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Leah Taylor-Kearney

@leahtaylorkearney.bsky.social
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Studying the evolution of gas-dependent enzyme catalysis | marathon swimmer | astronomy enthusiast | bullied by my cat | putting the euro in neurodivergent | she/her Shih Lab@UC Berkeley

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alex jaffe @alexjaf.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
excited to see this one with @leahtaylorkearney.bsky.social @prywes.bsky.social et al. out, bringing a truly interdisciplinary (comparative genomics/phylogeny + biochemistry) lens to our favorite enzyme rubisco
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N End Rules @n-end-rules.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
How did oxygen-sensing evolve in plants? In collaboration with @syno2xis.bsky.social Great work from @lauradc.bsky.social et. al. #plantscience @leverhulme.ac.uk “ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia” www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
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ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia
Short summary:This study investigates the evolution of the low-oxygen response in land plants mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factors (ERFVIIs). We identified conserved transcriptional signatu...
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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
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Stanford.Berkeley.UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium
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Emily Flashman @emilyflashman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
And now formally published, a chemical probe that can detect hypoxia in plants - congratulations to all authors! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Hypoxia‐activated fluorescent probes as markers of oxygen levels in plant cells and tissues
Low oxygen signalling in plants is important in development and stress responses. Measurement of oxygen levels in plant cells and tissues is hampered by a lack of chemical tools with which to reliab...
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Claudia Alvarez Carreño @claudiaalcar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We are pleased to announce that the next speaker in the ProSE seminar series will be Dr. Klara Hlouchova with a talk on "Protein Structure Before LUCA" May 13, 4PM CET Registration link: tinyurl.com/prose-seminar4 Please share!
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“The goal is really to ensure that you're able to come in and do your work effectively. Have a safe space to collaborate, move, grow." – Teddy Prompichai, IGI's Building Manager and occasional grill master! Read more: ow.ly/Q8Y650VlWlp
Teddy at the grill
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Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/02/2025
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Grateful to @replsimon.bsky.social & @reptedlieu.bsky.social for visiting IGI to learn how federal funding is critical to supporting cutting-edge science & medicine, as well as training future generations. Cutting science funding affects real families across the US. Read here: shorturl.at/8cqRh
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At UC Berkeley, Dem House members gather evidence to fight cuts to world-leading research
A judge blocked proposed NIH cuts Friday, but UC Berkeley scientists told two House members the impact of potential cuts is harming their work regardless.
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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I wrote about NASA, its people and the mission to connect us. slate.com/technology/2...
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There Is Basically One Point to Space Exploration. Right Now, We’re Missing It.
Efforts to scrub DEI from NASA's websites get it all wrong.
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Ryan @geekryan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease. "Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...
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Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Do journals have policies in place for when reviewers insist on scientifically accurate wording/analysis ("climate change," continuous variation in sex characters, etc.) but authors are forbidden by their .gov employment (or conditions of grants / university ... we know that's coming too)?
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hi folks, I'm excited to share a whale of a tale (sorry, bad pun), where we engineer snowflake yeast to express sperm whale myoglobin, and explore how oxygen-binding proteins may have helped overcome anatomical limitations to early multicellularity. 🧪 #MEvoSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A snowflake yeast cluster, with the MitoLoc mitochondrial fluorescent probe. The outer ~4-5 cell layers are aerobic and respiring, the interior is anaerobic.
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New research from IGI Investigator Dave Savage and first author Noam Prywes details the landscape of possible Rubisco variants, suggesting ways to make the world's most abundant enzyme better at its job. 🌱 Read more: ow.ly/t2JO50ULh10
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Savage Lab @savagecatsonly.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
What limits rubisco function? Is it the chemical mechanism? Evolution? In this paper, @prywes.bsky.social et. al explore this question by assaying >99% of single amino acid mutants in Form II rubisco (1/7) doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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