shenvi.bsky.social
@shenvi.bsky.social
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Professor [Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA] ⬡ Chemical synthesis, education, people person big and little Keywords: MHAT, (super)natural products, salvinorin, Galbulimima, 14-3-3, opioids, GABAa, Synthordle Should I not love that great city?
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shenvi.bsky.social
Here we transform the natural product into a series of partial, full and G protein biased KOR-selective agonists, which appear centrally active in vivo. Core diversification was aided by mutually chemoselective sp3-sp2 and sp2-sp2 cross-couplings.
shenvi.bsky.social
Congrats to Florian, Stone and Sam for publication of Part 1 in our collaboration with Laura Bohn's lab to explore the pharmacology of GB18, a Galbulimima alkaloid that we identified as a novel opioid in 2022.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscentsci.5c00573
shenvi.bsky.social
“…deaths of such children but also to deny these deaths and call them lies. The denials erase these children and dodge all responsibility.”
shenvi.bsky.social
“If Rubio needs further reminder of the human toll, this little girl is Achol Deng, 8, who likewise died when she lost access to antiretrovirals because of the U.S.A.I.D. freeze.”
“I share these photos of Evan and Achol because it strikes me as doubly offensive not only to cause unnecessary..”
shenvi.bsky.social
…and it turned the tide of AIDS around the world and built enormous good will toward the US.”
“Then along came President Trump and his freeze on most humanitarian aid in January. How could a 5-year-old orphan obtain medicine on his own? Evan weakened and soon died of an opportunistic infection.”
shenvi.bsky.social
“… five years America kept him alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. This was a program started by President George W. Bush that has saved more than 26 million lives so far…”
shenvi.bsky.social
““That’s a lie,” Rubio said. “False.”

So let me help Rubio with the truth. Meet Evan Anzoo, a 5-year-old boy who was born with H.I.V. in South Sudan.”

“I mentioned Evan in a column in March from South Sudan. This was a child as precious as yours or mine.”

“Evan’s life was in our hands, and for…”
shenvi.bsky.social
“… is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.”
“So Representative Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, challenged Rubio, citing reporting overseas by me and by Reuters of individuals who died as a result of the shutdown of American humanitarian aid.”
shenvi.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

“It was Elon Musk who first insisted that ‘no one has died.’ Now Rubio has doubled down.”

“While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed that the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID had not cost any lives. This is ludicrous. The only debate..”
Opinion | Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?
www.nytimes.com
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gati.bsky.social
Excited to present our newest preprint on the structure-function relationship of anaphylatoxin complement receptors. A casual number of 19 structures deciphering ligand recognition mechanisms, G protein/arrestin and species specific signaling. Please check it out! 🧪💊 www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...
shenvi.bsky.social
The salvinorins and GB alkaloids are poised to become next generation medicines to treat pain and pruritis, as well as substance use disorders (SUDs) and mood disorders.

I can’t imagine a better investment of federal funds.

Or a bigger waste if the devastating cuts to NSF and NIH proceed.
shenvi.bsky.social
Bittersweet graduation this year.

These two earned their PhDs working to understand components of traditional medicine (Salvinorin A and the GB alkaloids), each earned a Science paper and graduated in 4y.

Now they are highly skilled scientists with Merck and Janssen, trained with federal funds.
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karalmarshall.bsky.social
Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
Kara Marshall PHD-History of Science in America - Trilogy at Tehaleh 04/27/25
YouTube video by Steve Lawson
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soosgroup.bsky.social
Our latest @angewandtechemie.bsky.social paper!🎉 We introduce a 2-stage dication pool strategy for the anti-Markovnikov hydrofunctionalization of alkenes via thianthrenium intermediates, expanding the scope of nucleophiles. Huge congrats to @sbencee.bsky.social & the team!👏
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
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srikosuri.bsky.social
It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
shenvi.bsky.social
Sounds like somebody is angling for a high ranking govt position.
shenvi.bsky.social
No it won’t, but I’ll check it out anyway
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chrisgparker.bsky.social
Check out our recent efforts in chemrxiv to expand the chemical tractability of the proteome through NP-inspired photoaffinity probes

chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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asparatics.bsky.social
My first science post here on BlueSky is a long one. Setting the contrarian tone from the very beginning, I take strong issue with the recent op-ed by Charles Piller published in the January 24th NY Times on #Alzheimer's disease (nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...)
Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science
Fraud in research needs to end.
nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
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tbpoulsen.bsky.social
Check out the summary of the newest paper from our lab. Just out in Chemical Science #chembio #chemicalbiology
aekiib.bsky.social
I am excited to share that the latest project from the @tbpoulsen.bsky.social group, detailing the syntheses and biological evaluation of the four natural products cyclohelminthol I-IV is now available in Chemical Science!

doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...

A short "Bluetorial" below #ChemSky #ChemBio 1/7