Buzz Baum
@buzzbaum.bsky.social
In search of a platform that widens and deepens our understanding of the world. Less re-posting, more reading. Listening more, talking less. My opinions are my own. Some of them aren’t even mine.
We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
See who I found in Uruguay
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
See who I found in Uruguay
Turing discusses possibility of cloning a human from a single skin cell in 1950 in a little aside
July 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Turing discusses possibility of cloning a human from a single skin cell in 1950 in a little aside
Excited to announce the Molecular Biology of Archaea (MBoA) 2026!
Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated to Archaea.
Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated to Archaea.
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excited to announce the Molecular Biology of Archaea (MBoA) 2026!
Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated to Archaea.
Join us in Cambridge, UK, from 6–10 July 2026 for the only international meeting dedicated to Archaea.
Gaugin discovers the joys of ‘archaea’
December 27, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Gaugin discovers the joys of ‘archaea’
Ideas that have survived the test of time
December 8, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Ideas that have survived the test of time
Just gave a talk on the ‘archaeal origins of the fruit fly’ and then read this:
December 6, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Just gave a talk on the ‘archaeal origins of the fruit fly’ and then read this:
Thinking about the history of life on earth
December 2, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Thinking about the history of life on earth
Reading Jan Sapp on a packed train wondering how it is that people will offer someone else their seat, standing.
December 2, 2023 at 9:17 AM
Reading Jan Sapp on a packed train wondering how it is that people will offer someone else their seat, standing.
Ever wondered how eukaryotic cells got their nucleus? If so, check out Anja and my new hypothesis article - which builds on the ‘inside-out model of eukaryogenesis’: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
November 30, 2023 at 12:40 PM
Ever wondered how eukaryotic cells got their nucleus? If so, check out Anja and my new hypothesis article - which builds on the ‘inside-out model of eukaryogenesis’: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Only in Cambridge. But the board is on the wrong wall…
September 4, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Only in Cambridge. But the board is on the wrong wall…