Hi, Wallace Marshall and @MaryMirvis! Hope you're well! This is beautiful work. I'm assuming this cell is in late log stage (not stat phase)? (@Merz - I thought you'd be interested too)

Could be! We referenced your preprint: "Additional applications might lie in engineering minimal cell systems to function with only two classes of lipids (41); if one of those classes were a sterol–lipid, it would be interesting to test whether the cell membrane phase-separates"

The beautiful University of Washington campus is ready to welcome students for the start of the autumn term. I'm double-ready this year with updated covid and influenza vaccine boosters

A great paper to start with is journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…, which uses statistical physics to describe the shape of your ponytail, though not the length at which each strand will break. This paper won Raymond E. Goldstein an Ig Nobel prize. Maybe one of these prizes is in your future too!

#eBook Deal alert! So Simple a Beginning by Raghu Parthasarathy is $2.99! Get the #eBook of this sweeping tour of #biophysics on sale until 9/25 through your preferred vendor: hubs.ly/Q02PT2Zm0

Rejoice! This paper by @sm_aurelia and Sreeja Sasidharan is now in print in today's issue (1 October 2004) of Biophysical Journal.

Mid-career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics or astrophysics with interest in leadership should apply by Nov. 1 for 2025 Academic Leadership Workshop, to be held Feb. 20-22, 2025, at Johns Hopkins. Supported by a #CottrellScholars Collaborative award. bit.ly/3Nk2Qhz

I don't know which of the many kind people in UWChemistry posted these thoughtful notes on the doors of our main lecture hall to encourage University of Washington students during their exams last term. Whoever you are, you are wonderful, and I am so glad to work with you.

Thanks for your kind words (and congratulations on your paper), Sreeja!

Hey University of Washington friends - the Combined Fund Drive (give.wa.gov/mycfd) has started! Want to donate directly to UWChemistry? So easy! I just did. Also to @voicesofnw_ea, the featured charity. In the 1st week, increasing a donation by $5, gets you a $5 coffee card (so very Seattle)

There are many ways to encourage other Americans to vote on November 5th and to help our democracy represent more of its people. For example, you can join me in writing letters through Vote Forward (votefwd.org). Letters should be sent by Oct 29, so check it out soon!

I love marking my ballot at home then mailing it or swinging by a ballot box. Thank you Washington State & King County elections for making it so easy to vote! My deep thanks to U.S. citizens who will be standing in lines because they have no other choice – I've done that too!

Hooray! See you at the SACNAS meeting! I'll be representing UWChemistry inclusivechemUW

Representing University of Washington at #NDiSTEM2024 of SACNAS! If you’re an undergraduate, please check out summer research opportunities at IMOD STC and Clean Energy Institute, and apply to graduate school at UWChemistry! Deadlines are coming up, and we'd love to receive your applications

Thank you to all the speakers at the #NDiSTEM2024 / SACNAS session on "Navigating STEM with a disability: Strategies for success". If you're a geoscience student who needs accessible options for field camps, I think applications for programs run by @BakingSodaVolc will open soon

If anyone lives in Arizona and has time, there's a group that needs help curing ballots. This could mean the difference between gaining and losing the House If you're in AZ and can spend today and/or Sunday curing ballots please email me: [email protected]

Join us NEXT WEEK on Monday 11/18 at 3pm PST/6pm EST for our #CLGSEC Workshop: "Grad School 101: Time Management" featuring panelists Andrea Garavito, Carolina Muniz, and Bianca Mercado Velez as they discuss how to best manage your time ⁠ REGISTER HERE ⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/gradschool-1…

Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 20th for "A Discussion of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024" by Nobel Prize winner David Baker! Dept. of Chemistry Professors Mike Gelb and Jesse Zalatan will also give introduction of these topics. From 3:30- 4:30 PM in BAG 131 or live on Youtube!