Dan Stoebel
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Prof of Biology, Harvey Mudd College. Studies how bacteria regulate their genes in response to stress, and how these systems evolve. (he/him)
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My mother calls these conjugate nouns: I have folklore, you have superstition, they have witchcraft.
October 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My mother calls these conjugate nouns: I have folklore, you have superstition, they have witchcraft.
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
Sounds plausible. Maybe even more likely for some IS elements if there are > 2 copies per genome.
September 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sounds plausible. Maybe even more likely for some IS elements if there are > 2 copies per genome.
I think S. enterica has one copy, yes. But please double deck that!
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I think S. enterica has one copy, yes. But please double deck that!
Although gene conversion may have to be considered in this analysis... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17675652/
Recent gene conversions between duplicated glutamate decarboxylase genes (gadA and gadB) in pathogenic Escherichia coli - PubMed
Escherichia coli have evolved adaptive systems to resist strongly acidic habitats in part through the production of 2 biochemically identical isoforms of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), encoded by the ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Although gene conversion may have to be considered in this analysis... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17675652/