What goes for Pyramids, goes for the Spine to the Brain.
A new form of biomineralization has been studied in the human pineal gland. It consists of small crystals that are less than 20 µm in length. These crystals could be responsible for an electromechanical biological…

Mineral creature

I did manage to get this one done before the laptop broke
#creatuanary _crew2023 #creatuanary #creatuanary #speculativeevolution #specbio #scifi #creaturedesign #conceptart #alienspecies #biomineralization

Still work in progress but feel happy to have my personal website up and running! Stay tuned for cool research related to #biomineralization processes at mneha.com

Delighted to announce that I have an open PhD research position in my newly-established lab in School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. If you are a chemist interested in #biomineralization #crystalgrowth and/or #biomaterials please reach out. The expected starting date is September 2023.

In an open access paper, we characterize a cyanobacterium scavenging Mn and Fe from a lake by biomineralization. And surprisingly in the presence of O2 and at high pH. To see nice microscopy, find out their phylogenetic affiliation: bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/41…

Today at the BIOMIN XVII International Symposium on Biomineralization 🔬 Poster 23! 🧪

A new form of biomineralization has been studied in the human pineal gland. It consists of small crystals that are less than 20 µm in length. Perhaps those Crystals were larger in the past.

Maybe there's a way to restore/repair what once was.

Great experience at the International Symposium on Biomineralization held in Saint-Étienne, France. We presented our data on fluorine intrusion in bone remains to better understand fossilization processes in archaeological and paleontological sites. IPHES-CERCA #BIOMINXVII 🦴🔬🧪

MICROBIAL BIOMINERALS possess unique traits that distinguish them from abiotic counterparts shaping the 'mineral phenotype.' Unlocking the microbial biomineralization potential could revolutionize advanced mineral production for tech applications. Here ➡️ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

So excited to be on the Science Magazine news!!

Thank you Christie Wilcox for writing about our work on using a sea #anemone as a model to interrogate the cellular mechanisms of #biomineralization 🪸
Brent Foster

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🦴🔬 Between a rock and a hard place: Organisation of mineralised #collagen fibrils between the surface of a titanium implant and the nearest #osteocyte in human alveolar #bone .
#osseointegration #electronmicroscopy #implantology #osteology #biomineralization #biomaterials

Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

So excited to be finally at Whitney Laboratory and start my postdoc in the #MartindaleLab !

Aiming to use the sea #anemone #Nematostellavectensis as a universal expression platform to investigate the evolution of #biomineralization 🧬💎🔬

Collecting samples from tailwater of Allegheny River navigational dam today for study on unionid shell isotope chemistry- extracting extrapallial fluid to understand shell biomineralization processes of these spectacular animals. Black sandshell beauty!

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Start your new year well by submitting an #EGU23 EGU abstract (deadline = 10/01). We're inviting contributions about #biomineralization , #carbonate #geochemistry and #paleoclimate in our EGU SSP Division EGU Biogeosciences and EGU Climate Division co-hosted session!
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Humans in space is exciting, but so are bacteria in space !! We wrote this review article covering some aspects of how microbes may be essential for planetary settlements. We cover interesting works such as microbes which can be good candidates for Mars, biomineralization &...

The role of #fungi in fossilization can be surprising.

'Fungal metabolism can provide a mechanism that can result in fossil biomineralization, and […] to the formation of well-preserved #fossils in the geological record.'

#Science
#Biology

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At #Goldschmidt2023 and fancy talking about coral growth and biomineralization, SST El/Ca proxies, LA-ICPMS and/or CT scans? Come say Hi! during the poster session today (poster 470).