Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. RNA polymerase II mechanism, classic films, #classiccountdown once in awhile
Much respect to these plaintiffs. btho these Regents in court
The Associated PressFour professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System's restrictions on teaching about race, gender and sexuality and to reinstate courses canceled under the policy.
This just kills me. Hey Cat- you are 54. You probably know a lot of 47-55 year old women!!!
kate bush’s husbandCat Power is antivax
This is extremely cool and makes scientific sense. Anti-retrotransposon editing as precursor to mechanism for antibody diversification
Cell - a Cell Press journalNow online! Co-option of retrotransposons promotes antibody diversification
This is an AMAZING old school dig through the archives on a fabulist’s house of cards
Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧At my substack, no paywall for now: The Man Who Would Be Dorléac. open.substack.com/pub/selfstyl...
Bad people and deluded people sadly believe this stuff - they can’t accept that pathogens are all around and some of them cause long lasting and difficult problems
Bill GrueskinRFK told Dana Bash that Lyme disease “almost certainly” came from gain of function research. Which is utterly false. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Fantastic - just great @blockintheback.bsky.social
BWJonesIt is official: The @moraneyecenter.bsky.social has named @blockintheback.bsky.social as the Vice Chair for Vision Research and Research Director. I could not be more happy for my former institution as they are in the best hands with Kristen. healthcare.utah.edu/moran/news/2...
Just love this stuff
Jay ShendureNew preprint from Shendure Lab on Locus-Scale aka Long-@$$ MPRAs led by the amazing Abby McGee & @carinabiar.bsky.social Most MPRAs test ~300 bp fragments next to a promoter. But real enhancers are bigger, act combinatorially and from a distance. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...