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John Trant

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Assoc Prof UWindsor, Faculty of Science Research Chair; married to @shufflersunite.bsky.social he/him/you bastard Probably writing a grant. Big Ottawa Senators Fan. www.trantteam.ca AND www.binarystarchem.ca. Total scientific saturation at an epochal pace

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Felix Kaspar @chemzymes.bsky.social · 7h

I am looking for a PhD student interested in enzymes!

For the full annoucement: www.chemzymes.com

Upper half of a PhD position accountment in the field of biochemistry.

Lower half of a PhD position accountment in the field of biochemistry.

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Dave Palmer @davepalmerusask.bsky.social · 14h

Steve Withers demonstrating once again how fundamental science leads to breakthroughs that can change lives. #chemsky

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 1d

Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires??

The Economist @economist.com · 1d

The problem, at least for the ultra-rich, is that fancy goods are everywhere. Lots of countries make great wine; is the best Bordeaux really that much better?

Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets

Forget fine wine, great art or glitzy mansions. There are better things in life

econ.st

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Glenn Facey @uottawanmr.bsky.social · 2d

Removing t1 noise from homonuclear 2D NMR data - video tutorial. youtu.be/XhmzjxkPouo?... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky

NMR - Removing t1 Noise from Homonuclear 2D NMR Data

YouTube video by Glenn Facey

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 2d

What the hell does violate a crime mean? Is that like a double negative meaning not violating the law? Then the logic stands up. Homon borke the law, amd Pritzker didn't. I wonder if Vance is saying that specifically so as not to lie and slander someone.

John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Real Thanksgiving everyone!

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 3d

This is a hockey skeet. Bleat?

You win some, you shit-the-bed-some.

#GoSensGo

John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 4d

Unsurprising i guess.

But in a win, it accurately portrayed the chemistry based on its data set of Chemistry shown in visual popular media. Its wrong in exactly the right way.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 4d

You are seen, and we are paying attention.

John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 4d

Wish it was more. But if there are ways Canadian scientists can help secure joint funding opportunities or something-perhaps find landing places for people for a short (or longer) period of time, you will find MANY of us very willing to help out. Though our resources are stretched too.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity. I wish all Argentinian scientists the absolute best; this is a shit show down there, and what you guys keep doing regardless is nothing less than miraculous.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 5d

It's literally my job. To think deep thoughts about the most meaningful challenges facing modern society, and then to communicate them to the public in accessible, but slightly pretentious, tones. Your Ontario Tax Dollars at Work.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 5d

Possibly a proto-Guy, though that implies the original archetype. Who was probably Mike Peluso.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 5d

Balcers was definitely a pre-Guy

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 5d

I propose that one may have a "pre-Guy," a youth in his ELC or first contract who, by his inability to grow a beard, cannot YET be considered A Guy. But, whose attitude, strength of character, and clear disregard for personal safety, most definitely has A Guyness written in his stars.

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James McCrea @jamesmccrea.bsky.social · 5d

Sensfans, the Sens Signal has been lit. A citizen calls upon us, not to remember Some Guys, but to discuss the very essence of hockey Guyness. Like one of Plato’s dialogues, together, we can find the ideal!

jessrawk @jessrawk.bsky.social · 5d

okay I must ask: what makes A Guy??

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 5d

As Anna notes...I don't think people who write newspaper articles actually understand what thinking is. The prize is for the IDEA that was executed right. The science needed to be done, but that was done by 100s of people. Much more deserving than the instruments they used.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 5d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 21d

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

www.nytimes.com

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Cathleen Crudden @cathleencrudden.bsky.social · 6d

I'm at that point in a big grant where I can see the end and I'm happy with what I've written. Actually excited to spend the day (morning) writing...of course my inner voice tells me the excitement will abate but I'm enjoying it for now!

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a refrigerator with his hands crossed .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a refrigerator with his hands crossed .

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 6d

Ornithine?

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 6d

H5N1 is a huge threat. An H5N1 pandemic would make COVID look like a walk in the park. It keeps me up at night. H5N1 is a much more dangerous virus than SARS2. It will wreck agriculture as well as killing people. A deadlier pandemic, w/ added starvation & ecological devastation.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 6d

No, but due to delayed maintenance and zealous fanatical lowest-bidderism-damn-the-quality, our entire campus is antediluvian as biblical floods are inevitable inside the buildings if we get a light rain.

Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 6d

A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?

John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 6d

No, but we have antediluvian cockroaches in the basement of the biology building?

John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 6d

#GoSensGo.

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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 6d

Oh. For the person who won,yes. But those working in the same field?

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