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Jared Lewis

@jclewislab.bsky.social
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Prof. at Indiana University. My group studies biocatalysis, artificial metalloenzymes, and protein engineering. I post about our research, nerd stuff, & music.

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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Way behind on promoting work from folks in the group… not sure I ever plugged Autumn’s work on selective phosphorylation of small molecule substrates with the kinase PsiK. Great collaboration with Graham Cooks’ group at Purdue and Ryan Phelan at AbbVie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Selective Phosphorylation of Phenols and Benzenediols by the Kinase PsiK and Variants Thereof
PsiK from Psilocybe cubensis phosphorylates a diverse set of substituted phenols and benzenediols beyond its native substrate. High-throughput screening of active site mutant libraries using DESI-MS ...
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
so close, yet so, so far away. an edit striking a few unnecessary details: But life properly lived is dangerous. It’s dangerous to people who refuse to hate those they are told to hate, to people who refuse to oppress, to conquer, to exploit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
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Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
i still enjoy watching music videos
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 30/07/2025
Excellent article on the importance of US academic research for US private enterprise, and in particular for Silicon Valley. open.substack.com/pub/theahura...
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Silicon Valley is Wrong about Federal University Funding
Modern universities are more like a national research labs than colleges. Killing them would handicap America for generations.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
downloaded for the name, but it is quite good! nerv.app/en/about.html
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Accessibility Update
Learn more about the features and functions provided by the NERV Disaster Prevention app.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/07/2025
america is already great folks www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/d...
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Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
fam has had an awesome start to our visit to japan, this pic was preceded by a great time in harajuku before the rain, and i had no clue there was a roland store here, apparently the only one in japan, but the rain was the perfect setting for finding that the store was… closed on tuesdays! so close!
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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 14/07/2025
This is utterly brilliant - Macintosh System Software 1.0, all the way to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, all with emulations of the software that actually work!! Incredible. aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
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Frame of preference
A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
had to say goodbye to Panda today. seventeen great years with this crazy border collie.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
arnold group alums out in force at tom ward’s repartzymes (repurposed and artificial metalloenzymes) conference. great science and awesome community!
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IU Biology @iubiology.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Exciting news from the IU Biology Greenhouse! Wally, our corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), is officially preparing to bloom! 🪴🌸 🎥You can watch the livestream: go.iu.edu/8tM8 📷: Jessica L. Hooten, Department of Biology
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
publican and smart bar are two of my favorite places in chicago. this bathroom in basel looks like the child of their bathrooms’ pagan union.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
i was initially put off by alchemist in basel because the glassware was not properly assembled, but i found out i could order absinthe feuerzangenbowle-style. and that you get forceps and a mortar/pestle at table… also the food was excellent. shared pak choi, spätzli, lamb shank, and pork belly.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
having a great time in basel. plattfon record store is a strong recommend.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
wording makes it sound like this could affect grad students also, but i didn’t read the bill text…
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Jenny Yang @chemjen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC) is taking place in Long Beach, CA from July 28 - Aug 1! There is still time to register and submit an abstract! www.icbic21.org
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ICBIC 2025, Long Beach California
Join the prestigious International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC) in Long Beach, California in 2025. Discover the latest advancements in the field of biological inorganic chemist...
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Richard Higgins @zen0effect.com · 14/06/2025
Courthouse Square, Bloomington, Indiana #nokings
In front of the crowd at a No Kings protest, two people in foreground holding signs that say, "Fuck I.C.E." and "No Tyrants, No Fascists. No Kings."Tight shot of No Kings crowd. Visible signs say, "No Dicktators in America," "Fox News is news like cowpies are pies," No kings in America, 8647."Short line of demonstrators along the street, holding Mexican flags, with T-shirts that say, "Fuck I.C.E" and "Por Vida." A gold sign in red letters says, "Donald Trump sucks." Crowd of protestors on a street corner, with a large banner in the foreground that says, "Honk to impeach Trump." Several other people are holding up large peace signs, some intertwined with hearts.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
i am somewhere between embarrassed (how could i not know about this band?), shocked (seriously, how???), and excited (a whole catalogue of new (to me) music!) that i was completely unfamiliar with The Young Gods before this article. great stuff.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🌮🌮🌮 www.politico.com/news/2025/06... bc
politico.com
Trump embraces Israeli strike after arguing against it
It hasn’t been a complete shift but the president’s calculus around the risks of an Israeli strike have changed.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
can’t wait to hear the expert advice from this group… (nice summary of “credentials“) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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Kennedy Announces Eight New Members of C.D.C. Vaccine Advisory Panel
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
but more importantly…
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
christ man, what’s going on…
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
i loved this tape when i was little, and i was psyched to find the record @landlockedmusic.com
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Pitchfork @pitchfork.com · 11/06/2025
Breaking News: Brian Wilson has died
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The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82
The beloved musician had been living with a neurocognative disorder akin to dementia
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
saw this ad online. another effort to divert funding for and even the meaning of STEM to other fields. there are good reasons why the acronym STEAM emerged and why the A stands for Arts and not Accounting… but these people just don’t care. www.politico.com/sponsored/20...
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Sponsored Content: 7 Reasons Why Accounting Should Join Other Tech Professions as a STEM Field
The need for a change in how the U.S. views accounting. AICPA sponsored content on POLITICO.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
this guy clearly has no idea what an R1 institution is… or just doesn’t care: “One of the things that we wanted was a guarantee that you would have every professor teaching at least 12 credits, so 12 hours in the classroom for a full-time job, and they just couldn't get there."
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
apparently darrell issa is going to review all research grants in CA? “Come to me with the grant and the justification, and I’ll advocate for that.”
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🌮🌮🌮 www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Trump, White House aides signal a possible détente with Musk
The two men have been embroiled in a feud over legislation that encompasses the president's agenda.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
woooooooooow… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...
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Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 04/06/2025
the Inhuman League
if you face swap Mulder and Scully they look like a great Synth Pop band.

