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#inktoberday14 - Clock
Many physiological processes are affected by our body clocks, or circadian rhythms, including immunity. Some #viruses are able to detect or alter these rhythms to initiate infection at times of lowered immunity.
#inktober2018 #microbiology #sciart
#inktoberday12 – Whale
Pithovirus sibericum is a whale of a #virus at 1.5um long – it’s bigger than some bacteria and can be seen under a light microscope! It was found intact within a 30k yr old Siberian ice core and can still infect amoebas.
#inktober2018 #microbiology #sciart
#InktoberDay3 - Roasted.
Desert water environments are dominated by particular kinds of #bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria), presumably because they can handle the roasting environment and drying out better than other #viruses.
#Inktober2018 #microbiology #sciart
The @StudioTeaBreak Wednesday #ShapeChallenge made me think of #conidia - fungal spores, named after the Greek word for dust...
#sciart #microbiology #fungi
Meet Elewa, the scientist in the #comic #wip for @roslininstitute called #MoreMilkZuri - she's helping Zuri the cow find the right bull for her, using #livestock #Genetics in #EastAfrica
#SciComm #sciart #Science #womeninSTEM
Take a look at the behind the @NatureComms paper blog post by @DanielNeill85 @JoJofoth, featuring some of my illustrations at https://t.co/kAtpUsfEG4
(It's a really cool story about #evolution-ary trade offs with #paeruginosa in #CF)
#sciart #microbiology #bacteria #microbes
Meet Zuri the cow - she's the main character in a #comic I'm working on about #livestock #genetics in #EastAfrica with @roslininstitute. She's a feisty go-getter who will stop at nothing to get the village children more milk. I hope everybody loves her! #scicomm #WIP
#Inktober 14: fierce
Some #bacteria on the schedule 5 list of potential #bioterrorism agents- eep!
#inktober2017 #microbiology #sciart