new positions at our site in San Jose, CA to work toward making Perovskite Silicon Tandem solar panels a reality! We are hiring for at least 7 positions in different groups. See below. www.tandempv.com/careers

Haven’t seen many journals, universities, or departments on Bluesky yet, but I think we’ll see more soon.

Glad to see so many friends from science and engineering joining Bluesky. Let’s keep it going!

This is the real Joe Posnanski so give him a follow, will ya?

Got my signed copy at Brazos Bookstore. If you’re an NBA fan or especially a Rockets fan or grew up in Houston during the rockets championship season you should definitely get this book!