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What seems dead may not be dead

Dec 4, 2024 | asbmb.org | Anna Hu

In 2019, Vincent Tagliabracci received an email from a French bioinformatician alerting him to a similarity between part of the replication complex of the SARS coronavirus –– which had caused an outbreak in the early 2000s –– and a protein Tagliabracci had been working on. Tagliabracci, an associate professor in the molecular biology department at the University of Texas Southwestern, wrote back that he wasn’t interested in working on coronaviruses. Then, 2020 came.
Archer Asks: Five queer artists on superheroes, erotica and top surgery in art

Nov 27, 2024 | archermagazine.com.au | Anna Hu

For five years, the Queer/Trans Zine Fest, hosted outdoors in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, provided a space to boldly celebrate queer art and artists. This year was the last iteration of the beloved festival, which hosted thousands of attendees and over 70 exhibitors across the free, six-hour event. The festival was dreamed up by nine friends in 2017 and it expanded with each run, experiencing a resurgence in interest after a several-year hiatus around the height of COVID-19.
A scientist's journey through disability, grad school, and beyond

Nov 7, 2024 | asbmb.org | Anna Hu

Five years into graduate school, Crystal Mendoza thought she had it all figured out. She’d been the first in her family to attend college, completed the applications on her own, moved away and battled homesickness. Finally, she was established in a lab and studying the science she loved. Physically, however, she was struggling. At the age of 24, she was experiencing mental fog and mysterious, debilitating pain that made it impossible to work at the bench.
There and back again: A Barbadian biochemist’s tale

Oct 9, 2024 | asbmb.org | Anna Hu

On a resume, Shane Austin’s scientific path looks remarkably straightforward. He started with a double major undergraduate degree in biochemistry and chemistry, moved directly to a research master’s degree, completed his Ph.D. in five years, and landed an academic position at his undergraduate alma mater. On a map though, Austin’s path traces a giant triangle that spans the Atlantic Ocean.
A Practical Review of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics

May 14, 2024 | uspharmacist.com | Anna Hu

US Pharm. 2024;49(5):HS1-HS6. ABSTRACT: Long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics are an important treatment option to help improve adherence in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. LAI antipsychotics are managed and dosed differently than oral antipsychotics. Multiple LAI formulations have come to market in recent years, each with unique pharmacokinetics and drug characteristics.
Effect of Starch Types on the Textural and Rehydration Properties of Extruded Peanut Protein Pore Gel Particles

Apr 7, 2024 | mdpi.com | Feng Guo |Anna Hu |Huan Zhou |Hui Hu

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A review of the world's salt reduction policies and strategies - preparing for the upcoming 2025

Feb 8, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Ting Nie |Siqi Huang |Yuxin Yang |Anna Hu

A review of the world's salt reduction policies and strategies – preparing for the upcoming 2025 Excessive consumption of dietary sodium is a significant contributor to noncommunicable diseases, including hypertension and cardiovascular disease. There is now a global consensus that regulating salt intake is among the most cost-effective measures for enhancing public health. More than half of countries worldwide have implemented multiple strategies to decrease salt consumption.
For Wolfson, every classroom is a laboratory

Nov 9, 2023 | asbmb.org | Anna Hu

“Why do we need to know this?” This inevitable question led Adele Wolfson to ponder what students reallymust know versus what is outdated or uninteresting. Asking herself, “Why am I asking my students to know this?” changed the way she taught. “Little by little,” she said, “I stopped asking students to memorize anything.” Figuring out how students learn became a major aspect of Wolfson’s work over her 32 years at Wellesley College.
From the journals: MCP

Aug 11, 2023 | asbmb.org | Anna Hu

A mid-life crisis in the eye. An alternate approach to finding alternative proteins. A better way to process LC mass spec. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. Much of what we see depends on a small, flexible, transparent tissue that focuses light onto our retinas to produce sharp images. This is the ocular lens, and its transparency is essential for clear vision.
A space for LGBTQIA+ grad students to be their best

Jul 5, 2023 | asbmb.org | Anna Hu

“It all started in a little room with about three people.” That’s how Wesley Burford remembers the beginning of the Sexuality Alliance for Scientists, or SAS, at the University of Texas Southwestern. Seven years later, SAS is a chapter of the international organization Out in STEM, or oSTEM, and its membership has swelled to several dozen.