M. Eugenio Vazquez
@glowsticks.bsky.social
Peptide engineering, supramolecular chemistry, DNA binding, caged molecules, luminescent sensors & chemistry art. "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."
ORCID: 0000-0001-7500-985X
http://www.chembiousc.gal
ORCID: 0000-0001-7500-985X
http://www.chembiousc.gal
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I feel like getting the dudes who demand government issued girlfriends out of the gene pool might be one of those problems that solves itself
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I feel like getting the dudes who demand government issued girlfriends out of the gene pool might be one of those problems that solves itself
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One thing I tell people over and over and over again is just how much luck I have had in my career... plus, you know, privilege, which is a systemic boost that makes luck more likely for some. Yes, I'm good at what I do. So are a lot of other people who have not had my luck. No shame to admit it.
You are incredibly lucky (and talented).
February 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
One thing I tell people over and over and over again is just how much luck I have had in my career... plus, you know, privilege, which is a systemic boost that makes luck more likely for some. Yes, I'm good at what I do. So are a lot of other people who have not had my luck. No shame to admit it.
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Everything is awful but the creativity behind some of these handmade posters gives me a glimmer of hope in humanity.
January 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Everything is awful but the creativity behind some of these handmade posters gives me a glimmer of hope in humanity.
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Break Free from US Big Tech
Digital sovereignty starts with everyday choices
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#DigitalSovereignty #SupportEuropeanTech
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Digital sovereignty starts with everyday choices
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Discover → Choose → Support Europe 🇪🇺
#DigitalSovereignty #SupportEuropeanTech
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January 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Break Free from US Big Tech
Digital sovereignty starts with everyday choices
Switch to European file hosting services - built by companies based in the EU, EEA, and EFTA
Discover → Choose → Support Europe 🇪🇺
#DigitalSovereignty #SupportEuropeanTech
european-alternatives.eu/category/fil...
Digital sovereignty starts with everyday choices
Switch to European file hosting services - built by companies based in the EU, EEA, and EFTA
Discover → Choose → Support Europe 🇪🇺
#DigitalSovereignty #SupportEuropeanTech
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The core ideas are applicable to many successful proposal types for funding beyond NIH.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Elements of successful NIH grant applications | PNAS
Is there a formula for a competitive NIH grant application? The Serenity Prayer may
provide one: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cann...
www.pnas.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The core ideas are applicable to many successful proposal types for funding beyond NIH.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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we're not going to have the craigpost become this, or the other times we've had it "break character" and do commentary on the horrible era we are living through, every week.
in this nightmare, just try and do one silly post a week.
doesn't make it less true though
in this nightmare, just try and do one silly post a week.
doesn't make it less true though
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
we're not going to have the craigpost become this, or the other times we've had it "break character" and do commentary on the horrible era we are living through, every week.
in this nightmare, just try and do one silly post a week.
doesn't make it less true though
in this nightmare, just try and do one silly post a week.
doesn't make it less true though
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This view resonates deeply with me:
⬛ Publish fewer claims and more proof
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable
What is driving today’s ‘claims inflation’?
1/3
⬛ Publish fewer claims and more proof
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable
What is driving today’s ‘claims inflation’?
1/3
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 PM
This view resonates deeply with me:
⬛ Publish fewer claims and more proof
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable
What is driving today’s ‘claims inflation’?
1/3
⬛ Publish fewer claims and more proof
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable
What is driving today’s ‘claims inflation’?
1/3
🎉 Happy new year everyone!! 🎉
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
🎉 Happy new year everyone!! 🎉
How do you people find time to read so many books!?!
December 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
How do you people find time to read so many books!?!
I have loved Iron & Wine since his first album, and twenty years later he is still just as good (I know this is an old video, but just listen to him!)
youtu.be/z5iqugyjKas?...
youtu.be/z5iqugyjKas?...
Iron & Wine - Song in Stone - CARDINAL SESSIONS
YouTube video by CardinalSessions
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I have loved Iron & Wine since his first album, and twenty years later he is still just as good (I know this is an old video, but just listen to him!)
youtu.be/z5iqugyjKas?...
youtu.be/z5iqugyjKas?...
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At a minimum, every researcher directly or indirectly related to this trial should be barred from any research position, project, consortium or funding whatsoever in the EU @erc.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
At a minimum, every researcher directly or indirectly related to this trial should be barred from any research position, project, consortium or funding whatsoever in the EU @erc.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The 'Version of Record' of our paper came out on #FluorescenceFriday
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
A green lifetime biosensor for calcium that remains bright over its full dynamic range
Directed evolution was used to engineer a green fluorescent biosensor for quantitative calcium imaging that remains fluorescent, yet shows a large change in lifetime in cells.
elifesciences.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The 'Version of Record' of our paper came out on #FluorescenceFriday
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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The field of peptide therapeutics is exploding with many new approvals in the last decade. However, the manufacturing of peptide therapeutics is lagging behind. We have been investing in novel approaches to manufacture peptides since 2016.
December 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The field of peptide therapeutics is exploding with many new approvals in the last decade. However, the manufacturing of peptide therapeutics is lagging behind. We have been investing in novel approaches to manufacture peptides since 2016.
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Never forget: Elon Musk has blood on his hands.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Never forget: Elon Musk has blood on his hands.
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I will never forget and never forgive these actions. And there are so many, with so many people carrying these orders out while others laugh and clap and post excited selfies about it all.
Justice has to be served.
Justice has to be served.
Read to the end. NPR asked why the Trump team ended a low-cost program that cured millions of tropical diseases w drugs donated by pharma. The spokesperson replied with an NPR headline—“Farewell to USAID”—and said: “What do you think farewell meant?” www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The fight to beat neglected tropical diseases was going well. 2025 could change that
The campaign to prevent and treat these diseases has seen great success thanks to a USAID program. Now that program is gone.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I will never forget and never forgive these actions. And there are so many, with so many people carrying these orders out while others laugh and clap and post excited selfies about it all.
Justice has to be served.
Justice has to be served.
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Quantifying reviewer declines in scientific publishing: twenty-one years of data from biological invasions 2002–2024
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Quantifying reviewer declines in scientific publishing: twenty-one years of data from biological invasions 2002–2024 - Biological Invasions
The peer review process has been fundamental to scientific publishing since the mid-twentieth century because it helps to ensure scientific rigor and integrity. However, as fewer scientists seem willi...
link.springer.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Quantifying reviewer declines in scientific publishing: twenty-one years of data from biological invasions 2002–2024
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Just got Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s Bach Cello Suites Nos. 1 and 2, and now my whole set of her Bach's recordings is complete. Very few recordings can compete with this beauty.
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just got Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s Bach Cello Suites Nos. 1 and 2, and now my whole set of her Bach's recordings is complete. Very few recordings can compete with this beauty.
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Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.
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Happy to be within the speaker line-at #BarluengaConference 💫 Such a special edition🥰 — the lectureship went to #BarbaraImperiali, a true pioneer in #ChemBio (kind of scientific family through @glowsticks.bsky.social 🧬💜)🙏🏼to the lovely Oviedo hosts —even the airport pickup!😅😉 #ProfLife #ChemBioLovers
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Happy to be within the speaker line-at #BarluengaConference 💫 Such a special edition🥰 — the lectureship went to #BarbaraImperiali, a true pioneer in #ChemBio (kind of scientific family through @glowsticks.bsky.social 🧬💜)🙏🏼to the lovely Oviedo hosts —even the airport pickup!😅😉 #ProfLife #ChemBioLovers