Reposted by Alice R. WalkerTessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My dream is to record neural activity in their brain while they camouflage so we can see how the visual world is represented in the brain & transformed into a recreation of the world on the skin. To do this, we need to generate new genetic lines: animals whose neurons fluoresce as they fire (GCaMP) 34710
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerCraig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It is the case. The Biosketch has a certification so that happens when you generate the document. They updated the current certification to expire Sept 26. So you need new one 147
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerVolker Blum @aimsduke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@compchemsky The next @fhi-aims.bsky.social webinar will be held on October 07 and October 08, 2026. Automated Data Generation for Machine Learning Force Fields with aims-PAX and FHI-aims Talk and Speaker: Tobias Henkes (University of Luxembourg) events.ms1p.org/event/23/events.ms1p.orgAutomated Data Generation for Machine Learning Force Fields with aims-PAX and FHI-aimsSave the date(Calendar Entry / Zoom Link) Watch on YouTube Watch on KouShare Join us for this webinar, consisting of an expert talk and interactive hands-on sessions, on automated data generation for ... 031
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How to get a lot of work done: get bumped to a flight 29 hours later than your original one and be bored waiting in a French airport 010
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerAdrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Two post-doc positions available in our lab! It is a supportive environment and on which boosts careers! Historically, of our ~30 post-docs 27% have gone on to tenure-track positions, 27% did another post-doc, and 42% have gone on to positions in biotech or pharma. 13620
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerTim Hathway @timdarklighter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Shameless plug for a cool puzzle game that uses the same critical thinking skills as structural analysis from NMR spectroscopy. (Try the ten tutorial puzzles before attempting the daily puzzle). www.multiplet.appmultiplet.appMultiplet — Daily NMR Spectrum PuzzleA daily puzzle game inspired by chemistry and NMR spectroscopy. Build a structure whose spectrum matches today's target. 12312
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerWell-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Now that #ACSFall2026 is over, I thought I'd share my talk on the history of the Computers in Chemistry Division (presented in a HIST/PRES symposium earlier this week). Maybe some nuggets of interest for #CompChem, #ChemSky, and #SciSky... 🧪 1/14 1156
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerErik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 28/08/2026✨🌟The 3D-printed structure of Discosoma red fluorescent protein (DsRed)!🌟✨ The red chromophore is fluorescent due to rigidification by the white beta-barrel. We made the model using 1ZGO.pdb. #FluorescenceFriday #SciArt #FluorescentProtein 0103
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One of my favorite book series of all time, I never knew Tim Curry narrated it 030
Reposted by Alice R. Walkerwendy norris @wendynorris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sharing my generative AI course policy in case anybody is looking for ideas on how to frame a big ol' "nope, not for any purpose" statement. For context, I teach computational data science, AI systems, ML, and Python programming courses.docs.google.comCourse policy on Generative AITL;DR: Generative AI apps (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, etc.) are prohibited in this course. You may NOT submit any ideas, outlines, text, multimedia, images, programming code, an... 720645
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerNSF Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis (C-CAS) @nsf-ccas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Attending #ACSChicago? Don't miss this talk by @olexandr.bsky.social! #chemistry #ACSFall2026 #ACS #datachemistry 073
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerNigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Link to proposed changes and supporting information (the important bit). www.regulations.gov/docket/NSF-2... Link to make comments. www.regulations.gov/commenton/NS... Deadline: Monday 24 Aug 11.59pm Eastern. NSF: 2k comments so far. OMB: had ~ hundreds of thousandsregulations.govRegulations.gov 031
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this! 7756637
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This list is amazing and I wish I’d had it 4 years ago 000
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerErik A. Rodriguez @erin-rod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Today, I would like to honor the memory of Roger Y. Tsien, who died on August 24, 2016. His legacy lives with all who use his technologies, including calcium sensors, fluorescent proteins, the acetoxymethyl (AM) ester, & many more! #FluorescenceFriday www.nature.com/articles/nme... 012939
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerI-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This plan will make peer review less transparent and more confusing to applicants and program staff. Y'all killed it on the OMB proposal, you know what to do here. Comment deadline is October 13. 14145
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Current grantwriting soundtrack: Donna Lynne Champlin running the gamut of human emotion via satirical songs 010
