Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is the equivalent of the target ID discussions where you just start stacking things on top of each other kind of as a joke but they did it. 120
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not amused.static.klipy.comJesse Faden in Control GameAlt: Jesse Faden in Control Game esse facen from control 001
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Literally when we got our mortgage. The nadir of rates in years. 000
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Inspired by a conversation with @zenbrainest.bsky.social on the most important things in drug discovery. Had to beg to even get a 3rd place spot for us! 121
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026British Egg system is superior. I will not stop saying this you can't make me www.google.com/amp/s/www.eg...google.comRedirect Notice 020
Reposted by Reid Olsenchasingmicrobes @chasingmicrobes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation"static.klipy.comRyan Reynolds: Huh ConfusedALT: Ryan Reynolds: Huh Confused 6208
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026How it started (first three) vs how it's going (pic 4). Run your controls and hire a pharmacologist! 010
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026@nanopharmnc.bsky.social clearly a relation by goat affinity and name if not by blood! 130
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Our new and improved blue model outperformed SoTA red model. Did either of them accomplish a meaningful task? No. Please publish in nature and give me 100M seed funding. 020
Reposted by Reid OlsenChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 26/06/2026It was the goose that created value 1152
Reposted by Reid OlsenBryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 25/06/2026MS ID#: BIORXIV/2026/734515 MS TITLE: No evidence for direct physical interaction of 5-HT2A-mGluR2 receptors in vitro or in vivo Yuuge congrats to Blake from RothLabUNCstatic.klipy.comTony Stark's KaboomALT: Tony Stark's Kaboom 041
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Why is deformation microscopy desirable? Amino acid scale distances are relevant because of the physical properties of the individual atoms interacting with others including waters etc. in space. This is like saying "we took kublah Kahn and exploded it on the football field look how long it is!"biorxiv.org 100
Reposted by Reid OlsencryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Structural characterization of kappa-opioid receptor dimer in complex with two G proteins pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42215488/ #cryoEM 042
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Why are people in the image citing things they haven't read??? 110
Reposted by Reid OlsenPeter Škrinjar @peterskrinjar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Now published in NSMB! Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Full PDF: rdcu.be/fhBtI Overview of additions since the preprint👇 (1/5)doi.orgEvaluating generalization in protein–ligand cofolding methods - Nature Structural & Molecular BiologyThis work introduces the Runs N’ Poses dataset for benchmarking deep learning methods on the protein–ligand complex prediction task. It shows that current methods rely on memorization, challenging the... 23915
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Just turned a ten dollar bouquet into 4k bet bills. PSA lilies are insanely toxic to cats 100
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Just bought a generic normal tomato, barely ripe (but best of what was there). Four dollars per pound. 110
Reposted by Reid OlsenZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Happy to share with you that we have a new preprint up on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social " Biased signaling at NTSR1 differentially regulates inhibitory synaptic transmission in the extended amygdala and suppressess motivated feeding in mice" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...static.klipy.comStick With Me Liz Lemon (Tina Fey)Alt: Stick With Me Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) 44919
Reposted by Reid OlsenJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Doubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genes www.newscientist.com/article/2524...newscientist.comDoubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genesResearchers in South Korea say they have made a major advance by turning on genes with an electromagnetic signal, but critics say the claims are implausible and the paper is flawed 292
Reposted by Reid OlsenDr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez @eruptions.site · 24/04/2026Happy new Metric album day to those who celebrate. youtu.be/iLuCic0UjMA?...youtu.beAntigravityYouTube video by Metric - Topic 141
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Very interesting but the gamma subunits have their own trafficking behaviour and halo tag is 3-5x the size of the protein itself. Hardly an innocuous alternative to tagging the g alpha. 000
Reposted by Reid OlsenMike (beep boop era) @latimeriidae.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I’m sorry WHATtheneedledrop.comTom Waits and Massive Attack announce collaborationThe two artists (seldom releasing new material) have revealed themselves a pairing, with “Boots On the Ground" arriving April 16th. 1232941629
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Have you asked your local pharmacologist if the idea is good or bad yet today? 010
Reposted by Reid OlsenSalty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Won't you sign my petition to have the Boston Celtics pronounce Celtics with a hard C 1920258
Reposted by Reid OlsenCarlos Chavez Ramirez @carloschalicothere.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Is your golden retriever friendly because of its breed? Genetics says: not really. A citizen science study of 18,000+ dogs found breed explains only 9% of behavioral variation in individual dogs. Personality predates modern breeds by thousands of years. #2026MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 25020
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Somehow I missed this, but the #TRUPATH patent was granted. I remember writing the draft with Ryan in the UNC library. Definitely a learning experience to write in a completely different way for a different purpose. Taking a moment to experience pride today. patents.google.com/patent/US123...patents.google.comUS12360111B2 - G protein-coupled receptor screening systems - Google PatentsDisclosed herein is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) assay platform comprised of two complementary systems that equate dynamic intermolecular interactions between a receptor and transducer with mor... 190
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025media.tenor.coma man in a car with the words i gotta figure out how to make money on this thing below himAlt: Clip from I think you should leave in the driver crooner skit where Tim Robinson is driving and saying to his passenger "I gotta figure out how to make money on this thing it's simply too good." 010
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 22/11/2025What is this garbage article these people are clearly loons 000
Reid Olsen @reidolsen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025media.tenor.coma man wearing a hat and a white shirt looks tiredAlt: Tim Robbins "I think you should leave" gif from the episode where text messages are read in court they take detours to talk about his ridiculous fedora with safari flaps. He is looking around confused saying "what the hell" 010
Reposted by Reid OlsenMatt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Apparently Bluesky is seeing an influx of new users. Welcome! If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following. go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b 512965
Reposted by Reid OlsenLucas Sullivan @lucasbsullivan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Excited to share a recent preprint by Oliver Newsom, where we evaluate the functional contributions of serum for cancer cell proliferation. Inside: A broadly applicable serum-free media, Quantitative lipid uptake characterization, Evidence lipid scavenging > synthesis for cancer cell proliferation. 44320
Reposted by Reid OlsenLucas Sullivan @lucasbsullivan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Our work detailing the metabolic roles of serum for cancer cell proliferation is now out at JBC, @asbmbjournals.bsky.social! Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process. See here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDefined media reveal the essential role of lipid scavenging in supporting cancer cell proliferationFetal bovine serum (FBS) is an undefined additive that is ubiquitous to mammalian cell culture media and whose functional contributions to promoting c… 13618
Reposted by Reid OlsenCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiEnyti.ms 14147041812
Reposted by Reid OlsenMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Cool Postdoc opportunity alert! UNC SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education)-it provides scholars with both high quality research training & the opportunity to develop research based teaching skills that will inspire students across the sciences 1/n spire.unc.edu/program-info/ 11623
Reposted by Reid OlsenMelissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025So excited for this piece by me and @deffinger.bsky.social to be out! It was inspired by science and discussion from many venues from @sfn.org to #GRCPsychedelics 🧠 0155
Reposted by Reid OlsenDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Carefully reading the papers you cite is like a superpower. You might be surprised what you actually find! 😜 2508
Reposted by Reid OlsenEd @notdred.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly 3132611029
Reposted by Reid OlsenGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comAcetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual DisabilityThis nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability. 14550202198