Moselio Schaechter, former American Society of Microbiology president, has a blog, Small Things Considered. It's pretty good. But the promo letter ASM sent around had one annoying thing (italics mine):
Microbes have entered the blogosphere courtesy of past ASM president Moselio Schaechter, professor emeritus at Tufts and a visiting scholar at the University of San Diego.
Actually, microbes have been in the blogosphere for some time now. Tara immediately comes to mind, along with the regular contributors to Animalcules (not to mention the Mad Biologist, who has a thing or two to say about antibiotics from time to time...).
But don't hold the promo letter against Schaechter, Small Things Considered is worth the read.
Although he should curse a lot more.
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Chris Taylor at Catalogue of Organisms has an absolutely stunning review of the origin of chloroplasts in eukaryotes.
Who says scientists can't write? Moselio Schaechter finds a lovely passage about a lowly fungus from 1884.
One can scan blogs for months and see no mention of Pilobolus, then see two posts on the same day.
This is the perfect opportunity to note the wonderful tabloid headline I saw in the checkout line yesterday:
"Boy Raised by Microbes"
It even showed the boy next to a picture of his 'foster parents.'
Looks like Schaechter was scooped.
It even showed the boy next to a picture of his 'foster parents.'
Looks like Schaechter was scooped
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