Reposted by Kevin WaldronMariko Bennett @nachoriko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity. 491706568
Reposted by Kevin WaldronMolecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Mackenzie, @waldronlab.bsky.social et al. argue that differing superoxide dismutase metal preferences observed across the tree of life evolved through tuning of their redox properties by the secondary coordination sphere. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag040 #evobio #molbiodoi.orgAn enzyme's metal preference evolves through redox modulation driven by the cofactor's secondary coordination sphereAbstract. Changes in protein properties and functions are central to the evolution of life. Metalloproteins can evolve by changing their preference from on 055
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026New paper alert! Just out, the latest in our study of the evolution of a fascinating family of metalloenzymes, the iron- or manganese-dependent superoxide dismutases (SodFMs). Here, we’ve probed the evolutionary mechanism. 222
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The ups and downs of academic life: a story told in two Acts (from two consecutive days) 010
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 01/06/2025A cracking weekend in Annecy with a whole load of old friends and their families. Good times. Even a >3 h delay to my flight back from Geneva can’t dampen my spirits. 160
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025On Saturday, we gathered two teams from IBB-PAS to run the Relay Marathon #Ekiden in Warsaw. It was a good day for running, but it made for a sore Sunday (for me, at least). Thanks to all of our runners for a great team effort! 030
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Finally, we're recruiting! If you'd like to do a PhD using NMR structures to study the dynamics of a metalloenzyme, then you're in luck! Come to Warsaw for this project, in collaboration with Simone Ciofi-Baffoni's group at CERM, Florence: ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/... 1118
Reposted by Kevin WaldronRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature. 645429267904
Reposted by Kevin Waldroneileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925. 464228184708
Reposted by Kevin WaldronScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 10/04/2025Prediction: Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history. 290313326392
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Grant number 2 submitted for this calendar year. Two down, two more to go. But for now, on to the manuscripts that have been backing up for the last couple of months.media.tenor.coma cartoon of a person typing on a laptop with the words 10 minute finger break below itALT: a cartoon of a person typing on a laptop with the words 10 minute finger break below it 130
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 06/04/2025A great week at the IPNC conference in Florence. Learned a lot about this interesting group of bacteria which will help in our forthcoming project, and nice to meet a whole new community of researchers. 130
Reposted by Kevin WaldronJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer. 1026216268214
Reposted by Kevin WaldronZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt 522214575932
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025This weekend, my parents came to visit me in Warsaw, so I gave them a tour of the lab. Turns out it was the first time they'd visited any of my labs, which is weird. But I think they're now convinced that I really do have a proper job 🤷♂️ 2150
Reposted by Kevin WaldronAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/02/2025That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/ 525216339835
Reposted by Kevin WaldronMark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.socialmotherjones.comProject 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kidIts architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking. 56867983143
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025When the Bar is publicly stating your country’s laws are being destroyed right in front of you, things are… er, not great www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...americanbar.orgThe ABA supports the rule of lawIt has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor... 031
Reposted by Kevin WaldronChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/02/2025Selective outrage of the right. 504255387423
Reposted by Kevin WaldronTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comOf course it’s a coupMiss the obvious, lose your republic 5822813210728
Reposted by Kevin WaldronMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 01/02/2025Your regular reminder Delft’s market square was a surface parking lot as recently as 2004. A razor-thin coalition (19-18 votes) initiated a six-month pilot to help merchants realize cars don’t spend money, people do. Years later, no one remembers the controversy or regrets the decision. *Sound on* 442576360
Reposted by Kevin WaldronGary Swergold MD, PhD @gs314.bsky.social · 31/01/2025🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower 1236409386967
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Looking for a postdoc position? Want to apply your biochemistry skills to answer interesting evolutionary questions of how metalloenzymes evolve? Join my growing team in Warsaw at @IBBPAS. We're seeking a talented new postdoc to work on the superoxide dismutases. ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/... 000
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025One more week to get your applications submittedmedia.tenor.coma man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and smiling .ALT: a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and smiling . 010
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Are you a graduate seeking a research post in Warsaw? Looking to gain experience working in a biochemical lab? Have good organisation skills, and want to be part of a team making fundamental discoveries? Join my group at @IBBPAS as a Technician studying metalloproteins. ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/...ibb.edu.pl 032
Reposted by Kevin WaldronDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 29/01/2025"Open science is not a new thing. People have been talking about how to reconcile scientific messiness and rigour for a long time"- @maddipow.bsky.social #QRS2025 @cqr-bath.bsky.social 1225
Reposted by Kevin WaldronShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Chandrashekhar Azad the Indian freedom fighter once evaded British police looking for him on a train by disguising himself as the conducttor and escorting them from car to car helping them search 161112891582
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025We are recruiting for my lab in Warsaw. One postdoc position available for a biochemistry project on superoxide dismutases (of course). ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/... We're also looking for a technician. ibb.edu.pl/app/uploads/... Get your application in! 037
Reposted by Kevin WaldronChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2025I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message. 172610230116383
Reposted by Kevin WaldronRoger Senserrich @4freedoms.es · 19/01/2025My GPU has 45 billion transistors in it. Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen. We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is. 1023709350
Reposted by Kevin WaldronBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/01/2025RIP David Lynch. We will avenge the five Woodys. 151754234
Reposted by Kevin WaldronErica Wilkinson @everywhereerica.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE. 🧵 23581092575
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Three hour lab meeting to start 2025? ✅ We’re back! 010
Reposted by Kevin WaldronFelicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Given the immense vastness of all the music ever created by humanity, it’s such a weird coincidence that the very best songs all happened to be released when I was aged 14-21. 2306419508
Reposted by Kevin WaldronTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/01/2025"This has led to comparisons with the events of autumn 2022, and a suggestion that Reeves may be having a Liz Truss / Kwasi Kwarteng moment. This is obviously bollocks, but how obviously bollocks?" 👏 @financialtimes.com 11-8227-404d-8629-ae7dca82d0b8 58024
Reposted by Kevin WaldronJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Snoopy knows 6280081113
Reposted by Kevin WaldronCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill. 1422389856563
Reposted by Kevin WaldronMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025The photo before THE photo. THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD (1969) 1394
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025End of first full work week of the NY Two of my group gave a talk 🥹 One manuscript making progress, two others being planned out It’s gonna be busy month 020
Kevin Waldron @waldronlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025So it turns out that I really am a micro-manager 🤦🏻♂️ 000
Reposted by Kevin WaldronDave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 10/01/2025“We’re going to be the social network that lets you - encourages you - to say slurs” 255159382505
Reposted by Kevin WaldronDr Charles Smith @smith-brocca.bsky.social · 09/01/2025My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer. 363170673079
Reposted by Kevin WaldronDelthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...genengnews.comNew Achilles Heel Exposed in Antibiotic ResistanceCarbapenems are last-resort antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. A study shows how zinc plays a role in drug-resistant bacteria. 17065931476