Nicola Dion (Chamberlain)
@nicoladion.bsky.social
Science, medicine, education. PhD. Instructional Designer at Harvard Medical School (views all mine). UK living in USA. Icelandophile, zoo and museum fan. #scicomm
Outdoorsy AF. Mountain biking, rugby. Once hid from Princess Diana. Likes cheese. Bird nerd.
Outdoorsy AF. Mountain biking, rugby. Once hid from Princess Diana. Likes cheese. Bird nerd.
Wow. I had no idea we could get readable RNA this old, now. Fascinating!
RNA sequencing revealed which of the woolly mammoth Yuka's genes were active when it died: "In the creature’s final panicked moments, its muscles were tensing and its cells were signaling distress—perhaps unsurprising since Yuka is thought to have died as a result of a cave lion attack." 🧪
World’s oldest RNA extracted from Ice Age woolly mammoth
Sequencing an ancient creature’s RNA opens up a new window into extinct life.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wow. I had no idea we could get readable RNA this old, now. Fascinating!
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Unconditional love matters. 🏳️🌈
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Unconditional love matters. 🏳️🌈
The two sports teams I was pulling hard for - Hearts of Pine, Blue Jays - both taking a pretty gutting loss in AET in the post season.
I guess this is sports karma payback for also being a Free Jacks fan 😁
I guess this is sports karma payback for also being a Free Jacks fan 😁
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The two sports teams I was pulling hard for - Hearts of Pine, Blue Jays - both taking a pretty gutting loss in AET in the post season.
I guess this is sports karma payback for also being a Free Jacks fan 😁
I guess this is sports karma payback for also being a Free Jacks fan 😁
Trick or treat!
This kid really suits the ears. @nintendousa.bsky.social he's available for casting for young link roles 😁
#halloween #link #zelda #handsome
This kid really suits the ears. @nintendousa.bsky.social he's available for casting for young link roles 😁
#halloween #link #zelda #handsome
November 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trick or treat!
This kid really suits the ears. @nintendousa.bsky.social he's available for casting for young link roles 😁
#halloween #link #zelda #handsome
This kid really suits the ears. @nintendousa.bsky.social he's available for casting for young link roles 😁
#halloween #link #zelda #handsome
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Montreal is awesome.
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Montreal is awesome.
I get the outrage about the cost on this ballroom, too.
But let's not forget - he won't pay them. He's a scab.
But let's not forget - he won't pay them. He's a scab.
American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I get the outrage about the cost on this ballroom, too.
But let's not forget - he won't pay them. He's a scab.
But let's not forget - he won't pay them. He's a scab.
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It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
A glorious Fall weekend with a lake like glass and warm summer. For the first time, I saw a belted Kingfisher catch a fish as I watched through binoculars on my paddle board.
New Hampshire, you are magnificent. See you again soon.
New Hampshire, you are magnificent. See you again soon.
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A glorious Fall weekend with a lake like glass and warm summer. For the first time, I saw a belted Kingfisher catch a fish as I watched through binoculars on my paddle board.
New Hampshire, you are magnificent. See you again soon.
New Hampshire, you are magnificent. See you again soon.
My copy of @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social arrived in the US, and I accidentally acquired a pet tree frog by putting a random coconut on my deck. He/she moved in within hours.
It's been a good couple of weeks!
It's been a good couple of weeks!
September 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My copy of @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social arrived in the US, and I accidentally acquired a pet tree frog by putting a random coconut on my deck. He/she moved in within hours.
It's been a good couple of weeks!
It's been a good couple of weeks!
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I've never felt more frustrated as a left-handed person than buying baseball gloves.
Right handers: here is a dazzling array of choices in different sizes, webbing patterns, materials, and with different fits for everyone's different hands!
Left handers: I think we've maybe got one in the back.
Right handers: here is a dazzling array of choices in different sizes, webbing patterns, materials, and with different fits for everyone's different hands!
Left handers: I think we've maybe got one in the back.
September 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I've never felt more frustrated as a left-handed person than buying baseball gloves.
Right handers: here is a dazzling array of choices in different sizes, webbing patterns, materials, and with different fits for everyone's different hands!
Left handers: I think we've maybe got one in the back.
Right handers: here is a dazzling array of choices in different sizes, webbing patterns, materials, and with different fits for everyone's different hands!
Left handers: I think we've maybe got one in the back.
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Anybody within a reasonable drive of Providence happen to have an Illumina MiniSeq crate or the shipping rails for a NextSeq?
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Anybody within a reasonable drive of Providence happen to have an Illumina MiniSeq crate or the shipping rails for a NextSeq?
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On this somber day, let us remember the innocent lives stolen from us in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and honor the first responders, survivors, and families whose lives were forever changed on September 11, 2001.
September 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On this somber day, let us remember the innocent lives stolen from us in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and honor the first responders, survivors, and families whose lives were forever changed on September 11, 2001.
Saw a sign at our local supermarket scrawled on a piece of paper and taped to a printed sign. The official sign said "please pardon our appearance during renovations". The handwritten sign said "ICE out front"
I totally misinterpreted that. Idk if it's the being an immigrant thing but damn.
I totally misinterpreted that. Idk if it's the being an immigrant thing but damn.
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Saw a sign at our local supermarket scrawled on a piece of paper and taped to a printed sign. The official sign said "please pardon our appearance during renovations". The handwritten sign said "ICE out front"
I totally misinterpreted that. Idk if it's the being an immigrant thing but damn.
I totally misinterpreted that. Idk if it's the being an immigrant thing but damn.
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Looking for a PhD? I am advertising two industry sponsored PhD projects. One on black soldier fly genetics with #betabugs and another on searching insect biodiversity for novel enzymes #Syngenta. Get in touch if you are interested!! bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/available-ic...
Available iCASE projects | Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme
iCASE projects for academic year 2026-2027 line_divider.png Project: Understanding cellulose digestion by cryo-EM structure of cellulose microfibril-enzyme complexes Project reference: ICS-BIO-PD26 S...
bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Looking for a PhD? I am advertising two industry sponsored PhD projects. One on black soldier fly genetics with #betabugs and another on searching insect biodiversity for novel enzymes #Syngenta. Get in touch if you are interested!! bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/available-ic...
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POND WATER (a text from my mum, that I have turned into a poem)
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
September 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
POND WATER (a text from my mum, that I have turned into a poem)
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
Bridget was round my neck
All night
I thought
It was affection
But I see from the weather
That she was just
Sucking the warmth from me
She smelled
Just like pond water
We have the plumber
Coming
To fit a new shower
Fantastic! Everyone deserves to be able to enjoy biking.
Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!
September 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fantastic! Everyone deserves to be able to enjoy biking.