I teach an undergrad molecular biology course with @BobbyJEyeGuy and one end-of-semester assignment is to make a meme or other creative project. They are amazing and many people gave permission to share them. A thread:
This year's #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their work in discovering receptors for temperature and touch
The idea that these vaccines came out of nowhere is a failure of science communication with tragic results. They're the result of DECADES of basic research in MULTIPLE fields building on the BREADTH and DEPTH of human knowledge. That’s how science works. And it's awe inspiring.
I repeat- I haven’t been this excited about a discovery since CRISPR. We found something enigmatic that, like CRISPR, is associated with microbial genomes. We have named these unique entities #BORGs
All 4 of the biggest technical advances in the history of biotech - recombinant DNA, sequencing, PCR, genome editing - require enzymes from bacteria.
In today's episode of "How Basic Microbiology Made the World a Better Place" - Dr Brock's discovery.
https://t.co/8QIDFN7xU2
I should stop checking the forecast just to know when will it be sunny again. Knowing that probably neeext Friday the sun may appear is not making it any better.
"If someone is speaking to you in a foreign accent, they are smart enough to know [at least] two languages and were brave enough to do their job in their second."💚
This video is a masterclass in psychology.
The first person to do something always looks weird. People laugh. Then somebody else joins. Then the crowds come in and the person who started the whole thing goes from looking like a goon to looking like a genius.