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Petra Levin
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Microbiologist, mom, runner w/delusions of completing a marathon. Dog enthusiast. This Week in Microbiology (https://www.microbe.tv/twim/).
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💜 Now that I am a PI I do none of those things too 🙃 (Except for streaking colonies—sometimes just for fun!).
October 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Rain >>>>> super hot. Fact.
September 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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For those interested in further reading, the studies establishing the triplet nature of the genetic code were also reviewed by both Benzer and Crick in two 1962 Scientific American articles -- both worth a read!
www.jstor.org/stable/24937...
www.jstor.org/stable/24936...
The Fine Structure of the Gene on JSTOR
Seymour Benzer, The Fine Structure of the Gene, Scientific American, Vol. 206, No. 1 (January 1962), pp. 70-87
www.jstor.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Article about the article from his longtime home, @harvardmcb.bsky.social

www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n...
Rich Losick’s Farewell Publication Reexamines a Molecular Biology Milestone - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Richard Losick, Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology, Emeritus in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, is about to publish what he describes as his “last paper”—though […]
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September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Original publication here

www.nature.com/articles/192...
General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins - Nature
Nature - General Nature of the Genetic Code for Proteins
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September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM