Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota

I've been curious about alternative cryoprotectants in -80C since even. The typical Ralstonia are divas about freeze/thaw. I've considered trying sucrose and trehalose as alternatives to glycerol.

@morgancarterphd.bsky.social had a nice optimization paper:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I hope your sampling is fruitful!

From reading the older literature and the genome reduction, I suspect the clove strains might survive stresses less effectively. Try to store/ship them in multiple formats (water, PBS, broth media, agar stabs).

Blast hits for EPS genes across Ralstonia genus

It's the weird outlier in our figure without the expected eps orthologs. NCBI RefSeq flagged that small genome strain as too small because their pipeline is likely looking for a typical RSSC genome. It's small even for a clove strain, but I am curious.

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

I am really curious about the natural variation of that lineage. The original publications from Eden-Green and colleagues describe a mix of mucoid and non-mucoid colony morphologies. One of the available genomes is extremely small (~3.5 Mb) and lacked the eps gene cluster by BLAST.

Exploring the genetic diversity of recent Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum phylotype I findings in Europe - European Journal of Plant Pathology The increasing prevalence of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum phylotype I (phy I) in agricultural regions across Europe highlights the need for heightened awareness and preventive measures. Recent detecti...

We have a new paper out 🧵, link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In recent years, Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum phylotype I (phy I) has been found across Europe, affecting crops from 🌹 to 🥔. We analyzed the genetic diversity of phy I in Europe to try to learn something about its origins. (1/7)

Davis/Sacramento people -- does anyone have recommendations for a good TMJ doctor?

Are we in WW3 ?

Wow, y'all are really adventurous with your diverse model systems

Sabotaging the NSF fellowship is a blunder Over the last year, the Trump administration has sent one discouraging message after another to young people aspiring to a scientific career in the United States. The corrosive rhetoric that mocks sci...

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Sabotaging the NSF fellowship is a blunder | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

YouTube video by CBS Evening News Bodycam video released in federal agent's shooting of Marimar Martinez

Rep. Thompson, please do not fund DHS until they have consequences for the agents who murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Consequences for the agent who shot Chicagoan Marimar Martinez 5 times and bragged about it

youtu.be/QDN2LZ7WcDM?...

You and @alabamaed1.bsky.social should be friends

Tomato leaves with late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans

Hello friends of science! I’m migrating over here from X. There, I had 3,000 followers enjoying plant pathology content! Please help me rebuild. I’ll post plant disease photos, management info, science & nature content. Kicking off with some tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans.

Sure! Done

Universal healthcare, universal childcare, public health, education, cancelling student loans, science and research funding, welfare programs are all much better uses of that much money.

Thank you, Michael!

This is where IDOT (@illinoisdot.bsky.social) placed their arrow board, at Paulina Street and Congress Parkway, across from Rush Hospital.
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I hope the international community holds these people responsible for their war crimes

‘Excellence’: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates HBCUs amid attacks on Black history The Smithsonian’s African American history museum has partnered with HBCUs to display archival materials

‘Excellence’: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates #HBCUs amid attacks on Black history - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

This is a good week to be way too busy to keep up with the news.

I've realized why I hate AI's usage of emdashes. It uses emdashes to create zig-zaggy sentences. Strong scientific writing takes complex ideas and lays them out linearly

Congress is set to vote on bipartisan war powers resolutions this week meant to limit President Trump's military operations in Iran.

The dual efforts in the House and Senate face uphill battles to become law, as previous efforts have failed in asserting congressional authority to declare war.

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

Donald, you're not denying it.

I genuinely think this is because Trump met some quantum physics, quantum chemistry, or quantum computing professors while partying with fellow sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

I'm not sure what this one is either, but while we are making things up...

How about quaternary biology?

This is cruel and unusual punishment. This is unconscionable.

I'll make sure they have to spell it correctly on the final

I just taught my students about Aflatoxin, but it sounds like I need to give a correction that it's one of the worst.