Resolving functional mRNA units clarifies the decay landscape of the bacterial transcriptome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.14.759229v1

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New in JB: van Wolferen, Albers et al. talk about the history of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a model for archaeal biology over the past 50+ years. They focus on development of tools and understanding of archaeal biology. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriol @microsky.bsky.social

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Absolutely delighted to be back at MSU to celebrate their recognition as a Milestones in Microbiology site, as @asm.org President. Go Green, Go White! …will post my formal remarks later!

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Took myself to dinner to mark the end of my fellowship. It’s not super fancy, but I like it. Ready for the next task.

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Uh, so.... I vibe-coded an entire replacement for ChemDraw that works with AI agents. It was about 8 months of work, and the goal is just open-source-stop-dependeing-on-american-paywalled-software. It has a plugin API, it comes with claude/codex skill docs check it out: jgassens.github.io/ChemDraft/

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