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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · 6d

2. Focus on people. When recruiting, it’s sometimes less about credentials and more about attitude. I’ll gladly take a student with no prior experience but a great attitude and desire to learn over one that has lots of technical skills but poor work ethic or attitude.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · 6d

1. Start small. It is tempting to dive in and shoot for some huge research goal like you’ve had in well established labs. Not going to work starting out. Do small things that will help you build toward realizing that larger vision. Funding and publications won’t come right away but will eventually.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Always! I think that little twinge of anxiety is a good thing - it means we still care about doing a good job.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Jul 12

Happy to announce our latest article, a tutorial on running Gaussian-accelerated MD simulations in NAMD. Tour de force work by @hmmichel.bsky.social with @mdpoleto.bsky.social that unifies theory and practice in one place!

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Running Gaussian-accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations in NAMD [Article v1.0] | Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Jun 9

A powerful statement from courageous staff at the NIH. #standupforscience #academicsky

Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 9

Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.

NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown

In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 10

(10/11)

75 years of scientific discovery—now on the chopping block.

Trump’s 2025 budget proposes a 56% cut to the NSF. Over 1,000 grants terminated. 37 divisions abolished. Funding frozen.

This isn’t just reckless—it’s a war on knowledge, a war on progress.

A bold graphic with the headline ‘75 Years of Incredible Discovery. Now Under Attack.’ displays four visuals representing threats to the National Science Foundation (NSF). A pie chart shows a proposed 56% budget cut, a ‘CANCELLED’ stamp is over a document to represent over 1,000 grants terminated, chained lab equipment symbolizes freezes on new and existing funding, and a person packing a box reflects the abolishment of 37 internal divisions.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · May 1

Really happy to have this one out in final form! Fun working with @biochem-anne.bsky.social and we had a great editorial experience with Cell Rep Phys Sci (thanks @andrewbissette.bsky.social et al. and the reviewers for their very constructive comments). #compchemsky

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Apr 25

La Crêperie, near the Panthéon - as the name might strongly suggest, they have really good crêpes.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Apr 9

I’m so sorry and angry on your behalf. I know the incredible work you and your team do and this is just awful.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Apr 9

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
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Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 24

I didn’t know that otherwise I would have tagged her 😂

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 24

Great to meet up with Lexin and Ramon from @groupquintana.bsky.social today at #ACSSpring2025. Great work coming from their group and we are excited to work with them!

Lemkul and Miranda Quintana group members at lunch. From left, Haley Michel, Lexin Chen, Laura Gil Pineda, Esmat Mohammadi, Ramon Miranda Quintana, and Justin Lemkul.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 22

Haley has an #ACSCOMP poster on Drude SILCS nucleic acid simulations (Tues, 7 PM).

I present on the Drude FF for phosphoproteins (Hall F Room 5, Wed 5:40 PM).

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 22

We are heading to #ACSSpring2025!

Laura is at SciMix (Mon 8 PM) and #ACSCOMP posters (Tues 7 PM) presenting on IDPs.

Esmat has a poster (Tues 12 PM) on CADD for T2D drug discovery.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 21

Wow, 50(!) of mine…

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 15

Ninja Bigfoot is a concern that no one is talking about!

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Rommie Amaro @rommieamaro.bsky.social · Mar 13

A behemoth effort from @fionachembot.bsky.social in which she does amazing science (showing how VOCs reshape allosteric pathways) while also making the SARS2 spike color palette match her fish Dorry 😍🫠
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spike protein domains and mutations in VOCs

Fiona's tang fish named Dorry matches the spike colors

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darcy-davidson.bsky.social @darcy-davidson.bsky.social · Mar 6

Tomorrow is @standupforscience.bsky.social
find your local protest and attend! It is our right to protest and we need to keep up the fight against this awful administration.

Science is what makes America great. Education is what makes American great.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 5

JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has extended her nationwide block on Trump administration effort to slash funds for NIH research.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Mar 2

This is so important. Visual consistency takes the fatigue out of reviewing. I always use bold section headings and only underline short, key phrases. No italics except organism names (I find italics taxing to read in long blocks). Text boxes to summarize key concepts/questions for visual impact.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thank you @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social for another excellent meeting. Had a blast in LA, now back to snowy VA. Until next year…

Lemkul lab members at BPS 2025. Standing, from left: Justin Lemkul, Ashley Goodberlet, Laura Gil Pineda, and Patrick Gilles. Seated, from left: Haley Michel and Kait Malewicz.

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darcy-davidson.bsky.social @darcy-davidson.bsky.social · Feb 18

@biophysicalsoc.bsky.social you need to be sharing at the conference this week like our lives depend on it. Because they do.

Speak up. Stand up. Get out there and protect out democracy

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Correction: my poster is on Tuesday 2/18 😅

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Feb 12

The Lemkul Lab is heading to #BPS2025! We will have several posters and presentations, so please come chat with us about the latest in MD simulations of biomolecules, CADD, and the Drude polarizable force field! See you in LA! #compchemsky

Image of Lemkul Lab members attending the Biophysical Society and their presentation information - oral presentations, poster numbers, times, and locations.

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · Jan 26

Indeed. No harm done. More of a miscommunication about scope than anything else. It happens.

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