Leia Vainman
@leia-vain.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Weizmann Institute of Science. Interested in immune-pathogen cross-talk during Salmonella infection. Posts are my cats' personal opinion.
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The “canonical” story how Rosalind Franklin got wronged by Watson and Crick inadvertently makes her look far less scientifically competent than she was (“She did not realize the significance of her own data!”). This article offers a much more nuanced account of what happened.
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The “canonical” story how Rosalind Franklin got wronged by Watson and Crick inadvertently makes her look far less scientifically competent than she was (“She did not realize the significance of her own data!”). This article offers a much more nuanced account of what happened.
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Brutal
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/03/04/m...
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/03/04/m...
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
Just over a month after US President Donald Trump implemented a 90-day freeze of all foreign assistance, the future looks very uncertain for tuberculosis research. Among others, a large TB research pr...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za
March 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Brutal
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/03/04/m...
Massive $200 million TB research programme derailed by US funding cuts
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/03/04/m...
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Whoa! 🧛♂️
@stevestuwill.bsky.social you posted on 𝕏 on Dec 5, 2020 this stunning video - why not repeat on 🔵bsky ? (sorry, I did)...
"Time-lapse footage of a vampire amoeba: a microscopic organism that feeds on algal cells by breaking through their cell walls and sucking out their insides."
#ProtistsOnSky
"Time-lapse footage of a vampire amoeba: a microscopic organism that feeds on algal cells by breaking through their cell walls and sucking out their insides."
#ProtistsOnSky
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Whoa! 🧛♂️
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Mount Fuji fungal contaminant 🗻 🧫
January 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Mount Fuji fungal contaminant 🗻 🧫
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Celebrities and their Bacterial Infections, Episode 4
Martha Stewart and Salmonella
Martha Stewart and Salmonella
December 18, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Celebrities and their Bacterial Infections, Episode 4
Martha Stewart and Salmonella
Martha Stewart and Salmonella
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November 15, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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aerobic vs. anaerobic bacteria
December 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM
aerobic vs. anaerobic bacteria
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The call for abstracts is out for ASM Microbe 2025! I am convening a session on metal homeostasis in environmental microorganisms! We have two great invited speakers lined up and room for 3-4 oral abstracts.
Please consider submitting to this session!
Please consider submitting to this session!
November 15, 2024 at 9:24 PM
The call for abstracts is out for ASM Microbe 2025! I am convening a session on metal homeostasis in environmental microorganisms! We have two great invited speakers lined up and room for 3-4 oral abstracts.
Please consider submitting to this session!
Please consider submitting to this session!
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A metaphor for DNA supercoiling. I am that many years old
November 26, 2024 at 5:32 AM
A metaphor for DNA supercoiling. I am that many years old
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Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform