Georgy Kurakin

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Cif is a bacterial epoxide hydrolase, whose primary target was believed to be CFTR. A new research shows that the oxylipin-cleaving activity of Cif is not less important and might enable bacteria both to colonize plants and to infect humans 🧪🦠🌾🐛🚶‍♂️

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My recent preprint on cross-kingdom bacteria has just obtained an easily readable HTML version — like in journals and on bioRxiv 🧪🦠🌾

Now you can read it easily without downloading and decide on was it was worth rejecting by bioRxiv or not

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‘Dark oxygen’ discovered 4,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean where sunlight has never reached | Dark oxygen discovered under the Pacific Ocean (Image source: AI-generated) For decades, school textbooks have explained that oxygen on Earth is mainly produced through photosynthesis, a process that depends on sunlight. Plants, algae, and some bacteria use light to turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen. But a new study of the deep sea has made us wonder if oxygen can also be made without sunlight.

‘Dark oxygen’ discovered 4,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean where sunlight has never reached |

Dark oxygen discovered under the Pacific Ocean (Image source: AI-generated) For decades, school textbooks have explained that oxygen on Earth is mainly produced through photosynthesis, a process that…

A bacterial epoxide hydrolase might broaden the host range of bacteria through oxylipin signalling hijack Cif is a bacterial epoxide hydrolase, whose primary target was believed to be CFTR. A new statistical research on open databases and literature shows that the oxylipin-cleaving activity of Cif is not ...

A new post in my research blog features a new controversial paper of mine 🧪

It shows how CFTR inhibitory factors (Cif) can transform bacteria into universal cross-kingdom colonizers. However, it was rejected even by bioRxiv - for its simplicity 🦠🌾⛔

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Stone Age woman was buried like a man, revealing flexible gender roles 7,000 years ago in Hungary A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.

Gender roles in Neolithic Hungary may have been more flexible than researchers previously expected. 🏺🧪

A bacterial epoxide hydrolase might broaden the host range of bacteria through oxylipin signalling hijack Cif is a bacterial epoxide hydrolase, whose primary target was believed to be CFTR. A new statistical research on open databases and literature shows that the oxylipin-cleaving activity of Cif is not ...

Cif — CFTR inhibitory factor — was believed to be just a bacterial enzyme phenocopying cystic fibrosis. My recent research suggests that it might target plants, marine invertebrates, and humans by interfering with oxylipin signalling 🧪🦠🌾🚶‍♂️

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AI developer Oleg Greshnev and sociologist Anna Kuleshova argue that the current AI literally bites the hand that feed it. By eliminating early-career environment, it depletes the expertise it depends on. They offer sustainable solutions of the problem 🧪💻
#ΑΙ
#socsky

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@seandstacey.bsky.social, add me to the Microbiology feed, please

#AddMicrobiology

Флаг в руки! Посмотрим, как они отомстят США... я бы с американцами вообще не связывался на их месте...

Complexity is less than the sum of its parts, not more Patterns are a shorthand for reality

Please guys can we stop calling complex systems "more than the sum of their parts?"

I'm guilty of this word crime myself, but I did my time by writing this post. 🧪

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— Gemini, create an image of the living world that could have emerged if multicellular life had developed not from classical eukaryotes, but from the descendants of giant sulphur bacteria, which complicated multicellularity and formed complex cell compartmentalisation 🧪🦠

— No problem 💻

I have published a new preprint on how bacteria can exploit the host's oxylipin signalling system in both plants and animals. Cif — CFTR inhibitory factor — might enable them to simultaneously infect plants, animals, and humans 🧪🦠🚶‍♂️🌳

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Best practices for moving from correlation to causation in ecological research
🧪 #Macroecology

Today, we have marked 4 years of uninterrupted nightmare.

I starve for peace and freedom

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My new issue of the "Independent researcher's chronicles" is live 🧪💻

Since I left academia and became and independent researcher, I faced two similar cases of ignoring me by editorial offices. It looks like deliberate suspending me from communications

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Independent researcher's chronicles. Issue S1 Token of gratitude

I am starting my little blog series titled "Independent researcher's chronicles", where I tell about the struggles of a researcher without an affiliation 🧪🚫

The first post covers the case of Crowdfight, a science collaboration network

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Georgy Kurakin, Digital Artist A personal website of the digital artist Georgy Kurakin

New artworks are now available on my personal artistic website
georgykurakin.artstation.com

#art

🔬The @csic.es is also part of the XTREAM team! Meet the largest public research institution in Spain and one of the most prestigious in Europe. The Centre of Astrobiology is an institution within CSIC that works to learn more about extremophiles. Learn more about them 👉https://www.csic.es/es

Mischief managed! 😆

I did not mention Neptune, I mentioned an exoplanet of the "sub-Neptune" class; they are not to be confused. However, this exoplanet could really smell like canned corn, while our "domestic" Neptune could smell like rotten eggs due to hydrogen sulfide in the atmosphere.

Snowball Earth might have had a dynamic climate and open seas Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

Snowball Earth might have had a dynamic climate and open seas ⚒️🧪
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Dimethyl sulfide from space - a sign of extraterrestrial life, or something else? - The Skeptic In April, astronomers detected dimethyl sulfide on an planet K2-18b, amid speculation that it might be signs of extraterrestrial life

Exoplanet in focus, unexpected gas detected, extraterrestrial life claimed - and then not confirmed. It has already become a tradition.

Why do we face recurrent "scientific coveries" in astrobiology? I discuss this problem for @skeptic.org.uk 🧪🪐🌌

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My recently published article for The Skeptic. This time, I covered the problems of astrobiology

4x4” acrylic painting of Perseverance rover with Ingenuity underneath

Perseverance celebrates 5 years on Mars! This is a painting of the day Ingenuity unfolded (rip 🥲🚁)

#space #astronomy 🔭🧪🐡

‘Deliberate targeting of vital body parts’: X-rays taken after Iran protests expose extent of catastrophic injuries Exclusive: Expert analysis of images from one hospital suggests severe trauma to the face, chest and genitals was caused by metal birdshot and high-calibre bullets

Terrifying medical details on the injuries of the protesters in Iran have been published by @theguardian.com

The pattern of injuries clearly shows that the aim of the regime was not to disperse the crowd, but to disfigure and blind them

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Amazing essay about the possible boost of multicellularity evolution made by "Snowball Earth" 🧪🦠

1 in 5 Teens Form Bonds With AI YouTube video by Museum of Science

Teens are falling in love with AI. 🤖🧪

A new study from the @cdt.org found that 86% of high school students use artificial intelligence tools for homework, advice, and conversation.

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A Second Wave of Popular Anger Is Building in Iran The heavy-handed response to protests has deepened people’s hatred of the regime, and Iranians are speaking out.

A new wave of protest is rising in Iran, with mourning families, students and medical workers openly defying the regime, @wsj.com tells

Iranian authorities have made small concessions, such as releasing a protester on bail and issuing motorcycle licenses to women.

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Sonsuza dek mutlu yaşayamazlar: Disney prenseslerinin tartışmalı klinik vakaları | GazeteBilim Bir Disney prensesine nasıl tanı koyabiliriz? Yüzeyde bu fikir çılgınca görünüyor, ancak biraz hayal kurmaya da izin veriyor.

My article about possible diagnoses of Disney princesses has been translated into Turkish and published by @gazetebilim.bsky.social

It is accompanied with my short comment on the necessary methodology to evaluate condition of a Disney princess 🧪👸

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R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara