Marc Dionne
@marcsdionne.bsky.social
Innate immunity, bacterial infection, physiology, microbiology, Drosophila. Poorly focused. Still angry. Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Imperial College London.
the good burghers of Iqaluit don't need this shit, either
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the good burghers of Iqaluit don't need this shit, either
IDK whether you've watched it recently, but I did, and it turns out that someone replaced the film with one in which Ferris is a complete asshole
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
IDK whether you've watched it recently, but I did, and it turns out that someone replaced the film with one in which Ferris is a complete asshole
Maybe Sliwa will be the Republican nominee for maximum entertainment value
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Maybe Sliwa will be the Republican nominee for maximum entertainment value
If you spend enough time in science, you meet a lot of people who've succumbed to that. Watson, though, was different, because AFAICT he was a shitheel way before he achieved any notable success.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you spend enough time in science, you meet a lot of people who've succumbed to that. Watson, though, was different, because AFAICT he was a shitheel way before he achieved any notable success.
Departmental seminar, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley. The only seminar I ever saw where the host got up the following week and apologized to everyone.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Departmental seminar, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley. The only seminar I ever saw where the host got up the following week and apologized to everyone.
He didn't get into the racism? I'd say you got off easy
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
He didn't get into the racism? I'd say you got off easy
Hey, now, you won't catch me casting aspersions at Dr. Emilio Lizardo
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey, now, you won't catch me casting aspersions at Dr. Emilio Lizardo
IDK, in this case, I think the hair is genuine, it's the genius that's an act
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
IDK, in this case, I think the hair is genuine, it's the genius that's an act
he looks like a very good boy who can be trusted not to promulgate racist, sexist pseudoscience
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
he looks like a very good boy who can be trusted not to promulgate racist, sexist pseudoscience
I saw him stand up before an audience expecting a scientific seminar and give a screed made up entirely of racist and sexist pseudoscience, enlivened by fat-shaming and sex-pest jokes of the kind beloved by 13 year old boys. This was in the year 2000. He told us who he was. I believed him.
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I saw him stand up before an audience expecting a scientific seminar and give a screed made up entirely of racist and sexist pseudoscience, enlivened by fat-shaming and sex-pest jokes of the kind beloved by 13 year old boys. This was in the year 2000. He told us who he was. I believed him.
the resemblance would be greater if Dr. Wily were coming off a week-long meth bender
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
the resemblance would be greater if Dr. Wily were coming off a week-long meth bender
hey this is just extra-fuzzy E coli
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
hey this is just extra-fuzzy E coli
I'm sure it was only the ones with whom he had some interaction, or who knew who he was
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm sure it was only the ones with whom he had some interaction, or who knew who he was
I'm sad to report that my native land currently leads the world in fucking guys
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm sad to report that my native land currently leads the world in fucking guys
this may qualify as a hot take
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
this may qualify as a hot take
just as long as it's not Science
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
just as long as it's not Science
publish in Nature, get a free set of steak knives
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
publish in Nature, get a free set of steak knives
knows how to accessorize
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
knows how to accessorize
time is a flat circle with a curl of citrus peel
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
time is a flat circle with a curl of citrus peel
Do cows count? Admittedly, not stated whether or not it's administered IV aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/21/c...
Cattle bovine TB vaccine field trials move to next phase
Read about our Cattle Vaccine Project: APHA’s invaluable addition to the toolbox to eradicate bovine TB in the UK.
aphascience.blog.gov.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do cows count? Admittedly, not stated whether or not it's administered IV aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/21/c...
Isn't that how evolution works? In the beginning, all expression was constitutive
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Isn't that how evolution works? In the beginning, all expression was constitutive
Stay tuned for my theory about how the immune system controls antimicrobial activity by changing the interest rate on amino acid swaps
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Stay tuned for my theory about how the immune system controls antimicrobial activity by changing the interest rate on amino acid swaps
extra points if you could take down the whole system
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
extra points if you could take down the whole system