To conquer frustration, focus on the outcome, not the obstacle. forbes.com/sites/amyblasc…

Jenny Harries has been put in charge of the organisation meant to prevent future pandemics and replace Public Health England. Let’s take a quick look at her record during Covid-19 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Science Gap: Jorge Cham at TEDxUCLA youtu.be/AzcMEwAxSP8 via YouTube

Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion youtu.be/hNDgcjVGHIw via YouTube

The moral roots of liberals and conservatives - Jonathan Haidt youtu.be/8SOQduoLgRw via YouTube

Very nice series of 33 open courses from leading scientists. This NSF and HHMI sponsored program gives a great intro to basics of immunology. Very recommended: The Immune System - Ira Mellman (Genentech) youtu.be/gMs8huslkqo via YouTube

The expectation and risks of being a scientific entrepreneur. 1/18 drugs that passed Phase I ended up being commercialized. Only 1/1000 patents turned into a product. Ask the Expert with Richard C. Duke, PhD youtu.be/IS6hRAfBfmY via YouTube

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pnas.org/doi/full/10.10… Kids produce stronger innate immunity early on, that's why they can control COVID infection locally and lead to less severe disease. Is there any reason we reduce innate immunity as we age? And is there any reason we produce less naive T cells as we age?

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… The neglected mental health issue of kids during COVID time. For some countries (my home country), maybe it's time to compromise our strict lockdown policy for their health too?

Nasal Approach to COVID Vaccination Gains Traction m.yale.edu/wcf7 via @yalemed

Sticky logic programs bacteria to form multicellular patterns nature.com/articles/d4158…

"It’s also wasteful. When research is rejected after review, the rich evaluations provided as part of the review process are lost, when they could provide valuable insights for readers." - eLife’s New Model: Changing the way you share your research elifesciences.org/inside-elife/5…

EGF Codons: free software for DNA design, assembly, and more. edinburgh-genome-foundry.github.io #synbio #software via Edinburgh Genome Foundry

My newest plasmidsaurus art #plasmidsaurus

Has anyone made lemon tea with maple syrup? It’s the perfect combo, the slight bitterness and subtle sweetness balances well and their characters are pretty similar

Cell extract-based in vitro DNA replication enables sustainable cell-free gene expression biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_synbio

TCR cell therapies vanquish solid tumors — finally nature.com/articles/s4158…

Government-funded research can be wasteful, due to its inflexibility and bureaucracy. A revolution awaits! The craziness of research funding. It costs us all. | Geraldine Fitzpatr... youtu.be/66_DRDYJz4g?si… via YouTube

Truly a miracle to get 6000 ng/uL plasmid out of miniprep columns! The Miraprep: A Protocol that Uses a Miniprep Kit and Provides Maxiprep Yields - PMC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC49…