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30: CONJUGATION

Sharing antibiotic resistance plasmids by conjugation has turned the much-ignored opportunist A. baumanii into a pathogen of repute. Carbapenemases for the win?

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2021-10-30

What are you doing this weekend? You could create your submission for our challenge co-hosted with ! There's still time to submit your visual metaphor.

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2021-10-30

Orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula). When the school's lead (only) female dies (or is displaced), the male fish next in hierarchy changes gender to take her place.

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2021-10-30

Working on a channel update video! We'll be answering a few questions, and we'd love to know yours! Questions about our content? Questions about on ? Our favorite bacterium?

Ask on or community tab here! 🎉https://t.co/zMdwl03hyS

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2021-10-29

28: ADHESION

Infectious disease can be caused by mere stickiness, as with misfolded Prion proteins. We all have Prions, but if infectious misfolded Prions stick to them, they mis-fold too & the stickiness spreads.

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2021-10-29

Our new paper on tooth modeling (and model simplification) of extant and extinct reptiles is out. https://t.co/ANqWr4LAAX



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26: COMPETITION

Dengue fever virus has 5 serotypes that compete for hosts. Primary infection with 1 makes further infection with another much more dangerous. So it’s a real killer competition!

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2021-10-28

We love this submission to our challenge from ! Submit your visual metaphors this week!

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2021-10-27

To extend our knowledge of art-science interactions, from spoke with us today about his & engagement projects, including work with the , gardens & the

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2021-10-27

Things that have come up during today's check-in meetings w/LHL virtual fellows:

1) Fantômas, the villainous French criminal mastermind
2) The possibility of using to teach undergrads about
3) The Underpants Gnomes from

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2021-10-26

25: TRANSPOSON

Also known as jumping genes, they’re a handy tool in a many pathogen's toolkit. Transposons give Cryptococcus neoformans the genetic room it needs to adapt & resist antibiotics during infection.

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2021-10-25

“Be a science spy! Avoid the lasers of misinformation & follow the science to get to the facts!” 🤓 We love this challenge submission from 💜 See others at https://t.co/4yx0YQvR3c & submit yours before the end of the month!

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24: ZOONOTIC

Sometimes we're incidental hosts to pathogens. Ebolaviruses mostly infect non-human primates & bats. Our Ebola outbreaks start w. a spillover from these animals, before human to human spread takes over

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2021-10-25

Our new episode on the Acanthostega is out now! Were they an evolutionary stepping stone to get from water to land? The answer is a bit more complicated than that! Listen to find out more. https://t.co/u5Gw3sHUDp

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2021-10-23

🔬Check out the Olympus Image of the Year Award 2020 winning images: https://t.co/h4SFUJAs5o
1. Global winner: Whole rat embryo by Werner Zuschratter; 2. Americas regional prize: Polarized glutamine + beta alanine crystals by Justin Zoll

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2021-10-22

🤷 Can you relate to 's illustration of an There is a lot of health information out there -- which sources are you listening to? Are they trusted sources? Learn more about the challenge: https://t.co/4yx0YQvR3c

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20: LUMINESCENCE

Yes, there are luminescent pathogens too... Vibrio harveyi causes luminescent vibriosis in farmed shrimp. This may involve widespread necrosis in their appendages, but what a pretty colour!

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2021-10-21

Help your students practice primary source interviews with THIS WEEK's lesson.
Get your Ss interviewing like their FAV authors!
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2021-10-21

"I want to inspire kids to see and appreciate the world around them in new and exciting ways."

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2021-10-21