William Navarre
@drxenogene.bsky.social
Professor of microbiology at the University of Toronto Department of Molecular Genetics
I wouldn’t make an equivalent argument on this point. Saying “other labs are ALSO bad” has no bearing on whether the wuhan lab was/was not the source.
April 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I wouldn’t make an equivalent argument on this point. Saying “other labs are ALSO bad” has no bearing on whether the wuhan lab was/was not the source.
The money isn’t really an issue since it wasn’t pulled from grants that would have gone elsewhere. The problems are much bigger and more complex. First it will promote distrust (science playing God). It will also make people think we can ‘science’ our way out of ecological destruction.
April 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The money isn’t really an issue since it wasn’t pulled from grants that would have gone elsewhere. The problems are much bigger and more complex. First it will promote distrust (science playing God). It will also make people think we can ‘science’ our way out of ecological destruction.
Couldn't agree more that 'avoiding jargon when explaining a niche scientific concept to a non-expert' is not the same thing as 'dumbing it down'. If anything a reliance on jargon more often shows you don't have an innate and intuitive understanding of the topic.
April 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Couldn't agree more that 'avoiding jargon when explaining a niche scientific concept to a non-expert' is not the same thing as 'dumbing it down'. If anything a reliance on jargon more often shows you don't have an innate and intuitive understanding of the topic.
Reposted by William Navarre
Read ‘Plasmid-driven strategies for clone success in Escherichia coli.’ From @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social, the University of Oslo, and others, in @naturecomms.bsky.social, here ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plasmid-driven strategies for clone success in Escherichia coli - Nature Communications
Plasmids can encode multiple traits that contribute to the emergence and dissemination of their bacterial hosts. Here the authors use Nanopore long-read technology to sequence the complete genomes of ...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Read ‘Plasmid-driven strategies for clone success in Escherichia coli.’ From @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social, the University of Oslo, and others, in @naturecomms.bsky.social, here ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
She's right, of course, but her tone throughout is similar to the condescending and arrogant 'deplorables' comment she made years ago. I'd think twice before forwarding this opinion piece to any Trump voter in your extended family. It won't change their minds about anything.
March 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
She's right, of course, but her tone throughout is similar to the condescending and arrogant 'deplorables' comment she made years ago. I'd think twice before forwarding this opinion piece to any Trump voter in your extended family. It won't change their minds about anything.
My lab cultivated a number of microbes from the murine gut and compared the genomes of the isolates to genomes from metagenomic assemblies. It wasn't encouraging. MAGs for some species were pretty good but most MAGs were chimeric.
March 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My lab cultivated a number of microbes from the murine gut and compared the genomes of the isolates to genomes from metagenomic assemblies. It wasn't encouraging. MAGs for some species were pretty good but most MAGs were chimeric.
Amazing news! Welcome (back?) to Canada!
March 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Amazing news! Welcome (back?) to Canada!
Sorry I thought red was Canada and blue was US. Not age.
March 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sorry I thought red was Canada and blue was US. Not age.
I was looking at the suicide rates. Did I read that chart incorrectly?
March 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I was looking at the suicide rates. Did I read that chart incorrectly?
Why was Canada so much worse in the 90s? Also stark that, despite more focus on mental health, the rates in both US and CAN have been going up throughout the 2000s. Ugh.
March 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Why was Canada so much worse in the 90s? Also stark that, despite more focus on mental health, the rates in both US and CAN have been going up throughout the 2000s. Ugh.