MHart
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It’s possible to crochet little bacteria with glow in the dark yarn.
May 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It’s possible to crochet little bacteria with glow in the dark yarn.
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The idea that she is a “danger to the community” is patently absurd and dangerously racist. Free her now. Arrest her kidnappers.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/t...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/t...
Tufts PhD student detained by ICE is denied bond after court deems her a ‘danger to community’
Federal authorities have alleged that Ozturk engaged in activities supporting the terrorist group Hamas and revoked her visa.
www.boston25news.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The idea that she is a “danger to the community” is patently absurd and dangerously racist. Free her now. Arrest her kidnappers.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/t...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/t...
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I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…
April 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…
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This is so wonderful!
Our latest research on uncovering new giant virus genomes from global ocean - published as part of 'Giant Virus' collection in npj Viruses.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Expansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant viruses - npj Viruses
npj Viruses - Expansion of the genomic and functional diversity of global ocean giant viruses
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This is so wonderful!
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE)
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
a poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on it
ALT: a poster that says if life gives you lemon make lemonade on it
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February 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE)
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread.
There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.
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The R0 value for measles is 12-18. Not vaccinating your children for this is willful neglect.
>90% of unvaccinated individuals who come into contact with a measles-infected person will contract measles.
The recommended 2-dose MMR vaccine is 99% effective in preventing measles infection.
The recommended 2-dose MMR vaccine is 99% effective in preventing measles infection.
February 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The R0 value for measles is 12-18. Not vaccinating your children for this is willful neglect.
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Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
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A cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) photographed using structured illumination microscopy. The Z lines of the sarcomeres are shown by labeling alpha actinin 2 using immunofluorescence. #Science #Biology #CellBiology #microscopy
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A cardiac myocyte (heart muscle cell) photographed using structured illumination microscopy. The Z lines of the sarcomeres are shown by labeling alpha actinin 2 using immunofluorescence. #Science #Biology #CellBiology #microscopy
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Lacking any scientific expertise, I approach the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 as a writer. It's a story too good to be true: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
A COVID-19 Lab Leak in Wuhan? As a Story, It Doesn’t Hold Up | The Tyee
Plot holes, racist tropes — we’d be better off banding together to end this pandemic and forestall the next one.
thetyee.ca
January 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Lacking any scientific expertise, I approach the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 as a writer. It's a story too good to be true: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Here's a little tip I learned some years ago. If you can take a photo of Orion, try to get the image out of focus like I did just now. You can really see why Betelguise (top left) is such a well known red giant star. #astronomy #astrophotography
January 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here's a little tip I learned some years ago. If you can take a photo of Orion, try to get the image out of focus like I did just now. You can really see why Betelguise (top left) is such a well known red giant star. #astronomy #astrophotography
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Shadow Selfie, captured yesterday by Perseverance on the slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater, as the Sun was going down
#Mars Jan. 25, 2025 (Sol 1398)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
#Mars Jan. 25, 2025 (Sol 1398)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
January 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Shadow Selfie, captured yesterday by Perseverance on the slopes of the rim of Jezero Crater, as the Sun was going down
#Mars Jan. 25, 2025 (Sol 1398)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
#Mars Jan. 25, 2025 (Sol 1398)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech 🧪🔭
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TWiP 250: Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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January 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Congo outbreak identified: "The mystery has finally been solved. It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness... and weakened by malnutrition." www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Congo's health ministry says unknown disease is severe malaria
Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country's Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Congo outbreak identified: "The mystery has finally been solved. It's a case of severe malaria in the form of a respiratory illness... and weakened by malnutrition." www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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It's as if our society keeps forgetting the reasons for why certain things are done/not done in everyday life.
And why most people live longer than just into their crisp 20ties.
And why most people live longer than just into their crisp 20ties.
This editorial cartoon about unpasteurized milk making people sick is 146 years old
December 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM
It's as if our society keeps forgetting the reasons for why certain things are done/not done in everyday life.
And why most people live longer than just into their crisp 20ties.
And why most people live longer than just into their crisp 20ties.
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July 2, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Did you know ASV hosts specialized satellite symposia prior to the start of the annual meeting? This year topics include invertebrate virology, veterinary virology, bat ecology and virology, virology in a global society, and funding opportunity tips! More info: asv.org/asv2024
ASV 2024 | American Society for Virology
The website for the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology.
asv.org
May 20, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Did you know ASV hosts specialized satellite symposia prior to the start of the annual meeting? This year topics include invertebrate virology, veterinary virology, bat ecology and virology, virology in a global society, and funding opportunity tips! More info: asv.org/asv2024
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I don't often get recognized by my institution, so this meant a great deal to me. Plus, Jenny is great.
youtu.be/16clixnmBi0?...
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May 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I don't often get recognized by my institution, so this meant a great deal to me. Plus, Jenny is great.
youtu.be/16clixnmBi0?...
youtu.be/16clixnmBi0?...
