Dan Udwary
@danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com
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Natural products biosynthesis and computational biologist at JGI. Host of http://naturalprodcast.com This is my personal account, not my employer's, and things I say or re-post are not representative of them, and maybe not even me.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Tangentially related: the things you did in your thirties to get you to you 45 might come back and bite you in the ass in your 50s. Don't ask me how I know.
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And, weirdly, they're literally responsible for increasing the numbers of the rats, every day, on purpose.
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Professor Koji Nakanishi was a trailblazer in natural products chemistry, pioneering spectroscopic methods that transformed our understanding of chemical biology.

At #Pacifichem2025 we are celebrating 100th birthday to honor his legacy. Join us in celebrating his impact: pacifichem.org
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No need to call them out. If you google the phrase, with quotes, it comes up.
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Eh. Chinese authors in a China-specific journal. It's a different writing style. It's not a great paper, but I've read far, far worse.
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It's not that scary, but if little kids in peril messes you up, you might not have as good a time.
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Who in the world is he following?

I would strongly suggest he find some better starter packs and subscribe to some blocklists. Or, you know, he's just straight up lying.
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Let's be careful about disparaging the term "natural products" please. It's the traditional name for a very valid area of drug discovery. I don't know about this guy, or company, and I know the term gets co-opted by snake oil salesmen (which is why I prefer "secondary metabolites" or pharmacognosy).
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ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag
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(I have one too! Probably lots of overlap...)

And check out the Secondary Metabolism feed. Lots of awesome science here on Bluesky!
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There seems to quite a few new faces lately, so if I haven’t already added you, but you’d like added please let me know and for anyone interested in following more microbial natural products folks, then our starter pack is now 100 strong go.bsky.app/72NeGsT
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There seems to quite a few new faces lately, so if I haven’t already added you, but you’d like added please let me know and for anyone interested in following more microbial natural products folks, then our starter pack is now 100 strong go.bsky.app/72NeGsT
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I'd want to know:
- Subscription cost?
- Is it downloadable?
- Can I download everything all at once if I subscribe?
- APIs so I can script the downloads?
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Most insane rap interlude, ever!
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🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.
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It's that, and it's also a corruption play, since the EO says that they can make whatever exceptions they feel like making whenever they want.
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Ah, yeah. Surprise executive order, just yesterday. It's hard to keep up with ... all this.

(He doesn't actually have the legal authority to make that change, but, you know.)
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A lot of post-doctoral researchers come to the US on H1Bs. Now, they won't. It will really gut many fields of research, especially in STEM.
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Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
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The Secondary Metabolism feed is really seeing a significant uptick. More views/day, and climbing, + a lot more useful posts with moderation. Nice to see others are finding the new server useful, too!

If you do research in this area, follow and keep an eye on it!
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Look, I'm not a lawyer. But I trust that this guy is going to have non-idiotic defense. This text exchange seems to be the major form of a confession that they have, here, so if that's what the whole case relies on, it's probably credible. But who knows?
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I love food from all over, but yeah, yellow wins. Probably if only for Italian. But you also get Greek, all of France (including the mediterranean), Spanish, German. Hell, even just Belgian beers. No contest, really. Take Russia back even, I don't need it.
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Look, I have plenty of things that I could say about the Trump administration - I'm hardly a fan - but to say that this text exchange would be outright fabricated is just nonsense. The defense will do discovery and the telecomm companies are going to have it. If not, he goes free immediately.