Kevin Gardner
@nmrkaygee.bsky.social
Director CUNY ASRC Structural Biology, Prof CCNY Chemistry & Biochemistry plus GC PhD programs. Studies nature's sensors and uses them to control biology; builds new academic & industry culture. Opinions are solely my own.
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Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
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ASBMB's work is led by member volunteers, many of whom are nominated and elected by you, the ASBMB members! Read about this year's timeline for elections and nominate a colleague by Wednesday (Nov. 5). Self-nominations are accepted.
➡️www.asbmb.org/member...
➡️www.asbmb.org/member...
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
ASBMB's work is led by member volunteers, many of whom are nominated and elected by you, the ASBMB members! Read about this year's timeline for elections and nominate a colleague by Wednesday (Nov. 5). Self-nominations are accepted.
➡️www.asbmb.org/member...
➡️www.asbmb.org/member...
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Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
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Image of the Sun.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Image of the Sun.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
Taken at night.
Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth.
Not with light but neutrinos.
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I love AlphaFold—but please include PAE (Predicted Aligned Error) plots for every “interaction.” Pretty PDBs ≠ proof. If the PAE doesn’t show an interface, it ain’t one. Show the plots. Structural biology's reputation is on the line.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I love AlphaFold—but please include PAE (Predicted Aligned Error) plots for every “interaction.” Pretty PDBs ≠ proof. If the PAE doesn’t show an interface, it ain’t one. Show the plots. Structural biology's reputation is on the line.
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Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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One of the more in-depth pieces I've seen on how the abrupt switch to multi year funding is harming biomedical research. Luckily, the proposed FY26 Senate appropriations bill has protections against this. Just another reason why we can't have a CR that's a blank check.
How New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To Get
The new Trump administration multiyear funding policy for NIH grants has dropped National Cancer Institute grant funding rates from one in 10 applicants to one in 25.
www.forbes.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One of the more in-depth pieces I've seen on how the abrupt switch to multi year funding is harming biomedical research. Luckily, the proposed FY26 Senate appropriations bill has protections against this. Just another reason why we can't have a CR that's a blank check.
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💰 Science is the smartest investment 💰
Nobel-winning research confirms it: science drives innovation & long-term economic growth.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
CA & TX already reap financial rewards from state-backed biomedical research institutes.
Let’s build one for NY. Join → www.nycures.org
Nobel-winning research confirms it: science drives innovation & long-term economic growth.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
CA & TX already reap financial rewards from state-backed biomedical research institutes.
Let’s build one for NY. Join → www.nycures.org
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
💰 Science is the smartest investment 💰
Nobel-winning research confirms it: science drives innovation & long-term economic growth.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
CA & TX already reap financial rewards from state-backed biomedical research institutes.
Let’s build one for NY. Join → www.nycures.org
Nobel-winning research confirms it: science drives innovation & long-term economic growth.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
CA & TX already reap financial rewards from state-backed biomedical research institutes.
Let’s build one for NY. Join → www.nycures.org
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We got this. But it is going to take a lot of coffee.
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We got this. But it is going to take a lot of coffee.
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Research Faculty 1 – Biological Solid-State NMR, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory @nationalmaglab.bsky.social Job ID 61319 Tallahassee, FL jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_e...
#NMRjobs 🧲
#NMRjobs 🧲
Welcome | PS LINKS
jobs.omni.fsu.edu
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Research Faculty 1 – Biological Solid-State NMR, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory @nationalmaglab.bsky.social Job ID 61319 Tallahassee, FL jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_e...
#NMRjobs 🧲
#NMRjobs 🧲
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2025 Nobel winner Philippe Aghion:
'The key factor of economic power is technological leadership'
'The key factor of economic power is technological leadership'
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2025 Nobel winner Philippe Aghion:
'The key factor of economic power is technological leadership'
'The key factor of economic power is technological leadership'
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#ASBMB26 is where connections spark breakthroughs. With a program that highlights the broad scope of the molecular life sciences, you are invited to dive deeper into your specific area of research or explore beyond.
Submit your abstract by Nov. 17.
www.asbmb.org/annual...
#MakeItPossible
Submit your abstract by Nov. 17.
www.asbmb.org/annual...
#MakeItPossible
October 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#ASBMB26 is where connections spark breakthroughs. With a program that highlights the broad scope of the molecular life sciences, you are invited to dive deeper into your specific area of research or explore beyond.
Submit your abstract by Nov. 17.
www.asbmb.org/annual...
#MakeItPossible
Submit your abstract by Nov. 17.
www.asbmb.org/annual...
#MakeItPossible
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Nominations for the Laukien prize are open until Oct 31.
www.enc-conference.org/Gunther-Lauk...
www.enc-conference.org/Gunther-Lauk...
ENC - Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference - Gunther Laukien Prize
www.enc-conference.org
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nominations for the Laukien prize are open until Oct 31.
www.enc-conference.org/Gunther-Lauk...
www.enc-conference.org/Gunther-Lauk...
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I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science
On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Society journals rock – and here's 120 years' track record of great science to prove it! Working out of the ASBMB offices for Public Affairs Advisory Committee through tomorrow, will get a look myself –
Today's #TBT post celebrates 120 years of the Journal of Biological Chemistry! The first issue of JBC was published in Oct. 1905. Here's the ASBMB Membership Committee w/a copy of that first issue! It was a fun moment looking back as the membership committee looks to the future.
asbmb.org/membership
asbmb.org/membership
October 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Society journals rock – and here's 120 years' track record of great science to prove it! Working out of the ASBMB offices for Public Affairs Advisory Committee through tomorrow, will get a look myself –
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Plasma Physics (Hefei) announced on Sunday that they have successfully generated a steady magnetic field of 35.1 Tesla with a fully superconducting magnet, setting a new world record english.news.cn/20250928/a00... #NMRnews #NMRchat 🧲
September 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Plasma Physics (Hefei) announced on Sunday that they have successfully generated a steady magnetic field of 35.1 Tesla with a fully superconducting magnet, setting a new world record english.news.cn/20250928/a00... #NMRnews #NMRchat 🧲
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We are planning more action to urge NSF support those excluded students. www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We are planning more action to urge NSF support those excluded students. www.science.org/content/arti...
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A paper describing the performance of our new TWT powered 263 GHz pulse EPR spectrometer is now available as a preprint
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Very high frequency (263 GHz) pulse EPR spectroscopy of high spin transition metal centers
Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy provides powerful tools for examining species with unpaired electrons, such as organic radicals and metal ions,
in a wide variety of interest...
www.researchsquare.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A paper describing the performance of our new TWT powered 263 GHz pulse EPR spectrometer is now available as a preprint
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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UK’s most powerful NMR Facility to open at the University of Birmingham @unibirmingham.bsky.social The University has received a 1.2 Gigahertz NMR spectrometer, one of only two in the UK, to enable groundbreaking research in biomolecular mechanisms www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/uk... #NMRchat 🧲
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK’s most powerful NMR Facility to open at the University of Birmingham @unibirmingham.bsky.social The University has received a 1.2 Gigahertz NMR spectrometer, one of only two in the UK, to enable groundbreaking research in biomolecular mechanisms www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/uk... #NMRchat 🧲
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Wayne Thiebaud, Happy Birthday, 1962
September 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wayne Thiebaud, Happy Birthday, 1962