J.F Brinkworth
@jfbrinkworth.bsky.social
evolutionary immunologist 🧫| neutrophil obsessive 🩸 | anthropologist | sepsis | plague | COVID | any coffee will do | marathons | dogs | hates single-use lab plastics | rearer of small and delightful things | Canadian in a strange land.
I just really need @chuckwendig.bsky.social to know this account exists. It's a joy. There are some really strange angiosperms out there. This is a rather plain apple though.
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I just really need @chuckwendig.bsky.social to know this account exists. It's a joy. There are some really strange angiosperms out there. This is a rather plain apple though.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Not one but two fires on campus at the same time. That has to be some sort of sign, right? It has barely rained over the last 12 weeks.
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Not one but two fires on campus at the same time. That has to be some sort of sign, right? It has barely rained over the last 12 weeks.
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A bed found in the grave of a 30 year old man buried in Lauchhiem-Mittelhofen, southern Germany, dated to 704AD.
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A bed found in the grave of a 30 year old man buried in Lauchhiem-Mittelhofen, southern Germany, dated to 704AD.
Tried to cancel a streaming service subscription multiple times and received a "error occurred" message. This happening to anyone else?
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Tried to cancel a streaming service subscription multiple times and received a "error occurred" message. This happening to anyone else?
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I had missed the story about the story about the #nurseshark with #xanthism in the #Caribbean. Naturally, @melissacmarquez.bsky.social was aware, and made it the topic of her column @ Forbes.
I'll put a link to the journal article in a reply below
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
I'll put a link to the journal article in a reply below
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
How A Golden Nurse Shark Made History
A bright yellow nurse shark has been documented for the first time in the Caribbean, marking the first recorded case of xanthism in this species.
www.forbes.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I had missed the story about the story about the #nurseshark with #xanthism in the #Caribbean. Naturally, @melissacmarquez.bsky.social was aware, and made it the topic of her column @ Forbes.
I'll put a link to the journal article in a reply below
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
I'll put a link to the journal article in a reply below
www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...
much needed.
THE COLOSSAL SQUID IS MASSIVE. MUCH BIGGER THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT. THEY SAID IT WAS A MYTH — WRONG. I’VE SEEN IT. TOTALLY DOMINATES THE OCEAN. OTHER SQUIDS? VERY WEAK. VERY SAD.
August 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
much needed.
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#microsky
We challenge the long-standing view that peptidoglycan alone protects cells from bursting.
Our study shows that the periplasm — enclosed by OM–PG connections — acts as a pressure buffer essential for osmoprotection in Gram-negative bacteria.
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We challenge the long-standing view that peptidoglycan alone protects cells from bursting.
Our study shows that the periplasm — enclosed by OM–PG connections — acts as a pressure buffer essential for osmoprotection in Gram-negative bacteria.
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Peptidoglycan–outer membrane attachment generates periplasmic pressure to prevent lysis in Gram-negative bacteria - Nature Microbiology
Outer membrane attachment to peptidoglycan enables periplasmic pressure to build up and counter cytoplasmic turgor pressure, preventing lysis during osmotic challenges in Escherichia coli.
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#microsky
We challenge the long-standing view that peptidoglycan alone protects cells from bursting.
Our study shows that the periplasm — enclosed by OM–PG connections — acts as a pressure buffer essential for osmoprotection in Gram-negative bacteria.
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We challenge the long-standing view that peptidoglycan alone protects cells from bursting.
Our study shows that the periplasm — enclosed by OM–PG connections — acts as a pressure buffer essential for osmoprotection in Gram-negative bacteria.
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I remember standing on a street in an Atlanta neighborhood in 2010 and seeing almost half the houses were empty, with remnants of having been quickly vacated.
When @pkrugman.bsky.social can’t see below the metro?
“Atlanta was basically insulated from the 2000s housing price bubble, and suffered only a modest price decline in the aftermath of the financial crisis:”
Not a good take if you know Atlanta.
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-limits...
“Atlanta was basically insulated from the 2000s housing price bubble, and suffered only a modest price decline in the aftermath of the financial crisis:”
Not a good take if you know Atlanta.
1/3
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-limits...
The Limits of Sprawl
Is Atlanta’s slowdown telling us something?
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I remember standing on a street in an Atlanta neighborhood in 2010 and seeing almost half the houses were empty, with remnants of having been quickly vacated.
Sometimes the timing is just perfect, and you get Samwise with a Cat Hat
July 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I cannot emphasize strongly enough how new this reality is. Extreme risk of fire in the Canadian Shield, Taiga shield and Taiga plains is not normal. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
Canada is already in it with big fires and evacs in the thousands. The country looks poised to have large fires on the landscape from now until the snows come. That means Canadian resources will be overextended and not available to help others. Also, probably leads to smoke drifting into the US.
May 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I cannot emphasize strongly enough how new this reality is. Extreme risk of fire in the Canadian Shield, Taiga shield and Taiga plains is not normal. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
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So, someone in my house just got a new work phone that is all google-y AI-tastic. Sigh. So they asked me try the feature. And I realized what totally bothers me.