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Curious about how in silico and in vitro methods can help predict efficacy of therapeutic antibodies? Read our latest blog post!
blog.addgene.org/pre...
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Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs
How do we know if a therapeutic antibody is a promising clinical prospect? In vivo and in silico methods can help us decide!
blog.addgene.org
February 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Curious about how in silico and in vitro methods can help predict efficacy of therapeutic antibodies? Read our latest blog post!
blog.addgene.org/pre...
blog.addgene.org/pre...
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I had a wonderful time chatting with Julia van Kessel on Episode #24 of #MattersMicrobial. Quorum sensing and sociomicrobiology FTW! Podcast drops a week from today. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv P.S. Note the @GIANTmicrobes “STD with a hat” in the background.
January 11, 2024 at 9:29 PM
I had a wonderful time chatting with Julia van Kessel on Episode #24 of #MattersMicrobial. Quorum sensing and sociomicrobiology FTW! Podcast drops a week from today. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv P.S. Note the @GIANTmicrobes “STD with a hat” in the background.
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Happy New Year! 🎉 We are excited to officially kick off the countdown to the #VoM2024 conference (July 15)!
Looking forward to insightful discussions, ground-breaking research, and fostering collaborative connections.
Abstract submissions are open: vom2024.org
⏰ bit.ly/VoM2024count...
Looking forward to insightful discussions, ground-breaking research, and fostering collaborative connections.
Abstract submissions are open: vom2024.org
⏰ bit.ly/VoM2024count...
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Countdown timer to: 2024-07-14T05:00:00.000-04:00
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January 12, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Happy New Year! 🎉 We are excited to officially kick off the countdown to the #VoM2024 conference (July 15)!
Looking forward to insightful discussions, ground-breaking research, and fostering collaborative connections.
Abstract submissions are open: vom2024.org
⏰ bit.ly/VoM2024count...
Looking forward to insightful discussions, ground-breaking research, and fostering collaborative connections.
Abstract submissions are open: vom2024.org
⏰ bit.ly/VoM2024count...
Great episode! I listened to it twice!!
ICYMI! #MattersMicrobial #23 has dropped.
This episode, I chat with the very impressive Dr. Arturo Casadevall about his path in science, fungus powered refrigerators, and the threat of fungal disease in a changing world. Spread the word?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_MC...
This episode, I chat with the very impressive Dr. Arturo Casadevall about his path in science, fungus powered refrigerators, and the threat of fungal disease in a changing world. Spread the word?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_MC...
January 10, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Great episode! I listened to it twice!!
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8% of your genome is of DEFINITE viral origin, with another 40% made of repetitive sequences that LIKELY started as ancient viruses.
We're made of star-stuff, but more recently, you're the product of a lot of very lazy or complacent viruses that decided to settle down and settle in.
We're made of star-stuff, but more recently, you're the product of a lot of very lazy or complacent viruses that decided to settle down and settle in.
December 27, 2023 at 1:20 AM
8% of your genome is of DEFINITE viral origin, with another 40% made of repetitive sequences that LIKELY started as ancient viruses.
We're made of star-stuff, but more recently, you're the product of a lot of very lazy or complacent viruses that decided to settle down and settle in.
We're made of star-stuff, but more recently, you're the product of a lot of very lazy or complacent viruses that decided to settle down and settle in.
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Just finished recording #MattersMicrobial Episode #20 with
@pgirguis. Hydrothermal vents and tubeworms, oh my. Note microbiologist isopod. Episode will drop on Friday. It was fun, and hopefully you will all enjoy it too.
@univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology #MicrobeTV
@pgirguis. Hydrothermal vents and tubeworms, oh my. Note microbiologist isopod. Episode will drop on Friday. It was fun, and hopefully you will all enjoy it too.
@univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology #MicrobeTV
December 12, 2023 at 2:32 AM
Just finished recording #MattersMicrobial Episode #20 with
@pgirguis. Hydrothermal vents and tubeworms, oh my. Note microbiologist isopod. Episode will drop on Friday. It was fun, and hopefully you will all enjoy it too.
@univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology #MicrobeTV
@pgirguis. Hydrothermal vents and tubeworms, oh my. Note microbiologist isopod. Episode will drop on Friday. It was fun, and hopefully you will all enjoy it too.
@univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology #MicrobeTV
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I could not be more excited to share this Matters Microbial 🧫🧪 podcast where I get to talk about deep-sea corals, coral disease, sea urchin mortity and more! 🦑👩🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hgW...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hgWJFi9-gw
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December 24, 2023 at 3:57 PM
I could not be more excited to share this Matters Microbial 🧫🧪 podcast where I get to talk about deep-sea corals, coral disease, sea urchin mortity and more! 🦑👩🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hgW...