Akhil Vaidya
@akhilvaidya.bsky.social
Molecular parasitologist working on mitochondrial functions as well as ion and lipid homeostasis in malaria parasites. Discovering and developing antimalarials that target these physiological processes.
I can’t help myself from bragging about my son’s election to Centennial CO city council:
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Ashish Vaidya elected to Centennial City Council in Colorado
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November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I can’t help myself from bragging about my son’s election to Centennial CO city council:
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Learn how our hunt for the native structure of top antimalarial target PfATP4🧂led to the discovery of PfABP, an unknown essential binding partner, out now! @natcomms.nature.com 👉 rdcu.be/eLRlH 🦠🔬❄️
A team effort led by @mehsehret.bsky.social & Anurag Shukla @akhilvaidya.bsky.social! #cryoEM #malaria
A team effort led by @mehsehret.bsky.social & Anurag Shukla @akhilvaidya.bsky.social! #cryoEM #malaria
Endogenous structure of antimalarial target PfATP4 reveals an apicomplexan-specific P-type ATPase modulator
Nature Communications - Here, the authors present the 3.7 Å cryoEM structure of native sodium efflux pump PfATP4 from Plasmodium falciparum, revealing a bound protein that they term...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Learn how our hunt for the native structure of top antimalarial target PfATP4🧂led to the discovery of PfABP, an unknown essential binding partner, out now! @natcomms.nature.com 👉 rdcu.be/eLRlH 🦠🔬❄️
A team effort led by @mehsehret.bsky.social & Anurag Shukla @akhilvaidya.bsky.social! #cryoEM #malaria
A team effort led by @mehsehret.bsky.social & Anurag Shukla @akhilvaidya.bsky.social! #cryoEM #malaria
Congratulations to Dr. Hangjun Ke for her promotion to Associate Professor at Drexel University! So proud of you!
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Hangjun Ke for her promotion to Associate Professor at Drexel University! So proud of you!
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Ardmore, PA saying NO KINGS in a BIG way this morning! #nokings #Nokingsinamerica @indivisible.org @indivisiblepa.bsky.social @alyceann.bsky.social @lynnielou222.bsky.social @singingbirdpa.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ardmore, PA saying NO KINGS in a BIG way this morning! #nokings #Nokingsinamerica @indivisible.org @indivisiblepa.bsky.social @alyceann.bsky.social @lynnielou222.bsky.social @singingbirdpa.bsky.social
No Kings rally in Ardmore,PA.
June 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
No Kings rally in Ardmore,PA.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
Would it be too late at some point?
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DOGE Is Courting Catastrophic Risk
Musk has turned a dangerously flawed view of “waste” into a philosophy of government.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Would it be too late at some point?
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A sign at #StandUpForScience rally in Philadelphia last week.
March 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A sign at #StandUpForScience rally in Philadelphia last week.
At the #StandUpForScience2025 rally in downtown Philly. With my lab manager Joanne Morrisey.
March 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
At the #StandUpForScience2025 rally in downtown Philly. With my lab manager Joanne Morrisey.
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#StandUpForScience2025 👩🏾🔬👩🏼🔬👩🏾🔬👩🏻🔬
March 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#StandUpForScience2025 👩🏾🔬👩🏼🔬👩🏾🔬👩🏻🔬
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This administration is murderous. Among the programs cut is one in Nigeria where 60000 children will face death due to the cancellation of nutrition programs. Shameful and sinful. Blood on their hands.
This administration is murderous. Among the programs cut is one in Nigeria where 60000 children will face death due to the cancellation of nutrition programs. Shameful and sinful. Blood on their hands.
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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This administration is murderous. Among the programs cut is one in Nigeria where 60000 children will face death due to the cancellation of nutrition programs. Shameful and sinful. Blood on their hands.
This administration is murderous. Among the programs cut is one in Nigeria where 60000 children will face death due to the cancellation of nutrition programs. Shameful and sinful. Blood on their hands.
As I watched Elon Musk stand in the Oval office with his son, I wondered why doesn’t someone ask him, “Mr. Musk, you must love your 3-year old son, but what do you think of thousands of other 3-year olds who are not getting food and medicine and are dying because you fed USAID to the wood chipper?”
February 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
As I watched Elon Musk stand in the Oval office with his son, I wondered why doesn’t someone ask him, “Mr. Musk, you must love your 3-year old son, but what do you think of thousands of other 3-year olds who are not getting food and medicine and are dying because you fed USAID to the wood chipper?”
Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out
Trump’s presidency demands your attention.
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February 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the world.”
So glad for this convo to get a lot off my chest. www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
So glad for this convo to get a lot off my chest. www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
Why Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande
“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the ...
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February 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the world.”
So glad for this convo to get a lot off my chest. www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
So glad for this convo to get a lot off my chest. www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost diversity in science education.
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a huge funder of biomedical research, has cut a $60-million initiative to boost diversity in science education.
NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/t... via @statnews.com
Yet another blow to fairness and justice.
Yet another blow to fairness and justice.
NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science
Applications for a prestigious NIH grant that supports Ph.D. students from marginalized backgrounds are not being funded.
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February 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/t... via @statnews.com
Yet another blow to fairness and justice.
Yet another blow to fairness and justice.
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AND IT’S ILLEGAL FOLKS: “None of the funds appropriated in this title may be used to modify or implement any change to the indirect cost rates applied to grants & contracts funded by the NIH w/o the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives & the Senate.” 1/
February 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
AND IT’S ILLEGAL FOLKS: “None of the funds appropriated in this title may be used to modify or implement any change to the indirect cost rates applied to grants & contracts funded by the NIH w/o the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives & the Senate.” 1/