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#SciComm:
What is more fun than #reading what I write about how our genes are turned on and off?
#Listening to me talk about it
Podcast
https://www.endocrine.org/podcast/enp7-nuclear-receptors-and-transcriptional-regulation …
Paper 1
https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/158/10/3212/3979718 …
Paper 2
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(19)30103-8?rss=yes …
#Genomics#Science#DecodingOurDNA
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What Is Precision Medicine?
Right now, most medical treatments are designed for the average patient
Precision medicine means treating the individual rather than the average
Disease treatment and prevention that takes into account an individual’s genetic makeup
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#Seal Win:
F-E-A-R has two meanings
Forget Everything And Run
Or
Face Everything And Rise
The choice is yours
This brave little seal was being chased by a dozen hungry orcas (killer whales)
It decided to #rise ... up onto this family’s boat#Fear#Survivalpic.twitter.com/lkD3vqQT3mThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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Breast Cancer Progression:
Cancer cells alter their migratory properties during tumor progression to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize to distant sites
Reflects emergence of genetically altered cell subpopulations with new characteristics
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#Ubiquitous Palindrome:
Palindrome day
02.02.2020
2020.02.02
No matter how a culture writes the date, it remains a #palindrome (reads the same forward and backward)
It’s the first time in 909 years that the date is a palindrome worldwide
International palindromepic.twitter.com/rh0BdZTJLg
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Slow Mover:
The world’s #slowest mammal is crawling towards a road
Move slowly to conserve energy
Sloths are so sedentary that algae grows on their coat, acting as a camouflage in the trees
Camouflage is crucial to its survival because of its inability to move quicklypic.twitter.com/zm6FMCO30UThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Playtime:
These #mongoose pups were wrestling when a#hornbill appeared down the road
Mongooses lie on their backs to invite another mongoose to wrestle
While it may look like playing dead, the mongoose is most likely trying to lure the hornbill to #play#HuntingBuddiespic.twitter.com/oQqXG039tPThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Sea Sparkle:
Bioluminescence in the ocean
Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction that produces light energy in an organism’s body
Caused by a massive red tide (algae bloom) of #bioluminescent phytoplankton
The microorganisms emit light in response to stress (splashes)pic.twitter.com/grjrXQBcJOThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
The Power Of
#Handwashing:
Teacher asked several kids with various levels of hand #cleanliness to touch 5 pieces of white bread that were taken from the same loaf, at the same time
Then, they put the bread in individual plastic bags to observe what would happen over 1 monthpic.twitter.com/c8tcn7svKm
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Pull-Out Bunk Beds:
There’s a cleverly designed sofa that folds out into bunk beds
The front flips up to become an upper bed, and a ladder folds out so you can climb up
Takes seconds to set up
Small space dwellers rejoice
Space-saving sleeper
Double-decker couchpic.twitter.com/9TVm8gMVJ6Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Rickety Track:
Blasting down the #track in the former Wabash Railroad’s 5th District
Railroad stretches from Woodburn, Indiana to Liberty Center, Ohio
Much of the rail line is built on swampy land which contributes to the disrepair of the track
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#Coronavirus Is Not The Corona Beer Virus:
#Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) isn’t the same as Corona beer
It has nothing to do with beer, doesn’t go with a lime wedge
According to Google Trends, Google searches for “beer virus” and “Corona beer virus” have been on the risepic.twitter.com/j9hnJLfHcJ
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Ladybug Wings:
Have transparent wings that fold under their spotted wing cases (elytra)
Hindwings (alae) are 4X the size of the ladybug and can move independently of each other
Alae are interlaced with veins, which the wings fold along when packed up inside of the elytrapic.twitter.com/1cErIigfroThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
It’s Not Just Men Who Flex Their Biceps At Women:
Kangaroos do too
Male kangaroos adopt poses to show off their muscly arms to females
Arm muscles are sexually-selected trait
Body size of male to female kangaroo (9:1 for greys, 5:1 for reds)
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Master Of Disguise:
As a type of flatfish, flounder are ideally suited to life on the ocean floor
They huddle up on the seabed, often aided by speckled skin that helps them blend in
Offers safety from predators, but also lets them ambush prey (shrimp, worms, fish larvae)pic.twitter.com/eWRoGOSY7NThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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#Airbag Blast:
Resting your feet on the dash could result in life-changing injuries if you crash
One femur is #snapped
One hip is #broken in the socket
One hip has been #dislocated far from where it should be
Airbag may also send your knees through your eye socketspic.twitter.com/bKutMFo2Wq
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Collapsing Tanker:
Normally, the #pressure inside and outside the tanker are approximately the same
If you remove the air from inside the tanker via vacuum, you have atmospheric pressure pushing in on tanker, but nothing pushing out
Can implode due to pressure differencepic.twitter.com/nnF44U60KTThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Where Is The Healthiest Seat On An Airplane:
A #window seat
Those in aisle seats have a greater likelihood of coming in contact with communicable viruses due to the proximity of other passengers
Those in window seats are more likely to stay put
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Natural Selection:
MMS = 28% sodium chlorite (NaClO₂) in distilled water
Add acid “activator”
When acid is added, the mixture becomes chlorine dioxide (ClO₂), a #bleaching agent
Don’t drink it!
If you do, you won’t have to worry about the #coronavirus killing youhttps://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1222178989877481473 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#Snow Day:
Snow is a #mineral
It’s a naturally occurring solid, inorganically formed, has a definite chemical composition
Snow is #translucent
Light is reflected off the surface of the ice crystals and scattered back out equally into all of its spectral colors (white)pic.twitter.com/l63cic88zhThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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