Jessica C. Soares

Watching presidential debates is always painful for me. I cannot deal with three people talking at the same time. I suggest cutting microphones. Whenever it’s not your turn you won’t even be heard by anyone.

Remember the broken nail from yesterday? How about the broken zipper from today? 🥲🥺

Got home from work at 11 pm, showered and made dessert for groups giving tomorrow. On my way to bed I thought “nothing can get between me and my bed”… the universe accepted the challenge while I was turning the lights off *sigh*

Say whatever you want, but:

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Came home early to work on a paper. Decided to do my nails instead 💅🏼

Measuring electrochemistry at 5 mV/s at 7 pm is just sad 🥲 at least I have all the time in the world to eat candy while acquiring data

Just saw an insta story of a GenZ (that just started college) using ChatGPT to write her bibliography 👀 should I tell her?

a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face . ALT: a little girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .

Cause of death: stepped on a little puddle of water in the kitchen while wearing socks only

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

James Watson was not just a scientist who was a racist. He was worse - a scientist who offered other racists the comfort of scientific authority.

Ahahaha poor guy!! I am indeed privileged for not being in the west coast 😂

But I’m a night owl, I struggle to wake up early. And… I worked until 2 am here to get everything ready and when I woke up today the meeting was cancelled 🥲

Having 8 am meetings with people in Europe is just a lot 🥲 can I please sleep a little bit more? I’m a night owl 🦉

Never understood why people thought going to the dentist was awful - until today (and according to my dentist I have a mild sensitivity in one tooth due to teeth grinding 🥲). Tooth pain/ sensitivity is no joke!

Maybe they want us to use the dictation more often? 🤔

Has anyone noticed how the autocorrect and the typing on Apple keyboards got way worse? It doesn’t correct to the right words and it seems like the keys are slightly off…

Heard someone say that “scientists don’t want you to know” a few minutes after I bored the heck out of a friend speaking for two hours straight about my research 😅

Streaming services putting five 1.5 min ads in a 50 min episode when you pay a lot every month for the streaming service is too much. When can we rebel?

Sometimes it is, especially if it’s at a small theatre and a small name. You get there and tell them your last name and they’ll give you the ticket. If it’s a big show, however, you should’ve received it!

We are looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to investigate cellular dormancy and ribosome hibernation across plants, fungi, and mammals using #cryoET. If you are interested, apply here: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/66....

Me *Buys chocolate for the first time in years- eats all the chocolate- feels sick 🤢 *

a man in a suit and tie is holding his head and screaming . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his head and screaming .

My neighbour plays the drums every single day for one hour. There is literally no day we get a break. Please help.

Methylthio-alkane reductases use nitrogenase metalloclusters for carbon–sulfur bond cleavage Nature Catalysis, Published online: 23 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41929-025-01426-2Methylthio-alkane reductases are recently discovered enzymes that can produce methanethiol and small hydrocarbons from methylated sulfur compounds. Now the cryo-EM structure of a methylthio-alkane reductase complex is solved, revealing large metalloclusters previously observed only within nitrogenases.

New online! Methylthio-alkane reductases use nitrogenase metalloclusters for carbon–sulfur bond cleavage

Nothing like having a deadline to update your CV! Then, it’ll be done :)

Congratulations!! 🥳 A great story I was happy to be a part of. Thanks for including us in this exciting project!

This is outstanding work by Ana Lago Maciel and all collaborators involved: @jessicacsfla.bsky.social, Jan Zarzycki, Charlie Buchanan, Tristan Reif-Trauttmansdorff, Frederik Schmidt, Stefano Lometto, Nicole Paczia, @schullerjm.bsky.social , @dflemminghansen.bsky.social 🧪

Our latest work on the nitrogenase-like methylthio-alkane reductase, which specifically reduces reduces carbon-sulfide bonds is now out @natcatal.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s419.... We find for the first time large #nitrogenase metalloclusters (P- and L-cluster) outside nitrogenases.

The Jessica from two years ago could never believe she would struggle this much to fit the contents of a grant proposal in 10 pages…

I seriously need to stop procrastinating… I have three hours left to finish what is supposed to be the work of a week 🥲

Went to Yellowstone and brought this mug home. I giggle every time I think of it 😅

Am I spending too much money on Halloween stuff? Yes! Am I gonna stop? Absolutely not!

Today I came home at 6:30 pm and left my computer at work on purpose. Then I remembered I really need to start writing. Now I’m laying on my bed considering writing on my phone so I can copy paste tomorrow… it would’ve been so much easier if I had accepted that I had to bring my computer home.