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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Aug 5

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social Thoughts?
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Shark Dentist - Official Announcement Trailer

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Jul 15

DNA is coded by 4 bases, but no one said that's how we have to sequence it. Ready to have your mind bent? 🧬 🧪

Fuzzy Sequencing: Sometimes close enough is good enough

DNA is coded by 4 bases, but no one said that's how we have to sequence it. Ready to have your mind bent?

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 20

Having trouble sleeping? A new mutation has been discovered that allows people to feel well rested after as little as 4hrs of sleep! 🧬 🧪

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A gene for short sleep duration

Having trouble sleeping? A new mutation has been discovered that allows people to feel well rested after as little as 4hrs of sleep!

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 17

So you're cherry picking out all the parts of a post about Rosalind Franklin and her life that don't mention Rosalind Franklin and her life? Cool.

Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 17

Apparently you didn't read the link?

Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 17

The most famous photo in the history of genetics wasn’t generated by Watson and Crick, but that didn’t stop them from using it to solve the structure of DNA. 🧬 🧪 #histSci

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The most famous picture in the history of genetics

The most famous photo in the history of genetics wasn’t generated by Watson and Crick, but that didn’t stop them from using it to solve the structure of DNA.

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 15

Mass Spec is leading the charge in bringing high-throughput proteomics to a lab near you. 🧬 🧪

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Mass spec is primed to lead the next proteomics revolution

Mass Spec is leading the charge in bringing high-throughput proteomics to a lab near you.

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 13

There’s more to de novo mutations (DNMs) than just SNPs and indels. 🧬 🧪

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De novo mutations are more common than we previously thought

There’s more to de novo mutations (DNMs) than just SNPs and indels.

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · May 1

Multiplex aptamer/antibody arrays are a gateway drug to get genetics people to embrace proteomics. 🧬 🧪
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How to do proteomics using a high throughput sequencer

Multiplex aptamer/antibody arrays are a gateway drug to get genetics people to embrace proteomics.

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 29

Approximately 2,000 people die every year waiting for a liver transplant. Pigs might help change that! 🧬 🧪

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A pig liver makes its way into a human

Approximately 2,000 people die every year waiting for a liver transplant. Pigs might help change that!

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 24

High throughput proteomics could revolutionize our understanding of human disease, but it's going to take some major innovations to get us there! 🧬 🧪

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The future of high throughput proteomics is unfolding right in front of us

High throughput proteomics could revolutionize our understanding of human disease, but it's going to take some major innovations to get us there!

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 22

Ultima Genomics is put to the test in MRD 🧬 🧪

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Will Ultima's ultra cheap bases be a major boon to MRD?

Ultima Genomics is put to the test in MRD

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 21

Derek Lowe telling it like it is: No, AI isn't going to cure all disease
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The End of Disease

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 18

In 1994, an obscure jellyfish protein was stuck into a worm. It has enlightened biology and medicine ever since. 🧬 🧪 #HistSci

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Jelly fish proteins started brightening up microscopy in 1994

In 1994, an obscure jellyfish protein was stuck into a worm. It has enlightened biology and medicine ever since.

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 18

HAHA, as long as you pronounce it econ-Omics I'll allow it...

Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 18

I made a feed for all things Omics! Have your posts included in it by adding a 🧬plus any additional omics related emoji🧪🧫🔬🖥️💉🦠🥼. Anything Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, or Metagenomics related (or adjacent!) is welcome!
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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 17

The importance of taking out the trash: An overview of cellular protein degradation pathways. 🧬 🧪

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The proteasome and lysosome decide what proteins live or die

The importance of taking out the trash: An overview of cellular protein degradation pathways.

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 16

HOT TAKE: Dire wolves are still very much extinct, Illumina is dumping its smallest sequencer, and PacBio finally sees the light

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De-extincted" Dire Wolves, A Discontinued Sequencer, and PacBio Goes Long

HOT TAKE: Dire wolves are still very much extinct, Illumina is dumping its smallest sequencer, and PacBio finally sees the light

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 15

Deep brain structures play a key role in filtering out what we perceive 🧬 🧪

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How does the brain control perception of everything around us?

Deep brain structures play a key role in filtering out what we perceive

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Brian Krueger, PhD @h2so4hurts.bsky.social · Apr 14

Definitely a miracle of modern science.

Jeffrey Dean @jeffdean-uga.bsky.social · Apr 14

No vaccine hesitancy here. Dropped by @krogerpharmacy.bsky.social for my first doses of shingles and pneumonia vaccines. Don't let anyone tell you they aren't modern miracles. Wonders of molecular biology. 🧪🧬🔬💉