Thank you @bvanparidon for interviewing me for @sciam re: #NicotineAnalogues in e-cigs of unknown health risks & their regulatory implications. Along with Dr. Lauren Lempert of @UCSF & the awesome 'partner in crime' @hanno_ery of @YaleGreenChem @sejordt https://t.co/tbubabjL42

Tobacco companies are aware of menthol’s qualities and have used it since the 1920s. While smoking rates overall in the US have declined, the number of menthol smokers remains stable and has even increased in younger demographics. https://t.co/P45wDyeXD6 .

City-sized holes on Antarctica's ice shelves offer tantalizing 'window' into the frozen continent's underworld - @bvanparidon @LiveScience https://t.co/aeG1iaw09e

All day today @PatDWalter will be covering the #NobelPrize in chemistry beat on our live blog! You can follow live yourself here: https://t.co/8DzO5a6TJr or by following this thread, which will be updated with excerpts every time a new post is added!

Looking for an after lunch play date? Look no further than todays Sympoum 4 in Great room C! #reward #animalcommunication #primates #whales #rats #usv #socialplay #IBNSconnect #IBNS2023 - via #Whova event app

Thrilled to see this in print and online. Writing for @sciam was a real thrill for me. It was the first science magazine I read as kid!

Drug resistance in racing dogs has spread across the US. Find out how and what this means for your pets. https://t.co/xYNriuXj7O Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite via @sciam

Had a great time talking to @Cataranea about @bugsexthedoc, the wild world of #BlackWidow mating and how our biases influence the way we conduct #research. Check out the conversation on @TwoBradForYou #scicomm #podcasts #biology #insects #spiders #sex #nature

We've all seen #TheLastOfUs right? Did you know the real life zombie fungus doesn't actually take over the brain? Or that there is a more compelling example of zombie parasites? Resident #parasite expert and host @bvanparidon explains. https://t.co/M61Zo2z7Ky #scicomm #podcast

Since 2012, @timesofindia could have run a daily headline: "130,000 Indians gained access to electricity today". Every *day*.

Was great to learn about how the patent system works and ways in which it could work better.

I had the pleasure of talking about this with patent attorney Graham Pechenik whose firm @calyxlaw specializes in psychedelic and cannabis patents. #scicomm #podcasts https://t.co/4omkHzlRUm

.@shayla__love wrote an excellent piece last year covering the potential ways patents and patent practices adopted from pharma companies can play out in the psychedelic industry

The patenting of #psychedelics and psychedelic therapies is a less talked about story but could dramatically influence the accessibility and cost of potential treatments.

We're excited to see RSC @ChemistryWorld's story by @bvanparidon on our recent, open-access review on What to Expect When Expecting in Lab. https://t.co/HFsCtPeSWO

Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer

#abpoli seems to be heading to a #brexit style debacle. They invented so many scapegoats and threats that don't exist leading to inevitably shoot themselves in the foot in order to follow through on vanquishing them. At least the mountains are still awesome...

Chemists have wanted to get to the bottom of cocaine's biosynthetic pathway, since it was first isolated in 1855, @bvanparidon reports https://t.co/TFoTYEvf75

Our brains are wired to gravitate to certain things, but then it's up to our environment and experience to dictate the shape what we do with that information.

The level to which behavioral traits are hard wired but require refinement by experience and environment was a revelation to me. In hindsight it all makes sense from a evolutionary perspective though. #nature #nurture #research