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JDN (@joshdneufeld) answers brief course questions, shares news, makes announcements. All important course info also in Learn.
Waterloo, Ontario
Joined September 2015
Microbes 'R' Us: "The author's Fundamentals of Microbiology (BIOL 240) students at the University of Waterloo are thanked for more than a decade of inspiration."
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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We learned about Thiomargarita namibiensis as the world's largest bacteria but they are not nearly as big/long as Thiomargarita magnifica - they're magnificent!
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RT @NobelPrize: BREAKING NEWS: .The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for th….
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"Nobel chemistry prize awarded to 2 scientists for developing CRISPR gene editing tool"
cbc.ca
French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way of editing genes likened to "molecular scissors"...
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RT @mawjjaa: i had some fun(gi) on my hike today!! brought back some great microbio memories 🥰 @Biol240_2019 @joshdneufeld .
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Remember this topic when we talked about psychrophiles? "Pink watermelon snow threatens major Italian glacier"
livescience.com
This is bad news for the historic icy site.
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RT @Victoriaaaaaal: @joshdneufeld @Biol240_2019 .Since you showed us narwhal in class, here is another unicorn puppy!. .
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Hopefully this sounds familiar to us 240 alumni: "BRIGHT-RED “BLOOD SNOW” IS FALLING FROM THE SKY IN ANTARCTICA". Although we know it isn't actually "falling" from the sky ;) #psychrophiles.
futurism.com
A Facebook post by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine shows a research station in antarctica covered in "raspberry snow."
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RT @Biol240_2019: "A made-in-Canada solution to the coronavirus outbreak?"
macleans.ca
The best hope for an antiviral drug may come from Michel Chrétien's Montreal lab
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"A made-in-Canada solution to the coronavirus outbreak?"
macleans.ca
The best hope for an antiviral drug may come from Michel Chrétien's Montreal lab
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"Why the coronavirus outbreak isn't considered a pandemic just yet"
cbc.ca
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread outside of China, experts say the situation is rapidly moving toward a pandemic. Adam Miller looks at why the World Health Organization isn't calling...
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Lots of research funding sunk on this one ;) "Microbes Point the Way to Shipwrecks"
nytimes.com
Distinct microbiomes flourish around sunken ships as they become artificial reefs, new research in the Gulf of Mexico reveals.
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RT @olaqeol: Amy and I.With matching fungi. (Not gonna lie,.I really tried.To make this rhyme).@joshdneufeld @Biol240_2019 .
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"A Wild Discovery About Fungi Just Changed Earth's Evolutionary Timeline"
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"Ancient viruses never observed by humans discovered in Tibetan glacier"
nbcnews.com
Melting ice from climate change could release the pathogens into the environment, one researcher said, calling it a "worst-case scenario."
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"Coronavirus cases surge, fuelling fears of major outbreak"
theguardian.com
Authorities on alert ahead of lunar new year holiday as 139 new cases of strain detected
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RT @olaqeol: Tremella’s used in many Chinese dishes, and I grew up thinking it was a vegetable because I didn’t know the English name for i….
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The secret connection between earthworm poop and climate change | CBC News
cbc.ca
Scientists are trying to figure out how earthworms are influencing climate change. Some species are speeding up how much carbon gets dumped into the atmosphere, and others are helping lock carbon in...
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