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In this article from @MassBio, Mikael Dolsten, @Pfizer’s Chief Scientific Officer, details the groundbreaking program currently in pilot to help improve Black and Latinx representation in the life sciences. #PFEColleague bit.ly/3gSbQtz

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

@gauravsabnis Looks as if you took the SAT.

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

@gauravsabnis Agreed! It is ludicrous to decide which of these two is the best test cricket team in a one-off match.

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

@DavePalmerUSask That is impressive! A minor quibble… you have India marked in the map but, flag of India 🇮🇳 is missing.

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

They experimented with that mold variety by doing things such as exposing it to radiation and improved the yield of Penicillin. Most of the Penicillin sold around the world thus far, has come from the mold grown from that original sample. (4/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

In 1942, scientists at Pfizer developed the process of deep tank fermentation to mass produce this mold and purify large quantities of Penicillin. One could argue that this supply of Penicillin won World War II for USA. (5/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

With Penicillin, the death rate of soldiers from infections in the battlefield was reduced by 96%. Every Allied soldier that landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-day, carried a Penicillin injection kit made by Pfizer to treat infections. (6/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

Interestingly, that moldy cantaloupe, after the mold was removed for research, became a nice snack for Mary Hunt and her co-workers. (7/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

Mention of Penicillin is often followed by the story of Alexander Fleming discovering it 1928 when he left the lab window open and some mold got into his petridish of bacteria killing it and the rest is history. Actually the rest of the story is more interesting. (1/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

For several years after its discovery, Penicillin was not used widely because they couldn’t figure out what it was and how to make it in large quantities even to test in mice and humans to treat bacterial infections. Many mold samples were tried but with no success. (2/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

Later on, around 1940, a bacteriologist named Mary Hunt collected a sample of mold from a cantaloupe that she bought at a grocery store in Peoria, IL. She worked with that mold sample and it turned out that it produced large quantities of Penicillin. (3/7)

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

@gauravsabnis What!? Is this Navratri time already? #YellowTwitter

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

@KitchenChemProf It is one of the handful of shows that I have watched from beginning to end. It is very well made. I liked it.

Sat, Jun 19, 2021

Met with my PhD advisor in NYC after almost 20 years. We have been in contact but not in person. For whatever reason we never went to same conferences. t.co/Vb3q3JAdD…

Sat, Jun 19, 2021

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Sat, Jun 19, 2021

@KitchenChemProf This looks like the fast food store from “Breaking Bad”.

Fri, Jun 18, 2021

@supremus @sidin 500 years ago was Elizabeth Taylor playing Cleopatra.

Fri, Jun 18, 2021

@supremus Turned out it was one of those screwdriver bits lodged in the tire. They could fix it. Only $10. Not bad.

Fri, Jun 18, 2021