Georges Kanaan

I wonder how life survives in sea ice. Oceanographer & Astrobioligst in Training. University of Washington.

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

How do we get the organisms that live within the ice? A sack hole is a hollow cylinder in which surrounding brine collects trickling in through brine channels in the ice. We use a field peristaltic pump to collect it as cleanly as we can.

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

@ColoradoJo19 @ISME_microbes Yes! And it can get very loud if you're sleeping in a forward cabin.

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

Aboard the R/V Kronprins Haakon for microSHIFT 2025! Sampling to investigate community composition across different micro habitats in the ice. Thanks to @ISME_microbes for partial support to attend.

[François Ruffin @Francois_Ruffin]

🗣️ Amandine Demore, maire PCF d’Echirolles :

« Un point de deal s’est installé devant les portes d’une école maternelle. Les personnels ont exercé leur droit de retrait. J’ai dû interrompre la restauration scolaire pour des enfants. C’était un crève-cœur. »

[Sam Carana @SamCarana]

Arctic sea ice volume up to Jan 31, 2025is much lower than in previous years. More incoming heat threatens to reach the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean and destabilize methane hydrates at the seafloor, resulting in eruptions of huge amounts of methane. https://t.co/WzrcArMTsD

[François Ruffin @Francois_Ruffin]

Madame Le Pen, j’ai apporté ici votre projet présidentiel. Et j’ai apporté également celui d’Emmanuel Macron. Pourquoi ? Parce qu’entre vous deux, il y a un énorme point commun. Entre vous et Emmanuel Macron, il y a plus qu’un trait d’union : vous êtes d’accord sur l’essentiel.

[François Ruffin @Francois_Ruffin]

En 1980, un enseignant était embauché à 2,3 fois le SMIC. Aujourd'hui, c'est 1,2 fois. Un travailleur du bâtiment hautement qualifié était embauché, en 2000, 36% au-dessus du SMIC. Maintenant il est à 16%. Idem pour les infirmières, les ouvriers... L'écrasement des salaires a des conséquences pour tous : le chaos, dans des pans entiers de la société.

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

@gangfang_1 @nanopore Very interesting. Any tips on particularities that should be considered when applying this to bacterial datasets?

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

@ContamClub black spot on this winogradsky column from lake water?

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

@ZaminIqbal Very cool. I'm curious why Bakta over prodigal + KEGG (for example), or PGAP?

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

@markowenmartin @rec3141 @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound I'm curious if you've isolated a protein here or have another control demonstration without it?

[Donato Giovannelli @d_giovannelli]

New 2-year bioinformatic postdoctoral fellowship in my group at the University of Naples Federico II @UninaIT funded by the @ERC_Research project #Erc_CoEvolve https://t.co/AwY8HKtAkY. Start date Nov 1st 2024! DM or contact me! Please RT!
More info:
https://t.co/EZcOlhNs1B

[Scientist Rebellion @ScientistRebel1]

🔴 BREAKING NEWS: Mike Lynch-White, Scientist Rebellion co-founder and Palestine Action activist, has been sentenced to 17 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and 262h community service for his involvement in the Heathrow Pause
action of 2019.
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[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

@iamharisankar Is the goal to eventually contribute to mm2 or maintain a parallel fork? Very interesting work!

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

I want to add another great use for it: Education. It would be so cool to be able to transport people to the Arctic, have them lift off the top slab of snow, then zoom into brine channels to be among the plankton and bacteria.

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

Got to try on the #AppleVisionPro today. Some concise thoughts. The design, engineering, and execution, as usual for Apple, is awe.some. If you haven't seen a YouTube video of it, I highly recommend. It was impressive to have an emotional reaction to the depth content shown.

[Georges Kanaan @scientificgio]

Despite wanting one because of how cool I think it is, and the quality of entertainment content (especially since I don't own a TV). I would go so far as to suggest that government should regulate the use of AR/VR to keep it to where it is strictly improving people's lives.