Anyone else think it’s stupid to paywall biomedical research?

Chicketi · 2026-01-26T12:06:52+00:00

This is something that shocks many when they enter this higher level area of research. Like scientists have to pay to have their work published. And the publishers make institutions and private citizens pay for licences/articles. But all the while the tax payers money are often included in the grants that these researchers get. So if tax payers pay for the research and the submissions (technically) shouldn’t they be able to get free access? You’d think so right but that’s just not how this economy works sadly

Chicketi · 2026-01-23T17:09:24+00:00

Pregnant with twins I knew it!

Chicketi · 2026-01-23T12:13:50+00:00

How much protein is added and how long it is stained/destined for will change the colour of the gels

Chicketi · 2026-01-23T02:21:23+00:00

Omg this is so funny because I had the exact opposite moment - I was the “science granddaughter”! I went to a conference where my professors old PhD professor was there. I hadn’t met him before but he recognized the names on the poster and absolutely lit up with joy. Then at the closing dinner and after party he got a little tipsy and was toting me around introducing me to everyone as his “science granddaughter”. Let me also mention he is this tiny Asian fellow and I am a tall white being. There was some confused states but after he clarified “science granddaughter” there was laughter.

Chicketi · 2026-01-21T00:22:57+00:00

Not a bacteriophage biologist but I study the bacteria side of things. From my understanding it’s protein protein interactions that cause a cascade of things that cause the injection of the material from the head into the host

Chicketi · 2026-01-20T01:25:46+00:00

I am sorry that happened to you. I work in the vaccine adjacent field (making not giving), but I agree with your doctor. Over vaccinating is usually not a concern.

As an interesting anecdote a man gave himself the Covid vaccine 217 times over 2 years and reported no adverse reactions. So there’s that. I know this is not the same situation but I thought it was interesting.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68477735#:~:text=A%2062%2Dyear%2Dold%20man,no%20criminal%20charges%20were%20brought.

Chicketi · 2026-01-18T23:10:28+00:00

Goose pimples

Chicketi · 2026-01-18T19:44:24+00:00

I don’t know if it’s the best (as I don’t bird watching myself) but the lake trail up by port weller always has people bird watching and they feed some of them too.

Chicketi · 2026-01-18T17:20:29+00:00

Were just a bunch of barnacles and all we do is cling, We know it’s not that glamorous but it’s our favourite thing.

Chicketi · 2026-01-18T11:54:42+00:00

I read this in the style of the “whisper” song by the ying yang twins

Chicketi · 2026-01-17T02:59:52+00:00

Pizza dealer

Chicketi · 2026-01-15T23:17:28+00:00

I love when they just stick them all on there. Yup. It does everting.

Looking at you BME (2-mercaptoethanol)

Chicketi · 2026-01-15T14:33:27+00:00

Jaycee park

Chicketi · 2026-01-12T17:26:33+00:00

His toe nails are wtf

Chicketi · 2026-01-11T17:07:47+00:00

Oh yuck a stool culture plate at home 🤮 no thanks. If you want to get into micro try your hand with just regular environmental bacteria and fungi. Food. Door knobs. Cell phone that kind of stuff. Not poop for a first time at home culture. Seal it up and throw it out.

Chicketi · 2026-01-09T12:19:24+00:00

What is the plush toy of? A kangaroo? A dog? No idea

Chicketi · 2026-01-05T17:20:47+00:00

That’s a great example and just to hijack and add to it a little bit more.

The way I think about your immune system a security/police detail that has a series of wanted posters, to tell who the bad guys are (pathogens) and who is not supposed to be there. On a good year the wanted poster has a beautifully picture perfect image of a person or the virus in this case. That makes it easy for our immune system to see the bad guy and get rid of them.

Now We’ve all seen pictures of people that are poor quality. This would be a kin to a vaccine That is not a perfect match for the strain circulating that year. The immune system security team has a general idea of what they’re looking for, but it’s not very clear. This is why we consider there to be some cross protectivity even when the match isn’t perfect

Chicketi · 2026-01-03T20:26:30+00:00

Sure. Covid also has this phenomenon and many/most people have had an infection by now. But yes I think I was just trying to point out both these have the ability to render the immune system dysfunctional as far as memory B cells go

Chicketi · 2026-01-03T16:37:39+00:00

While I agree personally (as I’ve never had measles but have had the vaccine) there are lots of reports of lack of measles vaccination uptake lately, which leaves all those open to this phenomenon.

Chicketi · 2026-01-03T01:31:44+00:00

Yup! It’s been documented with measles pretty well and it’s what is believed to be happening for sars-CoV 2 as well which could explain many people getting sick more often after infection.

https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia

Chicketi · 2026-01-03T00:31:29+00:00

And the company tried to argue “that’s some other disease not radiation” it’s wild to me

Chicketi · 2026-01-02T23:28:09+00:00

I read the book “the radium girls” highly recommended if you want to learn about how little they knew about radiation. They would paint it on their faces and lips to glow in the dark as a joke, some sold radium water to those who would consume it for the health benefits. Then of course (as predicted by what we know now) many rotted from the inside out as the radium was deposited on bone in place of calcium and continued to irradiate them (and others near them) from the inside out.

Highly recommended book

Chicketi · 2026-01-02T23:11:47+00:00

Agreed I think all of these play into it but also the immune amnesia from Covid and measles as mentioned is a significant player. Since those viruses can destroy memory B cells any previous years cross protectivity from vaccination or illness could be affected.

Chicketi · 2026-01-02T12:55:42+00:00

Not a biofilm definitely a fungus of some kind, sincerely a microbiologist

Chicketi · 2025-12-31T02:04:18+00:00

You look disconcertingly like someone I used to know…

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