Her soothing English voice was soothing. She answered my questions kind of like how you answer an enthusiastic child you're tired of.
Her soothing English voice was soothing. She answered my questions kind of like how you answer an enthusiastic child you're tired of.
May 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So, someone in my house just got a new work phone that is all google-y AI-tastic. Sigh. So they asked me try the feature. And I realized what totally bothers me.
Her soothing English voice was soothing. She answered my questions kind of like how you answer an enthusiastic child you're tired of.
Her soothing English voice was soothing. She answered my questions kind of like how you answer an enthusiastic child you're tired of.
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Clippy is here.
Clippy is not going away.
You must learn to write with Clippy.
Clippy is not going away.
You must learn to write with Clippy.
“But waffles are here. You’re going to have to deal with them”
Not in my writing I’m not
Not in my writing I’m not
May 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Clippy is here.
Clippy is not going away.
You must learn to write with Clippy.
Clippy is not going away.
You must learn to write with Clippy.
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It’s possible for something to “be here” and find uses and yet not be the object of everyone’s attention or the way everything must or will be done from now on and for some proposed uses to be bad. Growing up with nonstop “revolutionary new technology” marketing has broken people’s brains about this
May 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s possible for something to “be here” and find uses and yet not be the object of everyone’s attention or the way everything must or will be done from now on and for some proposed uses to be bad. Growing up with nonstop “revolutionary new technology” marketing has broken people’s brains about this
Inside you there are two wolves
April 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Inside you there are two wolves
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Have your students act out an immune response with our Immune System paper model! Give them prizes for best sound effects! Learn more here: bit.ly/2QUGerF
#EduSky #iteachbio #immunesystem #Tcell #Bcell #immuneresponse
#EduSky #iteachbio #immunesystem #Tcell #Bcell #immuneresponse
April 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Have your students act out an immune response with our Immune System paper model! Give them prizes for best sound effects! Learn more here: bit.ly/2QUGerF
#EduSky #iteachbio #immunesystem #Tcell #Bcell #immuneresponse
#EduSky #iteachbio #immunesystem #Tcell #Bcell #immuneresponse
Seems worth mentioning today that primary caretakers for relatives w/ dementia are considered such a uniquely highly stressed group that they are repeatedly studied to examine how stress effects vaccine-induced immune memory. They frequently put themselves aside in the service of someone else.
March 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Seems worth mentioning today that primary caretakers for relatives w/ dementia are considered such a uniquely highly stressed group that they are repeatedly studied to examine how stress effects vaccine-induced immune memory. They frequently put themselves aside in the service of someone else.
good lord...and now MERS has made an appearance in the U.K.. One unfortunate person, lab confirmed. Much less contagious than SARS-CoV-2, but tends to be deadlier. www.gov.uk/government/p...
NOIDs causative agents: week 6 (week ending 9 February 2025)
www.gov.uk
February 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
good lord...and now MERS has made an appearance in the U.K.. One unfortunate person, lab confirmed. Much less contagious than SARS-CoV-2, but tends to be deadlier. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Have been hopeless b/c grant indirect costs getting slashed the easiest way for a uni to keep from bankruptcy is mass lay offs of faculty & staff - the ppl who do and support the research..& who cares? The world is on fire. But Mia Farrow post made me feel a better. Ppl care. The work we do matters.
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Have been hopeless b/c grant indirect costs getting slashed the easiest way for a uni to keep from bankruptcy is mass lay offs of faculty & staff - the ppl who do and support the research..& who cares? The world is on fire. But Mia Farrow post made me feel a better. Ppl care. The work we do matters.
So the world is exploding right now but I am still outlandishly pleased by the invention of this stain. Like....this will be such a fantastic tool for living tissue work. The ECM is everything.
"Imagine a DAPI-like stain, but for the extracellular matrix." That's basically how this work was pitched to me by Kayvon and Antonio a year or so ago. Now the final product really delivers. Read about their versatile label for ECM in living tissues here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the world is exploding right now but I am still outlandishly pleased by the invention of this stain. Like....this will be such a fantastic tool for living tissue work. The ECM is everything.
This day has been very rough. Sharing Chuck Wendig's photo of this Blue Jay doing Blue Jay things. Try not to think about the possible provenance of the peanut though (Blue Jay's are notorious thieves).
ANYWAY, sorry, here's a bird. Pause and regard the bird. The bird is happy, for the bird has found a peanut. May we all find the small joy of finding a tasty snack today.
(photo by me)
(photo by me)
January 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This day has been very rough. Sharing Chuck Wendig's photo of this Blue Jay doing Blue Jay things. Try not to think about the possible provenance of the peanut though (Blue Jay's are notorious thieves).
Keep your friends with extreme selective eating in their households in your hearts this month. Few beige foods can be cooked or peeled...or washed for that matter.
January 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Keep your friends with extreme selective eating in their households in your hearts this month. Few beige foods can be cooked or peeled...or washed for that matter.
the vibe I need
January 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
the vibe I need