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Donut granulomas from a Coxiella burnetii infection🍩

A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr. CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

it's Very Vinay (sorry) that he quit actual regulatory work (Actual Work) after two months to go back to podcasting (his true lifes Passion)

The US technically hasn't lost measles elimination (yet)
But there's a good chance we will
Elimination = no endemic transmission for 12+ months
The first Texas case was detected Jan 20
With the right resources, we might be able to keep measles eliminated in America

Top panels: graphs showing increases in spillover events, extinction rates, and temperature anomalies over the last few centuries. Bottom panel: a map of 10 pandemics since the year 1900. Four were linked to agriculture, two to wildlife use, and one to climate change.

🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl

Simultaneous entry as an adaptation to virulence in a novel satellite-helper system infecting Streptomyces species - The ISME Journal The ISME Journal - Simultaneous entry as an adaptation to virulence in a novel satellite-helper system infecting Streptomyces species

Image source publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Even microbes need a hug! I love this TEM image of a phage helper (blue) and its satellite virus (pink) 🥰 Satellite viruses are dependent on helper viruses for genome replication. They are not able to invade a cell and replicate their genetic material without attaching to one. Teamwork! 🤝

Hetero Awesome Fest - Guerrilla Performance - Boise, Idaho - Boy

🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

Genetically, Shigella bacteria are a subspecies of Escherichia, (or you might be more familiar with the name E. coli.) In other news, did you know different strains of E. coli can differ in their genetics by anywhere from 30 to 80%? LOL 🤪

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the primary causative agent for the disease known as tuberculosis, showing off its prolific "cording" trait. These cord-like structures play an important role in both endogenous antibiotic resistance and disease progression!

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These are prints of an original painting, so they are high-quality copies :)

Neutrophil (Original Artwork) Print Hello👋🏻👩🏻‍🔬Morticia here, welcome to The Lab!

Prints of an original artwork (Neutrophil Extracellular Trap) are available on MorticiasLab! morticiaslab.com/products/neu... #SciArt

This is bleak reading

ATHEIST HUNGER GAMES FOR CHARITY! 2025 RFR Fundraising Contests! All the coolest Atheists! YouTube video by The Line

m.youtube.com/live/Lva3TxY... Come support Recovering from Religion! 🥳✨

All Products | Morticia's Lab Hello👋🏻👩🏻‍🔬Morticia here, welcome to The Lab!

Speaking of Lab Week...you might find some cool lab-themed stickers over on Morticia's Lab. You know..if you're interested in that sort of thing. And if not, well that sucks for you. morticiaslab.com/collections/...

Happy Lab Week to the med lab squad! May your QC always be in range and your microtainers unclotted. 🧫🧪🔬

Rigorous science demands support of transgender scientists To build a just, equitable, and diverse academy, scientists and institutions must address systemic barriers that sex and gender minorities face. This …

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Paenibacillus dendritiformis is captivating. Just look at that colony morphology! This "social" microbe forms dynamic communities that behave like a multi-cellular organism; with specialized cell differentiation, communication and linguistics. It reminds us what we can achieve when we work together.

The horrors persist but so do we. We are not the first people to be here, we aren't the first scientists to be persecuted, we aren't the first citizens to be oppressed. We have footsteps to follow, and shoulders to stand on! Fascism wins when you lose hope. To joyful persistence, my friends! ❤️‍🔥

How do we balance evidence and gaps in knowledge when discussing science? 🤔 New discussion at Morticia's Lab! morticiaslab.com/supporters/p...

You can review the published data, learn more about how this survey was constructed, or contact the PhD candidate for the project if you feel you can correct their methodology. Links at the top and bottom of the page :)

I rated my resilience as average. I was a little surprised to see my results at the end!

Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST) Test how resilient you are to misinformation! Find out if you recognize fake news when you see it...

How resilient do you think you are to misinformation and "fake news"?🤔 Participate in a cool study and find out here! yourmist.streamlit.app

If you're looking for book recommendations, The Furies by Elizabeth Flock has easily been my favorite read of 2025. Three incredible stories of sisterhood, resilience and a beautiful reminder that we make our own justice, we keep each other safe.

🌱 “Our EJ Movement wasn't birthed in government—and it will endure.” – @drrobertbullard.bsky.social

This #EarthMonth2025, we honor the legacy + future of environmental justice. ✊🏾🌍

#ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #DrRobertBullard

YouTube video by Morticia Are you being lied to about raw milk?

Are you being lied to about raw milk? youtu.be/m_y5doFpUIk

ChatGPT ass presidency