Krystle J McLaughlin
@biophyskrys.bsky.social
Protein crystallographer & biophysicist I Researching proteins from gut microbe B. ovatus, and antibiotic resistance transfer in Salmonella | Associate chem prof at Vassar | she/her | #KrystleTheCrystallographer 🇹🇹
Remaining silent will not protect us.
Remaining silent will not protect us.
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Hi! Happy for all the new followers- allow me to (re)introduce myself: I'm an assistant professor in chemistry at Vassar College, originally from Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹!
I teach biochemistry & biophysical chemistry, & study bacterial proteins using x-ray crystallography.
#krystlethecrystallographer
I teach biochemistry & biophysical chemistry, & study bacterial proteins using x-ray crystallography.
#krystlethecrystallographer
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Thoughts on ITC preference- the good/bad/annoying- between a Microcal PEAQ-ITC and TA Affinity ITC??
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thoughts on ITC preference- the good/bad/annoying- between a Microcal PEAQ-ITC and TA Affinity ITC??
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
Thoughts on ITC preference- the good/bad/annoying- between a Microcal PEAQ-ITC and TA Affinity ITC??
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thoughts on ITC preference- the good/bad/annoying- between a Microcal PEAQ-ITC and TA Affinity ITC??
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
🧪 #Chemsky #Sciencesky
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It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University
September 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University
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"Who would have predicted this?"
- Black women did.
- Trans people did.
- The *entire* disability community did.
- The anarchists did.
- Post-Evangelicals did.
"Well why didn't I hear them."
You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.
- Black women did.
- Trans people did.
- The *entire* disability community did.
- The anarchists did.
- Post-Evangelicals did.
"Well why didn't I hear them."
You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.
September 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"Who would have predicted this?"
- Black women did.
- Trans people did.
- The *entire* disability community did.
- The anarchists did.
- Post-Evangelicals did.
"Well why didn't I hear them."
You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.
- Black women did.
- Trans people did.
- The *entire* disability community did.
- The anarchists did.
- Post-Evangelicals did.
"Well why didn't I hear them."
You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.
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Come be my colleague! We are hiring a full-time Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. If you are interested in teaching/curricular development & pedagogy this is a great position for you!
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Come be my colleague! We are hiring a full-time Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. If you are interested in teaching/curricular development & pedagogy this is a great position for you!
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
Come be my colleague! We are hiring a full-time Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. If you are interested in teaching/curricular development & pedagogy this is a great position for you!
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Come be my colleague! We are hiring a full-time Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. If you are interested in teaching/curricular development & pedagogy this is a great position for you!
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
Review of applications begins 10/6/25
Happy to answer any questions!
Full details here: tinyurl.com/vcorganiclec...
🧪
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We were pleased to publish some of the results from this course, some in our recent 'Empowering education through structural genomics' focused issue: journals.iucr.org/special_issu...
Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
July 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We were pleased to publish some of the results from this course, some in our recent 'Empowering education through structural genomics' focused issue: journals.iucr.org/special_issu...
🧪
Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
July 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
July 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Excited to share this story on the protein crystallography CURE I developed and have been teaching for the last 3 years!
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
www.vassar.edu/news/student...
This course is supported by my #CottrellScholars Award from RCSA.
@rescorp.org
@vassar.bsky.social
#grantsinaction #biochemistry
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July 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.
Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq
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Also if you at at #ACA2025 and missed my talk today, you can catch my other talk on Tuesday in 4.2.3 Engaging Students with Crystallography where I will share lessons learned from creating/running a protein crystallography CURE!
July 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Also if you at at #ACA2025 and missed my talk today, you can catch my other talk on Tuesday in 4.2.3 Engaging Students with Crystallography where I will share lessons learned from creating/running a protein crystallography CURE!
Gave a talk in the Hot Structures session today at #ACA2025 in Chicago!
Fun fact: the first conference talk I ever gave was in 2010 at my first ACA meeting, also in the Hot Structures session, also in Chicago!! (See bonus pic below of me attending ACA2010) ☺️
And if you see me at #ACA2025 say hi!
Fun fact: the first conference talk I ever gave was in 2010 at my first ACA meeting, also in the Hot Structures session, also in Chicago!! (See bonus pic below of me attending ACA2010) ☺️
And if you see me at #ACA2025 say hi!
July 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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And now @biophyskrys.bsky.social giving a hot strucutres talk on BoPDA, a polysaccharide deacetylase. Another great study and talk! #ACA2025 @acastructuralsci.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And now @biophyskrys.bsky.social giving a hot strucutres talk on BoPDA, a polysaccharide deacetylase. Another great study and talk! #ACA2025 @acastructuralsci.bsky.social
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Great Hot Structures session at #ACA2025!
ACA Etter Student Award winner Sarah Narehood, @biophyskrys.bsky.social, Nikolas Capra, Rachel Kretsch, Debanu Das, Daniel Richman
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social
ACA Etter Student Award winner Sarah Narehood, @biophyskrys.bsky.social, Nikolas Capra, Rachel Kretsch, Debanu Das, Daniel Richman
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Great Hot Structures session at #ACA2025!