(above a photo of face swapped Mulder and Scully)
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
this looks so much more complex than what we actually do… maybe AI is right about radiating lines around a nucleophile? and the numbers definitely look sophisticated. and leavin3groung… yes.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The private sector will not fill the gaps. The size of the cuts is too big, and the incentives does not align to do basic research or train the next generation of PhD students. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
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Are universities too dependent on federal support?
Destroying a decades-long scientific partnership will hurt more than higher ed
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
TACO
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣 Good to know. (you know what to do!) 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
awesome story… and a other example of “wasteful research” turning out to be a big deal.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
really can’t stand this piece of shit… so sorry for the students. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
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U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Many Chinese Students, Rubio Says
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
gotta be honest… “bauhaus blast” is a big part of why i maintain a social media presence.
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STAT @statnews.com · 28/05/2025
#BREAKING: HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
must have been a cool station back in the day. i have bought several records from a local store with their call letters. www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/WQAX
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
good thing the US is supporting the students who will make these advances and the academic institutions that train them…
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it
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What Are People Still Doing on X?
Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/05/2025
1. It's Fustilarian Friday and today's drop is the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" executive order. My read is that this is designed to (1) protect far-fringe figures such as the antvaxxers now heading our health agencies, and (2) kneecap efforts to use scientific evidence in regulatory policy.
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Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
huh. was taking a quick break from working on a nih proposal. not sure why i thought a quick look here would be helpful…
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
“Economists have extensively studied the effects of eliminating OPT: It would cause permanent losses to US innovation, productivity, economic growth, and job opportunities for both less-educated native workers and more educated native workers.”
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
revisiting fahrenheit 451. found this where i left off last. didn’t make it too far.
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
sights and sounds from my hammock… before the pesky tornado siren ruined things.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The article includes this beautiful photo of the baby looking up at one of the doctors who saved his life. This extraordinary, life saving research is exactly how I want my tax dollars spent. “KJ is now well enough for the team to start planning to discharge him from the hospital and live at home”
Baby is held and looks up at a doctor. “KJ is now well enough for the team to start planning to discharge him from the hospital and live at home, and he is meeting developmental milestones. Credit...Children's Hospital of Philadelphia”
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Jared Lewis @jclewislab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
rogue one is my favorite episode in the star wars saga. second season andor is now the runner up. these are one and two only because they set up the original trilogy, so kind of carpet bagging, but the setup is just so good. and k2so is the second best droid.
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