/🎭'Theo' in Easter

Darby "Theo" Park, kingpin[description:= θ Black male, 20-25 years /// character:= brash and sophisticated Robin Hood-esque megalomaniacal high-IQ biohacker largely reputed as "the brightest neuropunk/biopunk on the streets", a libertarian ideologue who idolizes 🧑🏿lnq, rogue, ambitious, huge Philadelphia Eagles🦅 fan, swag whore, former computer security consultant who authored the 'fabl3' payload, now a wanted criminal (for unlawful pharmacauticals, and declaration of terrorist biowarfare/violation of the BWC) who is the subject of a joint CGSI+BIS hunt (and has been for three years), misunderstood, notorious and feared leader of an extremely dangerous criminal network arisen from East Philly, bitter from recent personal life experiences, tempered with Napoleon complex; sees the world as full of 'winners' or 'losers', seeks the truth and wants absolute control over the game]

" It's never enough to be one step ahead; you have to stay in-stride. Do the math. I'm the theta in the equation; they weren't expecting me." - Theo

concept artwork is bing ai-generated, these are not prod. images

/🎭'Don Antony' in Easter

Leader of the Tellatoya-Calcavecchia crime family.

/Pee-Wee Herman and us

/🎭'Aegypt' in Easter

Aegypt, de facto leader of GO[description:= Black male, late-40s/// character:= a charismatic, military-trained street philosopher who has nothing but honest intentions for his followers, unfortunately, city politics sees him as a terrorist and looks to do away with what he is building]

/7tmc

TMEM106B singlet filament extracted from MSTD neurodegenerative human brain

/🎭'Earl Ellis' in Easter

Ellis, a sleazy business executive and key member of Lily's pod[description:= White male, 35-45 years /// character:= team business analyst / econ whiz, nearly completely misreads how he comes across to others thus becoming unintentional comic relief, gateway drug user, a late-life bloomer who schmoozes his way into opportunities yet is undeniably good at what he does]

concept artwork is bing ai-generated, these are not prod. images

/🎭'Lily' in Easter

Lily, daughter of Pascha[description:= λ White female, 40-42 years /// character:= single mother of (adopted) twin preschoolers, Antoney and Isabell Ndongo, on the cusp of 'finding' herself, an intelligence operative (= technical admin. + government liason) employed as a close business associate of Maundy, cutthroat, licentious, very calculated, fast-paced MBA-type who - as team lead (pod = Lily, Gruber, Ellis) - is just as invested as her boss in making sure the company is in a secure position, super stressed, sides with her mother in despising her dad but would be unsure why if she did some self-introspection, clinically diagnosed with anxiety disorder and manic depression]

concept artwork is bing ai-generated, these are not prod. images

/7t8t

CryoEM structure of PLCg1

/7qxq

Coelenteramide-bound Renilla-type luciferase (AncFT)

/7yxn

Crystal structure of WT AncGR2-LBD bound to dexamethasone and SHP coregulator fragment

/7u3h

GID4 in complex with compound 7

/7ujl

bacteriophage Lambda Red-Beta N-terminal domain helical assembly (non-3d + asymmetric) in complex with dsDNA

/7tvn

viral AMG chitosanase V-Csn, D148N mutant

/8gmv

crystal structure of lysozyme

/🎭'Bunny'🐰 in Easter

🐇Bunny, understudy of Pascha[description:= White female, early-30s years, thicc build (5'6'', 150lbs.-- must really be able to "squeeze in them jeans"), strong features of her Greek/Mediterranean heritage (dark hair/eyes) /// character := on loan to the CGIS-Brandywine from NCIS-Quantico, she looks nice but she's not nice, comfortable with Negroes and their culture yet bigoted at her core, imposing and intimidating, sapiosexual, sly, bold, opportunistic, a cold and conniving dyke with a weird masculine-to-feminine quotient (60/40)]

"They ask us to be rational in an irrational world. That kind of tension inevitably creates a spark. Surely, you can understand. " - Bunny

concept artwork is bing ai-generated, these are not prod. images

/8d6c

crystal structure of human Myt1 kinase domain bounded with Compound 28

/7RPD

OXA-24/40 V130D in complex with ertapenem.

/7MM4

HCV NS3/4A protease in complex with NR01-115.

/Joey Koala turns 17 🎂

Happy birthday, Joey Koala🐨.

It might seem silly to some as to why I do this every March 15 - wishing a 'make believe' friend birthday wishes, but not to me. The character really has guided me through thick and thin, and Joey continues to evolve. I'm proud of where it's at and where we're going.

/GDNF

glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor