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Testing heavy metal concentrations in Los Angeles soils using XRF. One element of interest is Palladium, which is released from automobiles as a bioproduct of catalytic converter redox reactions. Error rates are high, but proof of concept has been established!
weird, I was gathering soil samples around Dodger's stadium at noon by Elysian Park today and didn't see anything like this... must've been at a different entrance.
best team in LA!
@noahjnelson.com what are your thoughts on the federal government selling off millions of acres of public land?
Yeah, it's wild out here...
Showcased the initial results of the wildfire ecology research I've been working at a poster session today at PCC. Proud of it! Next steps are more soil sampling and looking at specific genes of keystone species.
Hello, that is a Peruvian Apple cactus. You might get some yummy fruits!
Over the last few weeks, I co-cultured OP9 and P19 stem cells. This is helping to lay the foundation for natural "in vitro" neuron differentiation through extracellular matrix interactions. It was a fun project!
Excited to share a major milestone!
Our latest work unveils the first example of electron diffraction-guided discovery of natural products. This work represents a breakthrough in leveraging cutting-edge techniques to accelerate natural product discovery. #chemsky
Preprint: tinyurl.com/yckd3sbr
the top half shows two panels with microscopy images. Left is a light-microscopy image of a group of algal cells. The cells are round with different sizes. Two arrows point at sporangia: one looks as if someone stuffed 8 footballs in a thin elastic bag. The other is perfectly round and contains many small spores within. The right panel shows the same group of cells, but in fluorescent microscopy, where green color shows chloroplasts. In each cell the chloroplasts are globular with small lobes sticking out. The bottom half shows a photo of Xanthoria lichen - bright yellow and leafy growing on a tree branch
⚡ Attn anyone interested in algal genomics and lichen symbiosis! ⚡ New preprint: a near chromosome-level assembly of Trebouxia sp. A48 (member of T. decolorans species complex), the photobiont of Xanthoria parietina. 1/5 #lichen #alga #genomics
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hope everything went well! Those cacti are cool btw. I've been researching the genetics and ancestry of San Pedro cactus - with a focus on cresting patterns like that. Seems like artists (like you and me) tend to have plants like that around from time to time. 🌱🎨🖌️
Culturing fungi and bacteria from wildfire affected areas in LA. We are diving into the genetics of the diverse microbial communities and seeing how changes in soil chemistry spur ecological succession.
Scientists finally confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958
“This is the first time anyone has been able to observe a stable carbene in water," said Vincent Lavallo, a professor of chemistry at UC Riverside, “People thought this was a crazy idea. But it turns out, Breslow was right."
Modeled the 3D structure of a hypothetical protein found in the DNA of an Amazonian fungus called Pestalotiopsis microspora. This may be a key component in the metabolic pathways of polyurethane biodegradation!
Went hiking with some awesome people in the Angeles National Forest last weekend! We found some cool plants and mushrooms 🌱🍄🍃