Thanks so much Gerry! What can be better than being in the company of the most dedicated fellow scientists working on topics close to our heart but bring diverse perspectives-- I really enjoyed this ASBMB session!

advocating for funding support from your institution would be great. we have a number of supporters but the broader the base the greater the stability

Tang was super famous among chemists in China when we were undergrads. I had no idea what he did, or that he was in the same field as Hoffmann. Synergy in science is beautiful

Value of chemistry undergraduate education in life sciences and medicine is very underappreciated.

Another one, OH Petersen published strong papers against IP3 oscillator in favor of CICR (Wakui 1989 Nature, 1990 Cell ). Then read the discussion?

Interesting contrast on record (fancy publications) vs. off record (also published ...)
www.nature.com/articles/339...
www.cell.com/fulltext/009...

for example, Xenopus oocytes sea urchin egg is often cited as examples where calcium continue to oscillate independently of external calcium, it is also controversial whether fertilization needs external calcium. This exchange between Jaffe and Whitaker explains: 2/n

I will be representing @wumin-lab.bsky.social group to present our recent work at ASCB, on Monday Dec 16th, 11:15 AM! Board Number B19, P1714. Come have a chat! I'd probably also be dropping teasers on where our follow-up study is heading 😎