Kevin M. Williams, PhD

Northern lights showing reddish hues

Purplish hues from the Northern Lights

It's not often we get to see the Northern Lights here in Bowling Green, KY.

Flooding in the western half of Kentucky continues to be a major problem. WKU is closed today because some major roads in Bowling Green are underwater.

Sunset at the Western Kentucky University campus

There are worse places to wait for your daughter's clarinet lessons to finish. From the Colonnade at WKU.

Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.

99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Today I learned my undergraduate student and I received an award from the Kentucky Academy of Science to fund his project idea. It's a small win, but right now I will celebrate any win.

Re: the NIH and F&A battle: Non-scientists likely don't understand indirect costs or why they matter. They likely DO know about St. Jude's, MD Anderson, Johns Hopkins, perhaps a research center near their area. Talk about how the sudden reduction in indirect costs would impact those institutions.

Excellent thread. I've found that focusing on the broader impacts to the economy and using known institutions as examples (this is going to take tens of millions from St. Jude's) seem to resonate with non-scientists.

Girl walking by An image tagged girl walking by

Today we discussed Anfinsen's experiment, and I had a mid-lecture inspiration.

Very alarming to see this freeze.

I can think of no better way to use a first post on BlueSky than to congratulate our Fall 2024 graduates, including my own M.S. (Chemistry) student, Onu Emmanuel Chukwu!

Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.

What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator

Please share widely. 🧪🌎

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