🆕New paper🗞️! Sometimes a paper can be in a works for a long time because trainees leave the group and their priorities change. But I'm so glad that former post-doc Vikas Trivedi found time to finish this paper with @vandeventerjim.bsky.social and me! @tufts.edu
doi.org/10.1128/spec...
I'm also thankful for having a former colleague that helped me get some very specific guidance.
HOWEVER, I wish that the guidance I received had been available to all rather than just to me thanks to a lucky connection; a submission liaison gave me incorrect info earlier in the process (2/2)!
Today, I'm grateful to NOT have to submit a partnership proposal. Why? I was told in advance of a submission deadline that my proposed work was going to fall outside of the scope of the request solutions. So, my submission would have been dead on arrival... (1/2)
BBC sport minute-by-minute text is doing a pretty good job of capturing the madness.
Today, I'm grateful for Gojira and other death metal. Major score-driving reason: have you seen the news coming out of the US?!?!?
(Minor score-driving reason: I'm up against a deadline for grant reviews and death metal is keeping me awake and on task)
Great crash course in tumor dormancy (featuring quotes from Tufts faculty member Shelly Peyton. Ahem; Tufts bias at play here).
We're making them insufferable in stages. First, we expand their vocabulary. Later, we'll work on their tone so that condescension is maximized.
Can confirm that this is definitely happening in our house. Can also confirm that our kids are destined for infamy in middle school.
Today, I'm grateful for some morning Norwegian Death Metal. I'm definitely awake as I put the finishing touches on a long overdue writing project...
A lot of my recent posts express gratitude, but today I'm going to say that I am decidedly NOT grateful for FIFA (at least not in its current state...).
I know what you're referring to specifically, but it also applies to far too many of today's other breaking stories...
Things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend:
--Kid 2 skips. A lot! It brings me joy every time I see it.
--Kid 1 has an incredible sense of humor.
--My brother drove up from DC to spend the holiday with us.
--My spouse made some stellar food (especially pies + stuffing).
Today, I'm grateful that Alanna Schepartz is visiting Tufts. Alanna's leadership of @cgemcci.bsky.social has led to impressive advances in genetic code expansion, including recently published work pushing encoding beyond alpha-amino acids.
#ChemSky #ChemChat
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today, I'm grateful for my seven-year-old's rekindled excitement about engineering. We went to a local makerspace/playspace that specializes in building toys and engineering challenges, and now all the kid wants to do is build with K'Nex!
www.einsteinsworkshop.com
...and on a completely different note, I'm grateful for Theon Cross, tuba player extraordinaire. Everything the dude's involved with is incredible! (3/3)
theoncross.bandcamp.com
Today, I'm grateful for the PhD students in my lab that are writing fellowship applications. It's inspiring to see them pour so much into developing creative research directions, especially in a lot of research is under threat. I'm truly excited by their ideas and energy! (2/3).
Shoot, I've fallen out of the habit of finding something to be grateful for. As the world (especially the US!) continues to burn, this habit of finding something to be grateful for has been centering for me. So, let's restart with two things today (1/3):
Our 7yo has coined a new word: "interrupdate."
I think he meant it as a fancier or more nuanced version of "interrupt," but I'm sure we can all see the possibilities.
Briana and Sean both have exciting stories to tell in which they have used high throughput screening, deep sequencing analysis, and rigorous follow-up experiments to "discover the unexpected." We're looking forward to sharing this work at the conference! (2/2)
Today, I'm grateful to have two PhD students presenting at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting.
Briana Lino: release factor engineering to enhance noncanonical amino acid incorporation
Sean Williams: protein-small molecule hybrid discovery
(1/2)
#ChemSky
Today, I'm grateful for kid #2's excitement about Halloween. However, I am NOT grateful for the resulting inability to sleep past 3am and its effects on MY sleep...
Congratulations, team Lang! This looks extremely exciting!
...With thought-provoking presentations from Han Xiao and Ali Deliz Liang this morning!
#Chemsky
Thanks especially to organizers Ryan Mehl, Richard Cooley, and John Lueck, for the thoughtful speaker selection (and to Ryan and Rick for getting up very early once a month!). (2/2)
@johndlucky.bsky.social #ChemSky
Today, I'm grateful for the International Genetic Code Expansion (GCE) Webinar.
gce4all.oregonstate.edu/tools-and-tr...
This series has done a really good job of featuring a wide range of speakers using noncanonical amino acids and GCE in creative ways! (1/2)
Today, I'm grateful for Thundercat.
No, I will not be taking questions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVg...
Thanks especially to Tufts ChBE faculty member Prashant for organizing (with assists from Nat and Graham) and for the impressive number of colleagues that traveled long distances to be at the symposium (2/2).
@pauldauenhauer.bsky.social @eagannat.bsky.social @grahamleverick.bsky.social
Today, I'm grateful for the Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Symposium on Single-Site Catalysis at Tufts. This symposium celebrates Maria's legacy in the field by bring together current researchers in the field (1/2).
#ChemSky #Catalysis #SingleAtoms
sites.tufts.edu/mfscatalysis...
