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Scientist Stereotypes (For Biologists)
Marine Biologist: Would surely wither and perish without the sustenance provided by constant blåhaj ownership.
Microbiologist: has only ever touched grass once, by accident (they were collecting microbe samples)
Paleontologist: Someone gave this 8 year old a PhD and also made them into an adult with anxiety! Who would do such a thing???
Geneticist: Still uses Windows Vista, best case scenario.
Immunologist: Lost all their money to their crippling addiction of commissioning furry art. Currently on a new age spirit journey scraping together their tattered remains of a soul (unrelated)
Physician: Guides others to a treasure they cannot possess; any semblance of physical or mental health
Entomologist: has that 'tism where they're easily distracted by bugs like a dog by squirrels
Field Biologist: Went on sabbatical to the Amazon and contracted 59 novel parasites, they all died of fear, immediately took a vacation to Antarctica and single handedly invented a species of penguin. Documented that the Glob Sloth literally doesn’t do anything interesting ever by watching one for 9 years straight while surviving off only dust particles and undergrad tears. Then held a wake for bestboy Blue Eyes White Toad after he was tragically killed off during the mating season arc of the soap opera they imagine all the wild animals are in.
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Tilia
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Hydra (genus)
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Hmmm, three random facts, huh?
1) I'm currently studying undergrad Microbiology. I have a preference to its application and genetics.
2) I LOVE sci-fi and fantasy with interesting lore, compelling characters, and nuanced themes. Bonus points if they blend into each other in some way.
3) A bit of a foodie too, particularly to sweet, savory, and salty foods. Chicken is something I can't get enough of.
Well, that's a little about me! Thank you for the ask, Cal!
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Reblogging this again because I found a link to the original image and just, wow. It isn't a live image of a real cell, but 100% of the structures were built using xray crystallography and the general layout is from thousands of slices of a human pancreatic cell taken by electron microscopy.
I really can't get over how good the vesicles look
A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The work, published Jan. 5 in Molecular Cell, solves a mystery that has long puzzled biologists.
The cells of humans and all other higher organisms use a complex system of checkpoints and “licensing” proteins to ensure that they replicate their genomes precisely once before dividing. In preparation for cell division, the licensing proteins attach to specific regions in the DNA, designating them as replication origins. When the DNA synthesis phase of the cell cycle begins, replication begins only at those licensed sites, and only initiates, or “fires” once, according to the current model.
That model was missing a crucial point, though. “The same factor that is allowing for this licensing to happen is only degraded after these replication origins have fired,” said senior author Dr. Tobias Meyer, the Joseph Hinsey Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine. “In principle, the cell could load these licensing machines onto DNA that’s already replicated, so, instead of two copies, you’re getting three or four copies of that segment of the DNA, and these cells would be expected to lose genome integrity and die or become cancerous.”
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Did you know that antibiotic resistance is as old as antibiotics themselves?
Kindly allow me to give you a snippet, a little peak if you will, into my daily anxiety and the unnecessary problems it creates for me as an adult 💫
So, I'm a master's student getting my degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics (proud of that one). And I just started frequenting the lab everyday for my thesis and research studies.
In a lousy attempt to make friends, I went up to two, yes two, not one (pats self on the shoulder) lab technicians in order to "get to know them". During this quest, they asked me how old I was and without a second thought I replied "I'm 25!".
As the conversation moved on, smoothly dare I say, I remembered, I was born in 1995, I'm not 25 anymore, I'm turning 27 this year. So I start panicking in my brain thinking "how the hell do I even fix this?" "How do I bring it back up into the conversation that that's not my actual age?" "How would anyone go about that anyway?"
Do you just say "Hey, going back to our age convo, I just remembered I'm 27 this year haha, you were saying??!!!"
So I didn't correct myself, because who would believe me? Who in their right mind, forgets their age by TWO YEARS??!
So now I wallow in self pity thinking of all the times I'm going to have to smile and nod while they introduce me as the 25 year old.
Anyway, first day in the lab went okay???
The unassuming Tree Swallow is a remarkable example of symbiosis. While their tiny beaks render them incapable of eating anything but the smallest of caterpillars, this nutritional deficiency is completely alleviated by the photosynthetic colony of blue-green algae which give these birds their characteristic iridescence. In return for vital nutrients, the cyanobacteria are allowed a rich and varied travel life as the host swallow migrates all across North America.
Autoimmunity
In a sentence: Our body trusts no one, not even itself.
So my mom had a new theory pop up in her mind
I'm a medical student and she has graduated in microbiology. We were discussing the subject and all of a sudden she excitedly says- The bacteria growing on blood agar are mini versions of vampires, because they need blood to grow!
Mom, you surprise me sometimes.
I was studying virology
My surname is Nair
Needless to say, this is what I sent in the family group
Day 1/100 of productivity.🍁 17.02.02 Yes I am going for a 100 days of productivity, I really need this. Some Botanics notes. Hoped to study some Microbio as well, but oh well. 🌻 Blessed night for y'all. 🌼
Honestly this also helpful for if I ever wanted to make this stuff at home just for funsies. I'm literally studying microbiology and I'm in my second year so I love lab work and making media but also I would never be able to afford BE or YE or even agar also theres the incubator and ig I can just use a pressure cooker as an autoclave but still
Plus this is actually really fun to learn
I can understand how "modern person thrown into the past gets by pretending to be a healer/doctor" is as surprisingly common of a trope as it is. I mean I'm fluent enough at bullshitting to be pretty sure I could pull it off to impersonate a doctor in any time pre-1800s. If I have no idea what something is or how to treat it, I could just get the opinion of the other whatever-passes-as-medical-professionals around, but if their suggestions sound like bullshit I'm not doing it. And I'll beat the shit out of anyone suggesting bloodletting or mercury. With my healing stick. I've tied little bells on it, that jingle comically with every smack.
The awesome curative powers of my healing stick come from two separate sources: Placebo, and me using it to beat anyone trying to give my patients mercury.
Cell Parts! (This is a plant cell, and I took artistic liberties with the vacuole :( )
Alt versions below!
old notebpok dump numero 2 biology edition
ik smallpox isnt too accurately shaped but thats how i originally designed her and ive grown used seeing her this way so yes :P