Ed Rybicki ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง๐ท๐
@edrybicki.bsky.social
Semi-retired biotechnologist and virologist, interested in making vaccines, lover of 70s rock and hard SF. And good red wine. Posts are both personal and professional, and may include music and/or strong opinions. And possibly zombies.
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Cann's Principles of Molecular Virology
**Selected for Doodyโs Core Titlesยฎ 2024 in Microbiology**Cann's Principles of Molecular Virology, Seventh Edition provides an easily access...
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"Cann's Principles of Molecular Virology 7th Edition revised extensively by Ed Rybicki, is an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner."
**Selected for Doodyโs Core Titlesยฎ 2024 in Microbiology**
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**Selected for Doodyโs Core Titlesยฎ 2024 in Microbiology**
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It is in the way of these people - and by that, I mean politiciansโฆ!
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
It is in the way of these people - and by that, I mean politiciansโฆ!
And two consecutive posts with streaming files.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
And two consecutive posts with streaming files.
Oh, FFS: ANOTHER African country with nepotism ruling?? Did they learn nothing from Angola??
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Oh, FFS: ANOTHER African country with nepotism ruling?? Did they learn nothing from Angola??
The one URL has about 6 sessions, constituting 3 or more shows?
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The one URL has about 6 sessions, constituting 3 or more shows?
The Good Wife @anna-lisew.bsky.social and I just listened to an online memorial for a legendary technician from our Institute: Abdurahman Mohamed, mostly known as Abdu. A kind, helpful, friendly and cheerful man who worked in our spaces for nearly 40 years - he will be missed!
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The Good Wife @anna-lisew.bsky.social and I just listened to an online memorial for a legendary technician from our Institute: Abdurahman Mohamed, mostly known as Abdu. A kind, helpful, friendly and cheerful man who worked in our spaces for nearly 40 years - he will be missed!
Thereโs a bunch of themโฆ!
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Thereโs a bunch of themโฆ!
But the ultimate(and thereโs ANOTHER band that does this): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0X...
Jethro Tull: Bourรฉe
YouTube video by 1fracos
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February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
But the ultimate(and thereโs ANOTHER band that does this): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0X...
Case in point! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xn...
Audience - Jackdaw
YouTube video by ogo57
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February 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Case in point! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xn...
Oui!
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Oui!
Touchy / sensitive / WGAF. Silly person (not you).
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Touchy / sensitive / WGAF. Silly person (not you).
Like viruses, theyโre everywhereโฆ!
February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Like viruses, theyโre everywhereโฆ!
Oh, I had a radio programme on just thatโฆ! Jethro Tull, Audience, Focus, Traffic just to start with. I must find that tapeโฆ.
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Oh, I had a radio programme on just thatโฆ! Jethro Tull, Audience, Focus, Traffic just to start with. I must find that tapeโฆ.
Sadly, trademarked / copyrightedโฆ! One ought to try it in a paper, though?
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Sadly, trademarked / copyrightedโฆ! One ought to try it in a paper, though?
Why were you going off about a block?
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Why were you going off about a block?
And I don't care how many times I've played this, I'm playing it again. One of the first mind-blown radio experiences I ever had, on Radio London, in the UK in 1967.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77y...
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
And I don't care how many times I've played this, I'm playing it again. One of the first mind-blown radio experiences I ever had, on Radio London, in the UK in 1967.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77y...
I am presently reliving the 1967-1968 British psychedelic rock explosion via YouTube - and it was amazing how haunting some of those songs were. This one, for example. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIi...
โถ Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera (1967)
YouTube video by RoconCommunications
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February 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I am presently reliving the 1967-1968 British psychedelic rock explosion via YouTube - and it was amazing how haunting some of those songs were. This one, for example. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIi...
You know, I think it was literally last year, at age 69, that I discovered that the name of Coomassie Brilliant Blue stain, should in fact be "Kumasi" - because that's where it came from. That's right, from Ghana!
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
You know, I think it was literally last year, at age 69, that I discovered that the name of Coomassie Brilliant Blue stain, should in fact be "Kumasi" - because that's where it came from. That's right, from Ghana!
And I just ate one of those small orange ones: damn! Mouth is still on fire ten minutes on...๐ถ๏ธ
February 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
And I just ate one of those small orange ones: damn! Mouth is still on fire ten minutes on...๐ถ๏ธ
I heard it said that Crick, Brenner et al. did all their science in the Institute tea room - interspersed by bursts of experimentation. That would have been nice?! ๐ข
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I heard it said that Crick, Brenner et al. did all their science in the Institute tea room - interspersed by bursts of experimentation. That would have been nice?! ๐ข
Just listening to the 21st Jan show (newest not up) - damn, I wish we had some decent Classic Rock here in Cape Town!! Apart from my hifi setup, that is ๐ Good stuff, thank you ๐
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Just listening to the 21st Jan show (newest not up) - damn, I wish we had some decent Classic Rock here in Cape Town!! Apart from my hifi setup, that is ๐ Good stuff, thank you ๐
Oh, poor Steenhuisen...did he get a "Dear John" letter from Tannie Helen? "It's not you, John; it's me. I don't like you" ๐ www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Behind the scenes of Steenhuisenโs dealmaking with the DA
When it came to the prospect of John Steenhuisen potentially seeking a third term as party leader, he was told: โJump or be pushedโ.โฆ
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February 4, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Oh, poor Steenhuisen...did he get a "Dear John" letter from Tannie Helen? "It's not you, John; it's me. I don't like you" ๐ www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Just as the Japanese frown at Brazilian tropical fruit sushi, but are ignored, so should the opinions of Italians on pizza additives be ignored ๐ We can haz appropriated all the foodz!
February 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Just as the Japanese frown at Brazilian tropical fruit sushi, but are ignored, so should the opinions of Italians on pizza additives be ignored ๐ We can haz appropriated all the foodz!
Ships: back in the 1960s I used to build ships, 30-odd cm long. Full-on aircraft carriers - that floated! I do still so enjoy Lego...๐
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Ships: back in the 1960s I used to build ships, 30-odd cm long. Full-on aircraft carriers - that floated! I do still so enjoy Lego...๐