@lowrizk

Egyptian American Scientist Artist Musician. Biochem nerd professor at IUSB. Dad jokes #scicomm #sciart

 South Bend, IN
clas.iusb.edu/chemistry/faculty-and-staff/shahir-rizk.html
Joined December 2010
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A nice shoutout from @HarperCollins about our book on the art and science of #proteins . Get your copy now if you haven’t already. hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…

The Color of North — Harvard University Press

An awe-inspiring journey into the world of proteins—how they shape life, and their remarkable potential to heal our bodies and our planet.Each fall, a robin begins the long trek north from Gibraltar...

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HarperCollins
@HarperCollinsIN30 Jul 2025
Blending memory, migration, and family with cutting-edge research, #TheColorOfNorth by Shahir S. Rizk and Maggie M. Fink unveils a molecular world where proteins are the pulsing heart of life. Read an exclusive excerpt on @moneycontrolcom: moneycontrol.com/books/book-… @JBhattacharji #READWithHarperCollins
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Rachel Field@RachelField136 Dec 2024
#CoverReveal for The Color of North! "Shahir Rizk and Maggie Fink have accomplished the miracle of making the invisible visible, and the inscrutable not only understandable but vividly dramatic." —Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus @Harvard_Press #proteins
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Tim Gill@timgill92426 May 2024
Academics: I am an anti-racist ally of the poor and working-class. Also Academics: If I don’t get a job at an elite R1, I’ll enter industry. To hell with those community colleges and regional schools that disproportionately serve poor folks.
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it’s been four years. I still hear her laugh in the hallways. Always missed. Always here.
shahir rizk حُر@lowrizk9 Dec 2020
She loved life, never feared death, hated bananas and all forms of bullshit. Can’t believe it’s been one year and quite the year, yet her voice still rings in the halls of Northside.
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Excited to talk about our upcoming book with @maggiemfink on Thursday evening! Join if you can
Science Communicators of North Carolina@sconc10 Apr 2023
It's time for another SCONC Book Chat! Learn how science and art intersect with @lowrizk of @IUSouthBend and @maggiemfink of @NDscience, authors of the upcoming book "What Color is North? The Secret Life of Proteins." This Thursday. Free, virtual. RSVP: bit.ly/4077Xq4
Promotional flyer for the event showing headshots of Shahir and Maggie and text that says "Join us for a SCONC book chat with Shahir Rizk and Maggie Fink authors of the upcoming book What Color is North? The Secret Life of Proteins. Thursday, April 13, 2023. 7-8pm (virtual)."

ALT Promotional flyer for the event showing headshots of Shahir and Maggie and text that says "Join us for a SCONC book chat with Shahir Rizk and Maggie Fink authors of the upcoming book What Color is North? The Secret Life of Proteins. Thursday, April 13, 2023. 7-8pm (virtual)."

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This is a wonderful book by my amazing colleague @KelceyErvick A true inspiration. Buy it. Read it.
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So proud to see protein and RNA art done by myself and @maggiemfink of @foldingmoon hanging at the @BWFUND headquarters. #SciArt
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Glad to be back in person for another #CottrellScholars meeting
Silvia Ronco@ronco_sronco6 Jul 2022
So excited to host the wonderful Cottrell Scholar community in Tucson starting today! @RCSA1 #CottrellScholars
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Rachel Field@RachelField131 Jul 2022
This seems like the perfect photo for a book announcement! Thrilled to be publishing @maggiemfink and @lowrizk's WHAT COLOR IS NORTH?, a story-driven exploration of how proteins shape our identities, enabling us to think, play, work, speak, and even fall in love. @Harvard_Press
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New art from @foldingmoon
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Ayman
@AymanM28 Feb 2022
Let's be clear, Ukrainians escaping Russian bombs should be welcomed in Europe, not because they are civilized, white or have Netflix and Instagram accounts... but because it is the humane and morally right thing to do. My crosstalk this w/ @mehdirhasan
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🌧 ren。@non_philosophy27 Feb 2022
idk, Western media people kinda being a little bit racist right now 😳 (a thread)
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Congratulations to David MacMillan, the 2nd #CottrellScholar & 42nd RCSA-supported scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize! His 2001 Cottrell Scholar project was "Enantioselective organocatalysis: A new and broadly useful strategy for asymmetric synthesis using organic catalysts."
The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize6 Oct 2021
BREAKING NEWS: The 2021 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”
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New stuff from @foldingmoon
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As of this month I am officially associate professor at @IUSouthBend and this is how much @NESCAFE it took to get tenure.
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She loved life, never feared death, hated bananas and all forms of bullshit. Can’t believe it’s been one year and quite the year, yet her voice still rings in the halls of Northside.
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Delighted to see our work at @IUSBCLAS @IUSouthBend featured as the Editor’s Choice Article @ProtEngDesSel.
PEDS: Protein Engineering, Design & Selection@ProtEngDesSel12 Oct 2020
Editor's Choice Article! Read it for free! Work by by undergraduates Pierre N’Guetta and Maggie Fink @maggiemfink from the group of Shahir Rizk (@lowrizk,@IUSouthBend). Engineering a fluorescence biosensor for the herbicide glyphosate academic.oup.com/peds/articl…

Engineering a fluorescence biosensor for the herbicide glyphosate

Abstract. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in RoundUp, is the most widely used herbicide on the globe, and has recently been linked to an increased risk i

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What do organisms that live in boiling water, forensics, and lightbulbs have in common?
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Pangolins and proteins. Follow @foldingmoon for more #sciart by @maggiemfink and yours truly
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Back at it after a short break with @maggiemfink doing some science communication through art
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