Michal Mayer

PhD student 👩🏻‍🎓 👩🏻‍🔬 Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Microbiology 🥼🧪Former video editor (now only for fun 😬)

[Michal Mayer @Michal_Mayer_]

On this note, I would like to state that the department of biomolecular sciences retreat was an absolute treat! I had an amazing time getting to know the fantastic people in this department and hearing about their research.

#science #scienceblitz

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This is my “science blitz” presentation in the departmental retreat we had this week. We were challenged to present our research in a creative way under two minutes, which can be a real challenge for people who usually think that a 45 minutes lecture is cutting it short. 😅

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I chose to present as a children’s story, telling the adventures of the nascent chain I investigate in my PhD in an extremely over-simplified manner.
I was completely blown away humbled by the amount of positive feedback I got after the presentation. 🥰

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Just spent over an hour doing the dishes of my experiment.
So happy I pursued higher education.

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The second day of being completely alone in the lab, and I am already talking out loud to myself. I really thought it will take longer. Though I knew it was inevitable.
#laststudentlife

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

Science is like trying to figure out a puzzle where you don’t know if you have all of the pieces - or if some of the pieces are for a different puzzle - or if there is even an actual puzzle.

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I am very excited about my seminar next week. And nervous. And exited. And slightly terrified of public speaking.

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Wordle 257 3/6

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[Slava Bobrov @slava__bobrov]

Immune cells attacking a parasitic worm:
#biology

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אני רוצה שwaze יפסיק לנסות להפוך אותי למונית.

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So it’s really satisfying to be able see the membranes and be like “this is what I’m looking for”, no further verification needed.
#Science #SCIENTIST

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Isolating membranes: using a membrane flotation assay to isolate the lipid layer. At the end the membranes are captured on the interface of two layers with different density (the high sucrose dense layer at the bottom, the low density low sucrose layer on top).

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I think this is one of my favorite experiments because it’s not every day in the regular lab life that you can easily determine things with your eyes. We depend on absorbance readings and various assays most of the time to know where our target is.

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@luluwiner1 Well, if it’s in the protocol… 😜

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Found a picture from another cold room purification 🥶 this time with a coat on, and a lovely view of the hard working air cooling system keeping me at the crisp temperature of 4-6 degrees Celsius 😅❄️

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Gravity column purification in the cold room. 4 columns in parallel, that’s just the way I roll. #Science
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@AKarniel Do you mean these delightful cooling systems that guarantees I lose all sensation in my fingers by the end of the purification? 😅🥶❄️

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A stars massive outburst captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: NASA/ESA

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Le Mot (@WordleFR) #36 4/6

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https://t.co/OJoJ4vHvF9

Cause apparently, I am now doing Wordle in French as well...

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Wordle 234 2/6

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