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Even more practice

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Practice

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More practice, alters

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Mtg altering practice -promo card

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Team building for our microbiology department

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Of all the bacteria art work submitted to the American Society for Microbiology’s first ever Agar Art Contest, it’s easy to see how microbiologist Melanie Sullivan’s Starry Night won. Who knew UTI bacteria could be so beautiful?

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Proteus OX19 and the Polish Schindler,

Proteus OX19 is a strain of the bacterium Proteus vulgaris, a simple gram negative bacteria that is commonly found in dirt and water.  It is a fairly unremarkable bacteria, some exposed to it might suffer urinary tract infections or infections of wounds.  However, most infected with the bacteria will suffer few symptoms as the body’s immune system eradicates the invading microbe.  It does have one interesting reaction, however.  People exposed to Proteus OX19 often test false positive for typhus, a disease which is much deadlier and can cause terrible outbreaks and epidemics.

When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1st, 1939, Dr. Eugeniusz Lazowski served as an army doctor with the Polish Army.  After the occupation of Poland by Germany, Dr. Lazowski returned home to Rozwadow to continue his private medical practice.  However, he heard news of mass deportations of Poles and Jews by the Nazi’s.  Hundreds of thousands of Jews were being rounded up and deported to concentration camps.  Hundreds of thousands of Poles were also being deported to Germany as forced labor.  It was only a matter of time before the Germans demanded the deportation of Poles from Rozwadow, and Lazowski was determined that the Nazi’s would go empty handed.

Lazowski solution was ingenious and audacious; to keep the Germans away from Rozwadow by simulating a fake typhus epidemic. At the time, Germany was terrified of the prospect of a typhus outbreak spreading across the Fatherland, and strict protocols were in place to isolate and quarantine infected areas.  Inspired by the Proteus microbe, Lazowski informed German medical officials that Rozwadow was being ravaged by a terrible typhus epidemic.  With the help of his friend, Dr Stanisław Matulewicz, Dr. Lazowski injected the people of Rozwadow with proteus OX19, as well as the residents of several nearby Jewish ghettos, so that they would all test false positive for typhus.  He then sent blood samples to German medical officials.  As predicted, the samples all tested false positive for typhus.

In response, the Germans sent three medical inspectors to assess the seriousness of the epidemic.  The three inspectors were greeted cordially and plied with food and generous amounts of vodka.  They were then given a short tour of the town.  Due to fears of contracting the disease, the Germans only made a cursory examination of the town.  Then they were led to a fake medical ward filled with severely ill patients.  Dr. Lazowski claimed they were suffering from typhus, and again due to the German’s fear of contracting the disease, they made no medical assessments.  Instead they took Dr. Lazowski at his word and sped out of Razwadow, declaring the town and surrounding area to be in a state of quarantine.  Little did they know, the so called “patients” the German’s were led to were people with flu and pneumonia, told to act as sick as possible.

Due to the quarantine, the Germans never deported anyone from Razwadow or the ghettos.  As a result, he is credited with saving 8,000 Jews from certain death, and thousands of other Poles from deportation.  Throughout the rest of the war he lent his medical services to the Polish resistance, and worked to smuggle Jews to safety from the Nazi’s.  After the war he moved to the United States and worked as a pediatrician.  He died in 2006 at the age of 96.

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Microbiogists Resist! With Evidence!

Get them here!

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Lady Boss tip of the day

A lot of girls have a corrupted idea of what it means to be a sexy, independent woman. There are girls nowadays crowning themselves “bad bitches” just because they have a loud mouth and can twerk on command. Then you have guys who call any girl with an ass bigger than her waist a “badass bitch,” which is a complete insult to the classy and educated divas of the world.

If she is poor, dumb as a rock and only looks good in the dark haze of the club then she is not “bad,” she is obnoxious… and should stay in school.

When a woman can pay her own bills, is actively seeking out her dreams and can land any man (or woman) she wants with her sheer charm and allure, then and only then may she accept the coveted title. Someone who is truly “bad” in the best sense of the word does not have to try to be attractive or likeable or intelligent, as it is in their inherent nature to simply be all these traits, effortlessly.

Badass Mothaf*cking Bitches know what they want and how to get it. They do not fear failure or rejection because they consistently seek out new opportunities. These girls have steady control over their relationships, and will not settle for losers who aren’t on their level.

They can close deals and make the kids breakfast at the same damn time. When it comes to business, they are bosses not employees. The Badass Bitch is a rare breed of woman, yet she is the most respectable of all womankind.

 If you don’t get it by now, then please take your expensive trucker cap, fake ID and go pass out somewhere, because you are useless for the advancement of society. All my ladies who work hard for what they’ve got, show these kids how it is done.

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Drop-in mind control sounds interesting. Comic by Tom Gauld.

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(via SammyAlbon)

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valentines day for nerds pt.2 (pt.1)

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