William H. Grover
@wgrover.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside | loves microfluidics, sensors, and weird computers | hates fake medicines | groverlab.org
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Our latest preprint on medRxiv: Identifying counterfeit medications using a $4 optical sensor meant for use in toy robots. 🧪💊🤖
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Japanese-style sandwiches at 7-Eleven in the US? I'm intrigued...
The egg salad seemed pretty accurate, though the bread was maybe not as sweet and soft as the Japanese version.
Anyway 7/10 and much cheaper than a flight to Tokyo
The egg salad seemed pretty accurate, though the bread was maybe not as sweet and soft as the Japanese version.
Anyway 7/10 and much cheaper than a flight to Tokyo
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Japanese-style sandwiches at 7-Eleven in the US? I'm intrigued...
The egg salad seemed pretty accurate, though the bread was maybe not as sweet and soft as the Japanese version.
Anyway 7/10 and much cheaper than a flight to Tokyo
The egg salad seemed pretty accurate, though the bread was maybe not as sweet and soft as the Japanese version.
Anyway 7/10 and much cheaper than a flight to Tokyo
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I wrote some reflections this afternoon about how the discovery of the double helix changed the course of science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qPS3y6
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I wrote some reflections this afternoon about how the discovery of the double helix changed the course of science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qPS3y6
I would have loved this assignment as an undergrad:
Learning how an instrument works by taking one apart 🧪
Learning how an instrument works by taking one apart 🧪
'Increasing Student Understanding and Technical Skills in Instrumental Analysis: Piloting a Student-Led Instrument Deconstruction with a Decommissioned ICP-MS' from Journal of Chemical Education is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/A8FsoUG
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/A8FsoUG
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I would have loved this assignment as an undergrad:
Learning how an instrument works by taking one apart 🧪
Learning how an instrument works by taking one apart 🧪
Days like this provide a rare insight into how much of our technology runs on Amazon’s infrastructure.
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Days like this provide a rare insight into how much of our technology runs on Amazon’s infrastructure.
Excellent reporting by NPR's @gabrielleemanuel.bsky.social about the latest case of poisonous diethylene glycol in cough syrup in India. Listen to the audio - it's a captivating 3-minute crash course on why this keeps happening:
More than 20 kids in India have died from contaminated cough syrup. Who's to blame?
The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is being called a global crime.
www.npr.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Excellent reporting by NPR's @gabrielleemanuel.bsky.social about the latest case of poisonous diethylene glycol in cough syrup in India. Listen to the audio - it's a captivating 3-minute crash course on why this keeps happening:
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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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Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!
Open faculty position!
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa
We're seeking applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the junior level (Assistant or untenured Associate Professor) with research programs that exist at the interface between molecular science and computation. Apply here: stanford.io/45MF3Qa
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Come join us at @stanford-chemh.bsky.social! I feel incredibly lucky to have launched my career here -- it is a fantastic place to do bold interdisciplinary science surrounded by creative & supportive colleagues. Applications are due 10/15/2025 -- DM me if you have questions about the search!
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
My favorite Robert Redford movie, though lately it feels like a relic from a time long gone.
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My favorite Robert Redford movie, though lately it feels like a relic from a time long gone.
❤️❤️❤️ these posters in the Geology building at UC Riverside ❤️❤️❤️
Seriously, why aren't we putting messages like these everywhere? I'd happily chip in some pro-NSF and pro-NIH billboards? 🧪
Seriously, why aren't we putting messages like these everywhere? I'd happily chip in some pro-NSF and pro-NIH billboards? 🧪
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
❤️❤️❤️ these posters in the Geology building at UC Riverside ❤️❤️❤️
Seriously, why aren't we putting messages like these everywhere? I'd happily chip in some pro-NSF and pro-NIH billboards? 🧪
Seriously, why aren't we putting messages like these everywhere? I'd happily chip in some pro-NSF and pro-NIH billboards? 🧪
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Happy to share our new pre-print using microfluidics to look into flow response of Hydra.
September 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Happy to share our new pre-print using microfluidics to look into flow response of Hydra.
Our latest preprint on medRxiv: Identifying counterfeit medications using a $4 optical sensor meant for use in toy robots. 🧪💊🤖
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our latest preprint on medRxiv: Identifying counterfeit medications using a $4 optical sensor meant for use in toy robots. 🧪💊🤖
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
😍😍😍 Physical controls instead of touchscreens, and I'm confident it won't try to shove AI down my throat. 😍😍😍
Memorette, a 1960s shopping list tablet. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/m...
No batteries needed.
No batteries needed.
August 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
😍😍😍 Physical controls instead of touchscreens, and I'm confident it won't try to shove AI down my throat. 😍😍😍
"The Weight of a Cell" by Niko McCarty in Asimov Press 🧪
(Includes a project I was involved with back at MIT 15 years ago)
(Includes a project I was involved with back at MIT 15 years ago)
The Weight of a Cell
A single E. coli bacterium weighs about one picogram, 60 million times less than a grain of sand. But how do we know?
www.asimov.press
August 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"The Weight of a Cell" by Niko McCarty in Asimov Press 🧪
(Includes a project I was involved with back at MIT 15 years ago)
(Includes a project I was involved with back at MIT 15 years ago)
Queen Anne Cottage at the LA County Arboretum
August 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Queen Anne Cottage at the LA County Arboretum
Plumeria at LA County Arboretum
August 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Plumeria at LA County Arboretum
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The funds are approved! We're hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans.
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
a man in a suit has a name tag on his jacket that says dennis
Alt: a man in a suit has a name tag on his jacket that says dennis
media.tenor.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The funds are approved! We're hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans.
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
Guess how I found out that a pecan log looks just like a block of plastic explosives on an airport security scanner?
August 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Guess how I found out that a pecan log looks just like a block of plastic explosives on an airport security scanner?
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We're recruiting a lab technician to assist with our ongoing liquid biopsy projects. Please encourage those with relevant experience to apply. Feel free to contact me with questions! tinyurl.com/prattlabtech
August 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We're recruiting a lab technician to assist with our ongoing liquid biopsy projects. Please encourage those with relevant experience to apply. Feel free to contact me with questions! tinyurl.com/prattlabtech
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Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications!
We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.
Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702
We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.
Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702
July 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Tenure-track faculty search of the UCSF Biochemistry & Biophysics Department is open for applications!
We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.
Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702
We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.
Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702
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The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
Thanks to @shabbirsafdar.bsky.social and @safemedicines.bsky.social for having me on the Partnership for Safe Medicines podcast!
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
July 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thanks to @shabbirsafdar.bsky.social and @safemedicines.bsky.social for having me on the Partnership for Safe Medicines podcast!
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
I had a great time chatting with Shabbir about my lab's work developing tools for fighting fake medicines. Listen to the episode here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... 🧪
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Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
July 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi