Emily Weed-Nichols
@emilyweednichols.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the University of Rochester in the Grossfield Lab using Molecular Dynamics to develop new Opioid Overdose Therapeutics. (They/She) 🏳️🌈
Honored to have been able to present my work at this year’s GRS on Computer Aided Drug Design. Unfortunately I cant stay for the whole GRC but thanks to everyone who gave such great feedback at my poster and all the great science shared over the weekend!
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Honored to have been able to present my work at this year’s GRS on Computer Aided Drug Design. Unfortunately I cant stay for the whole GRC but thanks to everyone who gave such great feedback at my poster and all the great science shared over the weekend!
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I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
So proud of my home state for standing up against this attack by the federal government, at the same time my heart aches for everyone effected
NEW and IMPORTANT: Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience. @bangordailynews.bsky.social @propublica.org
Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience.
Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats targeting the st...
www.propublica.org
March 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So proud of my home state for standing up against this attack by the federal government, at the same time my heart aches for everyone effected
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New escalation of direct censorship of fully vetted research that is well underway, at significant cost, & employing many highly-skilled people who will face immediate layoffs without warning
When you stop a research project in the middle, you don't get half of the information. You may waste it all
When you stop a research project in the middle, you don't get half of the information. You may waste it all
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
New escalation of direct censorship of fully vetted research that is well underway, at significant cost, & employing many highly-skilled people who will face immediate layoffs without warning
When you stop a research project in the middle, you don't get half of the information. You may waste it all
When you stop a research project in the middle, you don't get half of the information. You may waste it all
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In “Way of the Kings” there’s a cursed king who doesn’t know whether he will wake up a genius or an idiot each morning.
That’s how I am now with anger. Today I am very angry.
That’s how I am now with anger. Today I am very angry.
February 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In “Way of the Kings” there’s a cursed king who doesn’t know whether he will wake up a genius or an idiot each morning.
That’s how I am now with anger. Today I am very angry.
That’s how I am now with anger. Today I am very angry.
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For those of you still looking, my UMaine colleague Tim Waring has a fully funded 4-year PhD position to research how people learn and adapt to the threats of tick-borne disease in New England forests in relation to invasive plants:
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February 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
For those of you still looking, my UMaine colleague Tim Waring has a fully funded 4-year PhD position to research how people learn and adapt to the threats of tick-borne disease in New England forests in relation to invasive plants:
timwaring.info/wp-content/u...
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Akshara Sharma from @agrossfield.bsky.social group is presenting his work sampling phase separation in model membranes today at #BPS2025, go visit him at board 258!
February 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Akshara Sharma from @agrossfield.bsky.social group is presenting his work sampling phase separation in model membranes today at #BPS2025, go visit him at board 258!
Happening now at #BPS2025 @agrossfield.bsky.social presenting his poster on the new release of LOOS (also go see the adorable picture of lab mascot Goose)
February 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Happening now at #BPS2025 @agrossfield.bsky.social presenting his poster on the new release of LOOS (also go see the adorable picture of lab mascot Goose)
Honored to have received a travel award to attend #BPS2025 and to meet the Biophysical society president @popstarlab.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Honored to have received a travel award to attend #BPS2025 and to meet the Biophysical society president @popstarlab.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting my poster here at #BPS2025 at the same time as the town hall, but this is very important to attend in addition to seeing all the great science going on!
Attending #BPS2025? Want to know more about tangible steps you can take to challenge the attacks on science in the U.S.? Please attend an Emergency Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday at 1:30! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @blackinbiophys.bsky.social Please spread the word!
February 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’ll be presenting my poster here at #BPS2025 at the same time as the town hall, but this is very important to attend in addition to seeing all the great science going on!
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A few tips from the Early Careers Committee on how to enjoy and make the most of your BPS Annual Meeting. Read the whole thing over at biophysics.cld.bz/Biophysical-...
February 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A few tips from the Early Careers Committee on how to enjoy and make the most of your BPS Annual Meeting. Read the whole thing over at biophysics.cld.bz/Biophysical-...
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It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov
Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.
"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.
"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov
Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.
"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.
"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
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If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
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Why is it so difficult to get drugs where they need to go?
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This perspective summarizes the challenge of estimating membrane permeability from computer models, lab assays, and animal studies. And it provides guidelines to reconcile the results of the various methods.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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This perspective summarizes the challenge of estimating membrane permeability from computer models, lab assays, and animal studies. And it provides guidelines to reconcile the results of the various methods.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Permeability Benchmarking: Guidelines for Comparing in Silico, in Vitro, and in Vivo Measurements
Permeability is a measure of the degree to which cells can transport molecules across biological barriers. Units of permeability are distance per unit time (typically cm/s), where accurate measurement...
pubs.acs.org
January 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Why is it so difficult to get drugs where they need to go?
🤔 🧪
This perspective summarizes the challenge of estimating membrane permeability from computer models, lab assays, and animal studies. And it provides guidelines to reconcile the results of the various methods.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
🤔 🧪
This perspective summarizes the challenge of estimating membrane permeability from computer models, lab assays, and animal studies. And it provides guidelines to reconcile the results of the various methods.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...