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerbioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Discovery of a buried charge-network GFP-fold family spanning prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Draft manuscript) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 022
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I have fallen into the depths of summer paper land, where I only exist to review other articles and respond to reviews for my articles, and somehow still ACS has decided that I have to log in in the most roundabout way to their main website before going to the pub center #rude 010
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:science.orgThe Assault On Science Funding Continues 3309155
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerLuke Lavis @rhodamine110.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Excited to see this collaboration now in print. Dye chemistry meets AI-designed proteins. Three small, orthogonal tags; lifetime modulation; split versions. Request the free dyes at dyes.janelia.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgDe novo design of orthogonal far-red, orange, and green fluorophore-binding proteins for multiplexed imagingFluorescent proteins and small-molecule dyes offer complementary advantages for biological imaging: proteins are amenable to genetic tagging, whereas dyes provide superior brightness and photostabilit... 010839
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerJay Forsythe @jaygforsythe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Our department is hiring! We teach and do research with undergraduates exclusively. For a PUI, we have very good facilities and instrumentation (400 MHz NMR, six MS). Great colleagues and students — about 1/3 of majors go on to Ph.D. #chemsky @chemjobber.bsky.social jobs.cofc.edu/postings/18244jobs.cofc.eduAssistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (organic)Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the College of Charleston invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position beginning in F... 01410
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.nature.comNSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiativeA proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications. 19426326
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We're not done friends. See thread. Comment on the NSF proposal, contact your reps! 01912
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerBenjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 01/07/2026cutting pure science to prioritize applications is fundamentally like asking farmers not to waste time producing grain, cheese, and tomatoes and focus on making pizzas 5346138
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerUlm's Institute of Theoretical Physics @qubitulm.bsky.social · 11/10/2025We are on a roll! Yet another paper from the group. Learn how biomolecular switches may profit from operating in a correlated manner, e.g. by being in contact with the same environment in a work by Rudi, Daniel and Giovanni. journals.aps.org/pra/abstract... #Quantum @quantumbiology.bsky.socialjournals.aps.orgCorrelated dynamics as a resource in molecular switchesPhotoisomerization, a photochemical process underlying many biological mechanisms, has been modeled recently within the quantum resource theory of thermodynamics. This approach has emerged as a promis... 074
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerBejaLabTechnion @bejalab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Photoswitchable optoGPCRs for reversible control of Gs and arrestin signalling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.01.735182v1 0104
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I love everything about this editorial by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Silence won't save anyone in the end. www.science.org/content/blog... "So the CEOs have decided to lie very still and hope that no one notices them.... But will it work? Only so long as Trump and his creatures see a benefit in it..."science.orgSpeaking Up: Who Is, and Who Isn't 33423
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerAbhi Aggarwal @abhiaggarwal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026🟧 Orange is the new green?? 🟧 New sensitive orange calcium indicator (🟠OCaMP) now out in Nature Comms: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Highlights ⚡ Detects single action potentials in vivo 🔬 Optimized for 1030 nm imaging 📸 Highly photostable, minimal photoswitching 🌈 Multiplex with green biosensors 0309
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerNature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 17/06/2026A new paper presents CANVAS, a computational workflow that converts minimal de novo TIM barrels into enzymes by designing structural lids that generate tailored active sites www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCustomizing the structure of minimal TIM barrels to craft efficient de novo enzymes - Nature Chemical BiologyThe TIM barrel is nature’s most versatile enzyme fold, yet de novo variants lack functional active sites. Minimal de novo TIM barrels have now been converted into enzymes by designing structural lids ... 052
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerDaumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026A [Cu-4Fe-4S] cluster? Yep, you read that right! We report a new bioinorganic motif in an acetol dehydrogenase and characterized it with our wonderful collaborators from @ribesresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @cutsail-lab.bsky.social @ksgchem.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social @hhu.de 🧪 #chemsky 04319
