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@bobbyhristova Also, remember when @CBC reported grocery stores were lying about the weight of meat?

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@SigmaAldrich @miranda_jarrett cause anytime is good for chocolates!

[𝘼𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙞 @A_baumannii]

Recent work published in Nature Portfolio has introduced Zosurabalpin, a new antibiotic effective against Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB). Want to know more about Zosurabalpin? Check out our latest blog: https://t.co/OVeglnkmyp………… https://t.co/Wno5qF7eIi

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

Growth in a skin-like medium (SLM) that strives to replicate the human skin environment stimulates expression of key virulence factors in S. aureus, supporting SLM's use as an in vitro model for assessing bacterial metabolism on skin. @mbiojournal: https://t.co/NlpTneouuf

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@cityofhamilton missed an opportunity

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@bobbyhristova Thanks for digging out the facts and putting the information out there.

[Richard Southern @RichardCityNews]

NEW - The government releases the partially redacted business case for ServiceOntario to Global News. It shows Staples will get $8.29M over three years to run 9 locations, compared to the $3.66M a year it cost the government to run with independent owners. https://t.co/Zl2RC0kWNT

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Congratulations to Dr. Paul Herbert @CBG_UofG 🇨🇦 for receiving the Benjamin Franklin Medal https://t.co/SEZZslU7tp for pioneering work in #DNABarcoding https://t.co/6UW9HtbNyW

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@ceylongraphite New Room Temperature Superconductor Throws Hat In The Ring – This Time, It’s Graphite https://t.co/UWSYwKIBE0

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From my PhD special topics presentation on applications of #bacteriophage to my postdoc peptide screening project using #m13, these little viruses are so interesting. Graphic of the exploding bacteria, too good 😄. #bacteriophage #AMR

[IPATH @IPATH]

IPATH will be featured on #CNNI's Vital Signs on December 2nd at 3pm ET! Join us to get a glimpse at our work on #phages #AntimicrobialResistance #UCSD
@chngin_the_wrld @cnni

[Veera Rajagopal  @doctorveera]

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in @Nature

In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (https://t.co/Rk8oZJ0bUj).

Today, a group of scientists from Indiana University reports how that minimal genome evolved over 2000 generations in comparison to the non-minimal genome.

The authors found that even when you reduce a bacterial genome to its absolute minimum where every nucleotide matters, the genome undergoes mutational events generation after generation as much as the non-minimal genome. One simply cannot stop the evolution.

Just over 300 days of evolution (equivalent to 40,000 years in humans) the minimal cell has gained everything it lacked in fitness on day one in comparison to the non-minimal cell.

When comparing the evolved traits between the minimal and non-minimal cells, the scientists found something striking. The evolutionary process increased the cell size of non-minimal cells but not that of the minimal cell. But that is not the striking part.

The scientists were able to identify the key mutation that resulted in cell size evolution. And it turned out that the mutation that helped the non-minimal cells to grow bigger is the same that helped the minimal cells to stay smaller. Growing bigger had a survival advantage for non-minimal cells and not growing bigger had a survival advantage for minimal cells. So, the mutation had a context-dependent effect. This just demonstrates that the evolutionary effects on traits have no absolute direction. All that matter is what is beneficial for the organism's survival.

The conclusion of the paper is metaphorically a quote from the Jurassic Park movie:

“Listen, if there’s one thing the history of evolution has taught us is that life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, and it crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but . . . life finds a way". (https://t.co/UlxRlb86CT)

https://t.co/zA9OAqSoAu

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@northstarpyrofx is the drone test show at Niagara happening??? Sept 29

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@StCatStandard Is this still happening ?

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@RW_UNP
@FT_SriLanka @NewsWireLK @Dailymirror_SL @WasthiOfficial

[PlotSet.com 📊 @plotset]

@stats_feed 50 cities with the longest traffic delays.

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@chamath At Waterloo ??🙃

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@chamath Shots fired

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#Novartis is picking up #Vancouver incubated #Chinook for a cool $4.7 bln CAD to tackle the rare #autoimmune linked kidney disease #Bergerdisease
https://t.co/yUb5MsQj8n

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Morality is declining, right? Scientists say that idea is an illusion https://t.co/DrVgORR2bn

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https://t.co/sKYkAcJbwZ

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@mitchell_sysbio 164