5 DAYS NA LANG, #MSI2025 SIMULA HUNYO 28 HANGGANG HULYO 13, 2025 (FEATURE OF THE DAY OF #MSI2019 G2 Esports)

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Rotem Sorek (@SorekLab) providing stunning insights into the immune system of bacteria. “Discoveries of new complex immune systems led to revolutions in biology: antibodies, CRISPR, RNAi, Restriction Enzymes. Why? They can recognize something specific and act on it” #msi2019

As a follow-up to @pgirguis fantastic talk, here are visuals of pieces of a hydrothermal vent chimney. It was collected by the submersible Alvin in July 2010 off of Washington state... and I am now coveting it the way others covet actual gold. #MicrobeHomes #MSI2019

“Carbonate rocks contain more cells in distinct arrangements that can favor methane oxidation.” Some include fool’s gold that may help electron shuttling- @pgirguis summary: basically there are gold castles for microbes in the deep sea that help cool our planet=cool af #msi2019

For the record, after listening to @pgirguis talk about deep sea microbes I want to travel to the deep sea and peer into the symbionts of tube worms far more than I want to visit the event horizon in the lifeless void of space. Inspiring research and #scicomm at #MSI2019!

Peter Girguis now sharing enthusiasm for the amazing features of marine microbes. “The deep sea is 80% of our earth’s biospace! The typical enviro on earth is wet, cold, and dark.” Peter sheds light on those microbes that thrive at these limits of our biosphere #MSI2019

Paleofeces are fiberous, diverse in color and wonderfully microbially informative for understanding the lives of our ancestors. Modern methods help us tell our past stories. Christina Warinner at #msi2019

After lunch Christina Warinner has started to regale us with her talk “Archaeology of microbes: from maladies to the microbiome of milk.” A blend of archeology, microbiology, food science, molecular biology, and anthropology. Me: Old teeth are cooler than I thought. #MSI2019

How are these molecular & microbial interactions relevant at the global scale? Engineered stable Methanotroph communities could consume methane to produce polymers & help reduce green house gases (reminder: 1 methane is akin to 30 CO2 greenhouse gas units) -M.Lidstrom #MSI2019

Methanotrophs seem to be excreting methanol that feeds non-methanotrophs. Begs questions about the uptake of rare earth metals by microbes that may enable this “metabolic hyjacking.” #MSI2019 M. Lidstrom

Fun fact: lanthanides are “rare earth metals,” but are as rare as...copper. - M. Lidstrom. Me: I feel like the geologists have better PR reps than microbiologists. #MSI2019

Now Mary Lidstrom is enchanting us w/her research on Methanotrophs (microbes that turn methane into biomass). That’s right, commercially attractive microbes that live aerobically and specialize on eating green house gases. #MSI2019

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Electroporation in a pipet tip. @PhirstDown talking about his Lab on a Chip. The elegance of engineering solutions/technologies to meet research & commercial needs is beautiful. Check out the tech behind company Kytopen. https://kytopen.com/ #MSI2019

After a break of food and bev brought to us by microbes (coffee, bagels, etc). The next talk for #MSI2019 is by @MIT’s @PhirstDown sharing how mechanical engineers can work w/microbes to create Lab on Chips and microbial fuel cells.

What are the applications of learning about the coevolution of microbial hosts and their viruses for humans? The ability to predict epidemics, stabilize industrial fermentations, and destabilize disease-causing microbes (phage therapy). -R Whitaker #msi2019

Searching Russian volcanoes for ancient microbes w/chronic viruses & CRISPR systems can help us understand pathogens in human lungs. R. Whitaker sharing the importance of studying the coevo dynamics of wild microbes-& their viruses-in the context of distributed immunity #Msi2019

Next: Rachel Whitaker asking us to think beyond core genomes of a species to infection genomics-where rates of & barriers to new genetic traits depend on principles of epidemiology, coevolution, & symbiosis. Basically virus bacteria/archaea relationships are cool af #MSI2019

Using seemlessly interwoven metaphors (referencing eating Kale & McDonalds), as well as effective gestures to show interactions-go see @fleshball give a talk if you want a lesson in how to make the small, complicated, &abstract memorable, intuitve, &engaging #MSI2019 @HarvardMSI

“The pressure inside a bacterium (B. Subtilis) is that of a pressurized semi tire (~218 psi).” Ethan Garner giving a compelling talk on the self organization of tiny things inside tiny things. @HarvardMSI #MSI2019

What a beautiful example of opportunistic #scicomm! The raffle tickets to #MSI2019 are microbial species names! I’ve already listened to people discuss them and ask questions! @HarvardMSI