Spencer Aloysius
@spenecer.bsky.social
Orchid grower, cat lover, scientist https://www.youtube.com/@SpencerAloysius
It is our Brother in Arms from MACCHESS juggling the NE-CAT fidget toys at #IUCR2026
Somewhere in here is the K-T boundary (Iridium line) from the Chicxulub impactor.
Dinosaur bones are black from the inclusion of manganese. The Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller fills me with awe.
I’m in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the 27th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). Looking forward to lots of crystallography.
The second poster session of @proteinsociety.bsky.social #TPS40 is underway. There food, drink and awesome science being shared. 🧬🧶🌏🔬🧪
When you submit an abstract for the @proteinsociety.bsky.social Annual Symposium, it can be chosen as a Flash Talk. This is great experience for undergraduate and graduate students. #TPS40 🌏🧪🔬🧬🧶
“Exosites are like foreplay” - Lakshmi Wijeyewickrema 🧪🧬🧶🌏
There are t-shirts!
Protein Society@proteinsociety.bsky.social · 2mo ago🎁 Come by the TPS Booth at #TPS40 and check out all the prizes you could win in our raffles! There are plenty of ways to earn entries throughout the symposium. Stop by and see what’s up for grabs, and join the fun! 👀🏆 #TheProteinSociety
Vincent Hilser of John’s Hopkins is reciting poetry while they try to get his computer to project his talk to the screen at #TPS40
NE-CAT just finished hosting our (first) Data Collection and Processing Bootcamp for the year. We covered common diffraction issues, SAD data collection, XDS, and DIALS. 🧬🔬🧪🧶
Our portable humidity chambers from @mitegen.com are here and they look fabulous. The chamber is held together with magnets so collapsed for easy storage but can be assembled quickly for users. Now, we need some crystallographers doing room temperature experiments at NE-CAT. 🧬🔬🧪🧶
I had to come to BlueSky to see the #NoKings turnout since nothing on the @nytimes.com
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 11mo agoThis is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
Shutdown seems the same as no shutdown. NIH wasn’t paying before and it isn’t paying now.
If Trump appoints grant reviewers, will they appointees even understand the science they review? After all, Nancy Mace thinks scientists are making transgender (not transgenic) mice.
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
nature.com
How a crystallographer rolls on Sunday morning with a cat, crystals, coffee and @proteinsociety.bsky.social Tshirt.💊🌡🔬
It rained in more ways than one on Trump’s parade.
Spencer Aloysius@spenecer.bsky.social · last yr.Will it rain on Trump’s Parade?
Yesterday shows that if your approval rating is 38%, people think your parade is a bad idea.
The same is happening at Cornell. NIH owes money but has silently stopped paying.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · last yr.The Trump administration’s freezing in April of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grant money from the National Institutes of Health.
Hey Structure peeps! NE-CAT@APS is having a data collection and processing bootcamp immediately after the ACA in Lombard. If you are in town and have time / interest (or have students who you think would benefit), register today! 🧬🧪🧶 necat.chem.cornell.edu/data-collect...
Data Collection and Processing Bootcamp | NECAT
necat.chem.cornell.edu
The Oath of Office explicitly states, ‘I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.’ Foresworn and Unfit to be President.
Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked About Due Process and Upholding Constitution (Gift Article)
President Trump repeatedly said he didn’t know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
nytimes.com
MTG used stun guns in town hall attendees and she’s proud of it.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns. Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University. The funding pause involves mostly grants and contracts with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.Breaking News: The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern, two officials said.