Mark the date - the 10th New England Glycochemistry meeting @ Brandeis is happening June 13! Register at negcmu.sites.northeastern.edu # glycotime #chemsky #chemchat
Amit Basu
@aetoumos.bsky.social
Molecules and words; glycoscientist @BrownUniversity; occasional #sciku; in a relationship with the Dunlop double dot https://sites.brown.edu/basulab/
The latest is out from the Reid Lab in @rscchembio.rsc.org . A big thanks to all the Reid Lab members whose hard work contributed to this project. #chemicalbiology #glycotime pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
A Lyt at the End of the Tunnel? Unraveling the complex interactions of the N-acetylglucosaminidase LytG in cell wall metabolism
The growth and division of the Gram-positive cell requires the coordinated action of enzymes involved in the synthesis and degradation of the heteropolymer peptidoglycan. Herein, we present the use of...
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🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net
Registration is open for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrates and the associated Gordon Research Seminar! 🧪 We have a exciting line-up of confirmed speakers and more to be added! www.grc.org/carbohydrate... The conference will be held June 15 - 20 in Holderness, NH.
"...nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge' "
Another “Continuing Crisis” post, this one covering some larger principles and explaining why I’m doing these in general:
Spring is not too far away, which means we've started our planning for the 9th NEGCM - New England Glycochemistry Meeting! Save the date - June 14, 2025! We have an excellent line-up of speakers, and opportunities for poster presentations as well! #glycotime #chemsky negcmu.sites.northeastern.edu
breathe deep this despair bathe it with pulsating life exhale only hope #haiku
I wrote last week urging Pharma CEOs to speak up about the Trump administration. Unfortunately, some of them have.
Pharma CEOS Speaking Up, Damn It
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one score and one days… enduring, not yet perished imperfect union interminable constitution for chaos trumps rising furor alliances taxed unaided, goodwill hunted purging a nation woke and fast asleep invertebrate resistance Hindenburg flashbacks 1/n
A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it. www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
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spewing orange flames fanned by plutocratic winds magagoguery
To everyone who has found me via the mucus/mucin starter pack, I can also recommend our Glyco starter pack, if you are interested more in the sugar part. As always drop me a message if you want to get in. We’ll soon start vol 2. go.bsky.app/QTL6EqT
migratory birds soar free under clear blue skies now as butterflies