Steven Smeal
@StevenWSmeal
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Computational biologist surviving the chaos of grad school and parenting—fueled by coffee.
Pittsburgh
Joined January 2020
formaldehyde is a cellular superglue that preserves dead bodies watch on YouTube to support us 👇 https://t.co/XF7l5qwS8D
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Check out this @SciShow video written by bioZone member @RoshniBhatt3 on why hand sanitizer won't save you from getting a stomach bug 🦠 https://t.co/sf41n03dWZ
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Is CBD a cure-all? Can you get all your DNA from one parent? Why do cats’ eyes gleam in the dark? On @thebiozone, @compbiopitt students tackle quirky (yet complex) scientific questions. Learn more: 🧪 https://t.co/3kYkfOfryf
@PittHealthSci @sciApril @CMUPittCompBio
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our YouTube channel, bioZone, got featured in Pitt Med magazine! Check out the article here https://t.co/dWJSbAVmt2
@PittMedMag
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jellyfish glow up: the discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jelly fish Aequorea victoria was revolutionary for biology, allowing awesome live cell imaging techniques to happen watch on YouTube to support us👇 https://t.co/HsCvnkMW2o
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rigor mortis, which you may have seen on crime shows, is when the muscles of a corpse stay contracted for up to 24 hours after death- but how does this happen? watch on YouTube to support us 👇 https://t.co/GrsgL64qn1
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we could disappear in a few decades if this happens... support us by watching on YouTube 👇 https://t.co/o1Zacq9NBs
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bioZone is now officially an award winning YouTube channel 😉 thanks to @CMUPittCompBio for acknowledging our commitment to outreach
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Great new video from bioZone! https://t.co/zBBUbecgri via @YouTube
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CPCB students, hear ye—today is the last day to vote for your favorite student-nominated seminar speaker! Check your email or Slack for the link 🔗
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In Science Advances, the Lee Lab @compbiopitt, @CMUPittCompBio characterize a molecular circuit called a ‘Variable-Gain Stochastic Pooling Network’ that cells use to compress and transmit inflammatory information across the plasma membrane https://t.co/OD1SWYoLjL
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mRNA vaccines - whats amazing is that the machinery that our cells use to make proteins from mRNA, the ribosome, doesn't care where the mRNA came from... it just does its job and makes the protein new bioZone video on COVID vaccines comes out tomorrow 😊 https://t.co/20Cb7QZ7rG
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new bioZone video 'Harnessing the power of bacterial factories' by @DanteDepot 💊 inspired by recent research from @r_devine93 @MattHutchings10 @barriewilksjic on rewiring biosynthetic gene clusters in the bacteria Streptomyces formicae 👇 https://t.co/PuamVC1Hox
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Cells on the bottom two rows of my 96-well plate mysteriously died and I now have to restart my experiment from the beginning #phdlife #AcademicChatter #QUACK
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I have tried more than once to tell people slack is down by attempting to open slack......
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Customers may experience issues connecting to Slack to loading channels at this time. Our team is on the case and we will keep you posted. Apologies for any disruption.
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Ran the virtual Pittsburgh Marathon today! Big shoutout to my wife @SmealAlyssa for providing the support throughout my race! #MovePittsburgh
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Researchers Link Autism To A System That Insulates Brain Wiring
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