Very pleased to announce that Dr. Kirsten Meyer has taken up a faculty position at the University of Waterloo. A very creative scientist with a fascinating diversity of interests ranging from specialized metabolism to drug formulation.

uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/ou...

TIME TO REFUSE - Join the Mass Deletion Movement Join thousands of Gen Z refusing to be products. Mass deletion event October 10, 2025. Reclaim your life from social media and addictive technology.

By GenZ and for GenZ, but I'm thinking I might join in.

timetorefuse.com

Evidence for European presence in the Americas in ad 1021 - Nature Precise dating of wooden artefacts at a Norse settlement in Newfoundland establishes that the Norse were in the Americas in ad 1021.

Not to brag or anything but...

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

New tool for genome editing in #Streptomyces. Curious to know what people are using. Different systems for different species or is there a one-size-fits-all?

STAGE: A compact and versatile TnpB-based genome editing toolkit for Streptomyces | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thanks for posting - I'm very pleased with this paper which happens to be our first in @plosbiology.org. Great working with you!