Mitominder
mitominder.bsky.social
Mitominder
@mitominder.bsky.social
Account with no tendency, dedicated to my various interests. Mitochondria, metabolism, a bit of COVID stuff, earthbag building, sustainable farming and the odd post about Patagonia and language learning happily coexist here. This list may be expanded .
"There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in" (Leonard Cohen)

If you have not figured out yet what that crack is read about Opsin 3.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Light-responsive adipose-hypothalamus axis controls metabolic regulation - Nature Communications
Light is essential for biological life. Here, the authors show blue light activates the photoreceptor Opsin3 in white fat, triggering a light-responsive metabolic circuit involving adipose-hypothalamu...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Reposted by Mitominder
A study in Nature of people living in 18 isolated Honduras villages shows gut microbiome strain sharing between many relationship types, including non-familial and non-household connections. Strain-sharing also extends to second-degree social connections. https://go.nature.com/4fBCp3j 🧪
November 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I have not even posted yet and I have been given an invalid handle tag? What did I do?
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM