Prof Tom Cotter
@proftomcotter.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry University College Cork Ireland food and wine lover.
There are funny moments in life like this headline in today’s Irish Newspaper 🧪#medsky
October 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There are funny moments in life like this headline in today’s Irish Newspaper 🧪#medsky
Asked my botanist friend if I could eat this mushroom growing in my backyard. She replied you can eat any mushroom but some only once !!! #medsky
September 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Asked my botanist friend if I could eat this mushroom growing in my backyard. She replied you can eat any mushroom but some only once !!! #medsky
A recipe is like a biochemical method. If you follow it carefully you can get amazing results. Like tonight’s starter 🧪
July 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A recipe is like a biochemical method. If you follow it carefully you can get amazing results. Like tonight’s starter 🧪
Is France the first country to ban smoking on beaches? 🧪
July 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Is France the first country to ban smoking on beaches? 🧪
The smell of the Maillard Reaction. Amino acids and reducing sugars. Hard to beat it 🧪
July 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The smell of the Maillard Reaction. Amino acids and reducing sugars. Hard to beat it 🧪
Utterly stupid headlines like this drive me crazy 🧪
July 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Utterly stupid headlines like this drive me crazy 🧪
I wonder what plant based water tastes like 😵💫😵💫🧪
June 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I wonder what plant based water tastes like 😵💫😵💫🧪
RFK spouting the nonsense that Covid 19 resulted from a lab leak of a modified virus. This did not happen. The science is there to prove it. 🧪
May 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
RFK spouting the nonsense that Covid 19 resulted from a lab leak of a modified virus. This did not happen. The science is there to prove it. 🧪
These are the qualifications of Trump’s nominee for surgeon general. Might as well appoint a witch doctor!!! 🧪
May 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
These are the qualifications of Trump’s nominee for surgeon general. Might as well appoint a witch doctor!!! 🧪
This has got to be in the top 3 books I’ve read over the last 40 years. If you want to understand how your brain makes decisions then this is a must read 🧪
April 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This has got to be in the top 3 books I’ve read over the last 40 years. If you want to understand how your brain makes decisions then this is a must read 🧪
Now this was a good read 🧪
February 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Now this was a good read 🧪
Saw this in a bistro window today and it made laugh 🧪
February 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Saw this in a bistro window today and it made laugh 🧪
Headlines is several newspapers today say that chlorine in tap water causes a massive 33% increase in relative risk of Bladder Cancer. 18 people per 100K get bladder cancer each year so this number now goes to 24 per 100K. Hardly something to worry about! 🧪
February 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Headlines is several newspapers today say that chlorine in tap water causes a massive 33% increase in relative risk of Bladder Cancer. 18 people per 100K get bladder cancer each year so this number now goes to 24 per 100K. Hardly something to worry about! 🧪
Well that’s pretty convincing 🧪
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Well that’s pretty convincing 🧪
This weeks Nature 🧪
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This weeks Nature 🧪
The real science does not support the lab leak idea 🧪
January 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The real science does not support the lab leak idea 🧪
But can you then drink the wine??? 🧪
January 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
But can you then drink the wine??? 🧪
Why am I not surprised. Nature this week 🧪
December 14, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Why am I not surprised. Nature this week 🧪
Cooking is really kitchen Biochemistry. Following a recipe is the same as following a lab method. This is tonight’s dinner 🧪
December 3, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Cooking is really kitchen Biochemistry. Following a recipe is the same as following a lab method. This is tonight’s dinner 🧪