Allan Konopka
hamatsa50.bsky.social
Allan Konopka
@hamatsa50.bsky.social
Recovering academic / microbial ecologist / nascent philosopher
Fluent in both academic & national lab-speak
❤️ to Think Like a Microbe
https://open.substack.com/pub/thinkmicrobe
Well, there is also this ...
Denmark confirms an expanded, more permanent Danish and NATO military presence in and around Greenland, beginning today. ... Sweden has committed forces; other NATO allies may follow
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Same
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Very sorry to hear about your experience. I had my cameras stolen in Rome’s train station 2 months ago. Was very distraught but was not a life-threatening situation like this
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Chelsea and ManU fans beg to differ ...
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
No, its another example of how the wants of well-heeled and well-connected boosters trump all else when it comes too college football -- here extending beyond university presidents and trustees to the governor's office

And "best interests of the public" have a long history of not being served in LA
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nice. Curious re this statement about lack of AMR to it
“under conditions that typically lead to resistance against vancomycin”

as I don’t see why subsequent resistance wouldn’t evolve under pressure
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Source?
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Source: New York Times
Conclusion: WAG -- their credibility has tanked over the past 10 years.
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Looks great — can’t wait to read it!
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This comment comes from significantly outside my expertise ... but curious re: how it branches vs. other Halococcus using a Halobacterium sequence as an outgroup vis a vis novel genus
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Looks to me like packets of 8?
Is there support for this as novel genus?
Halosarcina

“Latin word "sarcina," meaning pack or bundle, after the cuboidal (2x2x2) cellular associations they form during division along three plane”
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hope you don’t mind suggestion from old-school microbiologist. RE streak plate. I don’t think you are doing enough streaks in quadrants. I would do 3 quadrants with >12 streaks per quadrant to get isolated colonies
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I started reading bits of your Wordpress. Rock on!
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Oooof …. Sulfolobus acidocaldarius?
Better shot at being monophyletic as a consequence of strong purifying selection?
October 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Dashun Wang has done a lot of interesting stuff in this area
www.dashunwang.com/book/the-sci...
Book: The Science of Science — Dashun Wang
www.dashunwang.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM