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Phage antirestriction induced system (PARIS) protects bacteria from viral infections by cleaving viral tRNAs and T5 phage escaping it by expression of a lysine transfer RNA variant that is not cleaved by PARIS
#armsRace #biology

Was haben Influenza, Influenzer und Künstliche Inteligenzia gemeinsam? (2004)
#sociolgy

Universal behavior in a generalized model of contagion
Models of contagion arise broadly both in the biological and social sciences, with applications ranging from the transmission of infectious diseases to the diffusion of innovations and the spread of cultural fads. In this Letter, we introduce a general model of contagion which, by explicitly incorporating memory of past exposures to, for example, an infectious agent, rumor, or new product, includes the main features of existing contagion models and interpolates between them. We obtain exact sol…

I – somewhat implausibly – got lucky enough to start the exact job I had dreamed of for the last 5 years this year.
I’ve opened my own research group at the #Umeå Plant Science Center, and get to dig into the cell #biology of #wood

Postdoctoral researcher in wood formation | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

🦠 High-performance cell atlas workflow driven by manifold fitting
#biology

High-performance cell atlas workflow driven by manifold fitting
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed CellScope, a high-performance single-cell analysis framework that uses manifold fitting to analyze single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. This framework helps build detailed "cell atlases" that map different cell types and show how they further group into finer subtypes.

Was haben Influenza, Influenzer und Künstliche Inteligenzia gemeinsam? (2004)
#sociolgy

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was rescued from insolvency by Drexel University in 2011 but the relationship is apparently too draining. This is unlikely to end well. #science #entomology #biology #philadelphia #drexel #paleontology #museums #NaturalHistory https://share.inquirer.com/FLhfyz

☃️ How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal
#fungus

How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal
Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New University of California, Riverside research finds the secret to post-fire flourishing hidden in their genes. The study is among the first to investigate how fungi that are barely detectable in the soil before a fire are able to proliferate wildly once an area has burned.

Strawberry plant blinged out with droplets of xylem sap. I've never seen it, but apparently the minerals in the fluid can leave a white residue when the water evaporates. #guttation #biology #strawberry #fragaria #gardening #plants #xylem

Great footage of ground-nesting bees by Adrian Smith et al. at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. #bees #hymenoptera #nature #insects #colletes #nomada #andrena #entomology #biology #northcarolina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jje1LPrsHbc

Found two dozen mosquito egg rafts in the mini-pond today. All Culex, I think, and all oviposited overnight. I really need to set up a camera trap to record them in the act. #pond #diptera #mosquitoes #culex #culicidae #water #biology

Morning light on the insect hotel and ADUs. No visitors yet, but I've seen male Osmia nearby so won't be long. New to the hotel this year are offerings of pithy stems (hydrangea, rose) to hopefully attract small carpenter bees (Ceratina) and digger wasps (Pemphredon). #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #wasps #insects #hymenoptera #pollinators #biology