Andrés Yarzábal @microbiotecBM
@MicrobiotecBM
Biólogo molecular, aspirante a divulgador científico; profesor universitario (Venezuela/Ecuador); amante del buen cine; fotógrafo amateur;fanático de Pink Floyd
So PROUD to be part of this effort from UNEP! Our manuscript on cryospheric microbes (including pathogens, but ALSO biotechnological useful ones) was included in this Frontiers Report. Many thanks to all the people involved in this enterprise!
A new UNEP report highlights that heat waves are becoming increasingly common, with heat-related deaths among adults aged 65 and older rising by 85% since the 1990s. The report also warns that melting glaciers could reawaken ancient pathogens, while floods may release dangerous…
Bravo Virginia! Hermoso y apasionante trabajo! El arte tributa la ciencia y la ciencia, a su vez, tributa al arte... FELICITACIONES a todo el equipo!
Ya está online el paper que cuenta está hermosa historia @FrontiersIn doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.…
Y este año jugamos de locales !!! Ecuador 🇪🇨 en el top de la #divulgacioncientifica
🎙️ 🎙️ #SoloDeCienciaEc entra en su recta final. Un jurado con amplia trayectoria seleccionará a los 5 mejores monólogos que competirán por el primer lugar en la GRAN FINAL NACIONAL. 🗓️ 27 de junio 🏆 Premio: Viaje a las Islas Galápagos y 3 noches de hospedaje. #ElNuevoEcuador
If you're in L.A. and missed the Agar Art Exhibit last night, no worries! The art will remain at E2Art Gallery for another week! e2artgallery.com #AgarArt #ASMicrobe
ASM’s Agar Art Exhibit is live tonight at E2Art Gallery in LA! Guests are exploring artwork created with living microbes by scientists and artists from around the world. Thanks for joining us to celebrate where art meets science. View the collection: asm.social/2tc
La obra de Arte Microbiano de nuestra querida Liz Lara, estudiante de la Carrera de Bioquímica y Farmacia, expuesta en la exposición de la American Society of Microbiology, la más importante del Mundo! Felicitaciones!!! #microbeart2024 #SomosInvestigación #LíderesEnDivulgación
ASM’s Agar Art Exhibit is live tonight at E2Art Gallery in LA! Guests are exploring artwork created with living microbes by scientists and artists from around the world. Thanks for joining us to celebrate where art meets science. View the collection: asm.social/2tc
Thrilled to share this superb article by Eileen Villegas about some of the risks we face due to cryosphere melting. #ThinkLandscape @globallandscapesforum …nklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/73206/why-you-…
AI is here and we will have to deal with it. It makes no sense to fight against this fact. Instead, we can try to use AI, honestly, to improve the quality of our work... Why not?
Artifcial intelligence-assisted academic writing: recommendations for ethical use (1/5)
Very useful information! It can be a very effective way of communicating scientific facts to common people. Thanks @tveitdal
Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy grist.org/science/break-… The findings suggest that if scientists want to increase public urgency around climate change, they should highlight clear, concrete shifts instead of slow-moving trends. That could include the…
The cryosphere (glaciers, permafrost, ice sheets, etc) is melting. A huge (!!!) amount of ancient microbes are being released. As they reactivate (resurrect) they can pose serious threats to animals, plants and ecosystems... Should we really worry...? salon.com/2025/04/24/a-t…
Atención microbiólogos: esta variación fenotípica podría explicar por qué, cepas puras podrían parecer contaminadas con otra cepa (morfotipo), pese a haber garantizado la pureza mediante repiques sucesivos de colonias individuales...
Colony morphotype variation (CMV) in Burkholderia fuels its adaptability, virulence & resistance, yet is poorly understood. Shedding light on CMV is key to better therapies & unlocking safe biotech uses for the microbes. Read the #JBacteriology review: asm.social/2nn
Excellent piece of work authored by Carlyn Zwarenstein. It presents some relevant and interesting information in a very elegant (but reader-friendly!) style. Thank you very much for inviting me to contribute with some data on glacier microbes! salon.com/2025/04/20/the…
"Many scientists know from the start that they want to be academic researchers. But for others the path unfolds gradually, with spurts of doubt and uncertainty along the way. In a way, that’s fitting." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/3R8PtCK
The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. hrvd.me/ResearchFundin…
The Microbial Biotechnology virtual Issue on “How Microorganisms Can Help Solve Humanitarian Crises” has just been published at …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.111…
Los datos no mienten. Y son realmente terroríficos...
We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with CO2 & temps levels not seen for 3 million years @COP29_AZ No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy
Hermoso proyecto de nuestra amiga #LaAlbarracineta Las proyecciones sobre la fachada del Museo son realmente extraordinarias (y una forma muy creativa de divulgar conocimiento e invitar al descubrimiento). Felicitaciones!
Excited to share our latest work: “Echoes of 1816: Microbial Footprints in Heritage Artifacts from Argentina’s Museum of Independence” 🇦🇷🦠📚 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… We explored the invisible microbial ecosystems inhabiting centuries-old objects. A thread👇
Really unique! An outstanding achievement! Congratulations Niko and Asimov Press!
More photos of the @AsimovPress book. Our book printer (based in Minneapolis) had to custom-make several parts for each order, including a display stand to hold each DNA capsule. The DNA was made by @catalogtechinc, sealed by Imagene in France, and sequenced by @plasmidsaurus.
ASM and @IUMSmicrobio convened global experts to identify the top 3 microbial #ClimateSolutions. They introduce a framework in @Nature to guide the implementation of these solutions to ensure economic returns, safety and societal impact. Read more: asm.org/climatesolutio…
De cómo la investigación científica puede ser útil para preservar el patrimonio arqueológico.
🪨Un liquen que produce microperforaciones en la roca amenaza con deteriorar los bajorrelieves de Persépolis El estudio permitirá diseñar estrategias de conservación de la antigua capital del Imperio persa ➡️tiny.cc/qgie001
Begins tomorrow... International Conference Current perspectives on Extremophiles and their biomolecules (hybrid mode) sites.google.com/view/sngpgc-co…