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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My new young adult book, Diseases Without Borders, is officially out. It explores plagues, pandemics, and the science that helps us understand how disease moves through our interconnected world. #YoungAdultBooks #Pandemics #ScienceBooks @lernerbooks.bsky.social #21stCenturyBooks

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ultraviolet light illuminates species-specific biofluorescent (🙄)casque patterns in cassowaries www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A stack of books just showed up at my door, which feels like science + magic + cardboard. Diseases Without Borders out April 7.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Giving an AI talk at the Stonington Library this Sunday. It would be nice to see some familiar faces.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I ask my Chemistry Wordle custom GPT to create a fluorescent protein related starter slide. The result was disappointingly easy. Esp with hint. Can you find the answer?

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I am giving a fun (I hope) talk about AI at the Muizenberg Science Cafe. South African friends, please repost. I hope to see some of you in Muizenberg next Wednesday.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Spider Eye Development, Editing and Silk Fiber Engineering Using CRISPR-Cas" in Angewandte Chemie. Red fluorescent silk and green eyes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I love it. Fluorescent Proteins can still be utilized in cool new ways. "Fluorescent spray that detects fingerprints in 10 s - a safer, more sustainable fingerprint detection spray that could be used on multiple surface types." @smithsonianmag.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/s...

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

A microliter of brain at high resolution. Lichtman lab via @ScienceAdviser.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Here is a little video about my AI intro chem tutor, with a little Conn College camels advertisement. #ChatGPT4 custom gpts.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Bioluminescence - Australian Style "I took a photo of myself fully covered in bioluminescence at Jervis Bay. It was cold, I was naked and covered in smelly bio." Dave Finlay Digital.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Refining Hardwood by Bioluminescence How to make wood glow www.newswise.com/articles/ref...

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

If you need a little non-political discussion material at the Thanksgiving table, this editorial is sure to get the discussions going.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The tentacles of a spider jellyfish. It boasts a poisonous yet beautiful fluorescent color. From @natalipaqpa.bsky.social account on X.

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Marc Zimmer @lightupscience.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A pear-shaped puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) propels spores into the air. (Stephane Vitzthum/Biosphoto/Alamy) A beautiful photograph to admire on a cold winter night.

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