Megan Westwood
@mnwestwood.bsky.social
biophysics PhD candidate in the Keane lab | research includes NMR, RNA structure and dynamics, and so much more | love my dogs | 🏳️🌈
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I'm also late in posting this work, but really proud of Megan @mnwestwood.bsky.social, Sydney, and Jocelyn for their contributions to making RNA NMR spectroscopy more accessible for novice learners! Check out their preprint here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
A practical guide to RNA NMR spectral analysis for undergraduate students
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool that can be used to determine the structures of both small organic molecules and large biomacromolecules. Many undergraduate...
chemrxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'm also late in posting this work, but really proud of Megan @mnwestwood.bsky.social, Sydney, and Jocelyn for their contributions to making RNA NMR spectroscopy more accessible for novice learners! Check out their preprint here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Glad to see this work out in its final form! Congrats to the team!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Structural Features Within Precursor microRNA-20a Regulate Dicer-TRBP Processing
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression of target messenger (m) RNAs. To maintain proper miR…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Glad to see this work out in its final form! Congrats to the team!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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2nd defense of the summer! Congratulations to Dr. Aldrex Munsayac! It has been a pleasure to work with and learn from you!
June 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
2nd defense of the summer! Congratulations to Dr. Aldrex Munsayac! It has been a pleasure to work with and learn from you!
“Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million.”
Scores of scientists at the NIH sent their Trump-appointed leader a letter titled The Bethesda Declaration, challenging “policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.”
NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
www.pbs.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million.”
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(5/5)
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
(5/5)
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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Congratulations to Dr. Arhin for an outstanding thesis defense earlier this week!
June 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Arhin for an outstanding thesis defense earlier this week!
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New preprint from the lab - Grace has been instrumental in leading the lab into the RNA-targeting space.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In silico discovery of compounds targeting NPSL2: a regulatory element in the human oncomiR-1 primary microRNA.
NPSL2 is a stem loop element within the oncomiR-1 polycistronic primary microRNA (miRNA) cluster. NPSL2 is predicted to mediate conformational rearrangements within oncomiR-1 to regulate the biogenesi...
www.biorxiv.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New preprint from the lab - Grace has been instrumental in leading the lab into the RNA-targeting space.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The NMR is my one true ally at work, her magnetic aura does so much for me
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The NMR is my one true ally at work, her magnetic aura does so much for me
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Given my lab the day off on Friday, in case they have somewhere more important to be… #standupforscience
March 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Given my lab the day off on Friday, in case they have somewhere more important to be… #standupforscience
this but with parafilm in winter
me (weighing chemicals): it says here the compound can be "a bit static-y" lol i'm sure it's fine
my spatula:
my spatula:
February 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
this but with parafilm in winter
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starter pack of academic imposters and it's just you
November 16, 2024 at 10:56 AM
starter pack of academic imposters and it's just you
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NOBODY TELL MY STUDENTS ABOUT THIS HACK!
Cheating on an exam by memorizing everything the professor taught in advance so I can easily answer all the questions
January 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NOBODY TELL MY STUDENTS ABOUT THIS HACK!