Michelle McCully
@mccullylab.bsky.social
The McCully Lab at Santa Clara University studies the structure, dynamics, and function of proteins towards designing better ones.
sites.google.com/site/mccullylabscu
BS WashU | PhD UW | Postdoc UCSF | Assoc prof SCU
Acamama, PUI, family biking, Bay Area
sites.google.com/site/mccullylabscu
BS WashU | PhD UW | Postdoc UCSF | Assoc prof SCU
Acamama, PUI, family biking, Bay Area
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Michelle McCully
@mccullylab.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I'm working on a starter pack (who isn't?) of faculty at Santa Clara University. Reply if you want on (or off!)
go.bsky.app/FwJDjZC
#SantaClaraUniversity #SCU #GoBroncos
go.bsky.app/FwJDjZC
#SantaClaraUniversity #SCU #GoBroncos
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Seems like a good day to share one of my favorite videos on the internet 🧬
Rosalind Franklin vs. Watson & Crick - Science History Rap Battle
YouTube video by Science With Tom
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Seems like a good day to share one of my favorite videos on the internet 🧬
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In honor of Halloween, one of my all-time favorite cartoons by @katiemckissick.bsky.social
#MedSky #IDSky #HappyHalloween 💊👻🎃
#MedSky #IDSky #HappyHalloween 💊👻🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In honor of Halloween, one of my all-time favorite cartoons by @katiemckissick.bsky.social
#MedSky #IDSky #HappyHalloween 💊👻🎃
#MedSky #IDSky #HappyHalloween 💊👻🎃
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STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
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Public Citizen has an annual pumpkin carving competition. The Litigation Group won this year with this portrayal of the White House with the East Wing having been demolished.
Entries from other groups to come
Entries from other groups to come
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Public Citizen has an annual pumpkin carving competition. The Litigation Group won this year with this portrayal of the White House with the East Wing having been demolished.
Entries from other groups to come
Entries from other groups to come
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chef's kiss 😘
"Avoid any fairy tales that frame wealth redistribution as heroic, such as those involving theft from lawful property owners via beanstalks."
Make Preschool Great Again: A Federal Compact
“Seven of the nine universities that the White House initially approached about a plan to steer more federal money toward schools aligned with Pres...
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
chef's kiss 😘
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Pres. Kornbluth articulates such moral clarity in this rejection of the proposed “compact”:
“the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pres. Kornbluth articulates such moral clarity in this rejection of the proposed “compact”:
“the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
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I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
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Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
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Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
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Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
wordsaboutwork.blog
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Loyola Marymount University claims religious exemption with the NLRB, claws back recognition of NTT faculty union
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
The sudden decision of the LMU Board of Trustees has left many NTT faculty in shock; the union plans a response.
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DUCK AROUND, FIND OUT! With our duck delivery in tow, we waddled up to the Hill to let our representatives know that it's time to send the Quack-In-Chief packing. #ImpeachRFK
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
DUCK AROUND, FIND OUT! With our duck delivery in tow, we waddled up to the Hill to let our representatives know that it's time to send the Quack-In-Chief packing. #ImpeachRFK
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Update on this story: As many of us feared, it turns out that Berkeley wasn't the only UC to release personal info on its pro-palestine anti-genocide professors to the justice department, it looks they they all did. Berkeley was just the only one to tell profs they did it.
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Update on this story: As many of us feared, it turns out that Berkeley wasn't the only UC to release personal info on its pro-palestine anti-genocide professors to the justice department, it looks they they all did. Berkeley was just the only one to tell profs they did it.
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NSF GRFP announcement was posted! Have not read the details to see if any changes from previous years...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
NSF GRFP announcement was posted! Have not read the details to see if any changes from previous years...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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UW Tacoma is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and a teaching Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Please share widely and consider applying.
Biochemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172884
Organic Chemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172940
Biochemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172884
Organic Chemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172940
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
UW Tacoma is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and a teaching Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Please share widely and consider applying.
Biochemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172884
Organic Chemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172940
Biochemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172884
Organic Chemistry:
apply.interfolio.com/172940
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Join the PUI Network for "Pedagogy for the PUI," a networking event where you can connect with your fellow PUI faculty
September 29, 12:00-1:30 PM US Eastern time
my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
September 29, 12:00-1:30 PM US Eastern time
my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
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my.biophysics.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Join the PUI Network for "Pedagogy for the PUI," a networking event where you can connect with your fellow PUI faculty
September 29, 12:00-1:30 PM US Eastern time
my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
September 29, 12:00-1:30 PM US Eastern time
my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...
Kudos to @ucsf.edu for fitting and providing all researchers with PPE. It should be the norm.
