Kevin Gardner
Director CUNY ASRC Structural Biology, Prof CCNY Chemistry & Biochemistry plus GC PhD programs. Studies nature's sensors and uses them to control biology; builds new academic & industry culture. Opinions are solely my own and not those of my employer.
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerLooking forward to #BPS2026 in San Francisco? Come by the NIH sponsored Transformative High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy National Centers for #CryoEM at booth 410. Our mission is to broaden access to high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and tomography technologies - cryoemcenters.org
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerToday I'd like to honor the memory of my mentor and friend, Roger Tsien, born 1952 February 1. Today would have been Roger's 74th birthday. Most know Roger for his 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize with Shimomura and Chalfie. Roger made GFP into the versatile imaging method it is now.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerReport: More Americans Forced To Make Ends Meet By Turning To Alchemy theonion.com/report-more-america…
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerJoin 2026 BPS Lecturer Lewis Kay on Tuesday, February 24, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM at #bps2026 for an informal discussion. Dr. Kay will share insights from his scientific career—from pioneering discoveries to lessons learned along the way—and reflect on how the field continues to evolve
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerRALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🧪✊🔬 March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC. We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science! Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)
- Reposted by Kevin Gardnerthis was published this week, in case you haven’t seen it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerForty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerJane Richardson was born #OTD in 1941 + Developed the Richardson (ribbon) diagram to represent proteins' 3D structure (becoming a standard representation for protein structures) + MacArthur Fellow, 1985 + Elected, Nat'l Academy of Sciences, 1991 + President, Biophysical Society, 2012 #WomenInSTEM
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerThe killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerThe Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying: “Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.” - anonymous NIHer
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerAttention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerLast day to register! www.grc.org/photosensory...
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerI'd wager this is the angriest statement ever issued by the Nobel Peace Prize people...
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerThe National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerRobert G. Shulman, Yale biophysicist and pioneer of NMR spectroscopy and MRI imaging, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, died on January 11, 2026. He was 101 news.yale.edu/2026/01/13/r...
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerSave the date | Jan. 14 | Free webinar Meeting with Congressional members or their staff is one of the most effective ways to advocate for science. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to plan and conduct a successful congressional meeting from start to finish.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerOff to a good start
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerSome people think science is just for nerds, but science is the foundation of the modern world and science is what made America great. Even though many of us don’t work directly in space science, we were inspired to become scientists by NASA. Destroying it makes zero sense.
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerThis is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally. It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug! Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerBorn #OnThisDay in 1922, Esther Lederberg was the first to isolate the lambda phage in 1951. She characterised the lysogenic phase, whereby the phage are able to integrate into the bacterial genome, staying dormant. This discovery made them a model tool of study, leading to many more breakthroughs.
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- I just need to say that I simply LOV this posting
- How #fungi sense and respond to light. Primer in our current issue👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Very proud of Jimmy Siclari with his outstanding Ph.D. defense on Friday for the Biology/MCD Ph.D. program at the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Jimmy's done exemplary work identifying new bacterial one component signaling systems and triggers, helping us understand their structures & functions.
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- Sharing obit here for Ham Smith, who shared 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of Class II restriction enzymes. Enabled numerous basic science discoveries and biotech products in doing so. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s...
- Link to 1970 JMB paper detailing the discovery of HindII restriction enzyme here, loving the root story of a class of tools that have been so integral to so much research – doi.org/10.1016/0022...
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerIowa State Dept of Molecular Biology is hiring for biomolecular solution NMR facility staff #NMRchat #Chemjobs #Chemsky (I am NOT the hiring manager for this position, but I will refer any questions you have to the appropriate person.) isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...
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- Can't agree with this more strongly – from creating jobs to training our brightest young scientists to laying the foundations for tomorrow's cures & research tools, NIH support for basic research has been the bedrock of U.S. biomedical science. It's too important to jeopardize –
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerYou know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
- Over the last century, research has helped improve the early detection and treatment of serious diseases. But future progress is at risk unless we continue federal funding for medical research. #AmericansForMedicalResearch
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerSome charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
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- Reposted by Kevin GardnerOzempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government go.nature.com/47hn0n5
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerImage of the Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos.
- Reposted by Kevin GardnerI love AlphaFold—but please include PAE (Predicted Aligned Error) plots for every “interaction.” Pretty PDBs ≠ proof. If the PAE doesn’t show an interface, it ain’t one. Show the plots. Structural biology's reputation is on the line.