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Something that has improved my powers of concentration/getting stuff done enormously--getting a small MP3 player that only has music I like, doesn't pause for ads, doesn't require internet, is tiny enough to live in my pocket, etc. Most important: it's NOT my phone 010
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerMara Duncan @mcduncanlab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Just got a notice of award for an R01. I will be hiring. I'll be looking for either a staff scientist or postdoctoral researcher. The project explores the conserved HEATR5 family of proteins. Their roles in AP1 mediated traffic, and links to motors.🎉 219620
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Want to compare different LLMs on extracting chemical data from papers? Check out LoA! Paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Github/Jupyter/Docker: github.com/arwalkerlab/... #compchem #chemsky 130
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Dear colleagues, PLEASE submit a comment against OMB's proposed rule. Elizabeth wrote great guide on drafting a comment. To submit it, go to www.regulations.gov/search and search for OMB-2026-0034. It will take time & effort to write a good comment, but a worthwhile effort to save our profession.regulations.govRegulations.gov 14846
Alice R. Walker @arwalker.bsky.social · 27/05/2026hey #chemsky / #compchem - "molecular dynamic simulations" or "molecular dynamics simulations"? I always thought it was the second one but I keep seeing the first and becoming unreasonably irked 690
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerMiranda-Quintana group @groupquintana.bsky.social · 05/05/2026#postdoc position in our lab explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...explore.jobs.ufl.eduUniversity of Florida - Details - Chemistry Post-Doctoral Associate - Unsupervised and Generative Machine Learning 075
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerOlexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Ukrainian 🇺🇦 embroidery, known as vyshyvanka - organic chemistry edition #chemsky 0282
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🚨 New preprint from the Feigin Lab! 🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Opioids have profound effects on the pancreatic cancer microenvironment! An FDA-approved opioid antagonist that doesn't cross the blood brain barrier decreases tumor aggressiveness in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer!biorxiv.org 68136
Reposted by Alice R. Walker@wsuchemistry.bsky.social @waynestatechem.bsky.social · 21/05/2026First author, Andrea Batchev’s paper: “Cyclen Tetra‐Amide Ligands as a Privileged Class of Ligands for Studying Second‐Sphere Coordination Environments The paper is a collaboration between the Allen and Walker Labs at #wsuchemistry. #ChemSky chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.comCyclen Tetra‐Amide Ligands as a Privileged Class of Ligands for Studying Second‐Sphere Coordination EnvironmentsCyclen tetra-amide derivatives provide a privileged ligand platform for controlling second-coordination sphere structure. Hydrogen-bond networks in the second-coordination sphere are leveraged to sta... 164
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerJoachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A Spectrum of Possibilities: A Systematic Evaluation of Fluorescent Proteins in Cyanobacteria by Anna Behle and team: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 094
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerI-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Please share widely. The new (simpler) MIRA R35 for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) NOFO is published. First due date is 10/2/2026. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...files.simpler.grants.gov 37075
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerJulia Lazzari-Dean @jlazzaridean.bsky.social · 12/05/2026We invented “triplet tumbling microscopy” (TTM) to track protein-protein interactions in living cells! Tag your protein with GFP and see it interact with *untagged* binding partners www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 416654
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerJoachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Wonderful opportunity to hear about the latest progress in fluorescent probe technology ⬇️ 12714
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerVille Kaila @kailalab.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Happy to share how low-barrier hydrogen bonds power PCET reactions in metal-free RNRs - now out in PNAS! So proud of my lab & for great collaboration w Heberle, Kasanmascheff & Högbom Labs. Thank you @kawresearch.bsky.social for long-term support of our research! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 0153
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerIn Preparation @inprep.bsky.social · 08/05/2026inpreparation.substack.comGo Ahead and Use AI to Design Drugs. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You.A message of support for my fellow drug hunters 02010
Reposted by Alice R. WalkerAdrian Roitberg @adrianroitberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Amber/26 and AmberTools/26 has been released! Lots of new features added. As always, free to academic, and now with new licensing options for industry. Go give it a try ! ambermd.orgambermd.orgThe Amber Molecular Dynamics PackageAmber is a package of programs for molecular dynamics simulations of proteins and nucleic acids 0244