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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 4h

"Fracastro Day" ...hm. that would sound too similar to "Fracaso Day", already reserved for january 20

$from https://www.britishgestaltjournal.com/en-defensa-del-fracaso$

christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 8h

...a matching car for this MCM costume? 😜

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 23h

Kurz und knapp.
Und peinlich für Springer.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Meinung: Energiewende: Diese Fakten werden Ihr Weltbild verändern

Auch gut informierte Menschen in diesem Land haben eine massiv verzerrte Vorstellung davon, wie sich die Welt gerade entwickelt. Gehören Sie dazu?

www.spiegel.de

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 20h

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 20h

yes, eat a peach!

christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 1d

#MicroSky

Fabrice Jean-Pierre @fabricejpierre.bsky.social · 1d

“Pseudomonas aeruginosa-secreted respiratory toxin HQNO triggers fatty acid accumulation in respiring Staphylococcus aureus, decreasing SaeRS-dependent transcriptional regulation” #microsky

journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-secreted respiratory toxin HQNO triggers fatty acid accumulation in respiring Staphylococcus aureus, decreasing SaeRS-dependent transcriptional regulation | Journal of Bacteriol...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are often co-isolated from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients. P. aeruginosa secretes non-essential metabolites that alter S. aureus physiology, p...

journals.asm.org

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 1d

even worse! so many pellets were successfully fished from the bin, but never aqueous phases from the sink horribile dictu

christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 1d

... add some autumnal ska, please - so appropriate for these days
youtu.be/JOaRr-jdz6s

Confucious

YouTube video by Rico - Topic

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 1d

...which is known to everybody as retrophorese 😀

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

12 October 1912 | A French Jew, David Silberman, was born in Paris.

In #Auschwitz from 30 March 1942.
No. 28080
He perished in the camp on 10 August 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

Black and white image of a man smiling in a casual shirt and tie.

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 1d

big fan of radio goethe here 🙋‍♂️ ~10 y ago, arndt had a terrific 3-part feature about ciudad juarez and the disappearing women, the pink crosses...

source: https://alongsidehope.org/news/between-pink-crosses-row-on-row-1320683257/

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

I'm, of course, aware of the classical koonin paper by neuwald et al. (1999) on the AAA+ domain-containing proteins...

doi: 10.1101/gr.9.1.27

screen capture of: https://genome.cshlp.org/content/9/1/27.long

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

zoom background? 🍺

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

in the pre-AI era, it was always reassuring to read in the M&M section of a paper: "...acc. to Maniatis." so ein satz ist inzwischen komplett verdächtig. too bad...

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

turns out that beadle&tatum ('one gene–one enzyme) only scratched the surface, and you have opened a true pirates' treasure chest. And it's intriguing to see that there are other widely used nucleotide-binding domains besides the rossman fold 👏👏👏
#MicroSky

Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 2d

ParB NTPase fold might:
*suggest hidden layer of biological regulation
*maybe a fold as fundamental as P-loop ATPases or Rossmann folds (well, this has to be seen!)
*be a treasure trove of uncharacterized proteins waiting to be studied.

We probably have only scratched the surface.

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

a wonderful autumn weekend to you all 👋

autumn colors in berlin today (own photo, 2025)

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

...a largely overlooked and underestimated reason for the increase in gray hair with age.

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christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

what a treat to have the chance to listen to a talk by bonnie bassler! so glad for you! her 'individual behavior' tends to dancing-while-talking... which you can also sense when reading the papers from her lab. really inspirational...

christoph_STCmicrobeblog @christophstc.bsky.social · 2d

habe deinen 🧵 bis #30 gelesen und finde viel bedenswertes darin. danke! ich befürchte nur, dass er zu content-heavy ist, um hier auf 🔵bsky zu einer regelrechten diskussion zu führen. leider...