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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01821.x

nothing is as tender as annotating your favourite books. it’s like leaving a piece of your heart on the pages for somebody else to find.

Unusual antibiotic killing mechanism we just published in Nature

Our study about the unusual molecular mechanism behind the antibiotic activity of teixobactin can be read open access here: 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05019-y

Figure: The target of teixobactin are bacteria-specific molecules (e.g. they do not exist in human cells) in outer membranes of bacteria. Teixobactin sits on the membrane and aggregates into fibrils, damaging the bacterial membrane and hindering its functions. We got these images by atomic force microscopy that has nanometer resolution. We can see individual teixobactin molecules coming to the bacterial membrane and forming the aggregate.

This is the first star from my research on antibiotics that I started at my postdoc in the Netherlands. More are coming out soon! The very first star was published in Nature, the most read journal in life sciences. I am in scientific heaven!

Real AI Will Need Biology: Computers Powered by Human Brain Cells - Neuroscience News

Neuroscience News

Real AI Will Need Biology: Computers Powered by Human Brain Cells - Neuroscience News

The human brain continues to massively outperform AI technology in a range of tasks, a new study reports. Researchers outline their plans fo

Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive hot stars in the nebula's newborn star cluster, Melotte 15. IC 1805 is located about 7,500 light years away toward the boastful constellation Cassiopeia.

Image Credit: Richard McInnis

yknow "fossil words" where theyre words that only appear in phrases and not really on their own. like in "eke out" or "bated breath." well i have an example of a fucking fossil PHRASE which is an entire PHRASE that only appears in a single context and no one has ever fucking used outside that context. and that's "roam the earth." which literally nobody has ever said about anything thats not dinosaurs

"So you navigate your life with the help of others who held mirrors up for you. People praised your good qualities and criticised your bad habits, and these perspectives -often surprising to you - helped you to guide your life.

So poorly did you know yourself that you were always surprised at how you looked at the photographs or how you sounded on the voice mail.

In this way, much of your existence took place in the eyes, ears and fingertips of others." - David Eagleman, Sum