Intl Yr of Chem 2011

2011 is the International Year of Chemistry, declared by UNESCO

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My answer to Due to my circumstances, I have to pick between my girlfriend, whom I absolutely love, and my dream job… http://t.co/AeA0qS3y9i

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@niamhoconnor73 Thanks for your kind words.

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antibacterial soap is a big experiment--these soaps also are endocrine disruptors. killing good bugs w bad bugs Scott Gilbert#Swarthmore

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We never have been individuals. We evolved into a bacterial world--the bacteria used us!!! Scott Gilbert #Swarthmore #chemheritage

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Japanese guts have different bacteria than western population--they digest seaweed and sushi better than we do Scott Gilbert #Swarthmore

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Identical twins with different environments can have very different personalities--genome is not "soul"

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FOX news finds "liberal gene"

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http://t.co/u5YU2lH9 pro-life website uses DNA in the secular way saying our essence is there at conception

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DNA has become the cultural analogue of Soul--from DNA Mystique -- Nelkin and Lindee 1996

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The environment instructs the formation of the embryo. Scott Gilbert Bio Prof #Swarthmore

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the microbiota-gut-brain axis affexts motor control and anxiety behavior.

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Want to change your life--mutate your bacterial genome, much easier than human genome changes

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S. Gilbert says fecal transplant will cure diarrhea induced by some antibiotics - eeewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!

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Appendix may not be vestigal. Stores bacteria--safe house for bacteria. Allows us to recover from diarrhea.

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Microbes may cause obesity --change mouse gut bacteria and get a bloated mouse!!! Scott Gilbert, bio prof Swarthmore

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Poster organism for symbiosis is termite--microbes in its gut digest cellulose.

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90% of our cells are not us--microbes within us!

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RT @nccomfort: Isaac Newton's farting lyon. I love this stuff. RT @ChemHeritage Make History of Science Interesting: II http://t.co/ZRUReojx

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RT @michalme: Read my post on #Chemistry at work in The Case of the Farting Lion http://t.co/DpLSPmz9 #histsci Newton goes lowbrow again!

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#phlscifest comedian walks on stage in #banana suit at #chemheritage