Marc Zimmer
@lightupscience.bsky.social
Author State of Science, Illuminating Disease, Bioluminescence, Cleaner Greener Planet and Glowing Genes. Life is fun when GFP glows. Chemistry professor, teaching with AI, @conncoll 🇿🇦 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Giving an AI talk at the Stonington Library this Sunday. It would be nice to see some familiar faces.
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Giving an AI talk at the Stonington Library this Sunday. It would be nice to see some familiar faces.
I ask my Chemistry Wordle custom GPT to create a fluorescent protein related starter slide. The result was disappointingly easy. Esp with hint. Can you find the answer?
August 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I ask my Chemistry Wordle custom GPT to create a fluorescent protein related starter slide. The result was disappointingly easy. Esp with hint. Can you find the answer?
I am giving a fun (I hope) talk about AI at the Muizenberg Science Cafe. South African friends, please repost. I hope to see some of you in Muizenberg next Wednesday.
June 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I am giving a fun (I hope) talk about AI at the Muizenberg Science Cafe. South African friends, please repost. I hope to see some of you in Muizenberg next Wednesday.
"Spider Eye Development, Editing and Silk Fiber Engineering Using CRISPR-Cas" in Angewandte Chemie. Red fluorescent silk and green eyes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Spider Eye Development, Editing and Silk Fiber Engineering Using CRISPR-Cas" in Angewandte Chemie. Red fluorescent silk and green eyes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
I love it. Fluorescent Proteins can still be utilized in cool new ways. "Fluorescent spray that detects fingerprints in 10 s
- a safer, more sustainable fingerprint detection spray that could be used on multiple surface types." @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/s...
- a safer, more sustainable fingerprint detection spray that could be used on multiple surface types." @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/s...
January 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I love it. Fluorescent Proteins can still be utilized in cool new ways. "Fluorescent spray that detects fingerprints in 10 s
- a safer, more sustainable fingerprint detection spray that could be used on multiple surface types." @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/s...
- a safer, more sustainable fingerprint detection spray that could be used on multiple surface types." @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/s...
A microliter of brain at high resolution. Lichtman lab via @ScienceAdviser.
December 30, 2024 at 3:34 PM
A microliter of brain at high resolution. Lichtman lab via @ScienceAdviser.
Bioluminescence - Australian Style "I took a photo of myself fully covered in bioluminescence at Jervis Bay. It was cold, I was naked and covered in smelly bio." Dave Finlay Digital.
November 30, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Bioluminescence - Australian Style "I took a photo of myself fully covered in bioluminescence at Jervis Bay. It was cold, I was naked and covered in smelly bio." Dave Finlay Digital.
November 28, 2024 at 10:31 PM
If you need a little non-political discussion material at the Thanksgiving table, this editorial is sure to get the discussions going.
November 28, 2024 at 2:29 PM
If you need a little non-political discussion material at the Thanksgiving table, this editorial is sure to get the discussions going.
The tentacles of a spider jellyfish.
It boasts a poisonous yet beautiful fluorescent color. From @natalipaqpa.bsky.social account on X.
It boasts a poisonous yet beautiful fluorescent color. From @natalipaqpa.bsky.social account on X.
November 25, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The tentacles of a spider jellyfish.
It boasts a poisonous yet beautiful fluorescent color. From @natalipaqpa.bsky.social account on X.
It boasts a poisonous yet beautiful fluorescent color. From @natalipaqpa.bsky.social account on X.
A pear-shaped puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) propels spores into the air. (Stephane Vitzthum/Biosphoto/Alamy) A beautiful photograph to admire on a cold winter night.
November 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM
A pear-shaped puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) propels spores into the air. (Stephane Vitzthum/Biosphoto/Alamy) A beautiful photograph to admire on a cold winter night.
