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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸

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PhD student in the Ho Lab at Columbia med center and New Yorker 🗽🏳️‍⚧️ Plasmodia, cryoEM, membrane proteins 😍

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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
- Plague, or Y. pestis is a bacterium - We do not know anything accurate about the nature of the facility, much less anything about "biological weapons"
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the Perspective is a super interesting read. I haven't waded into the arcana of evolutionary theory since my days as an EEB major in college but this new data is a tremendously interesting intervention in the field and really shows how technology and statistics can overdetermine questions of theory
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Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thrilled to share our paper "A conserved GTPase complex gates exocytosis for defence and parasitism across alveolates" Ciliates are fantastic to understand rhoptry exocytosis, and cryo-ET once again reveals so much🤩 Thanks to all who contributed. @martacova.bsky.social @yiweichang.bsky.social
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
We need all hands on deck over the next 32 days to defeat the fascists and reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Anyone can help get out the vote in the states and districts that will decide the midterms: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
(over an image of a map of the US that shows Indivisible’s nine Senate target states and 31 House target districts for the midterm elections) It’s time to win the midterms.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Archaea Biology Vienna @archaea-vienna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our paper on the dynamics of Asgard archaea (Promethearchaeota) is now out in Nature! Huge thanks to the reviewers for helping make the manuscript stronger. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Two “Lokis” stained for Lokiactin (FastAct, magenta), reaching toward each other to celebrate 🎉 #archaea
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love living in a country where a politician can sign a law banning the health care I need to live and be greeted as a hero of comity and good sense
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Sternberg Lab @sternberglab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/13 — New pre-print from the Sternberg Lab in collaboration with Leifu Chang's Lab! TnpB nucleases have repeatedly given rise to TldRs, nuclease-dead RNA-guided transcription factors. Here we define the biological role of one TldR clade in its native host. Story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kicking science journalists out of MAHA events? Seems to be a familiar playbook. I'm sorry this happened to you @sherylnyt.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/maxk...
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Omar Harb @omarharb.org · 29/09/2026
Sunday, Oct 11: I'm running the Gaza 5K in Prospect Park to raise $1,000 for UNRWA mental health services in Gaza. Counselors there, many of them refugees themselves, help children cope with trauma. Please give what you can: getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/7... #Gaza5k
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Fire amoeba" found in hot spring breaks heat tolerance record, as it's able to survive temperatures up to 158F (70C)--the highest of any complex organism. Learn more in Cell: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Angela M. Oliverio & colleagues @cp-cell.bsky.social
first page of Cell paper: "A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes"
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
incredibly cool work
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
September 21 is #WorldAlzheimersDay Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases are linked to unnatural aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils.
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PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Amyloids
Alzheimer's disease and prion diseases are linked to unnatural aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Doudna Lab @doudna-lab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Out now in Science: Two papers from our lab reveal VIPR, an RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in bacteriophages, providing clues to the origins of CRISPR www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team
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A noncontiguous code for RNA-guided DNA recognition at the origin of CRISPR-Cas
CRISPR-Cas provides RNA-mediated adaptive immunity, but how its first RNA-guided effector arose is unclear. In this study, we report the discovery of Viral Interference Programmable Repeat (VIPR) syst...
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"A federal statute is the best interpretation of the Constitution our system produces, not because Congress is infallible but because Congress’s interpretation is the one the people can democratically change." What is so hard about that? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/18/o...
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The Constitution belongs to ‘We the People,’ not nine justices - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government.
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Kevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
found at ucsf
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is this their closing argument for the midterms?
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 16/09/2026
“It is unprecedented. We have two major waterways obstructed, active attacks, Iran escalating attacks, proxies being active and no signs of diplomatic talks. It’s a disastrous situation when you’re looking at it from an energy security angle.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The paranoid style of american politics strikes again
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: Yet another group of researchers is suing the NIH and HHS over a massive purge of federal research grants. The class-action suit alleges the Trump admin is violating scientists' first amendment rights by using keyword searches to censor science that doesn't align with its political views.
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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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Dave Herman @dherman.dev · 13/09/2026
“When Obama said he supported civil unions in the run-up to the 2008 and 2012 elections, he was offering gay people a slower pace of progress. When Democrats today triangulate on transgender rights, they are offering us a slower pace of decline.”
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Nature @nature.com · 11/09/2026
Nature research paper: Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China go.nature.com/4AdEBJc
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Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China - Nature
Identification and proteomic analysis of bone fragments and teeth from an excavation in Southwest China provide insight into the evolution and phenotype of Denisovans and fill a geographical gap in their documented distribution.
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
your words not mine babygurl <3
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I helped elect Zohran Mamdani but go off queen
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
they're a threat to queer people in yemen. those people matter to me. that makes one of us, clearly.
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I volunteered on darializa avila chevalier's campaign, and she'll be the most anti-zionist member of the US congress. What have you done?
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
why does not supporting USA lead to actively supporting the conquests of Ansar Allah? lmao, like these are incredibly shitty people
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
whatever you say diva
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
babygurl we're talking about Ansar Allah
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
i'm sure yemeni gay men are glad to be pawns in your struggle against US hegemony. truly queer solidarity on display here.
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
is crucifying homosexuals necessary to "finish" "US hegemony"?
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Razvan Borza @rborza.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🤯 This is how much space an IDR can occupy. Often hard to picture until you see it. 🤔 Did you expect this? This is my favorite complex, Zincore. Using Cryo-EM, I could only resolve the folded core. Here, I modeled the IDRs with AlphaFold3 and visualized it in Blender using MolecularNodes.
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Basil Greber @bjgreber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Very happy to share my postdoc paper is out now in @natcellbio.nature.com titled "Tissue flow acts as a guidance cue for immune cell polarization and directional migration". If you love imaging and immune cells, this is for you! #microscopymonday www.nature.com/articles/s41... A 🧵: 1/n
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Jane Munday @janemunday.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Latest paper properly out ... beautiful figures @scotomorph.bsky.social
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you are ever feeling inclined to believe that NIH Director Bhattacharya has any core scientific beliefs, remember this... He criticized and eliminated pandemic preparedness and biodefence from the NIAID strategic plan (without any process). www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/4
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The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Nature Medicine
Preparing for tomorrow’s threats by enhancing our ability to help patients today.
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
actually they will usually think "what's NIAID? and what's biodefense?"
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Simon W Davis @woodforbrains.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ho-LEE fuck democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
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Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
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Land of 10,000 Stakes @notokayfabe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Look, we all know it’s a cult but this is truly staggering. What information about Canada could you possibly have been told to suddenly think they’re “the enemy” other than just being told that’s who you’re supposed to hate now?
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is a wonderful article about my friend and colleague, Bob Garry - about his scientific work, from early HIV discoveries to COVID-19 origins. It is also, however, a reminder of the personal toll and damage caused by endless social media-driven conspiracism. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Nature @nature.com · 02/09/2026
Earth will breach a long-standing target before the end of the decade, according to a new UN report. go.nature.com/4xAY4Sh
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UN finally admits global warming will shoot past 1.5 ºC climate limit
Earth will breach a long-standing target before the end of the decade, report says.
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Tom Murphy 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @thommurphy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To be fair, my best guess would probably suck too :/
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Sternberg Lab @sternberglab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Link to paper! academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Large-scale mutational analysis uncovers molecular mechanisms governing dual RNA functions in transposons
Abstract. Transposons are among the most abundant mobile genetic elements in nature. IStrons are a unique class of transposons, encoding a transposase for
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