Alan Grossfield
@agrossfield.bsky.social
Expert in biomolecular simulation and biophysics.
http://membrane.urmc.rochester.edu/
http://grossfieldlab.github.io/loos/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-2789
http://membrane.urmc.rochester.edu/
http://grossfieldlab.github.io/loos/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-2789
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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This week is “First Generation Week”.
My mother went up to the fifth grade, and a father barely finished high school.
I am the first in my extended family to go to college.
It was only possible because of the free public education in Argentina.
Education opens doors and minds, it matters.
My mother went up to the fifth grade, and a father barely finished high school.
I am the first in my extended family to go to college.
It was only possible because of the free public education in Argentina.
Education opens doors and minds, it matters.
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This week is “First Generation Week”.
My mother went up to the fifth grade, and a father barely finished high school.
I am the first in my extended family to go to college.
It was only possible because of the free public education in Argentina.
Education opens doors and minds, it matters.
My mother went up to the fifth grade, and a father barely finished high school.
I am the first in my extended family to go to college.
It was only possible because of the free public education in Argentina.
Education opens doors and minds, it matters.
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
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Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Multi-Year funding analysis, a 🧵
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
I have been trying to find a robust way of quantifying and understanding multi-year (forward funding).
First, some background:
Most NIH grants are for multiple years (2 to 5, typically).
However, the are usually funded on an annual basis.
1/18
This is an excellent description of good and bad practices in presenting data.
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is an excellent description of good and bad practices in presenting data.
Fresh-baked chocolate babka
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Fresh-baked chocolate babka
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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🎓 Thinking about graduate study? Don't miss our next virtual information session!
📅Thurs, Nov 13
📍Zoom
🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr...
#URochester #URochesterBME #GradSchool #medtech #PhD #MS #CMTI #BME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
📅Thurs, Nov 13
📍Zoom
🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr...
#URochester #URochesterBME #GradSchool #medtech #PhD #MS #CMTI #BME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎓 Thinking about graduate study? Don't miss our next virtual information session!
📅Thurs, Nov 13
📍Zoom
🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr...
#URochester #URochesterBME #GradSchool #medtech #PhD #MS #CMTI #BME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
📅Thurs, Nov 13
📍Zoom
🔗Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-gr...
#URochester #URochesterBME #GradSchool #medtech #PhD #MS #CMTI #BME #biomedicalengineering @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
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Startlingly good effects of LNP-mRNA vaccines when given to cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint therapy. More vaccine research please. More mRNA!
mRNA Vaccines and Immuno-oncology: Good News
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Startlingly good effects of LNP-mRNA vaccines when given to cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint therapy. More vaccine research please. More mRNA!
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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imagine a browser where you type in “Taylor Swift” and it doesn’t even admit that her website exists. I write about Atlas, ChatGPT’s new anti-web browser that should come with a warning label. www.anildash.com/2025/10/22/a...
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“BREAKING NEWS”
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“BREAKING NEWS”
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It’s official: ChatGPT can't draw a GPCR, but you’ll master them in the Filizola Lab
😜 Join Us! (send your CV and the names of at least two references to my institutional email) #Postdoc #scientist #research
😜 Join Us! (send your CV and the names of at least two references to my institutional email) #Postdoc #scientist #research
October 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It’s official: ChatGPT can't draw a GPCR, but you’ll master them in the Filizola Lab
😜 Join Us! (send your CV and the names of at least two references to my institutional email) #Postdoc #scientist #research
😜 Join Us! (send your CV and the names of at least two references to my institutional email) #Postdoc #scientist #research
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It seems like time, once again, to post the link to this 84-year-old article that has grown increasingly relevant to the US political climate over the past nine months:
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It seems like time, once again, to post the link to this 84-year-old article that has grown increasingly relevant to the US political climate over the past nine months:
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Moreover, you shouldn’t rely *just* on your advisor’s page. Set up a Google Scholar page and an ORCID account — the latter in particular can serve as a permanent place to locate you (even if you change your name).
I’m currently chairing a search. Part of this is soliciting names of strong candidates from colleagues. I get many, but some of them I cannot contact—no webpage, not even an email on the “People” page of their postdoc advisor. I BEG of you: if you’re on the job market, BE FINDABLE!
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October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Moreover, you shouldn’t rely *just* on your advisor’s page. Set up a Google Scholar page and an ORCID account — the latter in particular can serve as a permanent place to locate you (even if you change your name).
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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This article focusing on Kurt Vonnegut is a riveting read.
Looking for a banned book to read? Try this Hoosier veteran of World War II.
indianahistory.org/blog/kurt-vo...
indianahistory.org/blog/kurt-vo...
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Indianapolis, and Slaughterhouse-Five - Indiana Historical Society
On May 29, 1945, twenty-one days after German forces had surrendered to the victorious Allied armies, a father in Indianapolis received a letter from his son who had been listed as “missing in action”...
indianahistory.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This article focusing on Kurt Vonnegut is a riveting read.
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I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
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jeremymberg.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
1/14
Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
1/14
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The latest in a long series of Nobels for work in immunology - and it won’t be the last (!)
T-reg Cells: The 2025 Medicine Nobel
www.science.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The latest in a long series of Nobels for work in immunology - and it won’t be the last (!)