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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Oh, thank Heavens for that!! ๐
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Oh, thank Heavens for that!! ๐
I became interested in this after doing an online quiz. We have since found out that our kids are at either end of the spectrum: aphantasic, and hyperphantasic. I tend toward the latter, but I cannot picture being unable to picture...๐ง www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Many people have no mental imagery. Whatโs going on in their brains?
People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I became interested in this after doing an online quiz. We have since found out that our kids are at either end of the spectrum: aphantasic, and hyperphantasic. I tend toward the latter, but I cannot picture being unable to picture...๐ง www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Sooooooo...you're Mandelson-adjacent, are you?! ๐คจ
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Sooooooo...you're Mandelson-adjacent, are you?! ๐คจ
But the goodwill it bought with the Drumpfs - priceless!!
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
But the goodwill it bought with the Drumpfs - priceless!!
I love it when people say "The results didn't fit the hypothesis", which basically means the hypothesis was flawed ๐ Me, I am a firm proponent of the "When in doubt, do an experiment!" school of biology. Or, as per my lab wall, "F*** the hypotheses, just discover s***!"
February 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I love it when people say "The results didn't fit the hypothesis", which basically means the hypothesis was flawed ๐ Me, I am a firm proponent of the "When in doubt, do an experiment!" school of biology. Or, as per my lab wall, "F*** the hypotheses, just discover s***!"
I have resolutely NOT looked at my home-dried chillies to see what could be grown from them...๐ณ๐คข
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I have resolutely NOT looked at my home-dried chillies to see what could be grown from them...๐ณ๐คข
And the Greens will not do that, right, @zackpolanski.bsky.social?
By its actions, the UK state hates all migrants, and will dig through their pockets for loose change; if you're a refugee and aren't, in their eyes, an easy mark for a shakedown, they will use you to funnel money to their friends by building a horrendous industry of effective internment around you
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
And the Greens will not do that, right, @zackpolanski.bsky.social?
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February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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You'd think "Only in Oz!", but I've stood guard on a water hazard in a Zimbabwe golf course near Victoria Falls during a wedding to keep kids away from the 2 metre croc sitting in it...๐๐
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
You'd think "Only in Oz!", but I've stood guard on a water hazard in a Zimbabwe golf course near Victoria Falls during a wedding to keep kids away from the 2 metre croc sitting in it...๐๐
I await with anticipation!!
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I await with anticipation!!
Ta! And - pity about the Donovansโฆ
February 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Ta! And - pity about the Donovansโฆ
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
www.youtube.com
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?