Category Archives: Business

Thermoplasma acidophilum -a model organism to study iron stress in microbes?

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Hector

How does T. acidophilum manage the high concentrations of soluble iron, or other metals, liberated by its acidic environment? Continue reading →

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Life under high pressure – the setup

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Hector

It was only recently that we began to understand the capacity of microbes to populate the most inhospitable places on earth.  From the inside of nuclear reactors to highly corrosive sulfur environments, microbes are there.   We have found them … Continue reading →

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TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Hector

I remember the first time I visited the a TED conference (it stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design) website.  Jarrett, a good friend who I blogged about, introduced me to a video from Aubrey de Grey called Why we age … Continue reading →

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Jarrett Goetz – Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Hector

I met Jarrett during my stint as Vice President of the MIT Graduate Student Council in the 2004-2005 school year.  He was in the MIT Sloan Fellows program and Harvard, John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG) program and I … Continue reading →

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