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Joy Menten 🏳️‍⚧️
@picodase.bsky.social
she/her. Fmr PhD student @ UW Biochemistry, IPD | 👩🏻‍💻 RoseTTAFold, EM modeling, protein design, enzyme design | 📚 electronic structure theory

pfp: SF public library atrium. background: watercolor of my monstera. trans rights are human rights :)
Thank you for including this one in particular. I found myself crying multiple times while reading it.

I'd like to ask more cis allies: please give it a read, pick one suggestion from this paper, and ask your PI or department head how to get it done.
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Prospective grad students: pick a program with a strong union. Your life will be better for it
September 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
By the same graph, the losses from California (decidedly blue) dwarf all four states OP identified, combined. I read the same gloating tone from OP; the fact is we all suffer when ONE grant is cancelled, not just red-state dwellers. Focusing on them seems... unhelpful at best
September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Agree, it isn't accessible to fully fend off disinfo for most people, there's too many "whatabouts". It's an issue of false information and how you counter it: two much harder problems

I explained to family why hydroxychloroquine doesn't work for SARS-CoV-2 but sadly it didn't stick
September 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM