Michaela Jansen, PharmD PhD

Ah, the one post where I am glad I was born a medicinal chemist - PhD in medicinal chemistry. 🙌

Read this 22-post thread on how academic, NIH-based, and private sector research, with and without NIH funding, have worked together to develop a novel pain medication that acts outside the brain, reducing its addictive potential and helping to address the opioid crisis.

Happy birthday @francesbiophys.bsky.social !

Congratulations!

President's Day, indeed!

Updates: confirmed measles cases, hospitalizations in West Texas Updated data and information from public health officials on confirmed measles cases in the region.

Most of the cases are among school-aged children; at least thirteen patients have been hospitalized.

Congratulations!

#BPS2025 Join the Public Affairs Cmte at 2:30 PM to hear from @tammyasu of @BWFUND and Diony Duraes-Santos of @NSERC_CRSNG for a presentation on Sustainability in Scientific Research focus on on public and private funding opportunities for biophysics in the area of sustainable research

"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."

Congratulations to the three Cole Award recipients at #BPS2025:

Baron Chanda
Dan Minor
Crina Nimigean
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Excellent contributions to our beloved field by all three! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

💥 Emergency Town Hall at #BPS2025 RE Assault on #Science
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NEW ROOM
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Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.

Trump officials have terminated more than 300 staffers at the National Nuclear Security Administration without realizing that they oversee America’s nuclear weapons.

They are now trying to rescind the terminations.

Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.

I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...

CDC source:

“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.

They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

Enhanced motivated behavior mediated by pharmacological targeting of the FGF14/Nav1.6 complex in nucleus accumbens neurons - Nature Communications Protein/protein interaction (PPI) interfaces have emerged as drug targets to develop medications with less side effects. Here, Dvorak et al. show that small molecule targeting of PPIs in the brain is ...

Also see www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dr Fernanda Laezza pointing at presentation slide.

Intriguing findings presented by Dr. Fernanda Laezza from UTMB on a small molecule stabilizer for intracellular protein-protein interactions of sodium channels.

Spectacular talk by @plesslab.bsky.social at today’s Drug Discovery for Ion Channels Satellite meeting to @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Annual Meeting in LA.

De novo designed mini proteins FTW?

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Disappointment is a choice. And it is an opportunity to learn. You are welcome 🤗

Crunchy weather today. Must be windy outside.

ELUM Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, was featured in The Tennessee Tribute in an article titled “Valerie Montgomery Rice: Making History, One HBCU at a Time.”

Read the article: tinyurl.com/5b7hcvj4

In the absence of a suitable bakery, I have fine tuned my skills to make our own. 🤷‍♀️

Seems like you have a problem without coffee, not with. You are good.

Did you know? Students can volunteer during #bps2025 in exchange for complimentary meeting registration. Learn more and apply to be a volunteer today! ow.ly/OtCT50UfM84

Mesmerizing.

Nominations are OPEN for the ELAM 30th Anniversary Awards. The awards will be presented on May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia at ELAM’s 30th Anniversary celebration. Nominations DUE by Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. tinyurl.com/mppy7233

Congratulations, Dr. Limdi! Crucial topic area to lead!

Very informative interview. Highly recommend to spend 20-30 minutes (depending on you 1-2x preference) to listen. 👇👇👇