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    Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World

    R.I.P. Marjorie Grene

    Women + Science + Blogging = Awesome

    When Daddy's A Mad Scientist, You'll Wear An Electrode Cap And Like It!

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    Image of hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
    06/03/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    i have e. coli produce things for me nearly every day in the lab. i call them my employees.


    me: "i need three billion copies of this gene"

    them: "...."


    so they aren't very chatty, but a half ml of circlegrow buys a days worth of production.

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    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    too bad they don't poop CASH! who the heck needs spandex?
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    Image of sciencerules sciencerules
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    So cool! Go E. coli go!


    I wonder if this method of producing spandex is cheaper than the current one, and if so, whether the price of my sports bras will go down at all.

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    Image of mysterygirl mysterygirl
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    So I could pass out after vomiting from food poisoning and wake up in a full spandex outfit? That sounds a lot like what happens when I wake up after passing out from drinking. Sign me up.
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    Image of maneki neko maneki neko
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    This is actually really, really cool.


    Makes me wonder what other things scientists could make bacteria excrete...? Plastics? Nylon? Scrunchies?

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    Image of saintbernadette saintbernadette
    06/02/09

    @maneki neko: Tupperware!
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    Image of IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    I can't wait for them to use this on Project Runway. E coli couture.
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    Image of Chamalla,barren crone Chamalla,barren crone
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    I've long thought many spandex items available in my size looked like shit.


    If wearing the items might give me genetically superior superpowers when my sweat mingles with the germ crap, however, I will seriously consider it. Superpowers can only help my resume in this economy.

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    Image of Sandicomm Sandicomm
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    Whatever. I took a course at FIT last summer and the instructor mentioned something called, I believe, spider's milk. Basically, they insert some spider DNA into a goat's egg. The goat is born looking perfectly normal, but its milk has the structure of a spider's web and can be turned into a fabric or a solid that's hundreds of times stronger than steel. Craaaaaayzee.
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    Image of Laulau Laulau
    06/02/09

    @Sandicomm: Spider goat, spider goat, does whatever a spider goat does.
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    06/02/09

    @Sandicomm: That is so. effing. cool.
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    Image of Scout Scout
    06/02/09

    @Sandicomm: yeah, I saw the same thing about Spikey Goat on Nova - Biosteel.


    While i LOVE! science....this genetic "fucking around" kinda scares me. Humans are stupid. They only find out just HOW stupid after it is too late.


    and that is all she said........

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    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    um, no thanks. That's just so gross, I can't stand it.
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    Image of tobaccoflower tobaccoflower
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    "oh god oh god" is my favorite tag ever.
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    Image of saintbernadette saintbernadette
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    The touch, the feel of mutants . . .
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    Image of kapoosta kapoosta
    06/02/09

    @saintbernadette: ...the fabric of our lives..
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
    BHB was not lying when she said that she was off to invent Skynet. I guess I just pictured it to be more artificial intelligence and less bacteria poop biker shorts.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    06/02/09

    @morninggloria: The new New Diet Coke...
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    Image of Chamalla,barren crone Chamalla,barren crone
    06/02/09

    @morninggloria: If Governor Arnold gets sent back in time to destroy Jezebel, I'm going to need to make some popcorn. He thought Linda Hamilton was tricky....
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    Image of ceejeemcbeegee is not here ceejeemcbeegee is not here
    03/30/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Marjorie Grene
    This got me thinking.... Why do we only hear about these awesome women when they die? Can we get a feature like, "kick-ass woman of the day" so we can maybe show our love for these ladies while they are still living?
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    Image of hello.kitty hello.kitty
    03/30/09

    @ceejeemcbeegee... twitterin' and tumblr-in': Yeah, there should be an honorary Jezebel of the month.
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    Image of kithkin kithkin
    03/30/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Marjorie Grene
    Oh wow. I had been wondering why the flags were at half-mast today at my university, and I think her passing may be the reason. How blessed she was to have the opportunity to study with Heidegger, too. Thank you for this post, Sadie!
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    03/30/09

    In reply to R.I.P. Marjorie Grene
    98, huh? I wonder what her real age was?
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