Category Archives: Aliens! I Seen ‘Em!

I, For One, Welcome Our Gammaproteobacterial Arsenic-Using Overlords: Why Old School Microbiology Still Matter

Posted on December 6, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

This paper demonstrates the need for culturing organisms. That’s something we should emphasize when we train students and post-docs.
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Posted in Aliens! I Seen 'Em!, E. coli, Ecology, Genomics, Microbiology, Microbiome, NASA, News Media | Comments Off

Sheila Bair, Geithner, and the Acceptance of Male Hysteria

Posted on December 9, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

The girl was smarter than the scared boys.
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Posted in Aliens! I Seen 'Em!, Big Shitpile | 12 Comments

Gromia sphaerica: It’s a Cool…Macrobe?

Posted on November 22, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

What do you call a single cell that is larger than a frog?
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Posted in Aliens! I Seen 'Em!, Amoeba, Microbiology | 7 Comments

How the Bush Administration Makes Tinfoil Helmet Terrority Seem Sane

Posted on August 5, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Anthrax–this exemplifies how the Bush Administration drives the country insane: we don’t even have a good grasp on what qualifies as the surreal anymore.
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Posted in Aliens! I Seen 'Em!, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Terrorism | 15 Comments