ACA Etter Student Award winner Sarah Narehood, @biophyskrys.bsky.social, Nikolas Capra, Rachel Kretsch, Debanu Das, Daniel Richman
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social
ACA Etter Student Award winner Sarah Narehood, @biophyskrys.bsky.social, Nikolas Capra, Rachel Kretsch, Debanu Das, Daniel Richman
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social
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ACA 2025 Starter Pack for attendees of the 75th Annual Meeting.
Tried to include everyone, feel free to tag yourself or others missed. Connecting the community at #ACA2025!
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social @rcsbpdb.bsky.social
🔗 go.bsky.app/JAmraSp
Tried to include everyone, feel free to tag yourself or others missed. Connecting the community at #ACA2025!
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social @rcsbpdb.bsky.social
🔗 go.bsky.app/JAmraSp
July 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
ACA 2025 Starter Pack for attendees of the 75th Annual Meeting.
Tried to include everyone, feel free to tag yourself or others missed. Connecting the community at #ACA2025!
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social @rcsbpdb.bsky.social
🔗 go.bsky.app/JAmraSp
Tried to include everyone, feel free to tag yourself or others missed. Connecting the community at #ACA2025!
@acastructuralsci.bsky.social @rcsbpdb.bsky.social
🔗 go.bsky.app/JAmraSp
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we’ve totally normalized that he’ll interfere with private business if he’s not paid off. every legal expert said this suit was meritless.
July 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
we’ve totally normalized that he’ll interfere with private business if he’s not paid off. every legal expert said this suit was meritless.
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I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
Fro the last few years, as part of a final assignment in my senior biophysical chem class I ask students to share a class-related memes, with ones they make themselves highly encouraged!
For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!
#chemistry #biochemistry #sigfigs #units 🧪
For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!
#chemistry #biochemistry #sigfigs #units 🧪
July 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fro the last few years, as part of a final assignment in my senior biophysical chem class I ask students to share a class-related memes, with ones they make themselves highly encouraged!
For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!
#chemistry #biochemistry #sigfigs #units 🧪
For everyone's enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!
#chemistry #biochemistry #sigfigs #units 🧪
Reposted by Krystle J McLaughlin
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
June 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.
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Same coin. Anti-DEI orders assume people of color can’t possible be qualified. Cries of reverse racism assume white people can’t possibly be unqualified.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Same coin. Anti-DEI orders assume people of color can’t possible be qualified. Cries of reverse racism assume white people can’t possibly be unqualified.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
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Hi everyone! It's Daniel and Eesha taking over for Jonesy lab at NYU!
Meet our wonderful PI, Jonesy, an RNA structure enthusiast 🧬
Be sure to check out our lab website :)
wp.nyu.edu/labjonesy/
Meet our wonderful PI, Jonesy, an RNA structure enthusiast 🧬
Be sure to check out our lab website :)
wp.nyu.edu/labjonesy/
May 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hi everyone! It's Daniel and Eesha taking over for Jonesy lab at NYU!
Meet our wonderful PI, Jonesy, an RNA structure enthusiast 🧬
Be sure to check out our lab website :)
wp.nyu.edu/labjonesy/
Meet our wonderful PI, Jonesy, an RNA structure enthusiast 🧬
Be sure to check out our lab website :)
wp.nyu.edu/labjonesy/
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Today we have @jonesylab.bsky.social taking over our social media and giving us insights into her #PI life! 🤩 Stay tuned!
#BIBPSWeek
#BIBPSWeek
Thursday, May 29th: #BIBPSLife
Dr. Alisha ‘Jonesy’ Jones, a James Weldon Johnson Assistant Professor of Chemistry at @nyuniversity in the Department of Chemistry, will take over our @blackinbiophys.bsky.social account and share her #PI life
#BIBPSWeek
#BIBPS25
Dr. Alisha ‘Jonesy’ Jones, a James Weldon Johnson Assistant Professor of Chemistry at @nyuniversity in the Department of Chemistry, will take over our @blackinbiophys.bsky.social account and share her #PI life
#BIBPSWeek
#BIBPS25
May 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today we have @jonesylab.bsky.social taking over our social media and giving us insights into her #PI life! 🤩 Stay tuned!
#BIBPSWeek
#BIBPSWeek
✨ I’m overjoyed to share that I’ve been promoted to associate professor with tenure in chemistry at Vassar College!!
Honored to now join the 2% of Black women who are tenured faculty in the US. So grateful to my family & friends, my colleagues & mentors, & all my amazing students! ✨🧪
Honored to now join the 2% of Black women who are tenured faculty in the US. So grateful to my family & friends, my colleagues & mentors, & all my amazing students! ✨🧪
May 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
✨ I’m overjoyed to share that I’ve been promoted to associate professor with tenure in chemistry at Vassar College!!
Honored to now join the 2% of Black women who are tenured faculty in the US. So grateful to my family & friends, my colleagues & mentors, & all my amazing students! ✨🧪
Honored to now join the 2% of Black women who are tenured faculty in the US. So grateful to my family & friends, my colleagues & mentors, & all my amazing students! ✨🧪