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triggerloop.bsky.social
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. RNA polymerase II mechanism, classic films, #classiccountdown once in awhile
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Nice! #RNA #Intron #Scerevisiae www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sharing the most significant work from my group, led by the @evolvingstem.bsky.social team. Come for the discoveries of how Pseudomonas adapts in biofilms, stay for the story of how they were discovered by thousands of young scientists in grades 9-12. 🧪🧫🧬🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Also note that the bluesky @nwspittsburgh.bsky.social mirror doesn’t seem to be active for the past 6 days. Also did not receive any alert to phone

An announcement went out of all three channels that NWS Pittsburgh has issued a tornado warning for west central Allegheny County until 4:30pm

it’s been a long, strange spell undercover, but when Richelieu shows up at the tournament, D’Artagnan will be ready

An absolutely delightful color

The patient and disease advocacy groups are the most powerful voices and the most important (because so many impacted) advocates we have

You know I am going to look to see if the bar with the plane sticking out of the side is still there!!! 😢

I was among a few people at Columbia interviewed by Chemical and Engineering News (this is one of my faculty colleagues on the cover): cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

Different name but still there!

Women in workshop ignore background drama: Arachne has angered Minerva, and is about to be turned into a spider. Will spin thread forever. Alas! By Diego Velazquez, 1657. It's been his day.

Some proposed NIH institute budgets that delineate also the consolidation of institutes and their new names or homes. Am too depressed to read right now officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/insti_center...