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Dr. Fiona

@fionachembot.bsky.social

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she/her; I use computers to study chemistry! Junior Professor in the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg!

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · Mar 13

Nevertheless, we persisted ❤️

📣 NEW BIORXIV ALERT!! 🚨

Using WE MD, linguistic pathway clustering, dynamical network analyses, and HDXMS we reveal a hidden allosteric network within the SARS2 spike S1 domain and predict how the D614G mutation impacts this network!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

D614G reshapes allosteric networks and opening mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 spikes

The SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein binds human epithelial cells and enables infection through a key conformational transition that exposes its receptor binding domain (RBD). Experimental evidence indic...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 7h

Me:

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 8h

MOMs are the real nobel prize winners to me <3

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1d

Two things of note in today's announcement of the 2025 Nobel physics prize (besides the work being honored).

1: The US institutional dominance of the prize continues.
2: 2 of the three laureates are immigrants, drawn here decades ago by the then-unmatched opportunities for science here...

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Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

About 1 in 3 US Nobel prize winners are immigrants.
About 1 in 4 were government employees at some point.
About 44% of all Nobel prize winners were educated in US higher education.
As Trump demands a Nobel prize, he is destroying the means by which America came to dominate the prizes.

Sources below

Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 1d

when will the alarm clock go off on this American nightmare

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Anne Imberty @anneimb.bsky.social · 1d

Neutrons are the best ... look at this histidine-galactose contact !! Our new neutron structure of lectin/gal is available as preprint in ChemRXiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr.... Thanks to @drmpblakeley.bsky.social @sebvidalchem.bsky.social and all colleagues for very fine collaboration

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 3d

home <3

Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 3d

5 species of parrotfish in 15 seconds. Rainbow, redband, midnight, blue, stoplight. That’s why we call Coral City the Parrotfish Capital of the World. 🌈💙🚦🧣🌌🦜🐟🏛️🌎 #rainbowparrotfish #blueparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #stoplightparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #coralcitycamera #miami #coralcity

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 3d

i will be sure to update the timeline with the results of course!

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 3d

well im going as anxiety from inside out 2, which is like pretty close imo lololololol

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 3d

in other news.... i have picked a halloween costume for this year!!

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4d

The numbers say H-1Bs raise wages, boost patents, and drive productivity.

The story is that H-1Bs aren’t just “workers”—they’re engines of innovation. They're the strivers who crossed the ocean, and brought their fresh new ideas with them.

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 3d

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS because I'm "new" to cooking/baking and recipes written on the internet are ABYSMAL. They are INCREDIBLY unclear.

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 5d

Early profs and profs alike:

What is your advice for people who are JUST starting their labs? First goals and tasks?

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 6d

My dream is to be considered a difficult woman. Thank you Jane Goodall.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 7d

lolololololololol exactly.

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 7d

Americans, if your current self in 2025, told your 2015 self what is going on right now, how do you think they would react?

We drastically need to wake up

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 8d

I guess I have no idea what a "Constitutional Crisis" and "Treason" look like if we have not crossed those bridges SEVERAL TIMES OVER at this point.

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 8d

this does not fix everything that is going on but god damn does this feel like some much needed good news. Mychal is a salve for the soul.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 9d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

reactormag.com

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 8d

im starting to think that people really did not get the POINT of the game Monopoly

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 8d

Where will the unicorn go next?? I'm sure bluesky will tell me!

screenshot of my bluesky "Following" page with two posts in succession, the first post from "GOLIKHELLMACHINE" reads "there's a person on the corner in an inflatable unicorn costum dancing and holding a sign that says WELCOME TO HELL" and the second post is from Sarah McAnulty, which is a quote retweet, Sarah writes "Portland is reacting to this in exactly the way I would expect Portland to react to this lmao" and the post she has quote retweeted reads, from Cabel Sasser "portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL" with a picture attached of a person in a unicorn costume crossing the street, politely using the zebra stripe crossing way, in front of a grey car with a parking lot in the background

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 8d

yup.

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 9d

side note, get that delivery driver in some races or something, bro was bobbing and weaving!!

Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 9d

this really means the world to me at this moment Elisa, its a very weird split feeling, i miss home but the people here have literally been so warm and kind. it truly is bittersweet!!

(additionally i baked a pumpkin pie to bring in to the office! im excited to share my "culture" with them!)

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Dr. Fiona @fionachembot.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you so much Elisa (for everything! you know!)

having some big feels tonight but trying to feel them while not breaking down too much lolol

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 9d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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