@KeplerMears

I much prefer the sharpest of criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses - Johannes Kepler

Joined April 2014
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Happy to share that I’m opening my lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science! We’ll study systems-level regulation of bacterial defense, driven by RNA-protein interactions shaping cell fate. Now recruiting PhD students & postdocs tinyurl.com/4yfa55vd Please reach out and share!
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Steven Pinker
@sapinker8 Dec 2025
A new study on "Where Discovery Happens" found that with basic research in the life sciences, Harvard contributes more than Canada & France combined. Boston, Cambridge, & Newton are just behind all of China—and well ahead of every other country in the world. Most of this is from federal funding, which is not, contrary to popular misunderstanding, "taxpayer support of Harvard" -- it's a fee for service, namely discoveries in the life sciences. (Thanks to my colleague Jason Furman for this summary.) nber.org/system/files/workin…
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How do plasmids kickstart gene expression in new hosts? Our new review in Plasmid: “Strategies for zygotic gene expression during plasmid establishment” with Nathan Fraikin (@tacc_c lab). Part of the #ISPB2024 special issue (Hamamatsu, Japan)🧵1/6 doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.20…
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litquidity
@litcapital20 Jul 2025
Every second of Coldplay I’ve listened to has been against my will
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Michael Baym@baym24 May 2025
Observing Shabbat by not engaging with the weird white knighters who think they’re fighting antisemitism by harassing Jewish professors. Shalom, y’all. Try to be good to each other
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Michael Baym@baym13 May 2025
Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
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A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted

ALT A screenshot of the termination notice with "This award is terminated effective the date of this award, due to unsafe antisemitic actions that suggest the institution lacks concern for the safety and wellbeing of Jewish students." highlighted

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