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🇨🇦 | PhD Student in the Reinisch lab @Yale | Structural biochemistry, membrane dynamics, and bridge-like lipid transport proteins | #GoSensGo

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Check out our most recent issue (March 2025) on Kinase Signaling - out now on PubMed Central!

Read all the peer-reviewed YJBM articles for free: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%2...

Stay tuned for our June 2025 issue on Epigenetics - coming soon!
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The YJBM will be publishing an issue devoted to Neglected Tropical Diseases, with topics ranging from public health and medicine to basic molecular biology. We are inviting authors to submit reviews, perspectives, case reports, or original research articles.

Deadline July 1, 2025.
June 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The YJBM is excited to announce an upcoming issue dedicated to Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration. We invite authors to submit reviews, perspectives, case reports, or original research articles (inc. negative results) addressing the topics linked.

Deadline December 8, 2025.
June 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Pierre Poilievre has been in politics for 20 years, he's written 0 legislation; has one of the highest pensions in government. He's voted against the environment & climate nearly 400 times, derailed legislation to benefit workers, and voted against affordable housing initiatives.
January 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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TICKET PUNCHED!!
BILLET OBTENU!!
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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NEW—Dept of Ed staff received an email from Sec. McMahon tonight with the subject, “Our Department’s Final Mission.”

McMahon writes that plan is, “to send education back to the states.” Notably doesn’t mention executive order like earlier draft, but some think it’s still coming.

Full text:
From: Linda McMahon Subject: Our Department's Final Mission When I took the oath of office as Secretary of Education, I accepted responsibility for overseeing the U.S. Department of Education and those who work here. But more importantly, I took responsibility for supporting over 100 million American children and college students who are counting on their education to create opportunity and prepare them for a rewarding career. I want to do right by both. As you are all aware, President Trump nominated me to take the lead on one of his most momentous campaign promises to families. My vision is aligned with the President's: to send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children. As a mother and grandmother, I know there is nobody more qualified than a parent to make educational decisions for their children. I also started my career studying to be a teacher, and as a Connecticut Board of Education member and college trustee, I have long held that teaching is the most noble of professions. As a businesswoman, I know the power of education to prepare workers for fulfilling careers. American education can be the greatest in the world. It ought not to be corrupted by political ideologies, special interests, and unjust discrimination. Parents, teachers, and students alike deserve better. After President Trump's inauguration last month, he steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep his promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology, discrimination in admissions, promoting school choice for every child, and restoring patriotic education and civics. He has also been focused on eliminating waste, red tape, and harmful programs in the federal government. The Department of Education's role in this new era of accountability is to restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington. This restoration will profoundly impact staff, budgets, and agency As l've learned many times throughout my career, disruption leads to innovation and gets results. We must start thinking about our final mission at the department as an overhaul-a last chance to restore the culture of liberty and excellence that made American education great. Changing the status quo can be daunting. But every staff member of this Department should be enthusiastic about any change that will benefit students. True change does not happen overnight—especially the historic overhaul of a federal agency. Over the coming months, as we work hard to carry out the President's directives, we will focus on a positive vision for what American education can be. These are our convictions: 1. Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education. 2. Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning in math, reading, science, and history—not divisive DEl programs and gender ideology. 3. Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs. Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make the best educational choices for their children. An effective transfer of educational oversight to the states will mean more autonomy for local communities. Teachers, too, will benefit from less micromanagement in the classroom-enabling them to get back to basics. I hope each of you will embrace this vision going forward and use these convictions as a guide for conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals. I want to invite all employees to join us in this historic final mission on behalf of all students, with the same dedication and excellence that you have brought to your careers as public servants. This is our opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students. I hope you will join me in ensuring that when our final mission is complete, we will all be able to say
March 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Trump’s Power Grab Threatens Science: We Need Scientists’ Help
Scientists & experts: Sign the open letter urging Congress to protect against unconstitutional power grabs and defend science and scientists in the federal government.
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February 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I've created a new plugin for #PyMOL (called PyMOLfold) that allows you to fold protein sequences right in the GUI. Simply select your model of choice (e.g., #ESM3, Boltz-1) and paste in your amino acid sequence.
github.com/colbyford/Py...

#ai #proteinfolding #alphafold
December 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy!

The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.

Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
October 30, 2024 at 9:45 AM