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Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to Canadian medical researcher & <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a> Maud Menten (1879-1960). Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/enzyme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enzyme</a> kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histochemistry</a>, still used in imaging of tissues today & she also performed the first <a href="https://spore.social/tags/electrophoretic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electrophoretic</a> separation of blood haemoglobin in 1944!⁠ 🧵1/n ⁠<a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

michaelnew <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> for the bsky bridge : I’m a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BioChemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BioChemist</a> turned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceWriter</a>, write a feature for every issue of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a>, 2/month, mostly about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#human</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cultural</a> things seen thru <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> prism. Plus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceBooks</a>, most recently: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intertwined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intertwined</a>: From insects to icebergs Also writing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> around <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biography</a> of our old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cello</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PirateLuthier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PirateLuthier</a> fixing unloved <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoCars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liveable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liveable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/townmouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#townmouse</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDThis <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> let’s celebrate trailblazing American <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a> Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chemistry</a> in the US! She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & our knowledge of the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She published original research establishing that “no bases other than adenine, 🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/HeartDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeartDisease</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciArt</a>

Pedro MendesHello! <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introductions</a> I'm a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ComputationalBiologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputationalBiologist</a> (1st <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a>, then <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ComputerScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputerScientist</a>). I'm faculty at UConn Health. I'm interested in many scientific areas such as <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SystemsBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SystemsBiology</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ComputationalModeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputationalModeling</a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Simulation</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IronMetabolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IronMetabolism</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NonlinearDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonlinearDynamics</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareDevelopment</a>. I'm one of the authors of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@copasi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@copasi</a> simulation software and its predecessor Gepasi (thus my handle). I care about <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> & <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>. I am also interested in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EVs</a>.

PhoenixSerenity<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Insights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insights</a> into <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gene</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/protein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ControlSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ControlSystems</a> that regulate the use of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nitrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nitrogen</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plant</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/roots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#roots</a> could help develop crops that require less nitrogenous fertilizers to produce acceptable yields. Plant <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a> Soichi Kojima and colleagues at <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TohokuUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TohokuUniversity</a> discuss their findings and future plans in an article in the journal <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Frontiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Frontiers</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PlantScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlantScience</a>.<a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230410111641.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230410111641.htm</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#botany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Botanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Botanical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ScientificStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScientificStudy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UnderstandingPlantRoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnderstandingPlantRoots</a>

Hartmut Vodermaier“But I’m <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/newhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newhere</a> / will you show me around” (Bill Callahan, 2006)Ok, after looking around a bit, finally time for proper <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>I am a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a> and former <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/researcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#researcher</a>, still fond of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ubiquitin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ubiquitin</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cellcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cellcycle</a> stuff! I work now as full-time <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LifeScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LifeScience</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#editor</a> for <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/@embojournal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@embojournal</a>, interested in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scicomm</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/reproducibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reproducibility</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/researchintegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#researchintegrity</a>I may not directly toot about them, but other things I am looking for here are <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outdoors</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a>…

michael<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> in English: I’m a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BioChemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BioChemist</a> turned science writer, mainly write a feature for every issue of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CurrentBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CurrentBiology</a>, 2/month, mostly about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#human</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cultural</a> things seen thru <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> prism. Plus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceBooks</a>, most recently: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrobiology</a>: an introduction, 3rd ed. Also writing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> around the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biography</a> of our old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cello</a> on which I’m trying to play <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suites</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoCars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cycling</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liveable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liveable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/townmouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#townmouse</a>

Nick FisherBy way of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>, I'm Nick Fisher, a PhD <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a> who's spent around 30 years investigating bioenergetic processes in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/respiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#respiration</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photosynthesis</a>, including (but not limited to) respiratory complex dysfunction, antimalarial chemotherapy and photosynthetic cyclic electron flow. Outside of research, I'm passionately interested in the music of Gustav Mahler & the 2nd Viennese School, cricket, and experimental fiction. I also like cats. Hello!

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