Cahir O'Kane
@cahirokane.bsky.social
Genetics professor: axon ER & degeneration in Drosophila, spastic paraplegia. Rejoin EU. Not the GAA commentator. Speak only for myself. Gaeilge, Deutsch. Maghera (Co Derry), Cambridge (UK).
https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane
https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane
Managed to get Watson's anti-black racism into my undergrad lectures on genome variation this week while he was still alive. Along with Richard Lynn's anti-Irish racism. Unfortunately all these lists could have been much longer than I made them.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Managed to get Watson's anti-black racism into my undergrad lectures on genome variation this week while he was still alive. Along with Richard Lynn's anti-Irish racism. Unfortunately all these lists could have been much longer than I made them.
Part of the undergrad Cell/Developmental Biology lab, waiting for the first group of students to arrive and generate their own GAL4 enhancer traps yesterday.... the results of their labours at the end of the day... and a whale keeping its beady eye on me during a short lunch break at the Whale Cafe.
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Part of the undergrad Cell/Developmental Biology lab, waiting for the first group of students to arrive and generate their own GAL4 enhancer traps yesterday.... the results of their labours at the end of the day... and a whale keeping its beady eye on me during a short lunch break at the Whale Cafe.
This is how residents used to warn of army patrols in the Troubles in Belfast (the bin lids were eventually changed to rubber)
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is how residents used to warn of army patrols in the Troubles in Belfast (the bin lids were eventually changed to rubber)
No, I haven't tried either dye. 395nm looks good for Alexa405 (72%), less good for DAPI, but should still work (27%). It must also depend on the filter specs.
October 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
No, I haven't tried either dye. 395nm looks good for Alexa405 (72%), less good for DAPI, but should still work (27%). It must also depend on the filter specs.
Maybe - it'll depend on the laser line (or excitation source) and filter set. You can visualise excitation and emission spectra here, and I've attached the spectra for the two dyes. www.fpbase.org/spectra/
October 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Maybe - it'll depend on the laser line (or excitation source) and filter set. You can visualise excitation and emission spectra here, and I've attached the spectra for the two dyes. www.fpbase.org/spectra/
The darkness hour is just before the moonrise (over Schlenken, Austria)
August 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The darkness hour is just before the moonrise (over Schlenken, Austria)
In the foothills of the Austrian Alps
August 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In the foothills of the Austrian Alps
….. and close the door after you on the way out
July 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
….. and close the door after you on the way out
An ex-Professor from Kent who takes objection to too many Mischlinge Ersten Grades in London. Recently interviewed by snake-in-the-grass Michael Gove for the Spectator. Trumpian fascism seems to be making UK grifters ever more shameless.
July 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
An ex-Professor from Kent who takes objection to too many Mischlinge Ersten Grades in London. Recently interviewed by snake-in-the-grass Michael Gove for the Spectator. Trumpian fascism seems to be making UK grifters ever more shameless.
Sunset in Derry today and for the next week: 22:14
(and twilight until after midnight)
(and twilight until after midnight)
June 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sunset in Derry today and for the next week: 22:14
(and twilight until after midnight)
(and twilight until after midnight)
Pope Leo not drinking the AI Kool-aid, even to his choice of name.
May 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Pope Leo not drinking the AI Kool-aid, even to his choice of name.
Is the Pope a Catholic?
And bears still shit in the woods.
And bears still shit in the woods.
April 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Is the Pope a Catholic?
And bears still shit in the woods.
And bears still shit in the woods.
Yes, the sun can shine in Ireland. Pictures this week from Co. Derry.
April 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Yes, the sun can shine in Ireland. Pictures this week from Co. Derry.
Well done indeed.
P.S. I came across this picture in Lisbon a couple of years ago....
P.S. I came across this picture in Lisbon a couple of years ago....
April 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Well done indeed.
P.S. I came across this picture in Lisbon a couple of years ago....
P.S. I came across this picture in Lisbon a couple of years ago....
Nun more bigoted than he.
(apparently not a spoof)
(apparently not a spoof)
April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nun more bigoted than he.
(apparently not a spoof)
(apparently not a spoof)
Spring in Ireland - sun trying hard, but tough gangs of clouds
April 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Spring in Ireland - sun trying hard, but tough gangs of clouds
Where it leads: "Volksgenosse, das ist auch Dein Geld"
April 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Where it leads: "Volksgenosse, das ist auch Dein Geld"
"Volksgenosse, das ist auch Dein Geld". Germany, 1930s.
April 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"Volksgenosse, das ist auch Dein Geld". Germany, 1930s.
"Volksgenosse, das ist auch Dein Geld"
April 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Volksgenosse, das ist auch Dein Geld"
Wildfires still burning in Ireland, visible from my homeplace. Thanks to my sister-in-law for the picture.
April 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Wildfires still burning in Ireland, visible from my homeplace. Thanks to my sister-in-law for the picture.
Secretary Doug Bunkum
April 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Secretary Doug Bunkum
Not enough hanging judges either.
March 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Not enough hanging judges either.
You can also make your own here (screenshot from me). People sometimes make their own list of personal favourites that they follow; alternatively theme-based ones, e.g. possible lists could be Irish Diplomatic Affairs... Ireland and the EU. Haven't made any myself, but am on quite a few.
March 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You can also make your own here (screenshot from me). People sometimes make their own list of personal favourites that they follow; alternatively theme-based ones, e.g. possible lists could be Irish Diplomatic Affairs... Ireland and the EU. Haven't made any myself, but am on quite a few.