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MelaTech

@MelatechS

Unlocking melanin's biotech potential for global innovation. #MelaninInSpace 🚀

 Baltimore, Maryland
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Joined March 2019
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Imagine using mushrooms 🍄 to stay cool - New research from @JohnsHopkins University microbiologist Dr. @radajbcordero, found that mushrooms and other fungi stay cooler than their surroundings. Check out this article by @epennisi on @ScienceMagazine here: science.org/content/article/…
Need to keep your picnic cool? Try mushrooms instead of dry ice

Need to keep your picnic cool? Try mushrooms instead of dry ice

Researchers document a remarkable cooling ability in yeast, mold, and mushrooms, thanks to evaporation

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#Melanin particles show potential for accelerated wound healing. Learn more about this groundbreaking research: nature.com/articles/s41536-0… #RegenerativeMedicine #WoundHealing #Research
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This week our CEO, Dr. @radajbcordero, spoke with Gustavo Carrizo, host of the @HopkinsBiotech podcast about how @MelatechS is unlocking melanin’s #biotech potential for the benefit of society in Earth and space. Tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Hopkins Biotech Podcast

Hopkins Biotech Podcast

Life Sciences Podcast · Illuminating life science career opportunities outside of academia through the experiences of those who have been there before.

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Spent this joyous evening at @JHUAPL witnessing the NASA #DARTMission crash into asteroid Dimorphos! There were briefly fireworks 💥 after we cheered for impact!
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Episode titles for the Futurama reboot have been confirmed! Check out the list here: buff.ly/3e1S8Oo
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@NASA31 Aug 2022
LIVE NOW: Learn about how NASA imagery is translated into experiences you can read, touch, or hear in a @TwitterSpaces event all about accessibility. Drop questions below or request to speak during our Q&A by tapping the mic. 🎙 teapaw.org/i/spaces/1PlJQaOXRRWJE…

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Harris Goldstein, M.D., and Steven C. Almo, Ph.D., have received a five-year, $4.2 million @NIH grant to develop and evaluate new strategies to boost HIV-specific immune responses to prevent the resurgence of #HIV infection. Learn more at bit.ly/3B3WzRP
Harris Goldstein, M.D., and Steven C. Almo, Ph.D.,

ALT Harris Goldstein, M.D., and Steven C. Almo, Ph.D.,

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@NASA22 Aug 2022
Giant news from a giant planet! @NASAWebb captured a new view of Jupiter in infrared light, uncovering clues to the planet’s inner life. Two moons, rings, and distant galaxies are visible. Get the details: go.nasa.gov/3pErDkC
A wide field view showcases Jupiter in the upper right quadrant. The planet’s swirling horizontal stripes are rendered in blues, browns, and cream. Electric blue auroras glow above Jupiter’s north and south poles. A white glow emanates out from the auroras. Along the planet’s equator, rings glow in a faint white. These rings are one million times fainter than the planet itself! At the far left edge of the rings, a moon appears as a tiny white dot. This moon is only about 12 miles (20 km) across. Slightly further to the left, another moon, about 100 miles (150 km) across, glows with tiny white diffraction spikes. The rest of the image is the blackness of space, with faintly glowing white galaxies in the distance.

ALT A wide field view showcases Jupiter in the upper right quadrant. The planet’s swirling horizontal stripes are rendered in blues, browns, and cream. Electric blue auroras glow above Jupiter’s north and south poles. A white glow emanates out from the auroras. Along the planet’s equator, rings glow in a faint white. These rings are one million times fainter than the planet itself! At the far left edge of the rings, a moon appears as a tiny white dot. This moon is only about 12 miles (20 km) across. Slightly further to the left, another moon, about 100 miles (150 km) across, glows with tiny white diffraction spikes. The rest of the image is the blackness of space, with faintly glowing white galaxies in the distance.

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We've got a new @NASAWebb image! But as King George asks in Hamilton, "What comes next?" Here's a post on #JWST plans: blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/08/…
The Cartwheel Galaxy and many smaller galaxies are seen in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

ALT The Cartwheel Galaxy and many smaller galaxies are seen in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Disaster Microbiology. The basic premise is that there must be a disaster that causes a change in the environment, which then causes an alteration to microbes (physical or biological adaptation), and that this adaptation must have additional ramifications. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3592…
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Hey old friend @NASAWebb, I remember when we met at @northropgrumman in 2019. You were just learning how to deploy your sunshield. I met your creators. I got to tell your story in podcasts and videos. And look at you now, sending back the world's most coveted pics! Cheers #JWST!
The James Webb Space Telescope, seen in 2019 at Northrop Grumman, with Liz Landau at right

ALT The James Webb Space Telescope, seen in 2019 at Northrop Grumman, with Liz Landau at right

The deepest image of the universe ever taken, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

ALT The deepest image of the universe ever taken, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

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Yesterday I was at @stsci for a briefing about @NASAWebb's early release images (which we will see July 12th!), as well as the telescope’s operating status and science goals. After the briefing, we got to see the mission operations center...and some fresh pics. (A short thread)
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Nice to see our paper published earlier this year in @jbiolchem reporting that melanin synthesis in Cryptococcus neoformans incorporates multiple substrates featured in @MEDICINEINO medicineinnovates.com/diseas…
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Congratulations @ermattoon! “Astronaut Scholars are among the best and brightest minds in STEM who show initiative, creativity, and excellence in their chosen field.”
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Congratulations to rising junior Ellie Rose Mattoon @ermattoon on being named a 2022 Astronaut Scholar! Ellie Rose does research in the Casadevall Laboratory at the Bloomberg School of Public Health on the impact of climate change on environmental pathogens. #ASFScholars
photo of Ellie Rose Mattoon

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@RuthReader17 May 2022
Hello! Excited to announce that I started @politico today. I'm joining the excellent health care team as a health tech reporter. Send me your best tips 😈
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Today we talked about melanin at the Microbiology Institute Post-Graduate Seminar @ufrj
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Daniel Smith @Danfqsmith & @JohnsHopkinsMMI collaborators @dragotakes @madhurak_12 @JMHtweetsrarely @ACasadevall1 share preprint findings. Team studied whether the melanin-based immune response of Galleria killed Cryptococcus during infection biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Melanization is an important antifungal defense mechanism in Galleria mellonella hosts

Melanization is an important antifungal defense mechanism in Galleria mellonella hosts

A key component of insect immunity is melanin encapsulation of microbes. Melanization is also a part of an immune process known as nodulation, which occurs when insect hemocytes surround microbes and...

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Daniel Smith (@Danfqsmith) profile pictureDaniel Smith@Danfqsmith4 Apr 2022
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AND a good opportunity to get some nice timelapse movies of Candida albicans yeast triggering (then evading, the triggering again) immune melanization.
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AND a good opportunity to get some nice timelapse movies of Candida albicans yeast triggering (then evading, the triggering again) immune melanization.
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Happy to share - self-destructing yeast including a human pathogen publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/re…
Researchers Working with Brewer’s and Baker’s Yeast Species Discover Yeast Self-Destruct Pathway |...

Researchers Working with Brewer’s and Baker’s Yeast Species Discover Yeast Self-Destruct Pathway |...

The findings suggest these single-celled organisms have programmed or regulated cell-death mechanisms like those that are known to work in animals and other complex organisms.

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Had a "FUN" time designing this Cryptococcus mug
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