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In my high school text books, bacteria were primarily defined in terms of what they were not. “Bacteria don’t have a nucleus”, “bacteria don’t have mitochondria”, “bacteria are not capable of complex membrane trafficking” and so on. But such boundaries seem to blur as more and more “eukaryote specific” properties pop up in [...]  Suppose you’re nearing the end of your life. In a strange twist of fate, you won the lottery. You decide to split the jackpot equally between your two children. While one child uses the money to fund a charity dedicated to fighting poverty, the other one uses it to start the crime syndicate he has [...] Since I’m currently on a mountain retreat with my lab, I’ve spent the past few days giving presentations, learning to ski and playing games. The weather and surroundings are truly beautiful and we’re all having a great time. Because I really should be working on the assignment for tonight, I just wanted to [...] |
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