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Christina Wilson Bowers
@cwbrainstream.bsky.social
Science educator, avid pedagogue, and spelunker of tiny worlds.
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Word up, we're all the same. Here's proof

One word appears to be universal across languages.
Say it and you will be understood despite language barriers.

That's pretty weird, huh?

The Most Universally Understood Word In The World Appears In So Many Languages 🏺🧪
www.iflscience.com/the-most-uni...
November 25, 2024 at 5:33 PM
I am looking for others who have scaled standards based grading for higher ed STEM. I teach intro cell/molecular biology labs aligned with Vision and Change core competencies. Timely, meaningful, regular feedback is challenging. Thoughts? #edusky #eruditepedagogy #standardsbasedgrading
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 AM
I find it interesting to observe groups of cells on plates as they age and even dry out. The left side has a flo1 null and the right has a flo11 null. Both genes code for different surface structures in yeast. Love my proks but glad for a career that fosters life long boundary expansion.
November 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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By centrifuging yeast, @wcratcliff.bsky.social and colleagues got squishy beer-fermenters to form clumps as strong as wood. That story and more of the best from Science and science in today's #ScienceAdviser
www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
March 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Super cool book, @chrisadami.bsky.social! I also recommend the #Mindscape ep if you have not listened to it yet.

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
November 19, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Went away for a few days and wowza! Bluesky is rocking. I am so excited. I hung on to Xtwitter longer than intended because of the professional network I had built. I am so excited to see the energy here on bluesky!
November 22, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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A major setback or progress, depending on how you look “glass half full” situation of ocean based carbon sequestration.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We just found a major hidden biological parameter that controls flux of carbon in our oceans carbon budget calculations.
Hidden comet tails of marine snow impede ocean-based carbon sequestration
Gravity-driven sinking of “marine snow” sequesters carbon in the ocean, constituting a key biological pump that regulates Earth’s climate. A mechanistic understanding of this phenomenon is obscured by...
www.science.org
November 10, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Time deepens the mystery.
October 30, 2023 at 12:03 AM
This is a wickedly fun database. I found lots of data on Km / Vmax. There are many rabbit holes to poke around in. #edusky #STEMed
Search BioNumbers - The Database of Useful Biological Numbers
bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu
October 17, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Yeast cell-cell interactions intrigue me. I am exploring S. cerevisiae & S. pastorianus from ale & lager. I am curious about flocculation in yeasts that overwinter in the guts of social insects. My goal? Teach students the art of close looking. Leave colonies alone & see what wild things unfold.
October 17, 2023 at 1:37 AM
These books are among my all-time favorites. Functional morphology- how physics influences life’s structures at every scale: curves, shapes & sizes, motility, energetics; structures that support escape or staying put & surviving. Great reading for curious minds!
September 17, 2023 at 12:14 AM
Despite the conserved genetic code, ribosomal decoding in proks and euks is not the same game. This study dives into the high fidelity of eukaryotic ribosomes. “Proofreading is rate limiting”. This work will the carve new directions for therapeutic targeting with broad clinical potential.
mRNA decoding in human is kinetically and structurally distinct from bacteria - Nature
The reaction coordinate of aminoacyl-tRNA movement is altered on the human ribosome and the process is an order of magnitude slower compared with bacteria due to eukaryote-specific structural elements...
www.nature.com
August 28, 2023 at 3:18 AM
S. cerevisiae on the left (an ale variety) and S. pastorianus right (a lager variety). The “donut” appears in lager cultures after sitting on the bench a few days. Flocs are smaller for lager strains. I wonder why the clearing in the middle?
August 27, 2023 at 3:24 AM
Felt bold and victorious conquering infrastructure when I changed my whole house filter until I saw the basement of my science center. So. Many. Pipes. All the levers…
August 24, 2023 at 2:18 AM