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This rabbit hole goes deep in the most predictable way.
Let me introduce the pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus), the state bat of California, as of 2023.
I'm a big fan for one simple reason (it's not the fantastic smile):
(📷:Ann Froschauer/USFWS)
My home office plant is maybe getting a little bit feral? I love it but starting to fear it. It's really manoeuvring itself to take full advantage of the skylight. Hand for scale.
Welp ...
Maybe some decisions should be kept in the hands of experts and works after all, hmm?
Blue lobsters are very rare: 1 in 2 million by some estimates.
But SPLIT COLOR LOBSTERS are 1 in *50* million.
This lobster is a chimera of two fertilized eggs that fused together, with two distinct genomes: male on one side, female on the other.
(📷: Woods Hole Science Aquarium/NOAA Fisheries)
How are two embryos alike?
As we collect spatio-temporal microscopy data, we want to quantify variability in the timing of key developmental events.
Alignment of multiple recordings is a core engineering challenge here and we suggest a solution; read about it:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Bats are the primary pollinators for agave plants.
Commercial agave, used to create tequila & mezcal, is increasingly being propagated via clonal "pups", because the flowering stalk is cut to increase the rate at which the "heart" (piña) grows.
This decreases genetic diversity....
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Marking/grading season - the perfect time to defrost and reorganise all the lab freezers!
Sometimes I like doing "random" expts. It's how I learn new things n know the limit of my system. Optogenetics is not too trivial in 🐸, but here is an example of it applied to the rear end 🔴 of a macrophage expressing Opto-Ras. It's strong enough to reverse the cell's direction. #FluorescenceFriday
Quantitative comparison of morphogenesis across individuals remains a fundamental challenge, as developing embryos vary in shape, orientation and developmental tempo. Moreover, real-time three-dimensi...
OK. I am noticing a pattern...
Today is the second "NIH Scientific Freedom Lecture"
to be given by Gary Taubes on
"Energy Balance or Fuel Partitioning? A History Lesson in the Science of Obesity Pathogenesis, and Its Implications."
1/11
Bianca Dumitrascu
Julia Sero
One year ago.
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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️🌈
Jeremy Berg
Conservationists and communities are planting thousands of agave plants to protect endangered bats, and the future of Mexico's tequila production.
This is what PROCRASTINATION is 🤣 Just some #FridayFeeling over here! 📷 @someecards buff.ly/kpAOHXW #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
