By studying a swarm of flying midges as though it were a fluid, physicists have learned how collective behaviors might stabilize a group against environmental disruptions. bit.ly/insect-fluid

I’ve admired David Goodsell’s brilliant structure visualization work for years, and now you can create a Goodsell-like image from any PDB file, at his web site! ccsb.scripps.edu/illustrate/. Just made this one of the histone octamer, 1AOI.

Ohio man arrested for implied shooting threat to Jewish center: James Reardon posts video of gunfire and screams, tags it with name of Youngstown community building; police find guns, anti-Semitic and white nationalist propaganda in his home dlvr.it/RBR0nS TimesofIsrael

When it comes to transcription initiation factors, most students end up memorizing abstract shapes. Our 'Gene Expression' chapter allows students to visualize how each integrates into the PIC, allowing them to understand (rather then memorize) their function. #biology #animation

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Check out this video on Cell Division that I made experiments for! jove.com/video/10571

Extreme Gene Makeover? It may have been the 1st multicellular eukaryotic genome sequenced to "completion," but it turns out the C. elegans reference used for the past 20yrs does not correspond w/ any N2 strain of today. ow.ly/xCwp50wzitn

Good COVID-19 news: Monkeys given an old-fashioned, inactivated virus vaccine made by China's Sinovac fended off SARS-CoV-2. It also didn't cause harm. Researchers not connected to work have cautious optimism. Human trials underway. sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/c…

We demand immediate action for #GeorgeFloyd #WeAreDoneDying

timeline.com/by-the-end-of-… "Nonviolence as it is discussed and fetishized in proximity to the marginalized is so often only dragged out in response to any uprising of those people.The riot is a language, yes, but the response to a riot is also a language of doublespeak"Hanif Abdurraqib

1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Philadelphia, PA: cop pulls down a protestor's mask to pepper-spray her in the face as she's kneeling with her hands up, then the cop sprays another one, then he pushes over a third to make sure he can pepper-spray them in the face too

🇵🇷Puerto Ricans are protesting against racism with bomba, the island’s most traditional music genre rooted in the Boricua’s African heritage 🗣

Dr. Zena Werb: World-renowned cell biologist, award-winning cancer researcher, & trailblazing advocate for women in science. This powerhouse was also my eclectic Aunt who passed away yesterday. She loved this subtle photo (Cambridge 1970s) the-scientist.com/profile/explor… #womeninscience

We are very shocked and saddened to learn of David Graeber's death. David was a hugely influential anthropologist, political activist and public intellectual. He will be greatly missed as a friend and colleague. His brilliant work will be read by generations to come.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… beauty in the eye of the beholder. check out the illustration I made for today's dispatch, written by the one and only, @elegansdiversus, in Current Biology .