#Armenien
Der Sänger tritt musikalisch und stylisch als “Survivor” auf. Doch wenn es um Überleben geht, dann ist Deinococcus radiodurans der unangefochtene Survivor. Er kann selbst die 1000-fache radioaktive Strahlendosis überleben, wie wir Menschen.
Der Sänger tritt musikalisch und stylisch als “Survivor” auf. Doch wenn es um Überleben geht, dann ist Deinococcus radiodurans der unangefochtene Survivor. Er kann selbst die 1000-fache radioaktive Strahlendosis überleben, wie wir Menschen.
May 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#Armenien
Der Sänger tritt musikalisch und stylisch als “Survivor” auf. Doch wenn es um Überleben geht, dann ist Deinococcus radiodurans der unangefochtene Survivor. Er kann selbst die 1000-fache radioaktive Strahlendosis überleben, wie wir Menschen.
Der Sänger tritt musikalisch und stylisch als “Survivor” auf. Doch wenn es um Überleben geht, dann ist Deinococcus radiodurans der unangefochtene Survivor. Er kann selbst die 1000-fache radioaktive Strahlendosis überleben, wie wir Menschen.
Teilweise. Ringförmige DNA ist bei Bakterien normal, ungewöhnlich ist, dass sie bei Deinococcus radiodurans in vier Ringen vorliegt. Dass die dann kleiner und kompakter sind, könnte die Reparatur von Doppelstrangbrüchen erleichtern - können zwar grundsätzlich alle Organismen aber Deinococcus >
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Teilweise. Ringförmige DNA ist bei Bakterien normal, ungewöhnlich ist, dass sie bei Deinococcus radiodurans in vier Ringen vorliegt. Dass die dann kleiner und kompakter sind, könnte die Reparatur von Doppelstrangbrüchen erleichtern - können zwar grundsätzlich alle Organismen aber Deinococcus >
DAY 106
SPECIES 106 - Deinococcus radiodurans
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, QoR and HWC watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pens.
#taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #conan
SPECIES 106 - Deinococcus radiodurans
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, QoR and HWC watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pens.
#taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #conan
September 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
DAY 106
SPECIES 106 - Deinococcus radiodurans
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, QoR and HWC watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pens.
#taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #conan
SPECIES 106 - Deinococcus radiodurans
STAGE: Bacteria
MEDIUM: Chromatek paper. Chromatek, QoR and HWC watercolor. Writech and Kingart Pens.
#taxonomyart #microbiologyart #sciart #watercolor #bacteria #painting #art #conan
The bacterium 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 was accidentally discovered in the 1950s when scientists bombarded cans of meat with enormous doses of ionizing radiation. It can rebuff radiation exposure up to 1,000 times greater than what would kill a human. www.quantamagazine.org/the-organism...
July 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The bacterium 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 was accidentally discovered in the 1950s when scientists bombarded cans of meat with enormous doses of ionizing radiation. It can rebuff radiation exposure up to 1,000 times greater than what would kill a human. www.quantamagazine.org/the-organism...
Hintergrund ist laut @fmriguy.bsky.social , dass der Kot der Alpakas mit einem besonders widerstandsfähigen Bakterium besiedelt ist. Und der Preisgründer Fan von Alpakas und dem Bakterium war.
Deinococcus radiodurans (Spitzname Conan Bakterium)
Deinococcus radiodurans (Spitzname Conan Bakterium)
Deinococcus radiodurans – Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org
October 8, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Hintergrund ist laut @fmriguy.bsky.social , dass der Kot der Alpakas mit einem besonders widerstandsfähigen Bakterium besiedelt ist. Und der Preisgründer Fan von Alpakas und dem Bakterium war.
Deinococcus radiodurans (Spitzname Conan Bakterium)
Deinococcus radiodurans (Spitzname Conan Bakterium)
È possibile che la vita si diffonda tra corpi planetari veicolata dai detriti prodotti da impatti asteroidali? Secondo uno studio condotto dalla Johns Hopkins University sì, grazie a microrganismi ultraresistenti come il batterio Deinococcus radiodurans.
🔗 www.media.inaf.it/2026/03/17/r...
🔗 www.media.inaf.it/2026/03/17/r...
March 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
È possibile che la vita si diffonda tra corpi planetari veicolata dai detriti prodotti da impatti asteroidali? Secondo uno studio condotto dalla Johns Hopkins University sì, grazie a microrganismi ultraresistenti come il batterio Deinococcus radiodurans.
🔗 www.media.inaf.it/2026/03/17/r...
🔗 www.media.inaf.it/2026/03/17/r...
Das Deinococcus radiodurans hat ringförmige DNA und zwar in 4facher Kopie und kann bis zu 500 Fehler in seiner DNA gleichzeitig beheben, sogar Doppelstrangbrüche
March 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Das Deinococcus radiodurans hat ringförmige DNA und zwar in 4facher Kopie und kann bis zu 500 Fehler in seiner DNA gleichzeitig beheben, sogar Doppelstrangbrüche
P.S.: Für das Fachpublikum hier drei Reviews über dieses faszinierende Bakterium, die mir teilweise auch als Quellen für den Thread dienten:
📰 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📰 annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/...
Und das ist noch ein halbwegs aktueller Review sogar mit Open Access:
Conservation and diversity of radiation and oxidative stress resistance mechanisms in Deinococcus sp...
The authors reviewed the mechanisms and factors involved in the extreme radiation and oxidative stress resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans in comparison with
academic.oup.com
November 3, 2023 at 5:00 PM
P.S.: Für das Fachpublikum hier drei Reviews über dieses faszinierende Bakterium, die mir teilweise auch als Quellen für den Thread dienten:
📰 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📰 annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/...
Und das ist noch ein halbwegs aktueller Review sogar mit Open Access:
Ooh, I've been looking for a venue for my Deinococcus plasmids abstract. Maybe I'll end up submitting a poster here.
SAVE THE DATE ‼️ 📆 📢
BBM 2025 will be held on June 9-10th at the Harvard Science Center feat. the one and only Dr. Petra Levin as keynote! We can't wait to see you there.
Registration and scholarship applications open next week.
BBM 2025 will be held on June 9-10th at the Harvard Science Center feat. the one and only Dr. Petra Levin as keynote! We can't wait to see you there.
Registration and scholarship applications open next week.
February 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ooh, I've been looking for a venue for my Deinococcus plasmids abstract. Maybe I'll end up submitting a poster here.
How Deinococcus radiodurans Withstands Extreme Radiation
astrobiology.com/2024/12/how-...
#astrobiology #AGU #AGU24 #AGU2024 #microbiology #radiation #extremophile
astrobiology.com/2024/12/how-...
#astrobiology #AGU #AGU24 #AGU2024 #microbiology #radiation #extremophile
How Deinococcus radiodurans Withstands Extreme Radiation - Astrobiology
Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses thousands of times higher than what would kill a human.
astrobiology.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:15 PM
How Deinococcus radiodurans Withstands Extreme Radiation
astrobiology.com/2024/12/how-...
#astrobiology #AGU #AGU24 #AGU2024 #microbiology #radiation #extremophile
astrobiology.com/2024/12/how-...
#astrobiology #AGU #AGU24 #AGU2024 #microbiology #radiation #extremophile
her design references deinococcus radiodurans, the microbe that can withstand the highest radioactivity!! stay tuned :>
March 27, 2026 at 4:21 AM
her design references deinococcus radiodurans, the microbe that can withstand the highest radioactivity!! stay tuned :>
P.S.: Mikroorganismen sind allgegenwärtig. Trotzdem ist es schon spannend, wo überall im Alltag man Bakterien finden kann. Hier zwei Beispiele, die in noch deutlich extremeren Bedingungen leben:
Methanopyrus kandleri 🔥 bsky.app/profile/malo...
