Kimberly Beatty
@beattylab.bsky.social
Chemical Biologist. Loves probes, hates TB.
Graduation school application season...
TIP #1. IT IS AN INTERVIEW
Candidates: If you are invited to meet with the program and professors, it is an INTERVIEW. You should treat it like one. Prepare, impress, be professional, energetic, curious.
TIP #1. IT IS AN INTERVIEW
Candidates: If you are invited to meet with the program and professors, it is an INTERVIEW. You should treat it like one. Prepare, impress, be professional, energetic, curious.
December 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Graduation school application season...
TIP #1. IT IS AN INTERVIEW
Candidates: If you are invited to meet with the program and professors, it is an INTERVIEW. You should treat it like one. Prepare, impress, be professional, energetic, curious.
TIP #1. IT IS AN INTERVIEW
Candidates: If you are invited to meet with the program and professors, it is an INTERVIEW. You should treat it like one. Prepare, impress, be professional, energetic, curious.
Heartbreaking. The flu is dangerous- not always, but it can be.
"I can promise I'll never miss another flu vaccine again."
You don't have to learn this lesson the hard way.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
You don't have to learn this lesson the hard way.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/well-never-m...
We’ll Never Miss a Flu Shot Again
I typically stay on top of vaccines. But in 2023 we were late with flu shots–a mistake I will never make again.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Heartbreaking. The flu is dangerous- not always, but it can be.
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Walking around the #NIH hospital and seeing all kinds of patients getting care here: kids in wheelchairs, adults in masks and chemo caps.
And all of this is being cut down, undermined, and destroyed by Trump. It should make us all incredibly angry.
And all of this is being cut down, undermined, and destroyed by Trump. It should make us all incredibly angry.
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Walking around the #NIH hospital and seeing all kinds of patients getting care here: kids in wheelchairs, adults in masks and chemo caps.
And all of this is being cut down, undermined, and destroyed by Trump. It should make us all incredibly angry.
And all of this is being cut down, undermined, and destroyed by Trump. It should make us all incredibly angry.
New work from my team, identifying drug targets in M. abscessus. Pre-print posted here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Chemoproteomic elucidation of β-lactam drug targets in Mycobacterium abscessus
The pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus ( Mab ) can cause severe and difficult to treat chronic lung infections. Despite the rising incidence and clinical concern of Mab infections, treatment options are...
www.biorxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
New work from my team, identifying drug targets in M. abscessus. Pre-print posted here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Absolutely wonderful talks at the 2025 Chemical Biology & Physiology meeting in Portland, Oregon. And, wow, blue skies too!
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Absolutely wonderful talks at the 2025 Chemical Biology & Physiology meeting in Portland, Oregon. And, wow, blue skies too!
1,475 pertussis (whooping cough) cases have been reported this year in Oregon (according to OHA). Highest numbers since 1950s. This can be a very serious illness for infants. Please-- vaccinate! If you interact with babies, you should make sure you are up to date.
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
1,475 pertussis (whooping cough) cases have been reported this year in Oregon (according to OHA). Highest numbers since 1950s. This can be a very serious illness for infants. Please-- vaccinate! If you interact with babies, you should make sure you are up to date.
Pacific Northwest winter beauty.
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Pacific Northwest winter beauty.
My advice: Look at what was recommended by the CDC and WHO pre-Trump. Up until 2025, facts, data, and scientific research mattered to US leaders. There have been no breakthroughs in 2025 that warrant the changes and utter nonsensical recommendations coming from unqualified Trump cronies.
“New moms said the shifting health advice from the Trump administration has made an already seemingly endless number of decisions feel even more daunting”
Confusion, Anxiety for Parents as Vaccine Guidelines are Upended
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My advice: Look at what was recommended by the CDC and WHO pre-Trump. Up until 2025, facts, data, and scientific research mattered to US leaders. There have been no breakthroughs in 2025 that warrant the changes and utter nonsensical recommendations coming from unqualified Trump cronies.
Mycobacteria Researchers:
Please include unique identifiers for your protein of interest (POI) in publications. For example, I think BlaC is interesting. But, to make it clear what "BlaC" is, I should provide the locus ID (Rv2068c) AND/OR the Uniprot ID: P9WKD3. I am on a mission now.
Please include unique identifiers for your protein of interest (POI) in publications. For example, I think BlaC is interesting. But, to make it clear what "BlaC" is, I should provide the locus ID (Rv2068c) AND/OR the Uniprot ID: P9WKD3. I am on a mission now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Mycobacteria Researchers:
Please include unique identifiers for your protein of interest (POI) in publications. For example, I think BlaC is interesting. But, to make it clear what "BlaC" is, I should provide the locus ID (Rv2068c) AND/OR the Uniprot ID: P9WKD3. I am on a mission now.
Please include unique identifiers for your protein of interest (POI) in publications. For example, I think BlaC is interesting. But, to make it clear what "BlaC" is, I should provide the locus ID (Rv2068c) AND/OR the Uniprot ID: P9WKD3. I am on a mission now.
Bhattacharya, Kennedy, and Memoli will need to use some clever math to disguise all of the excess deaths in American children from vaccine-preventable disease. 100% preventable deaths, from measles, whooping cough, hepatitis, and other.⚰️
What was killing the Swedes in 2013-2017?
