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microbial metalloenzymes, a tragicomedy; or, another friday night in lab. asst prof @ pitt chem • finding new microbial enzymes & natural products via bioinorganic chemistry, bacteriology, & bioinformatics • balskus & rosenzweig lab alum • kenneylab.org

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Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Trump's proposed FY26 budget cuts will decimate our universities with devastating consequences for cities like Pittsburgh.
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Carrie McDonough: Money for Pittsburgh steel, but not for Pittsburgh science
Donald Trump recently celebrated a planned partnership between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel expected to bring a $14 billion investment to U.S. Steel over...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 08/06/2025
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.
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Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze
The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grants and forced the university to spend mi…
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(g)kenney lab @kenneylab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I've been worrying about this since their website dropped offline. Losing the NRRL folks and their microbial strain collection would be a real blow.
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(g)kenney lab @kenneylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today's #standupforscience rally in Pittsburgh - it was great seeing so many people turn out. #standupforscience2025
A crowd of people carrying signs supporting science at the Stand Up For Science rally in Pittsburgh, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background.A crowd of people carrying signs supporting science at the Stand Up For Science rally in Pittsburgh.
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(g)kenney lab @kenneylab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Hoping to see other Pittsburgh folks standing up for science in Schenley Plaza tomorrow! (It'll sure beat spending lunch doomscrolling like the last month...)
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(g)kenney lab @kenneylab.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Can finally confirm: #ABRCMS in person definitely beats the online early-pandemic versions. I didn't have to travel and I'm still wiped out by so many hours of posters... but there was so much exciting science and so many talented undergrad and postbac researchers! Highly recommended. #ABRCMS2024
A sculpture spelling out ABRCMS in front of convention center windows, with a river and a yellow bridge visible through the glass.
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(g)kenney lab @kenneylab.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
If you're interested in microbial chemical biology and looking for a research technician position, the Kenney Lab at Pitt is hiring. You'd be working with weird new (metallo)enzymes, weird microbes, and weird new natural products. Fill out an application here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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