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We study quantitative microbial cell physiology. https://jun.ucsd.edu
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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Stop doomscrolling for a second and admire the genius of this dad.

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I think people both within science and outside science don’t fully appreciate the miracle that were the Covid-19 vaccines. How much courage it took to get the sequence out, how much work had already gone into figuring out the best viral antigen and how best to present it. 1/

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Our Presidential Lecture with Terence Tao on "Machine-Assisted Proofs" is now available to watch online: www.simonsfoundation.org/event/machin... #math #AI

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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…

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Unfortunately, this is 100% true.

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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

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1/6 🧫 Introduction: We recently explored how glucose metabolism rates influence cell morphology across various yeast species. Our findings underscore the intricate connections between metabolism and cell size. #YeastResearch #Metabolism

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If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

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Bacterial cell division folks take note: @eswaralab.bsky.social lab reports that GpsB interacts with FtsZ and stimulates FtsZ GTPase activity in multiple G+ organisms (not just in #staph)! It also serves as an alternative to FtsA in anchoring FtsZ. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

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This was our first #cellbio2024 meeting, arguable the most exciting+relevant for our research in recent yrs. Thanks to all poster presenters who spent time for us. Immensely proud of our grad students presenting lab's first yeast research on invariant topological properties of mitochondria network.

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Saransh will give the lab's first yeast talk since the birth of our lab at the #ASCB meeting 2024 in San Diego (Dec 14-18). Come to the 'Biological Size Control and Scaling' session this Saturday at 9:30 AM! "The topology, shape and size of mitochondrial networks during the cell cycle in yeast"

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Do you use mother machine for your research and need help with analysis? Please read (porting our post from X). 🧵 1/N

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Not too late to apply to UCSD Biophysics PhD program: biophysics.ucsd.edu we have a vibrant cluster of theorists and experimentalists working at the interface of biophysics/soft and active matter. Deadline Dec 18. Feel free to DM me with questions.

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How did we get here, with a prominent anti-vaxxer nominated to lead Health and Human Services, with its $1.7T budget? Much of it can be traced to this retracted 1998 paper, falsely linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. 1/3

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Starting a theoretical biophysics starter pack, feel free to (self-) nominate, I’ll keep updating this in the next days/weeks! go.bsky.app/RMF7jUK

submitted 99 days ago • 40 comments

I write a monthly science column for some awesome small-town newspapers in rural New York. My main goal is to actively and diplomatically push back against pseudoscience. I'm the wife of a U.S. diplomat, so I know a few things about diplomacy:🧵🧪🔭

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