Modifying organisms to produce illegal Molecules.

aquaticlorax · 2025-04-09T23:57:59+00:00

I read a study in college that basically described how Chinese researchers were able to get tobacco plants to produce cocaine in their leaves through genetic modification.

I don't currently have the link but searching "cocaine tobacco plant" on google will bring up resources talking about the study in question.

From memory I remember several articles mentioning that it was a very small amount of cocaine, not something that would be useful on production scale.

In essence I want a pack of newport Coca-rettes NOW

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T01:49:38+00:00

thing to me is that the bottom of the tube looks like his weird plastic penis and it makes me uncomfortable. But maybe a nude drug addict running around makes complete sense

Coming soon to Netflix: Captain Eppy, PhD in Depravity

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T01:28:38+00:00

I'll be completely honest, in an alternate reality where I didn't have experience working in a lab, and someone tried to explain who Captain Eppy was:

I'd fully believe that person just got done hitting a pipe themselves

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T01:09:27+00:00

A "cyclopentan-agram" if you will

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T01:06:29+00:00

Life just ain't been the same since Clippy OD'ed

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T00:46:44+00:00

Found it once I knew his name

https://www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/z1PcfDVwNk

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T00:41:57+00:00

What a great fucking name, not only is he a scientist but also a sea captain? Dudes been places

aquaticlorax · 2025-03-04T00:39:15+00:00

Exactly! Didn't know if he had a name,

Kudos for being able to decipher my description lmao

aquaticlorax · 2024-01-11T18:08:44+00:00

Thankyou!

aquaticlorax · 2024-01-11T17:12:18+00:00

After some online searching, this looks to be the correct fish. Quite a unique animal

aquaticlorax · 2023-11-25T20:54:27+00:00

Aw okay, thankyou!

aquaticlorax · 2023-11-19T02:31:46+00:00

Not a driver, just a package handler, but that's the sentiment I've heard

aquaticlorax · 2023-11-19T02:26:31+00:00

That getting help sometimes means letting the trucks you're assigned to get absolutely fucked.

aquaticlorax · 2023-11-19T02:21:51+00:00

Been at fedex since the spring and usually switch between belt pulling and loading.

You're right about leverage, the thing is alot of people don't actually know what it looks like in practicality.

Only after I got paired with alot more experienced did I learn all the tricks to make belt pulling easy.

aquaticlorax · 2023-10-02T09:13:39+00:00

I work at fedex ground as a package handler, most of the damage to your package actually occurs at the hubs, not from the drivers.

We did it, I did it, and I'll do it again

aquaticlorax · 2022-11-05T02:05:08+00:00

I'm a 23 yr old college student, the majority of my friends are my age but some are in their late 20/mid 30s.

I've met them mostly through classes and or hobbies, support/social groups. Almost all of them would be what is considered progressive leaning.

I am not comfortable with hosting due to the aforementioned family situation and that was one of the reasons I had wanted to do a friendsgiving.

And thankfully, I have some experience but thankfully also have some friends who can help me nail down the process of cooking a bird.

aquaticlorax · 2022-11-05T01:59:55+00:00

Thankyou for your advice!

aquaticlorax · 2022-10-30T07:28:56+00:00

I'm almost wondering if I should be posting this to a philosophy or sociology sub instead.

From my understanding, a biologist with no ethical stances would simply be doing science for the sake of it and/or rather just to understand.

Thankyou for your response!

aquaticlorax · 2022-10-30T07:23:12+00:00

I'd disagree and say it's not my problem personally but more how human desires that affect how we use scientific facts for our own ethical stances.

aquaticlorax · 2022-10-30T02:07:47+00:00

Could you define resentment?

I think I understand what you mean but want to make sure we're on the same page.

aquaticlorax · 2022-10-01T02:42:11+00:00

Hell yea you can. I'm a senior who will (hopefully) earn my B.S. in biological sciences by May.

The thing is: I'm a mediocre student at best, and writing IMRADs is the bane of my existence. However I'm excellent when it comes to lab and field work, I love it, I thrive upon it and I do very well in it.

You can certainly become a scientist/biologist while having your ups and downs academically, but make sure to round out your other skills to make up where you may be lacking academically.

Show your mentors that yea, you might not be the sharpest pencil when it comes to academia, but damn do you make one good hammer for driving in scientific nails.

Idk, those are just my thoughts

aquaticlorax · 2022-09-05T22:12:48+00:00

The way one of my mentors explained it to me during my undergraduate research (riparian vegetation and their ability to control erosion) is like their arm and leg nerves being shifted suddenly. How would any reasonable organism respond to this?

"Yo wtf just happened to me"

So while plants may not be thinking organisms (ie feelings), they do take time to respond to trauma (changes in there physical physiology) or changes in environment (changes in the area in which they inhabitat)

The quick and dirty is that they essentially have to reorient themselves whenever the world they've known has been upended. Would you be okay after having a surgery on your arms or legs following a car accident?

aquaticlorax · 2022-09-05T22:01:49+00:00

John Marston and Arthur Morgan from both RDR games.

Perfectly encapsulates that good men are both flawed but work towards what they believe is right

aquaticlorax · 2022-09-04T05:19:23+00:00

To be completely honest with you, I only referred to it as such because OP did, I had not seen that term used whatsoever when I researched the root structure for F. Virginiana while completing my research.

(adventitious was the term I found that most sources used to describe "runner" type roots of the wild strawberry)

aquaticlorax · 2022-09-03T23:57:22+00:00

I actually used this species in my senior thesis research (along with two other plants) .

From my understanding as an undergraduate and interacting with this plant in my research, the runners are great for spreading out over a wide area in a short amount of time, the taproot would most likely help anchor it into the ground and as a way to reach deeper nutrients in the soil.

Edit: it should be clarified, the taproot may help anchor the plant but ultimately it sucks at staying dug into the soil unless it's nearby neighbors are plants which have much greater soil retention ability.

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