Grumpy Scientist
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Scientist. Grumpy. Per aspera ad astra.
Pinned
I am just going to start posting our 3D prints and call it self-care.
Here I present my latest piece “Arriving to the afterlife”
Here I present my latest piece “Arriving to the afterlife”
"I'm walking down the street mindin' my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me and I'm unaware
They said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure"
They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for"
But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
But now I was, I was framed"
When two policemen grabbed me and I'm unaware
They said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure"
They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for"
But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
But now I was, I was framed"
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him even though you can
Please don't take him even though you can
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"I'm walking down the street mindin' my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me and I'm unaware
They said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure"
They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for"
But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
But now I was, I was framed"
When two policemen grabbed me and I'm unaware
They said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure"
They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for"
But I was framed
I was framed
I never did nothing
But now I was, I was framed"
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Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Me, a biomedical researcher (MD, PhD who does no MD’ing and all PhD’ing) answering questions from my family.
First day as a doctor:
Okay, the X-ray shows your bones are all still there, so you’re probably fine.
Okay, the X-ray shows your bones are all still there, so you’re probably fine.
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Me, a biomedical researcher (MD, PhD who does no MD’ing and all PhD’ing) answering questions from my family.
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Ten months ago today, Jackson Square, New Orleans
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Ten months ago today, Jackson Square, New Orleans
Got reviewer comments of a manuscript submission back. One of the reviewers’ feedback was that I used the phrase “in review” too much.
Dear readers, that’s the watermark publishers add to each page of a manuscript that is, well, IN REVIEW. Also asked to remove line numbers for readability…
🫠
Dear readers, that’s the watermark publishers add to each page of a manuscript that is, well, IN REVIEW. Also asked to remove line numbers for readability…
🫠
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Got reviewer comments of a manuscript submission back. One of the reviewers’ feedback was that I used the phrase “in review” too much.
Dear readers, that’s the watermark publishers add to each page of a manuscript that is, well, IN REVIEW. Also asked to remove line numbers for readability…
🫠
Dear readers, that’s the watermark publishers add to each page of a manuscript that is, well, IN REVIEW. Also asked to remove line numbers for readability…
🫠
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November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The entire post is beyond stupid, divorced from facts, and a parody of "the immigrant stole your cookie"-ism," but I want to call out "groceries cost too much" as one particular stupidity.
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The entire post is beyond stupid, divorced from facts, and a parody of "the immigrant stole your cookie"-ism," but I want to call out "groceries cost too much" as one particular stupidity.
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
Over 40% of farmworkers picking crops are undocumented! Deport them and prices go UP!
I was today years old when I found out that a group of ladybugs is called a “loveliness” and I absolutely needed this knowledge, considering all what is happening. ❤️🐞🐞🐞🐞
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I was today years old when I found out that a group of ladybugs is called a “loveliness” and I absolutely needed this knowledge, considering all what is happening. ❤️🐞🐞🐞🐞
Microscopic life is fascinating.
Cellular structure self-organizes through an interplay between internal mechanisms and external cues. The single-celled suctorian P. collini builds a trap structure to capture large prey using microtubule feeding tentacles, creating feedback between cell morphology and prey availability.
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Microscopic life is fascinating.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I messed up my camera settings and ended up with a ridiculously glowing squid🦑
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I messed up my camera settings and ended up with a ridiculously glowing squid🦑
This is from the Kenner, LA Police Chief. Note the language: he didn’t say “undocumented” or “Illegals”, he said “Hispanics” and immediately linked it to gang activity.
This is what people voted for. The brutal and lawless raids and detentions are the reason people still approve his job.
This is what people voted for. The brutal and lawless raids and detentions are the reason people still approve his job.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is from the Kenner, LA Police Chief. Note the language: he didn’t say “undocumented” or “Illegals”, he said “Hispanics” and immediately linked it to gang activity.
This is what people voted for. The brutal and lawless raids and detentions are the reason people still approve his job.
This is what people voted for. The brutal and lawless raids and detentions are the reason people still approve his job.
Treating the claim of “Illegal immigrant cows” with seriousness in this headline and sub text is exhibit 2838584 of why @nytimes.com has become a joke.
Those sick, undocumented, immigrant cows get the NYT treatment.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Treating the claim of “Illegal immigrant cows” with seriousness in this headline and sub text is exhibit 2838584 of why @nytimes.com has become a joke.
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Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
Immigration status is irrelevant to them. No Hispanic person, regardless of status/citizenship is safe. This is what people voted for.
This is ✨exactly✨ how I imagined Project 2025 playing out, when I was warning people about it months and months before Election 2024.
They despise Black and Brown people and want us out of “their” country—our citizenship status is just pretext; it isn’t actually relevant. #ICE
They despise Black and Brown people and want us out of “their” country—our citizenship status is just pretext; it isn’t actually relevant. #ICE
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Immigration status is irrelevant to them. No Hispanic person, regardless of status/citizenship is safe. This is what people voted for.
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This is ✨exactly✨ how I imagined Project 2025 playing out, when I was warning people about it months and months before Election 2024.
They despise Black and Brown people and want us out of “their” country—our citizenship status is just pretext; it isn’t actually relevant. #ICE
They despise Black and Brown people and want us out of “their” country—our citizenship status is just pretext; it isn’t actually relevant. #ICE
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is ✨exactly✨ how I imagined Project 2025 playing out, when I was warning people about it months and months before Election 2024.
They despise Black and Brown people and want us out of “their” country—our citizenship status is just pretext; it isn’t actually relevant. #ICE
They despise Black and Brown people and want us out of “their” country—our citizenship status is just pretext; it isn’t actually relevant. #ICE
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The Creole Queen paddles down the river, New Orleans
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Creole Queen paddles down the river, New Orleans
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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A propósito de la inauguración del Gran Museo Egipcio, vale recordar detalles sobre el descubrimiento de la tumba de Tutankamón. Mi columna, "Veo cosas maravillosas".
Veo cosas maravillosas
Hussein Abdel Rasoul tenía 12 años de edad cuando se integró al equipo de trabajadores egipcios que, en 1922, realizaban excavaciones en el Valle de Los Reyes. Ubicado en una zona desértica de la orilla occidental del río Nilo, frente a Tebas (la actual Luxor), se creía que en dicho valle podrían estar enterrados varios faraones con sus correspondientes ajuares funerarios.
jescudos.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A propósito de la inauguración del Gran Museo Egipcio, vale recordar detalles sobre el descubrimiento de la tumba de Tutankamón. Mi columna, "Veo cosas maravillosas".
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Nightfall at the edge of Audubon Park, New Orleans
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Nightfall at the edge of Audubon Park, New Orleans
You know what we’re truly the good old days? When decency was a celebrated virtue and vulgarity was frowned upon.
Those weee the days!
Those weee the days!
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You know what we’re truly the good old days? When decency was a celebrated virtue and vulgarity was frowned upon.
Those weee the days!
Those weee the days!
Is a tight race for the mental gymnastics gold medal.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Is a tight race for the mental gymnastics gold medal.
Is my opinion that social media has a net negative impact on humanity.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Is my opinion that social media has a net negative impact on humanity.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
Yes. I am posting this on social media because I am not a Luddite.
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New Orleans watercolor
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
New Orleans watercolor
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