A Divergent Cytochrome c in Malaria Parasites with an Anomalously Low Redox Potential Eukaryotic cytochrome (cyt) c is a highly conserved mitochondrial protein central to cellular respiration, featuring a covalently attached hexacoordinate heme whose redox potential is tuned by axial H...

Happy to share a new preprint exploring the unusual biochemistry of a "weirdly" diverged cytochrome c in malaria parasites that exemplifies a lineage common to many apicomplexan parasites. @uofubiochem.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @uofutahcihd.bsky.social
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Ashish Vaidya elected to Centennial City Council in Colorado

I can’t help myself from bragging about my son’s election to Centennial CO city council:

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Endogenous structure of antimalarial target PfATP4 reveals an apicomplexan-specific P-type ATPase modulator Nature Communications - Here, the authors present the 3.7 Å cryoEM structure of native sodium efflux pump PfATP4 from Plasmodium falciparum, revealing a bound protein that they term...

Learn how our hunt for the native structure of top antimalarial target PfATP4🧂led to the discovery of PfABP, an unknown essential binding partner, out now! @natcomms.nature.com 👉 rdcu.be/eLRlH 🦠🔬❄️

A team effort led by @mehsehret.bsky.social & Anurag Shukla @akhilvaidya.bsky.social! #cryoEM #malaria

Congratulations to Dr. Hangjun Ke for her promotion to Associate Professor at Drexel University! So proud of you!

Ardmore, PA saying NO KINGS in a BIG way this morning! #nokings #Nokingsinamerica @indivisible.org @indivisiblepa.bsky.social @alyceann.bsky.social @lynnielou222.bsky.social @singingbirdpa.bsky.social

No Kings rally in Ardmore,PA.

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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U.S. Denied Entry to French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

You are a young dude...Happy Birthday!

Congratulations,Lilach!!

DOGE Is Courting Catastrophic Risk Musk has turned a dangerously flawed view of “waste” into a philosophy of government.

Would it be too late at some point?
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A sign at #StandUpForScience rally in Philadelphia last week.

At the #StandUpForScience2025 rally in downtown Philly. With my lab manager Joanne Morrisey.

The Women In Malaria mission is to support and empower women and gender minorities working to advance malaria research and control. We believe that gender equality and diversity are crucial for advancing science efficiently and effectively. Despite the disruptive times, WiM maintains its strong support for all under represented groups, and we will continue to drive towards a more equitable, safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for women scientists.

#StandUpForScience2025 👩🏾‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬

Going to the rally #standupforscience2025 in Philadelphia today.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

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This administration is murderous. Among the programs cut is one in Nigeria where 60000 children will face death due to the cancellation of nutrition programs. Shameful and sinful. Blood on their hands.

Congratulations, Ira! Welcome to the club!

As I watched Elon Musk stand in the Oval office with his son, I wondered why doesn’t someone ask him, “Mr. Musk, you must love your 3-year old son, but what do you think of thousands of other 3-year olds who are not getting food and medicine and are dying because you fed USAID to the wood chipper?”

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

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Yes, but why exclude drug resistance in parasites?

Go Birds!!!

Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out Trump’s presidency demands your attention.

Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

Why Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande “You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the ...

“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the world.”

So glad for this convo to get a lot off my chest. www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost diversity in science education.

NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science Applications for a prestigious NIH grant that supports Ph.D. students from marginalized backgrounds are not being funded.

NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/t... via @statnews.com
Yet another blow to fairness and justice.

AND IT’S ILLEGAL FOLKS: “None of the funds appropriated in this title may be used to modify or implement any change to the indirect cost rates applied to grants & contracts funded by the NIH w/o the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives & the Senate.” 1/

So glad to see that you are going to pursue this.