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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.

Change my mind.

Nearly all famines are man-made. Hunger is about controlling something more powerful than you. It’s why lion obeys the lion tamer even though he can rip the lion tamer to shreds in an instant.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Don’t miss this opportunity to work with a fantastic mentor, a great team, in a beautiful city of France!

‘Extinction level’ cuts coming to NASA, report says NASA’s science programs budget could be slashed by 50 percent in fiscal year 2026, people familiar with the Trump administration’s budget request warn

The Independent outlines how catastrophic the proposed cuts to #NASA 's science budget would be, describing it as 'extinction level' cuts. Please speak up. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Protest outside NIH headquarters in Bethesda opposes possible cuts to healthcare Denna McGrew says her 23-year-old son, Ethan, who died Tuesday, was given another year of life thanks to the NIH Clinical Center.

Around 1,000 people gathered in Bethesda Saturday to express their frustration and fear over possible cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and research at the National Institutes of Health headquarters. Many were doctors worried federal cuts could come for them. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are drastic. Here are some examples:

I know right. 😒 So bad…

POSTDOC IN MOL SIMULATIONS AND AI

Open position in my group, apply here:

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Looking for motivated candidates. 👍💪🥇

Welcome!

Completely agree. Welcome Bill! Wouldn’t be the same without you.

Substrate interactions guide cyclase engineering and lasso peptide diversification - Nature Chemical Biology How a lasso cyclase ties a lasso peptide into its characteristic knot has remained poorly understood. Here the authors identify key molecular interactions that guide lasso peptide folding and cyclase ...

Congrats on the lovely work!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-024-01775-2

It was a pleasure to highlight the latest on lasso peptide folding and substrate–cyclase tolerance from the Shukla, Burk, and Mitchell teams.
t.co/IwJWRDrcoh

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

For those who missed it: Elon Musk, the Royal Society, and me
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Love this! Such an honorable move.🏅 Thank you for taking a stand. These are the acts that keep hope alive.

Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

It is a reminder that NIH is, at its heart, a collection of dedicated humans - scientists, physicians and staff - all public servants trying their best to advocate for and support the rest of us 🇺🇸

Congrats, Mike!

Who should you nominate as reviewers for your manuscript? After a long chat with a post-grad it appears that there's a lot of misguided advice out there. Thread 👇

That’s awesome! And I think it’s significant that it holds over the voltage curve. Excellent work.

It’s beautiful work! Finally-the exp currents. 🎉. Do you think the same ECC rescaling will work for all systems?

MD simulations of K+ ions permeation through the MthK potassium channel, done at +150 mV. We developed and applied optimized ion parameters within the Electronic Continuum Correction (ECC) framework. The simulated current quantitatively matches the experimental one.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Yes!!! 👏🏻

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.10.016

Now, I can share our follow-up...if you've ever wondered why channels have rectified current...
or how electrical and chemical gradients drive membrane transport differently...
...this is a fun one: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00872

I was avoiding X...but had to get on to share our new kinetic modeling, MsRKM, just out. Now, even more delighted to share it here!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Thank you #BlueSky for offering a new platform for science to thrive. Happy to see so many friends in the #biophysics community here already!