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SBGrid Consortium @sbgrid.bsky.social · Sep 11

SBGrid's eLife paper received a citation in August from @drennanlab.bsky.social from @mit.edu in @pnas.org: Structural basis for anaerobic alkane activation by a multisubunit glycyl radical enzyme.

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Structural basis for anaerobic alkane activation by a multisubunit glycyl radical enzyme | PNAS

X-succinate synthases (XSSs) are glycyl radical enzymes (GREs) that catalyze the addition of hydrocarbons to fumarate via radical chemistry, thereb...

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Cathy Drennan @drennanlab.bsky.social · 25d

From MIT Daily from MIT News

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MIT Department of Chemistry @mitchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Drennan Lab is investigating how nature performs challenging chemistry in oxygen-free environments, with potential applications for remediation, such as cleaning up oil spills, in situations where traditional approaches are ineffective. @drennanlab.bsky.social

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MIT Department of Chemistry @mitchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations to Dr. Santosh Singh, Naike Ye, Kaelyn McFarlane-Connelly, Robert Raclea, and
Kunal Lodaya, who were each recently honored with the inaugural Department of Chemistry Research Excellence Award.
@interphases.org @drennanlab.bsky.social

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Cathy Drennan @drennanlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

@acs.org Great seeing former Drennan lab undergrad Abigail Scott Porter at #ACSFall2025. Proud Chemist and Proud Mentor.

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Cathy Drennan @drennanlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Had fun talking to early career bioinorganic chemists at #ACSFall2025

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 13

If red state Republicans redraw their congressional maps to rig the midterm elections, blue state Democrats must even the playing field by responding in kind. Use our toolkit to demand that Democratic governors and legislators in your state act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...

The Downballot on Bluesky: “New statement from TX House Dems:

"After deliberation among our caucus, we have reached a consensus: Texas House Democrats refuse to give him a quorum to pass his racist maps"”

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 14

You can join us here if you can’t get into Zoom. We’re starting the One Million Rising training now.

Session 3: What Now? - Aug 13

YouTube video by One Million Rising

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Starting now! Strategic noncooperation final live training. Check it out!

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Aug 13

TONIGHT: It’s time for a new phase of national campaign work that puts pressure on institutions enabling Trump. You’ll learn to plan and execute a non-cooperation campaign, and how to coach others to do the same. Plus, Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu joins us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Aug 8

Whether or not Congress cuts NIH’s budget, the Trump administration has devastated its ability to operate. Story by @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

How Many Times Can Science Funding Be Canceled?

Whether or not Congress cuts NIH’s budget, the Trump administration has devastated its ability to operate.

www.theatlantic.com

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sarahejbowman @xtalmaker.bsky.social · Jul 30

Lovely to catch up with my postdoc mentor @drennanlab.bsky.social at ICBIC! & great to meet Balyn Muffley, former Drennan Lab undergrad now doing some amazing graduate work in @joanbroderick.bsky.social Lab!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 19

The science sabotage is deadly. Trump et al. aren’t just attacking research, they're risking lives.

Cuts by the “pro-life party” est. to kill 50k+ Americans each year.
Sounds more like the “pro-death party” to us.

✊ Help us fight for lives by joining the #SummerFightForScience ➡️ zurl.co/Igt4C

Join the massive Summer Fight For Science in America!

Join us wherever, whenever, and however you can to fight for the future of science in America.

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Bruce Hinze @brucehinze.bsky.social · Jun 14

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

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Firehawk @firehawkjw.bsky.social · Jun 14

#NoKings
Philadelphia

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Firehawk @firehawkjw.bsky.social · Jun 14

#Nokings
San Diego

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 14

Gilead in FORT WORTH, TX

#NoKingsDay

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 14

Chicago ✊

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 14

Holy shit, New York!

Here’s the full view.

#NoKings #50501Movement

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 14

🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏 *squinting*

We had more people at the Lincoln Memorial for our Stand Up for Science rally on March 7th!

#StandUpforScience
#FailedBirthdayParade

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jun 14

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

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Cathy Drennan @drennanlab.bsky.social · Jun 14

Good turnout for #NoKings protest in Newton MA despite the rain.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Jun 8

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

www.nytimes.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 8

Scientists at UC Berkeley have filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin, accusing of politically motivated cuts to funding.

“I think that if we fight back and we show that our laws still work, it means something to people,” says Sabeeha Merchant, Berkeley professor.
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UC Berkeley researchers team up for first-of-its-kind lawsuit over Trump funding cuts

University of California staff members hope to use a class action lawsuit to restore their research funding.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 29

New FactCheck.org story on whether HHS has cut scientific staff.

www.factcheck.org/2025/05/rfk-...

RFK Jr. Denies Cuts to Scientific Research While Slashing Staff, Funding - FactCheck.org

Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has canceled or frozen billions of dollars in scientific research grants and attempted to cull around 20,000 agency employee...

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Cathy Drennan @drennanlab.bsky.social · May 7

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is among 13 research universities and three organizations suing the National Science Foundation (NSF), after the agency’s efforts to slash indirect costs at grant-receiving institutions. Thank you MIT and everyone involved in this law suit. #SaveScience

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · May 4

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · May 4

In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.

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