Kimberly Beatty

Sabotaging the NSF fellowship is a blunder Over the last year, the Trump administration has sent one discouraging message after another to young people aspiring to a scientific career in the United States. The corrosive rhetoric that mocks sci...

There is no logic behind cutting NSF fellowships. None.

Sabotaging the NSF fellowship is a blunder | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cracked, but still there: the glass ceiling persists for senior women in science To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, Mangala Srinivas reminds junior colleagues that career success won’t protect you from gender-based bias.

Cracked, but still there: the glass ceiling persists for senior women in science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It is depressing to know that I have been reading articles like this for most of my career and that I will likely keep reading them for the next 20 years. Yes, gender bias persists.

I was using @chimerax.ucsf.edu just now and three of my enzymes look like the cutest lil' sea horses. Happy weekend!

Jerrie Cobb: The Fight to Send Women to Space | About the Hero A female American astronaut’s advocacy for gender equality during the early 1960s ultimately led NASA to change its policies and include women in the space program.

Jerrie Cobb was an outstanding pilot who out-performed nearly all of of the men at NASA who were training/testing to go to space. Didn't matter. She was denied the opportunity, again and again, because she was female. This is the country we live in.
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NIH Director Bhattacharya signals an end to the affirmative action program for ESI Well, this is fascinating. Director Jayanta Bhattacharya went on the Why Should I Trust You podcast in an episode dated Feb 26, 2026 [h/t]. Around 59:00 he is answering the podcast host after she p…

The future of research is imperiled by the drop in NIH funding for ESIs under Bhattacharya's leadership. He claimed that ESIs were get funded because of "affirmative action". When ESI funding rates drop, ESI will be forced to leave science. Also look here: drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/n...

Let Us Teach Proper Thin Layer Chromatography Technique! Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is a technique widely used in industrial and research chemistry. It is an inexpensive and simple technique, which makes it attractive for undergraduate chemistry lab ex...

Recently doing many TLCs and I didn't really appreciate how important it was to saturate my chamber. Now I know!
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Let Us Teach Proper Thin Layer Chromatography Technique! | Journal of Chemical Education pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

I have served on study section for many years now. It is absolutely critical that we support early stage investigators (ESI) and new investigators during grant review and funding. The playing field is not level.

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So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

These wool nudibranchs are amazing, made by artist Arina Borevich of Wool Creature Lab. woolcreaturelab.com

Opinion | Measles hit these unvaccinated kids hard. Shaming their parents isn't a solution. Karen Ernst: "I told you so" will never convince anti-vaccine parents they were wrong

"At Voices for Vaccines, our years of work with formerly hesitant families have shown us that empathy works — meaning not judging people who have refused vaccination."

From our director.

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I Made My Students Write by Hand. It Gave Them Their Brains Back. We need to slow down the process of thinking.

I love this:
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
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I want a surgeon general who has knowledge and expertise that exceeds the vast majority of qualified doctors. Not a snake oil salesman.

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

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The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM 19thnews.org/2026/02/epst... via @19thnews.org

"The Epstein files ... exposed a system in which some of the most powerful men in science actively worked to keep women out, mocked their intelligence behind closed doors, and used a convicted sex offender's money and connections to consolidate their own power." -A Mighty Girl (FB 022526) 1/2

Thank you @docteurjayp.bsky.social for hosting my recent visit to Lewis & Clark College! It was a great visit and I enjoyed learning more about your work.

Beautiful day here at OHSU in Portland, Oregon.

The Lipid Interactome: an interactive and open access platform for exploring cellular lipid–protein interactions AbstractSummary. Lipid–protein interactions play essential roles in cellular signaling and membrane dynamics, yet their systematic characterization has lon

Our paper on The Lipid Interactome is now published, and the database is open:

lipidinteractome.org

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Please RT to spread the word.

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Senior Scientist, Protein Sciences in South San Francisco, California, United States of America | Research & Development at Genentech Apply for Senior Scientist, Protein Sciences job with Genentech in South San Francisco, California, United States of America. Research & Development at Genentech

Our department at Genentech is hiring. We're looking for a freshly-minted PhD (0-3 years) protein biochemist / structural biologist to join as a Sr Scientist. A rare opportunity to join our group leader job family at a more junior level than we usually hire.

The shut-down delays in grant review are really messing up my grant writing strategy. I submitted a grant in June 2025-- summary statement end of January 2026 (instead of Oct.) I wish I had extra time to process!

@compoundchem.com made this card describing my role as a chemist. More can be found here:
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Thank you @compoundchem.com for recognizing the women of chemistry! A few years back you featured >180 present day women chemists, including me.
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You are the best!

This infographic titled "The Women of the Periodic Table" highlights ten women and their contributions to element discovery. A central periodic table marks specific elements in green and orange, with lines connecting them to names and portraits. Featured scientists include Marie Curie (polonium, radium), Marguerite Perey (francium), and Clarice Phelps (tennessine). It traces history from early pioneers like Harriet Brooks to modern teams including Dawn Shaughnessy and Darleane Hoffman.

Today is the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩‍🔬 This graphic highlights women of the periodic table, the elements they discovered, and the two elements named after women.

Plenty more graphics on women in chemistry here: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom...

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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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Ben Franklin:

"In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation..."

US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns dr...

apnews.com/article/minn... citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search

It makes me feel sick that Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. The idea that a powerful, old, rich man would feel comfortable accepting her prize speaks volumes.

I am grateful for the selective amnesia that allows me to forget how absolutely miserable and sick the common cold can make me.

My family did not suffer food insecurity during the prolonged shutdown in Fall 2025. But the reverberations persist for all of us.
**I have zero confidence that Congress can govern.**

F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material

Please share this widely. Gift link. Thugs are beating random civilians in the streets for intimidation and now they're raiding the homes of journalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...