#streptomycin

A bit of October 19th history...

202 BC - Battle of Zama: Hannibal Barca and the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus, ending 2nd Punic War

1781 - British forces under General Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to Washington and de Rochambeau at Yorktown, ending the US Revolutionary War (pictured)

1901 - Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance March” premiers in Liverpool

1943 - Streptomycin, the 1st antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated

2005 - Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity

2014 - A working human intestine is generated in a lab from stem cells in the US

New Jersey State Microbe Approved by Assembly

On February 25, 2019 The NJ  Assembly unanimously voted in favor of designating an  Official State Microbe, Streptomyces griseus. This brings NJ one step closer to being the second state in the US (and the world) to have a symbolic microbe.

This action sequence shows me (seated) casting the vote for Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (standing) in the Assembly Chamber. Wow, that was cool, and an honor!  ASW Quijano was the principal sponsor in the Assembly. The vote was 76 to zero.

Strep griseus produces streptomycin, the first broad spectrum antibiotic and the first significant antibiotic found in America. It was discovered in 1943 in New Brunswick, NJ

Talk about pressure “Don’t press the red button!”

Please read my amazing microbiology book: https://tinyurl.com/Warhol-Small-Guide

The New Jersey State Microbe moves ahead!

We have been getting a lot of positive press and electronic media following the unanimous vote of the New Jersey Senate on July 27.  It’s nice to see an article in an actual newspaper!  This ran in the Sunday Asbury Park Press on page 2 on July 29, 2018.

#NJmicrobe

For amazing microbiology: https://tinyurl.com/Warhol-Small-Guide

New Jersey State Microbe

The legislation to establish an official microbe for New Jersey is set for a Senate vote on July 16, 2018.  We had a unanimous “Yes” in the last legislative cycle, let’s hope for a repeat tomorrow!

Get a great microbiology and science book:  https://tinyurl.com/Warhol-Small-Guide

New Jersey produced many things. The first broad spectrum antibiotic, and Ed Harris, the Man in Black on Westworld.

Get involved. Tell your legislator to vote for the NJ Microbe.

New Jersey State Microbe

This makes it official, we’re presenting at the Microbe 2018 annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

It just struck me that this is an entirely new area of research and activism. Oregon was successful in getting a State Microbe, but I can’t get anyone there to return my phone calls or emails. I think I’m the only one doing this systematically.

Here’s a link to the presentation abstract http://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/4623/presentation/6277  Abstract embargo period is over, so it’s OK to post.

Here’s a link to the most interesting microbiology book for everyone :

NJ State Microbe at Rutgers Day/Ag Field Day

The Rutgers Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology had an amazingly great day on April 28th. The booth was staffed by students and faculty all day and had lines of people waiting to learn more about the State Microbe and microbiology in general. State Microbe T shirts were very popular. Thank you to everyone who participated!

We collected nearly 400 signatures on a petition to our legislators in support of A3650 and S1729, the legislation that designates Streptomyces griseus as the New Jersey State Microbe.