Joseph Smith Jr., Ph.D.

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First day of Year 2 in #PIlife… last night, I literally scheduled text messages and emails to go out today because I had no intention of leaving my bed before 1pm LOL. Goal achieved.

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Grant submitted!!! Ice cream tonight!

DP2 not discussed. Welp. On to the next one lol.

An Essential Adaptor for Apicoplast Fission and Inheritance in Malaria Parasites Blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum parasites rely on a non-photosynthetic plastid, the apicoplast, for survival, making it an attractive target for antimalarial intervention. Like the mitochondrion, th...

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Thanks. I was holding out hope a few days ago that “the air was just a lil dry”… but it was, in fact, a sore throat preceding the coughing and sneezing and congestion lol

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This weekend had so many events planned, and I missed all of them. I hate being sick 🤧 🤒… I couldn’t even focus enough to do some writing for than 30 minutes at a time. At least it wasnt COVID or the flu, so only a few more days of discomfort… hopefully.

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Ok… Now that I have taken a 30-day break from social media to focus on LIFE. How is everyone doing?

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TikTok University has been a hilarious development… and I may or may not have signed up for Organic Chemistry. Maybe I will understand it with a different professor LOL

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I knooow! All the social media platforms feel like they are going down in flames. I just randomly checked my IG and saw you were pressing the detonate button so i shuffled over here to follow. We have been following each other since we were grad students. Can’t break the streak now lol

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I know the South (of the US) is not particularly used to significant snowfall, but it is not a “once in every 100 years” rarity. At this point… it’s every 1-2 years. I think it’s time for the South to admit it needs more preparation for snow. With this climate, even Buffalo got caught off-guard so…

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Well I went to the Sing Along version of Wicked in theaters… now THIS was a fun time. I need more musicals to be WELL-adapted to film so there can be more sing alongs. Because all the theater kids and Wicked enthusiasts clustered together… and WE PUT ON A SHOW! 🎤😫🎶

Yea I recently learned our university has a policy that students can’t do that for exactly that reason.

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Tried a non-alcoholic whiskey alternative… it… tastes… terrible.

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I have taken out my winter wardrobe, and I am very happy sitting in my office in my nice, warm, slightly oversized sweater ☺️

I’m not even gonna sit here and act surprised lol. I WILL say that I thought Daughter would be #2 though lol

Yea when i see problematic or argumentative accounts, immediately block. At this point, if you are just to plaster futile arguments across my timeline, both of yall getting blocked lol. Im not trying to raise my blood pressure any more than necessary

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Ok I keep looking at the state travel restrictions websites to see if Im driving home tomorrow… because the chaos getting to Cleveland felt like I was snowboarding with my SUV. The snowbands are more offshore right now, but I need to get back before they shift back ONshore 😬

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Oh boy, I have to drive back through the chaos tomorrow to get back to Buffalo. I need Lake Erie to calm down for a day so I don’t have to snowboard in my SUV again.

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For the first time, I had to leave Buffalo to get some snow. Normally, Buffalo is fighting the snow back, but it has been evading the city this year. Meanwhile… I left Buffalo and ran straight into a blizzard.

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I have created an Upstate NY microbiology starter pack. Please let me know who else I should add!

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I wanted pho, so I texted the guys saying “my fellow brethren, I desire the pho with the bruh…s” lol we are scheduled for Tuesday. I never thought adulting would be scheduling friendship pho dates lol

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Out from seeing Wicked for the second time. Did not think about the fact that I was gonna be out at almost 2am… but that final scene still does it for me.

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Gladiator II was a good watch… and now… time to see Wicked again in 30 minutes. I have been enjoying decompressing by watching movies. Putting this Regal Unlimited membership to work.

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That is just uncivilized behavior… they wouldn’t want their time wasted, so why intentionally waste others’ time?!

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Since I got an early access ticket for Wicked, I can technically get another discounted ticket for the standard release tomorrow…. Guess Im seeing Wicked again tomorrow lol…. After Gladiator II. I am happy 😊

I walked in with low expectations and left more than happy. Im curious how they are going to do Part Two, but imma let them handle that LOL. As long as Cynthia and Ariana are still cast because I think those choices were perfect having seen them in action

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Wicked was SO good. I didn’t know if I was going to enjoy it, but Cynthia and Ariana really embodied those characters. They WERE Elphaba and Ga-linda (🤭).

Dead bird nest… that’s a funny description lol