Tad O
@togo.bsky.social
I will always be a biochemist first and foremost, though my job these days is to get robots to run science experiments.
Also, pie, skewers, coffee, and beer make the world go round.
Also, pie, skewers, coffee, and beer make the world go round.
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EU augments opportunities for scientists around the world to launch or re-launch their careers in Europe.
Europe’s choice is clear.
To put science at the heart of its economy.
To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration.
And to welcome talent from all over the world.
I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative.
→ europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
To put science at the heart of its economy.
To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration.
And to welcome talent from all over the world.
I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative.
→ europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
May 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
EU augments opportunities for scientists around the world to launch or re-launch their careers in Europe.
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Yeah this is actual unironic advice for any 1st years: you seriously need to go get beers or otherwise hangout socially with more senior grad students (no one else will really know) and hopefully get ensconced enough that someone will tell you “hey just fyi Dr. GoodPubs is low-key a total sociopath”
It’s another way nepotism manifests? You really can’t know who would be a good or bad advisor other than rumors. If you have parents in academia, they can help you sift through the rumors
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Yeah this is actual unironic advice for any 1st years: you seriously need to go get beers or otherwise hangout socially with more senior grad students (no one else will really know) and hopefully get ensconced enough that someone will tell you “hey just fyi Dr. GoodPubs is low-key a total sociopath”
I’m pretty sure succulents are souvenirs from another planet.
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’m pretty sure succulents are souvenirs from another planet.
I feel like this is the wrong question: it’s not that Trump will have a third term, more that it’ll be harder for any Democrat to beat the Republican Party. There’s no federal law saying states have to count votes. We’re on the verge of being a 1 party system.
Trump has been back in the White House for just more than 100 days, and he’s already thinking about a third term. “For much of American history, the notion would have been laughable,” Russell Berman writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.
A Third Presidential Term Was Once Unthinkable
Then came FDR.
bit.ly
May 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I feel like this is the wrong question: it’s not that Trump will have a third term, more that it’ll be harder for any Democrat to beat the Republican Party. There’s no federal law saying states have to count votes. We’re on the verge of being a 1 party system.
Great way to find people who grew up in St Louis:
Hi Fi.
Fo Fum.
Hi Fi.
Fo Fum.
April 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Great way to find people who grew up in St Louis:
Hi Fi.
Fo Fum.
Hi Fi.
Fo Fum.
The strangest part of adulthood, and parenthood, is how often you need to fake being awake, alert, and excited.
April 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The strangest part of adulthood, and parenthood, is how often you need to fake being awake, alert, and excited.
For those with kids, Elon is Gobby and Trump is Rhino, right?
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For those with kids, Elon is Gobby and Trump is Rhino, right?
How are we going to save democracy when we can’t even do group projects?
April 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How are we going to save democracy when we can’t even do group projects?
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This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
New NIH grant rules override the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring recipients from DEI activities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is rolling out rules that block new grants for any researcher or institution ad | The National Institutes of Health is rolling out rules that block new grants f...
www.fiercebiotech.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This feels existential for US science:
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
To get any future medical research funding, an entire university would need to certify that it won't have programs doing DEIA work
(e.g. note-takers for blind students, veteran's support, women's resource groups, etc.)
No institution could *ever* comply.
The smartest people in the world would come here to solve the hardest problems.
The richest people in the world would bring their money here.
And we’re breaking that.
Possibly for good.
The richest people in the world would bring their money here.
And we’re breaking that.
Possibly for good.
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The smartest people in the world would come here to solve the hardest problems.
The richest people in the world would bring their money here.
And we’re breaking that.
Possibly for good.
The richest people in the world would bring their money here.
And we’re breaking that.
Possibly for good.
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Thoughts on Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind saying that AI could cure disease in general in ten years.
Bonus index to my longer posts on AI/computational drug discovery over nearly 20 years!
Bonus index to my longer posts on AI/computational drug discovery over nearly 20 years!
The End of Disease
www.science.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thoughts on Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind saying that AI could cure disease in general in ten years.
Bonus index to my longer posts on AI/computational drug discovery over nearly 20 years!
Bonus index to my longer posts on AI/computational drug discovery over nearly 20 years!
To all the historians out there, people who study the Madagascar Plan, people who study the causes of the Opium War, people who study Smoot-Hawley and its impact, how much do you want to scream right about now?
April 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
To all the historians out there, people who study the Madagascar Plan, people who study the causes of the Opium War, people who study Smoot-Hawley and its impact, how much do you want to scream right about now?
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In case you're looking for a book to help you understand Trumpism, this was a "warning" written by a former high-ranking Nazi official in 1938 after he escaped Germany. Almost every page reads like a description of what's happening in America...
April 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In case you're looking for a book to help you understand Trumpism, this was a "warning" written by a former high-ranking Nazi official in 1938 after he escaped Germany. Almost every page reads like a description of what's happening in America...
How do you make anything from vibranium?
April 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
How do you make anything from vibranium?
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the ERC has added a million euro for researchers moving to Europe.
ERC to double allowance for researchers moving to EU
The European Research Council (ERC) is doubling the relocation allowance it makes to researchers coming to the EU to take up one of its grants. At present it offers third-country researchers up to €1 ...
sciencebusiness.net
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
the ERC has added a million euro for researchers moving to Europe.
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Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
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April 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What would Descartes think about AGI?
April 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What would Descartes think about AGI?
I feel like we should bring back those old WWII posters that say “The walls have ears”
OpenAI is working on a social network focused on sharing AI generated images? Fascinating.
This doesn’t sound like enough of a feature set to justify a whole new social network but I’m curious to see how it pans out.
This doesn’t sound like enough of a feature set to justify a whole new social network but I’m curious to see how it pans out.
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
www.theverge.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I feel like we should bring back those old WWII posters that say “The walls have ears”
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Down into the details of how compounds and binding sites interact:
Entropy, Enthalpy, and Hydrophobicity
www.science.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Down into the details of how compounds and binding sites interact:
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Bookmarking this valuable tracker on student visa revocations, from @insidehighered.com
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Bookmarking this valuable tracker on student visa revocations, from @insidehighered.com
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
As of right now, IHE database shows that more than 1,000 international students & recent graduates have had their legal status changed by State Dept.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
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🚨🚨 Major scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: @ec.europa.eu is now issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to #China.🧵
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears
European Commission officials heading to IMF and World Bank spring meetings advised to travel with basic devices
www.ft.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚨🚨 Major scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: @ec.europa.eu is now issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to #China.🧵
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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Trump's moves are already imposing immense costs on the United States and on the world via lost scientific progress on preventing Alzheimer's, curing cancer, etc.
aside: a stunning comment from David Baker, UW professor who won the Nobel Prize in 2024. Now 15 lab members are looking for positions overseas.
“There’s so many amazing people who want to come in, & we can’t take them. The Nobel Prize was just a little blip. But things have gotten quite bleak.”
“There’s so many amazing people who want to come in, & we can’t take them. The Nobel Prize was just a little blip. But things have gotten quite bleak.”
April 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Trump's moves are already imposing immense costs on the United States and on the world via lost scientific progress on preventing Alzheimer's, curing cancer, etc.
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SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
chemsymposia.com
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Join Chemsymposia 2026: Research & Innovation | ChemSymposia 2026
Join us at Chemsymposia 2026 to discover groundbreaking research in physics applications. Connect with experts, engage in insightful discussions, and explore our venue, registration details, and speak...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
chemsymposia.com
chemsymposia.com