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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 02/08/2025

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has gone from horrible to hell on earth. Over 60K people have been killed, mostly women & children. The Netanyahu government must allow the UN-led aid distribution system to resume. Children are starving, and we are on the brink of a full-blown famine:

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Ed Twomey @cryoet.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Here's our new preprint led by @wdhale.bsky.social with @rhuganir.bsky.social: "Architecture, Activation, and Conformational Plasticity in the GluA4 AMPA Receptor" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #iGluRs #cryoEM Some key points below that Dylan discovered:

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

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Ed Twomey @cryoet.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

As someone who grew up in NJ, and an American, I am so proud of @corybooker.com for making a stand. I would love to see my current representation in the Senate @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov do the same.

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Elon Musk proves once and for all that money really can’t buy happiness.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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Ed Twomey @cryoet.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Here's our newest study: we reveal the molecular principles of neuronal excitation by glutamate, and how physiological temperatures influence this process. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41... Led by @anish-mondal07.bsky.social, published in @natureportfolio.nature.com

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The MARC train from Baltimore to DC this morning is SOLD OUT for Stand up for Science!

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Do any of my Canadian colleagues have recommendations for the best Canadian whiskies?

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If you’re dismayed by what’s going on right now, focus on 2026 and don’t lose focus. Identify who your representatives are and be prepared to hold them to account. Without significant change in 2026 all of the marches, phone calls and social media posts are moot.

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The catastrophic impact of all of these cuts with so little ‘savings’ indicates that the so-called bloat in the government is vastly exaggerated. We’re losing tremendous resources by cutting a fraction of what Elon Musk received in government handouts.

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I am strongly against the ‘budget cuts’ and other ‘policy’ decisions that are being made - several seem to be illegal. But having watched this circus since 2015, I’m convinced that the responsible parties aren’t graded on their performance as much as the volume of outrage generated.

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

So if the 15% indirect cost cap stands. Does this mean that researchers will have to pay the reminder of operating expenses directly from the award? Or are there NIH policies or laws that forbid this?

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Google AI summaries have introduced me to some great literature I’ve never seen before. But that’s mostly because it’s unrelated to what I’m searching.

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Well this doesn’t happen every day

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Channels, Receptors & Transporters Subgroup of BPS @bpscrt.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The Channels, Receptors & Transporters Subgroup of the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social is excited to announce the final program for our 2025 Symposium. Please join us on Feb 15 to hear from @willowcoyote.bsky.social @drcontrexin.bsky.social @corrylab.bsky.social and others 👇Thanks to our sponsors!

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I made a feed for glutamate receptor ion channels. It picks up anything with the tag #iGluRs and also AMPA and NMDA receptors. (Sorry KAR and delta fans, only three terms, forgive me) You can pin the feed and/or like it. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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W. D. Hale @wdhale.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Baltimore waterfront this morning

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I am happy to announce that Dan Pederick will join the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins as an Assistant Professor this summer. Dan joins us from Liqun Luo’s laboratory at Stanford University, where he was studying how cell surface molecules regulate neural circuit assembly.

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Happy to say our paper on SynGAP1 "SynGAP regulates synaptic plasticity and cognition independently of its catalytic activity," is out today in Science. The results of this paper surprised me and will have a significant impact on therapeutics for SRID. Repost from X. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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SynGAP regulates synaptic plasticity and cognition independently of its catalytic activity

An abundant synaptic GTPase-activating protein regulates synaptic strength via phase separation.

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Tom Reese has passed. He was a truly pioneering explorer of neuronal ultrastructure, and really nice guy to talk to. I am grateful to have known him. www.mbl.edu/news/obituar...

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Rémi Fronzes @fronzeslab.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Here is a starter pack for CryoEM/ET enthousiasts To be completed go.bsky.app/JmQksC

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Welcome to BlueSky @paulschanda.bsky.social and everyone else that recently have joined this friendly place ❤️ If you're looking for biophysics and structural biology friends, have a look at these two "starter packs" bsky.app/starter-pack... & bsky.app/starter-pack...

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