Claudio Avignone Rossa

There might be good data on diffusion of small molecules (including sugars) in alginate, carrageenans, and other polymers used for whole cell immobilization for biocatalysis.

That is always a good idea! This one is with coffee waste

Seen in a shop in Oxford. Don’t know if there’s a hidden meaning 🫣, but I found it curious

That means you can resubmit…

@danybeste.bsky.social good to see you here !

@danybeste.bsky.social hello!

Soil isolate obtained in class - trying to ID and see if they produce something interesting.

More fungi - same bunch, from different angle.

… same bunch, three days later!!!

Like it! There’s one that appears every year in the same spot - I think I posted this pic last year. I’m not a mycologist, but found fungi really interesting.

Not as beautiful, but…

If you can, try to clean the stiff parts and remove any dry residues of grease before putting the new one.

The speaker wearing informal clothes during a scientific talk.

When I started attending conferences, I had the idea that speakers should dress formally-otherwise you’d be disrespecting Science, other speakers, and the audience, and (horror!) you’d be seen as frivolous and decadent.
Almost 40 years later… shorts and espadrilles. Young me would’ve been ashamed!

Photo of the empty stage and the title slide of my talk.

Just back from the International Society of Microbial Electrochemical Technology (ISMET) meeting (LatAm chapter), in Fortaleza (Brazil). Excellent meeting in a fabulous location. It’s great to meet and talk (not only) science with friends, old and new. #ISMET

I got this book as a present for my 14 b’day. Two years later, I had to burn it as it was in the list of book banned after the military coup in Argentina. I bought it again in ‘83 after the return to democracy. I gave it as a present for my daughter’s 14 b’day. I hope history doesn’t repeat.

Not related, but found these walking in Abingdon yesterday

What about using Current Contents to check the table of contents of journals and sending reprint request postcards? “Dear Colleague, I will appreciate receiving a reprint of your article:…..”. And the months-long wait until the reprint arrived to our remote lab somewhere in South America.

And Feliz Año Nuevo!!

I think your msg was very clear (and prompted me to send a pic). Will send more!

- Try to complete the 5km Parkrun without walking (at least once!)

I thought it was a friendly invitation to show photos of mushrooms to a microbiology audience. Here’s one, near the Thames, in Oxford.

Nanocomposite use in MFCs: a state of the art review Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been gaining attention as a promising technology for sustainable energy production through the metabolic processes of microorganisms. The materials traditionally emplo...

New review article with collaborators from the COST Action Phoenix on the development of novel materials for Microbial Fuel Cells. Our research is in the analysis of electrogenic microbial communities in MFC-powered biosensors for pollutants in water tinyurl.com/22yjmubp 🧫🦠🧪 #MicroSky

I’m frequently criticised for using “elucidate”, but as a non-native English speaker, I can’t find a satisfying alternative. I know clarify or illuminate could be, but those (to me) don’t transmit the same meaning. So, it’s elucidate for me!

Fungi growing on a tree stump

Another beauty

Exactly… why not?

Comgratulations Jose. It’s a fantastic project!!