Reid Olsen
@reidolsen.bsky.social
Drug discovery scientist at Recursion, previously Exscientia, molecular pharmacology PhD, Pac NW born and raised, ex-expat back in the USA, dog person, occasional sleeper. Opinions are my own and obviously correct.
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Apparently Bluesky is seeing an influx of new users. Welcome!
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Apparently Bluesky is seeing an influx of new users. Welcome!
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
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Excited to share a recent preprint by Oliver Newsom, where we evaluate the functional contributions of serum for cancer cell proliferation. Inside:
A broadly applicable serum-free media,
Quantitative lipid uptake characterization,
Evidence lipid scavenging > synthesis for cancer cell proliferation.
A broadly applicable serum-free media,
Quantitative lipid uptake characterization,
Evidence lipid scavenging > synthesis for cancer cell proliferation.
Defined media reveals the essential role of lipid scavenging to support cancer cell proliferation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637975v1
February 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Excited to share a recent preprint by Oliver Newsom, where we evaluate the functional contributions of serum for cancer cell proliferation. Inside:
A broadly applicable serum-free media,
Quantitative lipid uptake characterization,
Evidence lipid scavenging > synthesis for cancer cell proliferation.
A broadly applicable serum-free media,
Quantitative lipid uptake characterization,
Evidence lipid scavenging > synthesis for cancer cell proliferation.
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Our work detailing the metabolic roles of serum for cancer cell proliferation is now out at JBC, @asbmbjournals.bsky.social!
Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process.
See here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process.
See here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our work detailing the metabolic roles of serum for cancer cell proliferation is now out at JBC, @asbmbjournals.bsky.social!
Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process.
See here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats to Oliver and Eric and many thanks to the editor and reviewers for a thoughtful and efficient review process.
See here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Cool Postdoc opportunity alert! UNC SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education)-it provides scholars with both high quality research training & the opportunity to develop research based teaching skills that will inspire students across the sciences 1/n
spire.unc.edu/program-info/
spire.unc.edu/program-info/
October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Cool Postdoc opportunity alert! UNC SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education)-it provides scholars with both high quality research training & the opportunity to develop research based teaching skills that will inspire students across the sciences 1/n
spire.unc.edu/program-info/
spire.unc.edu/program-info/
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So excited for this piece by me and @deffinger.bsky.social to be out! It was inspired by science and discussion from many venues from @sfn.org to #GRCPsychedelics 🧠
@deffinger.bsky.social and @melissaherman.bsky.social argue that, though many human psychedelic clinical trials are underway, preclinical studies remain our best bet to answer fundamental questions about the neurobiology of psychedelics.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/psychedelics...
Why we need basic science to better understand the neurobiology of psychedelics
Despite the many psychedelics clinical trials underway, there is still much we don’t know about how these drugs work. Preclinical studies represent our best viable avenue to answer these lingering…
www.thetransmitter.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So excited for this piece by me and @deffinger.bsky.social to be out! It was inspired by science and discussion from many venues from @sfn.org to #GRCPsychedelics 🧠
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Carefully reading the papers you cite is like a superpower. You might be surprised what you actually find! 😜
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Carefully reading the papers you cite is like a superpower. You might be surprised what you actually find! 😜
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The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly
Trump: FDA will be updating label of existing drug
September 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly
Have been told this is normal
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Have been told this is normal
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The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
This is also a millennial show
those two guys from supernatural
whos the zoomer version of mulder and scully
September 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is also a millennial show
Toddler has gotten very much into Bullet with Butterfly Wings and will suffer no other Smashing Pumpkins song. He is also adamant that the lead singer and guitarist is not Billy Corgan but Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc and will argue at the top of his lungs if you say otherwise.
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Toddler has gotten very much into Bullet with Butterfly Wings and will suffer no other Smashing Pumpkins song. He is also adamant that the lead singer and guitarist is not Billy Corgan but Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc and will argue at the top of his lungs if you say otherwise.
My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.jpeg
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled “How to Kill a Federal Judge." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Author of 'How to Kill a Federal Judge' manifesto arrested, US prosecutors say
A Minnesota man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge after staff at a local library spotted him printing copies of a 236-page manifesto entitled “How to Kill a Federal Judge," U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.jpeg
Morrissey watching the Oasis reunion and crashing out is well deserved.
The singer Morrissey said on Wednesday that he was putting his financial stake in the Smiths up for sale because he had been “burned out by any and all connections” to his onetime bandmates.
Morrissey Seeks to Sell His Rights to the Smiths’ Songs
Citing “malicious associations” with his former bandmates, the lead singer of the 1980s band said he had “no choice” but to sell to protect his health.
nyti.ms
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Morrissey watching the Oasis reunion and crashing out is well deserved.
Insane
Stephen Miller: Secretary Kennedy, one of the world's foremost experts on public health, is working hard to restore the credibility of the CDC as a scientific organization committed to the scientific method
August 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Insane
Bye bye England. See you again in hopefully not too long.
August 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Bye bye England. See you again in hopefully not too long.
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Opportunity in pharmacokinetics & PK/PD modelling at Lundbeck (Copenhagen Denmark) ref: 6758 | closing: 16-Sep-2025 #DMPK #PK #PKPD #chemsky 🧪
jobs.lundbeck/job/Copenhag...
jobs.lundbeck/job/Copenhag...
Pharmacokineticist, PK/PD Modelling & Simulation
Pharmacokineticist, PK/PD Modelling & Simulation
jobs.lundbeck
August 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Opportunity in pharmacokinetics & PK/PD modelling at Lundbeck (Copenhagen Denmark) ref: 6758 | closing: 16-Sep-2025 #DMPK #PK #PKPD #chemsky 🧪
jobs.lundbeck/job/Copenhag...
jobs.lundbeck/job/Copenhag...
Oxford is so beautiful. The way things are built into the beautiful local environment just puts you at peace. The people are friendly, worldly, and diverse. Definitely miss it. Very glad to be back briefly to visit colleagues and friends. We can learn so much about ways to live by traveling...
August 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Oxford is so beautiful. The way things are built into the beautiful local environment just puts you at peace. The people are friendly, worldly, and diverse. Definitely miss it. Very glad to be back briefly to visit colleagues and friends. We can learn so much about ways to live by traveling...
Oh no, Tarrifs have followed me!
In all seriousness, if we used words like Tarrifs in their literal sense like the Brits do.maybe people would grasp the whole import tarrif situation more clearly.
In all seriousness, if we used words like Tarrifs in their literal sense like the Brits do.maybe people would grasp the whole import tarrif situation more clearly.
August 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Oh no, Tarrifs have followed me!
In all seriousness, if we used words like Tarrifs in their literal sense like the Brits do.maybe people would grasp the whole import tarrif situation more clearly.
In all seriousness, if we used words like Tarrifs in their literal sense like the Brits do.maybe people would grasp the whole import tarrif situation more clearly.
Lyrics on my mind. open.spotify.com/track/0UFQE2...
London - 2011 Remaster
The Smiths · Louder Than Bombs · Song · 1987
open.spotify.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Lyrics on my mind. open.spotify.com/track/0UFQE2...