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ronpar.bsky.social
Itinerant biologist. Most recently working with photosynthetic critters.
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Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

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Share the hell out of this, o 2.1k followers of mine, because I co-wrote it! www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...

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Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049

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Every once in a while we publish a paper that moves a whole field forward. I think that's the case for this one from the Bugaj lab, where they describe proteins for THERMOGENETIC control of cellular behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Explore the archives of PNAS and our history of groundbreaking scientific research! These discoveries provide insight into how the best science is practiced. Read more here: www.pnas.org/topic/classics

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋

submitted 39 days ago • 1104 comments

@artologica.net Just in case you missed this

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Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...

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Technology ruins the concept of "graceful animal" yet again ... Some crazy ability to flex to manage to grab the pole on the way by

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Things you learn. V8 is used as a base medium for Phytophthora: “Specifically, this medium was obtained by mixing calcium carbonate (15 g/L; Chem-lab Analytical) and V8 Vegetable juice (Campbell’s, Camden, New Jersey) with a magnetic stirrer for 15 min, after which the mixture was centrifuged ….”

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I went back today and got video. Just watch! #sqrlpix

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Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University. www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/ Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Details in the attached pic--Feb 13 deadline 🧫🧪🦠#microsky

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Re-upping this reply thread from last night. Drugs don't come from nowhere, folks. And we're not ripping off the NIH, either.

submitted 54 days ago • 5 comments

To mark the 40th year since the homeobox discovery, we've commissioned a series of articles from leaders in the field demonstrating the impact of the discovery on different disciplines. Check out the full collection: https://journals.biologists.com/dev/collection/10249/40-years-of-the-homeobox

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"‘'Twas the night before grant deadline, 7:15. Many creatures were stirring, thanks to caffeine. The comments accepted, the references done, In hopes someone might fund my first R01."

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Biking to work reduces the odds of dying from cancer by 51%! You’d think transit planners would find the hell out of bike lanes given how much money that saves to public and the government. Even “fiscal conservatives” can’t debunk the obvious societal good and savings from that. Fund bike lanes!

submitted 69 days ago • 15 comments

A @newscientist.bsky.social cartoon for Christmas

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Well worth the time, even if your textbook was by Lehninger (sp?) 😉 At UCSD, back in the day, the biochemistry text was either Stryer or Lehninger. I had the latter. This makes me want to pick up a copy of Stryer’s

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment