Georgy Kurakin
@georgykurakin.bsky.social
Biologist (MRSB), science communicator, and digital artist. Regular contributor of @skeptic.org.uk
My own opinions, artworks, science, sci-pop and more
My own opinions, artworks, science, sci-pop and more
Would you like some speculative evolution?
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Would you like some speculative evolution?
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
It's #BiologyWeek now, but I am posting a photo of mine out of a working environment — because I am no longer in academia.
But I am still a freelance science communicator, my computational research project in microbial biology is going on — thus still #IAmABiologist!
But I am still a freelance science communicator, my computational research project in microbial biology is going on — thus still #IAmABiologist!
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's #BiologyWeek now, but I am posting a photo of mine out of a working environment — because I am no longer in academia.
But I am still a freelance science communicator, my computational research project in microbial biology is going on — thus still #IAmABiologist!
But I am still a freelance science communicator, my computational research project in microbial biology is going on — thus still #IAmABiologist!
For #InternationalMicroorganismDay, I would like to highlight my favourite microbes – the main characters of my blog about evolution of multicellularity 🦠
They have something in common: all of them tell us something about the nature of multicellularity itself 🧪
Read the thread! 🧵⬇️
#MicroSky
They have something in common: all of them tell us something about the nature of multicellularity itself 🧪
Read the thread! 🧵⬇️
#MicroSky
September 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For #InternationalMicroorganismDay, I would like to highlight my favourite microbes – the main characters of my blog about evolution of multicellularity 🦠
They have something in common: all of them tell us something about the nature of multicellularity itself 🧪
Read the thread! 🧵⬇️
#MicroSky
They have something in common: all of them tell us something about the nature of multicellularity itself 🧪
Read the thread! 🧵⬇️
#MicroSky
Autumn coziness is starting 🍂🍁🎑🎃
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Autumn coziness is starting 🍂🍁🎑🎃
This is my poster from MCCMB conference which I attended recently 🧪🦠🌳
I tried to make it interactive, graphical, and vivid :-)
QR codes, shortDOIs are at your service, as Mr. Peeve Pathogen ad Mr. Smiling Symbiont do. Hope you will like them — as well as the work itself :-)
I tried to make it interactive, graphical, and vivid :-)
QR codes, shortDOIs are at your service, as Mr. Peeve Pathogen ad Mr. Smiling Symbiont do. Hope you will like them — as well as the work itself :-)
August 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is my poster from MCCMB conference which I attended recently 🧪🦠🌳
I tried to make it interactive, graphical, and vivid :-)
QR codes, shortDOIs are at your service, as Mr. Peeve Pathogen ad Mr. Smiling Symbiont do. Hope you will like them — as well as the work itself :-)
I tried to make it interactive, graphical, and vivid :-)
QR codes, shortDOIs are at your service, as Mr. Peeve Pathogen ad Mr. Smiling Symbiont do. Hope you will like them — as well as the work itself :-)
Would you like some infographics on the phylogeny of steroid 5-alpha reductases and their emergence in plants and vertebrates?
🌳🦠🧪🦕
This is my poster from #ISMBECCB2025 conference (by @iscb.bsky.social). It is now available on F1000Research and fully citable:
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
🌳🦠🧪🦕
This is my poster from #ISMBECCB2025 conference (by @iscb.bsky.social). It is now available on F1000Research and fully citable:
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
July 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Would you like some infographics on the phylogeny of steroid 5-alpha reductases and their emergence in plants and vertebrates?
🌳🦠🧪🦕
This is my poster from #ISMBECCB2025 conference (by @iscb.bsky.social). It is now available on F1000Research and fully citable:
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
🌳🦠🧪🦕
This is my poster from #ISMBECCB2025 conference (by @iscb.bsky.social). It is now available on F1000Research and fully citable:
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
Steroid 5-alpha reductase is one of the important pharmacological target in humans 🧪💊
But the same enzyme powers the steroid biosynthesis in plants🌳🌷
How did this similarity originate and evolve?
Let's discuss this under my virtual poster at ISMB-ECCB 2025!
#ISMBECCB2025
@iscb.bsky.social
But the same enzyme powers the steroid biosynthesis in plants🌳🌷
How did this similarity originate and evolve?
Let's discuss this under my virtual poster at ISMB-ECCB 2025!
#ISMBECCB2025
@iscb.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Steroid 5-alpha reductase is one of the important pharmacological target in humans 🧪💊
But the same enzyme powers the steroid biosynthesis in plants🌳🌷
How did this similarity originate and evolve?
Let's discuss this under my virtual poster at ISMB-ECCB 2025!
#ISMBECCB2025
@iscb.bsky.social
But the same enzyme powers the steroid biosynthesis in plants🌳🌷
How did this similarity originate and evolve?
Let's discuss this under my virtual poster at ISMB-ECCB 2025!
#ISMBECCB2025
@iscb.bsky.social
Proshloe - The Frontiers of historical research project has started the Friends Club for recurrent donations 📜🧪💸
The Club page is here: proshloe.com/en/presentat...
Join if you have some extra money and are passionate about history!
The project itself is here:
youtube.com/@proshloethe...
The Club page is here: proshloe.com/en/presentat...
Join if you have some extra money and are passionate about history!
The project itself is here:
youtube.com/@proshloethe...
April 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Proshloe - The Frontiers of historical research project has started the Friends Club for recurrent donations 📜🧪💸
The Club page is here: proshloe.com/en/presentat...
Join if you have some extra money and are passionate about history!
The project itself is here:
youtube.com/@proshloethe...
The Club page is here: proshloe.com/en/presentat...
Join if you have some extra money and are passionate about history!
The project itself is here:
youtube.com/@proshloethe...
Feel free to write reviews on my preprint here:
www.researchhub.com/paper/145571...
The preprint itself can be found on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Don't hesitate to pull it apart! 🧪🦠
#AcademicSky
www.researchhub.com/paper/145571...
The preprint itself can be found on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Don't hesitate to pull it apart! 🧪🦠
#AcademicSky
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Feel free to write reviews on my preprint here:
www.researchhub.com/paper/145571...
The preprint itself can be found on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Don't hesitate to pull it apart! 🧪🦠
#AcademicSky
www.researchhub.com/paper/145571...
The preprint itself can be found on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Don't hesitate to pull it apart! 🧪🦠
#AcademicSky
Despite submission to about ten journals and peer-review services, I have failed to publish my preprint 🧪
I have decided to keep it available and active as a preprint to use it in further reviews and comments.
The explainer blog post is coming soon!
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
I have decided to keep it available and active as a preprint to use it in further reviews and comments.
The explainer blog post is coming soon!
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
January 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Despite submission to about ten journals and peer-review services, I have failed to publish my preprint 🧪
I have decided to keep it available and active as a preprint to use it in further reviews and comments.
The explainer blog post is coming soon!
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
I have decided to keep it available and active as a preprint to use it in further reviews and comments.
The explainer blog post is coming soon!
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
Discovery of Thiomargarita magnifica urges us to pay additional attention to the giant sulfur bacteria and to revisit our recent bioinformatic finding of lipoxygenases in the representatives of the genus Beggiatoa 🧪
doi.org/10.1134/S000...
Read for free here:
rdcu.be/deEd8
doi.org/10.1134/S000...
Read for free here:
rdcu.be/deEd8
January 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Discovery of Thiomargarita magnifica urges us to pay additional attention to the giant sulfur bacteria and to revisit our recent bioinformatic finding of lipoxygenases in the representatives of the genus Beggiatoa 🧪
doi.org/10.1134/S000...
Read for free here:
rdcu.be/deEd8
doi.org/10.1134/S000...
Read for free here:
rdcu.be/deEd8
Last year, I contributed to the article in IJMS on lipoxygenases in infection and carcinogenesis 🧪
I added data from my research about the possible association of lipoxygenases with infection in cystic fibrosis, cross-kingdom host jumps, and neoplastic conditions
doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
I added data from my research about the possible association of lipoxygenases with infection in cystic fibrosis, cross-kingdom host jumps, and neoplastic conditions
doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
January 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last year, I contributed to the article in IJMS on lipoxygenases in infection and carcinogenesis 🧪
I added data from my research about the possible association of lipoxygenases with infection in cystic fibrosis, cross-kingdom host jumps, and neoplastic conditions
doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
I added data from my research about the possible association of lipoxygenases with infection in cystic fibrosis, cross-kingdom host jumps, and neoplastic conditions
doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
Merry Christmas, everyone!
I wish peace and freedom to all the world in the coming year.
I wish peace and freedom to all the world in the coming year.
December 25, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
I wish peace and freedom to all the world in the coming year.
I wish peace and freedom to all the world in the coming year.
My poster from ISCB-LATAM 2024 (by @iscb.bsky.social) is now available online on F1000Research and even citable with a DOI:
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
In the thread below, I will explain why this openly citable poster is particularly important for my research project 👇🧵🧪
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
In the thread below, I will explain why this openly citable poster is particularly important for my research project 👇🧵🧪
December 7, 2024 at 10:52 AM
My poster from ISCB-LATAM 2024 (by @iscb.bsky.social) is now available online on F1000Research and even citable with a DOI:
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
In the thread below, I will explain why this openly citable poster is particularly important for my research project 👇🧵🧪
doi.org/10.7490/f100...
In the thread below, I will explain why this openly citable poster is particularly important for my research project 👇🧵🧪
This autumn's creepy season is in full play, and it's time to post an appropriate art 🎃🦇
Of course, the central Halloween symbol is a pumpkin, but for me, the most important constituent of the autumn vibe is physalis, also known as Chinese lantern
#Halloween #jackolantern #photo #art
Of course, the central Halloween symbol is a pumpkin, but for me, the most important constituent of the autumn vibe is physalis, also known as Chinese lantern
#Halloween #jackolantern #photo #art
October 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
This autumn's creepy season is in full play, and it's time to post an appropriate art 🎃🦇
Of course, the central Halloween symbol is a pumpkin, but for me, the most important constituent of the autumn vibe is physalis, also known as Chinese lantern
#Halloween #jackolantern #photo #art
Of course, the central Halloween symbol is a pumpkin, but for me, the most important constituent of the autumn vibe is physalis, also known as Chinese lantern
#Halloween #jackolantern #photo #art
Our conference poster from ISMB/ECCB 2023 is now available on Zenodo and citable:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Did you know that some bacteria have cyclooxygenase-like enzymes, and they might be linked to simple multicellularity? Explore our poster and YouTube links!
#ISMBECCB2023
🧪🦠
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Did you know that some bacteria have cyclooxygenase-like enzymes, and they might be linked to simple multicellularity? Explore our poster and YouTube links!
#ISMBECCB2023
🧪🦠
September 29, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Our conference poster from ISMB/ECCB 2023 is now available on Zenodo and citable:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Did you know that some bacteria have cyclooxygenase-like enzymes, and they might be linked to simple multicellularity? Explore our poster and YouTube links!
#ISMBECCB2023
🧪🦠
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Did you know that some bacteria have cyclooxygenase-like enzymes, and they might be linked to simple multicellularity? Explore our poster and YouTube links!
#ISMBECCB2023
🧪🦠
My conference poster from ISMB 2024 is now publicly available on ResearchGate:
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
It has a DOI and clickable links — feel free to explore and even cite it🧪
#ISMB2024
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
It has a DOI and clickable links — feel free to explore and even cite it🧪
#ISMB2024
September 21, 2024 at 9:51 PM
My conference poster from ISMB 2024 is now publicly available on ResearchGate:
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
It has a DOI and clickable links — feel free to explore and even cite it🧪
#ISMB2024
dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....
It has a DOI and clickable links — feel free to explore and even cite it🧪
#ISMB2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5 193 787!
September 21, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5 193 787!
Today, the International Day of Peace is celebrated. Now, this day and its idea are especially important.
I still stand for peace as I did before. I believe peace will once come — and it will be based on tolerance, equity, and justice.
Let's pray for this.
#peace
I still stand for peace as I did before. I believe peace will once come — and it will be based on tolerance, equity, and justice.
Let's pray for this.
#peace
September 21, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Today, the International Day of Peace is celebrated. Now, this day and its idea are especially important.
I still stand for peace as I did before. I believe peace will once come — and it will be based on tolerance, equity, and justice.
Let's pray for this.
#peace
I still stand for peace as I did before. I believe peace will once come — and it will be based on tolerance, equity, and justice.
Let's pray for this.
#peace
@pubpeer.bsky.social, maybe, you will react to two my emails to the support team?
Or you prefer to keep barring the publication author from discussing his own preprint just because he has no appropriate institutional email?
🧪
#AcademicSky
Or you prefer to keep barring the publication author from discussing his own preprint just because he has no appropriate institutional email?
🧪
#AcademicSky
July 5, 2024 at 9:54 PM
@pubpeer.bsky.social, maybe, you will react to two my emails to the support team?
Or you prefer to keep barring the publication author from discussing his own preprint just because he has no appropriate institutional email?
🧪
#AcademicSky
Or you prefer to keep barring the publication author from discussing his own preprint just because he has no appropriate institutional email?
🧪
#AcademicSky
ISMB 2024 conference includes a research update on my project, inspired by... the recent discovery of Thiomargaria magnifica, the biggest giant prokaryote ever!
🦠🧪💻
(Illustrated by Anastasiia Samoukina).
Want more details? Register for ISMB 2024 and engage with me virtually!
#ISMB2024
🦠🧪💻
(Illustrated by Anastasiia Samoukina).
Want more details? Register for ISMB 2024 and engage with me virtually!
#ISMB2024
July 4, 2024 at 12:39 PM
ISMB 2024 conference includes a research update on my project, inspired by... the recent discovery of Thiomargaria magnifica, the biggest giant prokaryote ever!
🦠🧪💻
(Illustrated by Anastasiia Samoukina).
Want more details? Register for ISMB 2024 and engage with me virtually!
#ISMB2024
🦠🧪💻
(Illustrated by Anastasiia Samoukina).
Want more details? Register for ISMB 2024 and engage with me virtually!
#ISMB2024
The Biochemist magazine has posted the full May issue dedicated to the topic of artificial intelligence:
portlandpress.com/biochemist/i...
This issue has nice yellow cover and includes my article on the evolution of the biological bases of AI 🧠💻🧪
You can find it as the first article in the issue.
portlandpress.com/biochemist/i...
This issue has nice yellow cover and includes my article on the evolution of the biological bases of AI 🧠💻🧪
You can find it as the first article in the issue.
June 3, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The Biochemist magazine has posted the full May issue dedicated to the topic of artificial intelligence:
portlandpress.com/biochemist/i...
This issue has nice yellow cover and includes my article on the evolution of the biological bases of AI 🧠💻🧪
You can find it as the first article in the issue.
portlandpress.com/biochemist/i...
This issue has nice yellow cover and includes my article on the evolution of the biological bases of AI 🧠💻🧪
You can find it as the first article in the issue.
I am now testing the AI engine by Mind The Graph 🧠
Meet two examples of the AI generations for my research 🧪
You can see "bacteria jumping from plants to a patient" and "bacteria jumping from a banana to a human". I will include them into a new text post on my project. Stay tuned!
Meet two examples of the AI generations for my research 🧪
You can see "bacteria jumping from plants to a patient" and "bacteria jumping from a banana to a human". I will include them into a new text post on my project. Stay tuned!
May 26, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I am now testing the AI engine by Mind The Graph 🧠
Meet two examples of the AI generations for my research 🧪
You can see "bacteria jumping from plants to a patient" and "bacteria jumping from a banana to a human". I will include them into a new text post on my project. Stay tuned!
Meet two examples of the AI generations for my research 🧪
You can see "bacteria jumping from plants to a patient" and "bacteria jumping from a banana to a human". I will include them into a new text post on my project. Stay tuned!
My workplace in autumn 🍁🍂
May 26, 2024 at 6:19 PM
My workplace in autumn 🍁🍂