Thanks Will Old & Robin Dowell (UC-Boulder), @SyrosPharm and other collaborators on this project! As published in Genes & Development, here is the animation (Janet Iwasa and Shraddha Nayak) showing how CDK7 may access its diverse substrates based on data from The Nogales Lab. bit.ly/3kj96Fj

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The Taatjes lab TaatjesLab CU Boulder Biochemistry is hiring talented postdocs for high-impact projects in transcription regulation. See Nature Careers and PostdocJobs.com or go.nature.com/37eEuA5 for details. #postdocposition #postdoc

Eating leftovers, fleshing out my son’s idea for a The Simpsons Mandalorian episode: The Flandalorian #okelydokely

13/ 3rd concern: misinformation. Below: if we vaccinate 10M Americans, how many will develop a serious illness in 2 months after they got their shots. Answer: many thousands (& I’ve only included 4 illnesses, plus death). And the vaccines will have zero to do with any of them.

Japanese artist Kenichi Kanazawa manipulating sand on a steel tabletop.

Interested in embryonic development, stem cells, chromatin, and RNA? The Brumbaugh lab is looking to hire a talented PRA/lab manager. Check us out and please RT! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…

FDA advisory committee votes: Based on the totality of scientific evidence available, do the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech #covid19 vaccine outweigh its risks for use in individuals 16 and older? YES: 17 NO: 4 ABSTAIN: 1

Merry Xmas from Steamboat!

Our local pine marten stopped by for a visit this morning on his way to hunting voles

#iamsmiling

My wife and I are sitting on the couch watching tv and I hear a text, realizing I left my phone in the kitchen, I get up, go to the kitchen to check it... and its a text from my wife: Please bring the chips on your way back

What lurks beneath?

A closeup of Jupiter’s clouds from the Juno Spacecraft