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Science writer (she/her) at @cenmag. Interested in molecules and molecule makers. Any opinions here are mine. Also: @bethanyhalford@sciencemastodon.com
Dec 21, 2021 34 tweets 4 min read
It's Tuesday and I'm at the Moakley courthouse for the #LieberTrial. The prosecution is expected to call their last witness at 9 am ET. Afterwards, we'll hear from the defense. The prosecution is now calling Sarah Axelrod, who is Harvard's assistant vice president at the office of sponsored programs. Her office is responsible for reviewing grant proposals.
Dec 20, 2021 33 tweets 3 min read
It's Monday and I'm back at the Moakley courthouse in Boston for the #LieberTrial. Proceedings should begin at 9 am EST when defense attorney Marc Mukasey will resume cross-examination of FBI special agent Kara Spice. Mukasey is asking Spice about the unsigned contract that is supposed to have come from the Thousand Talents Program. She says she has never seen an executed copy of the document.
Dec 17, 2021 27 tweets 4 min read
I'm back at the Moakley courthouse in Boston for another day of the #LieberTrial. I wish I could take a photo from the lobby outside the courtroom. The view of Boston Harbor is splendid on this sunny day. Testimony should begin at 9 am EST with FBI agent Kara Spice. The gov't is pointing out Lieber's affiliations on publications and the funding agencies in the acknowledgements section. Today it is a Nature Nanotechnology paper. Yesterday it was NanoLetters.
Dec 15, 2021 10 tweets 2 min read
Back at the Moakley courthouse in Boston this morning for Charles Lieber's trial. Opening statements are scheduled to begin at 9 EST. Judge Rya Zobel is explaining the charges to the jury before the attorneys give their statements.
Apr 6, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
@pfizer's Dafydd Owen now talking in the #MEDI symposium #COVID19 Therapeutic Approaches at #ACSSpring2021 He's talking about small molecules that inhibit SARS-CoV-2's main protease