Deinococcus radiodurans ☢️ bsky.app/profile/malo...
Methanopyrus kandleri 🔥 bsky.app/profile/malo...
Deinococcus radiodurans ☢️ bsky.app/profile/malo...
October 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
P.S.: Mikroorganismen sind allgegenwärtig. Trotzdem ist es schon spannend, wo überall im Alltag man Bakterien finden kann. Hier zwei Beispiele, die in noch deutlich extremeren Bedingungen leben:
Methanopyrus kandleri 🔥 bsky.app/profile/malo...
Deinococcus radiodurans ☢️ bsky.app/profile/malo...
Methanopyrus kandleri 🔥 bsky.app/profile/malo...
Deinococcus radiodurans ☢️ bsky.app/profile/malo...
Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as "Conan the Bacterium" because it's a fucking monster. It's almost unkillable. In his own words "Astronauts fear it. Biologists fear it. It is not human. It lives in isolation. It grows in complete darkness.
June 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as "Conan the Bacterium" because it's a fucking monster. It's almost unkillable. In his own words "Astronauts fear it. Biologists fear it. It is not human. It lives in isolation. It grows in complete darkness.
Deinococcus radiodurans is a radioactive resistant bacteria that was discovered when scientists tried to sterilize canned food with gamma rays and it still spoiled.
April 28, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Deinococcus radiodurans is a radioactive resistant bacteria that was discovered when scientists tried to sterilize canned food with gamma rays and it still spoiled.
Doing a little assembly and polishing and annotation. Not too bad with 93% completeness with just 12x coverage. I've worked with incredibly hard to lyse cells before, namely deinococcus radiophilus so no harm no foul on the first isolation being difficult. Will culture now.
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Doing a little assembly and polishing and annotation. Not too bad with 93% completeness with just 12x coverage. I've worked with incredibly hard to lyse cells before, namely deinococcus radiophilus so no harm no foul on the first isolation being difficult. Will culture now.
Enjoy a touch of science, courtesy of the National Institutes of Health before Trump dismantles knowledge one step at a time. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Oxidative Stress Resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans
Summary: Deinococcus radiodurans is a robust bacterium best known for its capacity to repair massive DNA damage efficiently and accurately. It is extremely resistant to many DNA-damaging agents, inclu...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 14, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Enjoy a touch of science, courtesy of the National Institutes of Health before Trump dismantles knowledge one step at a time. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Here we go... 🧵
1. the question: is the predicted Deinococcus oriC actually functional as replication origin in Deinococcus?
2. your straightforward idea: have a plasmid chimera with one origin that works in E. coli and another one that works in Deinococcus, e.g. Deinococcus oriC.
1. the question: is the predicted Deinococcus oriC actually functional as replication origin in Deinococcus?
2. your straightforward idea: have a plasmid chimera with one origin that works in E. coli and another one that works in Deinococcus, e.g. Deinococcus oriC.
March 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here we go... 🧵
1. the question: is the predicted Deinococcus oriC actually functional as replication origin in Deinococcus?
2. your straightforward idea: have a plasmid chimera with one origin that works in E. coli and another one that works in Deinococcus, e.g. Deinococcus oriC.
1. the question: is the predicted Deinococcus oriC actually functional as replication origin in Deinococcus?
2. your straightforward idea: have a plasmid chimera with one origin that works in E. coli and another one that works in Deinococcus, e.g. Deinococcus oriC.
Poet Christian Bök and Texas engineer Lydia Contreras have teamed up to create a living piece of art by encoding a poem into the DNA of an ultra-tough bacterium called Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as “Conan the Bacterium.”
