Brendan Mahoney
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Brendan Mahoney
@bmahoney.bsky.social
Structural Biologist & Biochemist @ UCLA.

Focused on protein dynamics and structural mechanisms related to bacterial pathogenesis. I enjoy using magnets, shooting crystals, and looking through microscopes.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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A second Super Bowl parade has hit Philadelphia
February 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The National Institutes of Health plans to severely cut the percentage of its grant money that can be used for overhead costs rather than research.
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
scim.ag
February 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Pete Buttigieg with the receipts 🔥
February 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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UCSF hosted its first food pantry event for postdocs today, where a local food bank gives free food to UCSF employees.

This picture represents about half the line that had formed 10 minutes before the market had opened.

What the fuck are we doing here guys?
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 AM