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Bruce Cochrane

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Retired geneticist. Cat Person. President, Biological Stain Commission. Rewarding Career at the University of South Florida and Miami University (Ohio).

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I would note that this message is full of (a) kitchen table issues and (b) both rhetorical and material moderation

and people love it because it is clear, mobilizing and oppositional

this is what the national Dems just don't get

05.03.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5541    πŸ” 1082    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 35
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Financial peril could doom a famed New York paleontological institute β€œExceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned

If you a) live in the vicinity of Ithaca, or b) love paleontology and evolution, or c) care about science, this is a very bad situation. www.science.org/content/arti...

21.02.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

13.02.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 21523    πŸ” 14877    πŸ’¬ 411    πŸ“Œ 400

We had a cat named BK once. Fortunately that didn't stand for "Baby Kitty", since he grew to be nineteen pounds. Had a lot of Maine Coon in him

12.01.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year from Luna Mew!

31.12.2024 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cat of the day - Alexander the Great Cat, or ATGCAT. Full disclosure - I'm a retired molecular biologist. Question for the like-minded - can you identify the restriction enzyme that recognizes this sequence?

29.12.2024 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cat of the day - Ink.

27.12.2024 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Luna Moth Mew (Ukrainian refugee) relaxes.

25.12.2024 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The secret with Saguaro NP is to get there early in the day, before the heat sets in and the crowds arrive. Buenos Aires is a great alternative, as is Ironwood Forest National Monument, northeast of Saguaro West.

11.12.2024 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've photographed that tree many times.

11.12.2024 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He did? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked.

30.11.2024 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Biological Stain Commission The Biological Stain Commission

Thrilled to be President of The Biological Stain Commission, which my grandfather Harold Conn founded in 1923 and nurtured until 1947. www.biologicalstaincommission.org.

30.11.2024 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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28.11.2024 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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