A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities.
Toots by associate blogger @christoph_STCmicrobeblog
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My American friends: I hope you join me today.
To stand up for our freedom to assemble & our freedom of speech. To reject authoritarianism & dictatorship.
To demand the government be accountable to the people - not the reverse.
The STC team is taking its customary summer vacation, this year for five weeks. Do you think we deserve it? We do. We look forward to seeing you again on July 21!
Retrospective, January to June 2025
by the STC Team - In keeping with tradition, here is the list of our posts from the last half year.
Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/06/retrospective-january-to-june-2025.html
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Koyaanisqatsi
Noteworthy — Summer break for us is almost here. We'll post our January – June 2025 Retrospective next Monday and then its Summer Vacation for STC! As we end our first semester of "Noteworthy" post experiment we're straying off topic. We're drawing your attention to a film, and it is not a film about microbes.
Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/06/koyaanisqatsi.html
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Lost & Found #7
by Christoph — As in 'Lost & Found #1–6', there are three bookmarks that caught my eye when I was cleaning up our account on 𝕏 (formerly Twitter). And which might still be worth a quick look for you, too, I hope, so here it is 'Lost & Found #7'.
Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/06/lost-and-found-7.html
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Gene Location Matters
Noteworthy — Bacterial genomes are not a laundry list of genes, but dynamic structures intimately connected with cellular function. As a result, natural selection has a heavy hand in shaping chromosomal architecture – the position of genes within chromosomes – into configurations that best coordinate gene expression. (sorry for being late today! we are not "up, up and away" because of ascension day, we simply overslept 🤦♂️)
Read more > https://bsky.app/profile/stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social/post/3lqd5wjm4s22e
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Deutschlands Plan für ein offenes und unabhängiges PubMed-Sicherheitsnetz: In einem Gastbeitrag in unserem Blog beschreibt @hildabast, wie ZB MED mit #OLSPub eine resiliente Infrastruktur für biomed. Literatur aufbaut: https://blog.zbmed.de/deutschlands-plan-offenes-unabhaengiges-pubmed-sicherheitsnetz
Im engl. Original erschienen bei Absolutely Maybe – PLOS Blogs ogy.de/agno
Dankeschön an Hilda Bastian, dass wir die deutsche Übersetzung veröffentlichen dürfen!
The Remarkable Julian Davies
by Roberto — If I were asked to name scientists who have deeply influenced the evolution of my own thinking along the decades, there's little doubt that Julian Davies would be at the top of the list. Julian died this past February 2nd, shortly after turning 93.
Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/05/the-remarkable-julian-davies.html
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A Most Useful Light Switch
Noteworthy — Phytoplankton, photosynthetic microbes that inhabit surface ocean waters, form the base of marine food webs. These keystone microbes are the oceans' primary producers. Importantly, their ability to carry out photosynthesis depends on their ability to make chlorophyll.
Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/05/a-most-useful-light-switch.html
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Zombie Ants and the Evolution of Mind Control
by Clio Morata de Jong and Nico Morales — In the realm of natural mind control, few phenomena are as gripping – literally – as the death grip of the parasitic fungus in the genus Ophiocordyceps. This fungus doesn't just kill its carpenter ant hosts; it transforms them into instruments of fungal propagation.
Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/05/zombie-ants-and-the-evolution-of-mind-control.html
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Dr Emma Hodcroft 
ZB MED