Congratulations to Professor Moungi Bawendi, who has been awarded the #NobelPrize In Chemistry!

Honestly, the Harry Gray tweets make me sick. This is a man who has championed people from every walk of life and from every background. He has written letters for many of you, whether you know it or not. I was his last graduate student, and I can assure you I was never

We're anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza | Ellen Brotsky and Ariel Koren theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Feeling inspired after the Christopher Walsh Chemical Biology Teach-In organized Sarafan ChEM-H. Pictured is a snapshot from Prof. Balskus’s talk - “a chemical perspective fuels discovery.” Truly an exciting time and place to be a trainee!

Another powerful reminder to keep calling (and emailing) your reps!!! I’ve been using the 5 Calls App and it makes the process quite efficient. Here is the link for iPhones: apps.apple.com/us/app/5-calls…

Targeting trans children for playing sports makes all women, whether trans or cisgender, less safe. Sex testing is regressive, invasive, discriminatory, and a fundamental violation of our privacy as women and as Americans. This is shameful.

If you watch anything today, let it be this video and call to action from my dear friend and movement hero Ros Petchesky.

Out today in Nature Biotechnology! PhD students & postdocs: there's a trick – overlooked and underused – for having new ideas in the creative process. Talk science 1 on 1 with a science buddy that you trust and think of it as an improvisation. nature.com/articles/s4158…… Martin Lercher

Ten years after discovering ENPP1's role as a cGAMP hydrolase, we now report that ENPP3 is responsible for the remaining cGAMP hydrolysis activity. ENPP3 is another innate immune checkpoint! ENPP1 and ENPP3 act like siblings, not twins! See full story at biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

.Stephen Cook and I had a great time chatting with Theresa Gaffney/STAT re our recent paper in JAMA Cardiology. cc Kadijah F Porter MD Leigh Reardon Ryan Meyer, MPP 🏳️‍🌈 American College of Cardiology Link 🔽 statnews.com/2024/01/26/lgb…

Check out this amazing work on the fundamental basis of enzyme catalysis led by a close friend in my cohort - an inspiration both scientifically and personally!

Check out this amazing work on the fundamental basis of enzyme catalysis led by a close friend in my cohort Siyuan Du — an inspiration both scientifically and personally!!

If you plan on voting for Jill Stein or Trump because of the war in the Middle East, please watch and reconsider. It’s just 6 minutes and it’s worth the watch.

If you’re still deciding between voting for Kamala Harris or Jill Stein, please take a moment to watch. I made this video with Palestinian American and political activist Rania Batrice. We understand being conflicted but wanted to share our perspective.

If you’re on Twitter right now, you are not the kind of person who is going to miss out on big picture analysis long-term. I think the thing to do today is focus on stuff that’s close, stuff you believe in, stuff you’ve gotta do, and stuff that brings you joy.