August 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Poet Christian Bök and Texas engineer Lydia Contreras have teamed up to create a living piece of art by encoding a poem into the DNA of an ultra-tough bacterium called Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as “Conan the Bacterium.”
totally rad , it must be transcribed www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Transcriptome dynamics of Deinococcus radiodurans recovering from ionizing radiation | PNAS
Deinococcus radiodurans R1 (DEIRA) is a bacterium best known for its extreme resistance
to the lethal effects of ionizing radiation, but the molecu...
www.pnas.org
March 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
totally rad , it must be transcribed www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Combining live cell fluorescence imaging with in situ cryo electron tomography sheds light on the septation process in Deinococcus radiodurans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs
November 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Combining live cell fluorescence imaging with in situ cryo electron tomography sheds light on the septation process in Deinococcus radiodurans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs
Back when I was a genetics researcher I studied Deinococcus radiodurans & thanks to @whatdamath.bsky.social I have a video I can easily share about this incredible bacterium!
youtu.be/hRgi--01kA0?...
youtu.be/hRgi--01kA0?...
DNA From Microbes That Survived Outer Space Protects Other Species Too
YouTube video by Anton Petrov
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Back when I was a genetics researcher I studied Deinococcus radiodurans & thanks to @whatdamath.bsky.social I have a video I can easily share about this incredible bacterium!
youtu.be/hRgi--01kA0?...
youtu.be/hRgi--01kA0?...
Specific role of two NlpC/P60 endopeptidases in cell division and membrane vesicle formation in #Deinococcus radiodurans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #stressresponse #MicroSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #stressresponse #MicroSky
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Specific role of two NlpC/P60 endopeptidases in cell division and membrane vesicle formation in #Deinococcus radiodurans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #stressresponse #MicroSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OpenAccess #stressresponse #MicroSky
· 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴's capacity to deal with radiation damage is astounding, but it could not have evolved on this planet. there are simply no natural radiation sources of this intensity.
· 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 endures extreme, even complete desiccation. such conditions exist on earth, think atacama.
#MicroSky
· 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 endures extreme, even complete desiccation. such conditions exist on earth, think atacama.
#MicroSky
December 12, 2024 at 10:45 AM
· 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴's capacity to deal with radiation damage is astounding, but it could not have evolved on this planet. there are simply no natural radiation sources of this intensity.
· 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 endures extreme, even complete desiccation. such conditions exist on earth, think atacama.
#MicroSky
· 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 endures extreme, even complete desiccation. such conditions exist on earth, think atacama.
#MicroSky
Shoutouts to my research partner Sung Won Lim (@binomicalabs.org) for representing us a few years ago at a @nanoporetech.com event, talking about a "weekend project" sequencing Deinococcus radiophilus and the interesting details we found. Such a cool bug!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXVr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXVr...
Sung won Lim: MinION outcome in amateur research: three genomes from 2018 to 2022
YouTube video by Oxford Nanopore Technologies
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Shoutouts to my research partner Sung Won Lim (@binomicalabs.org) for representing us a few years ago at a @nanoporetech.com event, talking about a "weekend project" sequencing Deinococcus radiophilus and the interesting details we found. Such a cool bug!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXVr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXVr...
Bei einer Strahlendosis ☢️ von über 6 Gray haben wir kaum eine Überlebenschance.
Doch Deinococcus radiodurans 🦠 verträgt viel mehr. Wieviel mehr dieser Hulk unter den Bakterien aushält, erzähle ich euch in Teil 3 meiner #MibiFacts 🧵 1/13
Doch Deinococcus radiodurans 🦠 verträgt viel mehr. Wieviel mehr dieser Hulk unter den Bakterien aushält, erzähle ich euch in Teil 3 meiner #MibiFacts 🧵 1/13
November 3, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Bei einer Strahlendosis ☢️ von über 6 Gray haben wir kaum eine Überlebenschance.
Doch Deinococcus radiodurans 🦠 verträgt viel mehr. Wieviel mehr dieser Hulk unter den Bakterien aushält, erzähle ich euch in Teil 3 meiner #MibiFacts 🧵 1/13
Doch Deinococcus radiodurans 🦠 verträgt viel mehr. Wieviel mehr dieser Hulk unter den Bakterien aushält, erzähle ich euch in Teil 3 meiner #MibiFacts 🧵 1/13