Joachim Frank
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Joachim Frank
@joachim123.bsky.social
Scientist, 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize (math and computational methods underlying cryo-EM of biological molecules), fiction writer, photographer, gardener.
Climate change, science education, fight of fascism
franxfiction.com and joachimfranklab.org
I was one of > 100,000 in New York City
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm excited to report that a species has been named after my son Ze Frank, "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science communication, which have inspired curiosity, wonder, and deeper public engagement with the natural world"
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm in a science fiction book! One contribution ("Stoss-seufzer eines einsamen Bots") is a brief chapter of an unpublished novel, and the other is as scientific godfather ("Pate") for a mindboggling piece by SciFi author Felix Woitkowski. Want to know about the future ahead of time? Buy this book!
May 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In July last year I was invited along with dozens of other fac to a dinner w Steven Pinker.I thought he is famous I must see him. Organized & all paid for by the Columbia Academic Freedom Council, a club I never heard of. It became clear to me that it was sheer Trump-leaning propaganda targeting DEI
April 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
regarding Columbia University, I just learned about this (anonymous) account of negotiations of the Hitler regime in the 1930s with Frankfurt University -- Germany's most prestigious university at the time:
March 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
sorry, trying better res
March 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Times Union published my article today: "Science on the chopping block"
March 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I saw this forlorn sign today: "Take America Back"
He has succeeded wildly already.
March 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I think it's important to reach out to your own community and explain what the funding cuts mean in practice.
March 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Just from London
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
February 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
www.febs.org/milan-declar...

PLEASE SIGN THE MILAN DECLARATION ON THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF SCIENCE IN MEETING GLOBAL CHALLENGES!
January 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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