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PhD student in the Ho Lab at Columbia med center and New Yorker πŸ—½πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ Plasmodia, cryoEM, membrane proteins 😍

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Pauli Murray Set the Blueprint for Civil Rights and Gender Equality From dismantling β€˜Jane Crow’ laws to advancing the rights of protesters, Murray’s legacy inspires today’s activism for racial justice and gender equality at the ACLU.

One of the greatest legal minds of the 20th century and a member of the ACLU board of directors starting in 1965, Pauli Murray played a key role in turning our organization’s attention to gender inequality.

We honor them this Women's History Month.
https://bit.ly/3PpDEKA

09.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Final version @nature.com of our paper describing unconventional multicellular development in a choanoflagellate inhabiting an extreme environment. A ton of new data since the first @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint (which we've kept updating).

A brief 🧡 (carried over from the old place)

28.02.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 364 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 16
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Malaria Parasite PTEX The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects.

The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects. #ASBMB2026 #ASBMB26
More on Malaria Parasite PTEX at PDB-101:

09.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Congress can restore the independence of US science Members must go beyond reinstating US government research spending and re-establish decentralized governance at the National Institutes of Health and other agencies.

Congress must go beyond reinstating US government research spending and re-establish decentralized governance at the NIH and other agencies, says sociologist Natalie B. Aviles.

go.nature.com/4bCwTNh

09.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

The current iteration of the Islamic Republic doesn’t feel the need to explain itself, persuade, or maintain a genuine connection with the public. 2/2 #Iran

08.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Supreme Leader without a single public speech. I don’t even know what he sounds like. That should tell you where the current system stands when it comes to caring about public perception and its societal base. 1/2 #Iran

08.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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"If there is a woman oppressed by colonialism, we cannot achieve feminism goals."

Protesters in South Korea's capital, Seoul, rallied in solidarity with Palestinian and Iranian women on International Women’s Day, marching toward the US Embassy.

08.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 795 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10

Media won’t play footage people don’t care about and there hasn’t been a β€œrally around the flag”, and ofc Americans could give less of a fuck about thousands of people dying

08.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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😎🍦

08.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€

07.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@acollierastro.bsky.social β€œquantum proteins”

07.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claudin 24β€”A novel enhancer of AMPA receptor fidelity The claudin subfamily family member Cldn24 is identified as an AMPAR auxiliary subunit.

Claudin 24β€”A novel enhancer of AMPA receptor fidelity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

06.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If there were credible allegations against a Democratic president that he had punched a 13 yr old girl in the face after she bit his penis while he was raping her, Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7 and calling for his arrest/execution let alone his impeachment.

06.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 3174 πŸ” 897 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 37

re the womanizing, my doomer take is that so long as isn’t too gratuitous, openly demonstrating your willingness to sexually violate women is an electoral plus among most non-queer people and a lot of β€œmasculine” gay men

06.03.2026 03:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

U don’t know what the word substantiated means dipshit

06.03.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŒ€ We solved the structure for T. denticola periplasmic flagella!

I'm very happy to finally showcase this work. A huge collaborative effort between myself, @bindusmitapaul.bsky.social, @debnathghosal.bsky.social, Jack Kim, @banfieldlab.bsky.social, Eric Reynolds and the Chris Fenno lab.

🦠 Enjoy!

06.02.2026 04:23 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What an alarmin study!

05.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Out now! In collaboration with Leifu Chang, we uncover the molecular and structural underpinnings of CRISPR-Cas12f-like RNA-guided transcription systems!

Links to the published articles:
tinyurl.com/55kpavet
tinyurl.com/sk6djwx3

Previous thread for the preprint:
bsky.app/profile/did:...

04.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

This feature on npr was also my first time hearing about this. Extraordinary injustice in the part of the Feds and particularly Northwestern. Shame.

05.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Magical Unicorns Are Real, This Is the Place They'd Nest

04.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 474 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

Sanchez: Women's rights should never be used as a pretext for launching wars that serve other interests. If we truly believe in the freedom of Iranian women, the response cannot be more violence. It must be more diplomacy, more support, and more international law.

04.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 704 πŸ” 191 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 13
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🚨🚨🚨Game changer for babesia research from the Mamoun lab: Continuous In Vitro Propagation of the Human Pathogen Babesia microti in Human Erythrocytes
@yalemedicine.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

03.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do OR: the long overdue forest fire

Wonderful (and fun!) read from @mastroianni.bsky.social which finishes with a clear answer on how to solve the collective action problem of dismantling scientific publishing

03.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it the same coalition tho? I would guess Crockett has more urban renters than the suburban liberals in talarico’s camp. Curious if there’s any exit polling data because I haven’t gotten up to date on it if so

04.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a national embarrassment.

04.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

this will be a public health disaster.

We could end the transmission of HIV this year. That has been true for a decade. That we have not done so is a public policy choice.

02.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 711 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 30
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Israel has been continuously bombing Lebanon almost every day for over a year. Anyone who tells you β€œHezbollah broke the ceasefire” is either lying to you, or is just so incredibly biased that their brain genuinely doesn’t register Israeli bombings of Lebanon as ceasefire violations.

02.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 562 πŸ” 276 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 14
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

There are so-called moderates out here who think the Armageddon fanatics are more β€œnormal” than people who use non-genders pronouns.

This is what happens when your constitution heavily skews your elections to empower the rural shitholes where these CREATURES lurk

03.03.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But not really tho. Politics is about power and if you do everything u can to allow the Right to consolidate power.. the law won’t matter because you can coerce people through extralegal activities. If anything putting undeserved trust in β€œthe Constitution” is why we’re in this shithole

03.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0