It's very strange the PPE isn't often available in more sizes or shapes, given how important it is to be right!
September 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Kudos to @ucsf.edu for fitting and providing all researchers with PPE. It should be the norm.
"We should not be naive. Will those of us named now be branded on a government list? Will our travel be restricted? Will our email communications be surveilled? ... To allow universities to be bossed by political operatives in this way undermines the basic ideals of the university."
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"We should not be naive. Will those of us named now be branded on a government list? Will our travel be restricted? Will our email communications be surveilled? ... To allow universities to be bossed by political operatives in this way undermines the basic ideals of the university."
WOW, New Mexico! That is a game changer: free childcare for everyone in the state - no income limits, no copays, average family savings of $12k per child per year 🤯
www.nmececd.org/universal/
www.nmececd.org/universal/
Universal Child Care | Early Childhood Education & Care Department
www.nmececd.org
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
WOW, New Mexico! That is a game changer: free childcare for everyone in the state - no income limits, no copays, average family savings of $12k per child per year 🤯
www.nmececd.org/universal/
www.nmececd.org/universal/
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If you didn’t know, now you do! Sunny days are headed our way!
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you didn’t know, now you do! Sunny days are headed our way!
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Incredibly excited for this year's iteration of the Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear 10 minute talks describing fantastic cutting-edge science from researchers preparing to launch a faculty search. Please register (link below) & forward widely :)
🗓️Join us for the 4th Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25!
We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.
Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni
We highlight the work of 18 exceptional early-career scientists across biomedical sciences.
Register and more information below:
www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com/speakersalumni
September 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Incredibly excited for this year's iteration of the Next Generation Faculty Symposium on 9/10/25! This is a fantastic opportunity to hear 10 minute talks describing fantastic cutting-edge science from researchers preparing to launch a faculty search. Please register (link below) & forward widely :)
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I look forward to the annual exchange of top science and connecting across boundaries!
🚨 Save the date! 🚨
The 4th Building Bridges in Computational Biophysics is happening Oct 8, 2025!!
🌍 Virtual 🤝 Networking
📑 Poster session (submit by Sept 26)
Sponsored by @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social and organized by
@vmonje.bsky.social @patsoto-biophys.bsky.social and Cecilia Bores!
The 4th Building Bridges in Computational Biophysics is happening Oct 8, 2025!!
🌍 Virtual 🤝 Networking
📑 Poster session (submit by Sept 26)
Sponsored by @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social and organized by
@vmonje.bsky.social @patsoto-biophys.bsky.social and Cecilia Bores!
September 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I look forward to the annual exchange of top science and connecting across boundaries!
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thank you CDC staff ❤️ for your courage
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
thank you CDC staff ❤️ for your courage
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We LOVE our trainees ! From @nihvigils.bsky.social today ❤️❤️
August 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We LOVE our trainees ! From @nihvigils.bsky.social today ❤️❤️
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Have you signed yet? Have you reposted and shared on other platforms?
We need a massive response to protect the FEMA employees courageous enough to sign their names to this petition. So far -2k, we need many more.
#SecPuppyKiller is hot (and I am not talking about her looks).
#FEMA
#Resist
We need a massive response to protect the FEMA employees courageous enough to sign their names to this petition. So far -2k, we need many more.
#SecPuppyKiller is hot (and I am not talking about her looks).
#FEMA
#Resist
Today we approach the 20th anniversary of Katrina, FEMA workers across the nation sound the alarm on unqualified leadership, interference w/ ability to execute, our mission,staff cuts & more.
Join us in signing The Katrina Declaration. #katrinadeclaration
www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
Join us in signing The Katrina Declaration. #katrinadeclaration
www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
Support the FEMA Katrina Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
www.standupforscience.net
August 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Have you signed yet? Have you reposted and shared on other platforms?
We need a massive response to protect the FEMA employees courageous enough to sign their names to this petition. So far -2k, we need many more.
#SecPuppyKiller is hot (and I am not talking about her looks).
#FEMA
#Resist
We need a massive response to protect the FEMA employees courageous enough to sign their names to this petition. So far -2k, we need many more.
#SecPuppyKiller is hot (and I am not talking about her looks).
#FEMA
#Resist
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I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.
1/14
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August 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.
1/14
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“Historically the best & brightest in the world came to the US to study. Now under Trump’s destructive policies, the best & brightest are fleeing the country. We need to reverse course & reclaim the values that made this country a beacon of research & free inquiry.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“Historically the best & brightest in the world came to the US to study. Now under Trump’s destructive policies, the best & brightest are fleeing the country. We need to reverse course & reclaim the values that made this country a beacon of research & free inquiry.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President