Leia Vainman

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

The “canonical” story how Rosalind Franklin got wronged by Watson and Crick inadvertently makes her look far less scientifically competent than she was (“She did not realize the significance of her own data!”). This article offers a much more nuanced account of what happened.

Can't wait for the next Satanic PANICAN era. Think about all the podcasts we'll get.

That's what I love about commercial kits: add mystery reagent A and mystery stinky reagent B, wait 10 minutes, add transparent reagent C... poof! Here's your RNA.

There are regulations, and there is reality. Better boil that egg and not assume Salmonella knows it's not allowed to be on the shell.

Years before COVID outbreak from a human adapt virus, this was (still is) a concern regarding bird flu. Lets just stick with Salmonella.

Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts Just over a month after US President Donald Trump implemented a 90-day freeze of all foreign assistance, the future looks very uncertain for tuberculosis research. Among others, a large TB research pr...

Brutal

Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts

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Whoa! 🧛‍♂️

Mount Fuji fungal contaminant 🗻 🧫

Celebrities and their Bacterial Infections, Episode 4

Martha Stewart and Salmonella

Agar plate with fluorescent bacteria, showing organelles of a cell

Some #AgarArt to lighten up #FluorescenceFriday
Painting by Nica Geertvliet

All the money in the world can't release him from being a prison in his own mind. Thats enough suffering for a lifetime.

aerobic vs. anaerobic bacteria

The call for abstracts is out for ASM Microbe 2025! I am convening a session on metal homeostasis in environmental microorganisms! We have two great invited speakers lined up and room for 3-4 oral abstracts.

Please consider submitting to this session!

A metaphor for DNA supercoiling. I am that many years old

re-posting the potentially best meme I've ever made here, before the other place collapses and it's lost to history #MicroSky 🦠

Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform