I do not personally enjoy arguments about jargon. Clusters, phases, networks, percolated fluids, granules, bodies. Whatever. I’m not a physicist. I just want to understand what these cool multicomponent droplet thingies do in living systems. Deciding who “owns” the “discovery” is a distraction.

Fine. True “Llps” is not a thing in biology. Pure physics don’t apply. You can quote me on this. Biology is complex. But biological liquids are real. The polyphasic linkage of these co-existing phases requires decades of study to understand fully. Whether awards are deserved is above my pay grade.

I dunno why this is a bridge to die on. I like you a lot. I like Cliff a lot. I am amenable to your criticisms of “the field”. I certainly think an opportunity for productive debate about terms/complexities was missed circa 2020. But your tone reads as personal. Cliff eg is not a snakeoil salesman.

Your thoughtful opinions have provided a useful counterpoint to “rah-rah dogma” in the phase separation field. My opinion: such discourse has inspired greater rigor and skepticism, which was urgently needed when you started your righteous debate. This post is beneath that. It reads as personal.

We regularly get three agricultural ms applicants from Bangladesh (eg) for open positions that require a PhD. The issue is that everyone wants to be in three or four geographic locales. If applicants are more flexible, they can find positions.

Time to return to the flock? 🤠

It’s a good inducing system for gene expression? Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater man. Tet off vectors rule!

#innovating

haven't been to the theaters in 12 years. no thanks.

Haven’t seen it yet. But will because it’s fucking pta. There will be blood remains my favorite by him. I assume it remains only in theaters? I don’t go there. Movies are meant to be watched from a laptop. In bed. In underwear. With beer. I think Scorsese said this?

Be nice to greenwood. He has tinnitus.

Aaron is coming in a couple months. Hope to hear—not in talk form—about your work. Let’s catch up soon! Hope you are enjoying the non-Texas weather.

It is very familiar. I have dealt with this nonsense for 15 years. Please don’t sully the reputation of my Alma mater with bullshit. Thanks.

I’m glad I didn’t follow your faculty market proposal/chalk talk advice. I would have received more offers. And I might not be at UTSW. And this would suck. Oh. And my dp2 ordered my projects as you recommended for job pitch. Wash-out of good/bad advice I think. So. Don’t owe you anything.

This is great. Glad you joined us yeehaws in the beautiful state of Texas! And glad we can enjoy this lucky moment in the sun together. —apologies for the informality. I know we haven’t met. But @boeynaemssteven.bsky.social vouches for you. That is all I need to know to call you a friend.

My proposal, like most DP2s, was pie in the sky stuff that I thought we would disprove quickly. Yet, we have not. This is thanks to our incredible postdoc, Shefali Banerjee, who is moving toward mic drop/textbook territory. We are in replication and red team/blue team territory now. Stay tuned.

Don’t trigger me with your gen z jiffys on my big embargoed press release day. Cmon man.