Joseph Osmundson

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Joseph S. Osmundson (born 1983) [1] is an American biophysicist and writer. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology at New York University. Osmundson is the author of various books exploring bodies, queerness, race, and geography.

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Education

Osmundson has a Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biophysics from the Rockefeller University. His 2012 dissertation was titled rRNA Promoters as Targets for Transcription Factors: Structural and Functional Studies of PhERI and CarD. His doctoral advisor was Seth Darst. [2]

Career

Osmundson's research on protein structure and function has been published in scientific journals such as Cell [3] and PNAS . [4] He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology at New York University.

Osmundson’s creative work on bodies, queerness, race, and geography has appeared, among others, in Medium , [5] The Village Voice , [6] the Los Angeles Review of Books , [7] Gawker, [8] Guernica , [9] the Kenyon Review, [10] the Lambda Literary Review, [11] and the Feminist Wire, [12] where he is an associate editor. His 2016 book Capsid: A Love Song won the POZ Award for best HIV writing (fiction/poetry) and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, [13] and his second book, INSIDE/OUT, was published in January 2018. With fellow queer writers Dennis Norris II, Tommy Pico, and Fran Tirado, he co-hosts Food 4 Thot , a podcast "at the intersection of queerness and brownness," [14] with subject matters ranging "from Beyoncé to Borges, politics to peen sizes, Nietzsche to 90s R&B." [15]

Osmundson's third book, Virology, was published in June 2022 by Norton. [16] The essay collection focusses on "the social and scientific impact of viruses through the lens of queer theory, race, capitalism, and the legacy of HIV/AIDS activism". The New York Times said, "Osmundson writes with the disarming voice of that teacher who makes science cool, even radical." [17]

In 2022, Time included Osmundson on their Time100 Next list of emerging leaders, citing Osmundson as, "instrumental in guiding New York City’s [ monkeypox] vaccine distribution, helping implement a program that brings shots to places where people meet for sex and pushing for more inclusive eligibility criteria." [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. ↑ Osmundson, Joseph S. (2012). rRNA Promoters as Targets for Transcription Factors: Structural and Functional Studies of PhERI and CarD (PhD thesis). Rockefeller University.
  3. ↑ Osmundson, Joseph; Montero-Diez, Cristina; Westblade, Lars F.; Hochschild, Ann; Darst, Seth A. (November 2012). "Promoter-Specific Transcription Inhibition in Staphylococcus aureus by a Phage Protein". Cell. 151 (5): 1005–1016. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.10.034. ISSN   0092-8674. PMC   3604623 . PMID   23178120.
  4. ↑ Srivastava, Devendra B.; Leon, Katherine; Osmundson, Joseph; Garner, Ashley L.; Weiss, Leslie A.; Westblade, Lars F.; Glickman, Michael S.; Landick, Robert; Darst, Seth A. (2013-07-30). "Structure and function of CarD, an essential mycobacterial transcription factor". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (31): 12619–12624. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11012619S. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1308270110 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   3732983 . PMID   23858468.
  5. ↑ Osmundson, Joseph (23 May 2018). "Learning to Be Looked At – Member Feature Stories". Medium. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  6. ↑ "Joseph Osmundson". www.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  7. ↑ "Capsid: A Love Song". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  8. ↑ Osmundson, Joseph. "Things Unsaid". Gawker. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  9. ↑ "Some Other I Before Me". Guernica. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  10. ↑ "An Essay by Joseph Osmundson | Kenyon Review Online". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  11. ↑ Osmundson, Joseph (2015-12-03). "Reflections on D. Gilson's 'I Will Say This Exactly One Time'". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  12. ↑ "Joe Osmundson, Author at The Feminist Wire". The Feminist Wire. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  13. ↑ Team, Edit (2017-03-14). "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  14. ↑ "Food 4 Thot Is a Hilarious, Profane, Literary, Super Gay Podcast I Can't Stop Listening To". The Stranger. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  15. ↑ "Some Thots". Food 4 Thot. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  16. ↑ "I have some news". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  17. ↑ Okrent, John (2022-06-08). "Reckoning With a Pandemic, as a Doctor and a Human". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  18. ↑ "2022 TIME100 Next: Joseph Osmundson". Time. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
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