Taking over the world one microbe at a time.
Taking myself not too seriously.
Jennifer Biddle
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A tale of why it is important to fund USDA R&D
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Archaea the hornets of the microbial world. Discuss.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
TLDR: Archaeon kills bacterium with secreted phospholipase. Pretty nifty way to kill bacteria if you are a microbe with a very different lipid make-up, I reckon. No need to worry about accidentally killing yourself.
Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3 billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3 billion in net losses.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
H1B visas were historically key for postdocs and research scientists (and future PIs and professors) - and the fee threatened to totally derail that pipeline. This is good news.
At least SOMEONE is thinking beyond himself.
Oddest email sent today: "Anyone want dermestid beetles?"
Hurrah for first day of our NSF-funded REU program - it means free leftover coffee and bagels for lunch for us!
and teaching the brilliant minds of the next generation, of course. But leftover food is something you never stop appreciating post-grad school!
Just found out which student put tiny ducks all over my office last year.
Apologies to @micromal.bsky.social , I just assumed it was you.
Screwworms, insects that once killed millions of dollars’ worth of cattle a year in the southern U.S., can be relentless in their search for hosts—and those who fight them must be relentless too, @Sar...
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Archaea kill bacteria, at least on occasion. The molecular underpinnings of these lethal interactions are barely understood. Here, we describe cinquedea, an α/β hydrolase secreted by the halophilic ar...
