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Megan Westwood

@mnwestwood.bsky.social
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biophysics PhD candidate in the Keane lab | research includes RNA structure and dynamics, NMR, and so much more | love my dogs | 🏳️‍🌈

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Sarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I'm also late in posting this work, but really proud of Megan @mnwestwood.bsky.social, Sydney, and Jocelyn for their contributions to making RNA NMR spectroscopy more accessible for novice learners! Check out their preprint here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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A practical guide to RNA NMR spectral analysis for undergraduate students
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool that can be used to determine the structures of both small organic molecules and large biomacromolecules. Many undergraduate...
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Sarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Glad to see this work out in its final form! Congrats to the team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Structural Features Within Precursor microRNA-20a Regulate Dicer-TRBP Processing
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression of target messenger (m) RNAs. To maintain proper miR…
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Sarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
2nd defense of the summer! Congratulations to Dr. Aldrex Munsayac! It has been a pleasure to work with and learn from you!
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Megan Westwood @mnwestwood.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
“Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million.”
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2025
(5/5) 🚨 It’s time to flood the zone. NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn. 📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration ✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support 👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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Sarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Arhin for an outstanding thesis defense earlier this week!
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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 06/05/2025
How's school?
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Sarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New preprint from the lab - Grace has been instrumental in leading the lab into the RNA-targeting space. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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In silico discovery of compounds targeting NPSL2: a regulatory element in the human oncomiR-1 primary microRNA.
NPSL2 is a stem loop element within the oncomiR-1 polycistronic primary microRNA (miRNA) cluster. NPSL2 is predicted to mediate conformational rearrangements within oncomiR-1 to regulate the biogenesi...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/02/2025
RNA xkcd.com/3056
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Sam @macroplasticz.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The NMR is my one true ally at work, her magnetic aura does so much for me
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Sarah Keane @keanelab.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Given my lab the day off on Friday, in case they have somewhere more important to be… #standupforscience
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Megan Westwood @mnwestwood.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
this but with parafilm in winter
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
starter pack of academic imposters and it's just you
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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
NOBODY TELL MY STUDENTS ABOUT THIS HACK!
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