I was rereading the excellent post about the atrocious op-ed by the occupants of the NIH leadership positions (Bhattacharya and Memoli, hereafter BM) noting their assumptions for excess death modeling.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
1/5
I was rereading the excellent post about the atrocious op-ed by the occupants of the NIH leadership positions (Bhattacharya and Memoli, hereafter BM) noting their assumptions for excess death modeling.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
1/5
Excess mortality or excessive assumptions?
How to make a popular metric tell any story you like
kucharski.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bhattacharya, Kennedy, and Memoli will need to use some clever math to disguise all of the excess deaths in American children from vaccine-preventable disease. 100% preventable deaths, from measles, whooping cough, hepatitis, and other.⚰️
Reposted by Kimberly Beatty
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Reposted by Kimberly Beatty
Hey, need a flu shot? Free at Doernbecher lobby today! Safe parents, safe kids! #fluseason @ohsudoernbecher.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey, need a flu shot? Free at Doernbecher lobby today! Safe parents, safe kids! #fluseason @ohsudoernbecher.bsky.social
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If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
I spent the weekend enjoying the beautiful Oregon coast.
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I spent the weekend enjoying the beautiful Oregon coast.
My niece made a model of calcium for 8th grade science. I am confused... but I like the way it looks.
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My niece made a model of calcium for 8th grade science. I am confused... but I like the way it looks.
The MAHA Health Summit had goody bags that included mouth tape. LOL. Really? A freebie that tapes your mouth shut?
a cartoon character with a mustache is holding a knife and a plate of food .
ALT: a cartoon character with a mustache is holding a knife and a plate of food .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The MAHA Health Summit had goody bags that included mouth tape. LOL. Really? A freebie that tapes your mouth shut?
Reposted by Kimberly Beatty
Job vacancy: Nature Chemical Biology is hiring
Nature Chemical Biology is seeking an Associate or Senior Editor. This is a permanent full-time position within the editorial team. The vacancy is for one of the offices based in USA or China.
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
Nature Chemical Biology is seeking an Associate or Senior Editor. This is a permanent full-time position within the editorial team. The vacancy is for one of the offices based in USA or China.
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Chemical Biology
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Chemical Biology Organization: Nature Portfolio Location: New York, Washington DC, Jersey City, Beijing or Shanghai – Hybrid working Model Closing date: D...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Job vacancy: Nature Chemical Biology is hiring
Nature Chemical Biology is seeking an Associate or Senior Editor. This is a permanent full-time position within the editorial team. The vacancy is for one of the offices based in USA or China.
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
Nature Chemical Biology is seeking an Associate or Senior Editor. This is a permanent full-time position within the editorial team. The vacancy is for one of the offices based in USA or China.
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...
PSA: NIH study section members
Keep a hard copy back-up of your online written reviews.
Don't learn the hard way.
Keep a hard copy back-up of your online written reviews.
Don't learn the hard way.
a little girl is making a funny face and saying aw nuts !
ALT: a little girl is making a funny face and saying aw nuts !
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
PSA: NIH study section members
Keep a hard copy back-up of your online written reviews.
Don't learn the hard way.
Keep a hard copy back-up of your online written reviews.
Don't learn the hard way.
Reposted by Kimberly Beatty
Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
Enjoying this article this morning👇
The role of colony morphotype in shaping gene essentiality in Mycobacteroides abscessus | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The role of colony morphotype in shaping gene essentiality in Mycobacteroides abscessus | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Enjoying this article this morning👇
The role of colony morphotype in shaping gene essentiality in Mycobacteroides abscessus | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The role of colony morphotype in shaping gene essentiality in Mycobacteroides abscessus | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
I absolutely agree with this view published by @madhupai.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
All children have the right to vaccinations and NO child should die of measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, or any other vaccine preventable disease.
All children have the right to vaccinations and NO child should die of measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, or any other vaccine preventable disease.
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I absolutely agree with this view published by @madhupai.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
All children have the right to vaccinations and NO child should die of measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, or any other vaccine preventable disease.
All children have the right to vaccinations and NO child should die of measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, or any other vaccine preventable disease.
Absolutely 👇
It is a moral failure to allow children to get seriously ill and die of vaccine-preventable diseases.
It is a moral failure to allow children to get seriously ill and die of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Absolutely 👇
It is a moral failure to allow children to get seriously ill and die of vaccine-preventable diseases.
It is a moral failure to allow children to get seriously ill and die of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Reposted by Kimberly Beatty
There is going to be another edition of Mycobacteria Protocols. This time coediting with Ainhoa Lucia (U Zaragoza). It will be a combination of good old protocols and new ones. As we finalize the list, are there chapters that you really, really wish were in the new ed? #tuberculosis #mycobacteria🧪🦠
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is going to be another edition of Mycobacteria Protocols. This time coediting with Ainhoa Lucia (U Zaragoza). It will be a combination of good old protocols and new ones. As we finalize the list, are there chapters that you really, really wish were in the new ed? #tuberculosis #mycobacteria🧪🦠
I am sorry that the US is such a bad neighbor.
This can’t be happening
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I am sorry that the US is such a bad neighbor.
Reposted by Kimberly Beatty
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible