GMO tomatoes lived for just a few short years but changed the world in the process. Episode 11 of Modified out now www.modifiedpod.com/e/first-ever... #biotechnology #GMO #Podcast

My toxic trait - spending all day literally teaching lecturing about the importance of double checking their work and getting feedback, and then doing everything I can do to avoid this for myself.

As a sweary brit I love all the fucks flying around but I'll be honest I don't need F-bombs from my elderly senators. I'd rather they just use every political tool they have with unwavering resolve.

Can someone explain to me why I cringe so hard when someone claims to "know just enough about X to be dangerous"?

It's not just me right. The NYT spelling bee pangrams are anti Trump messages?

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

A lot of solidarity at the Seattle Federal Building this evening

** HOT OFF THE PRESSES** Episode 10: How to Make a GMO Plant www.modifiedpod.com/e/how-to-mak... #Podcast #Science #GMOs #Genetics

I'm gonna start making little videos about books, and plants, and science, and books about plant science

300 listens. It's a very small step of course. But I think there's some aphorism about small steps and long journeys #podcast #podcasting

In Seattle and like science and cocktails? Free on Thursday Jan 22? I have just the thing for you. There are a few tickets left adasbooks.com/event/2026-0... #seattle #science

Waiting 2 days to find out if your protein gel was successful is a great lesson in patience, even when AI tools teach us expect everything right now. And trying to load these protein gels certainly taught my students a lot about stress management (viscous cell extracts). #science #biotechnology

Want to learn a little about the early days of biotechnology and how it connects to GMO crops? Check out the latest episode of Modified www.modifiedpod.com/e/the-early-... #sciencecommunication #biotechnology #podcast

Survey: Half of German #consumers already use plant-based #milk, preferably fortified products. A majority want a reduced VAT rate on #plantbased milk—currently, cow milk is taxed at 7%, while plant-based milk is taxed at 19%: innofact-com.translate.goog/danone-studi... #vegan #dairy

Just finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin, and it has recharged my Sci Fi batteries. A perfect blend of cool space world building, political philosophy, and rich characters with touching relationships. And yes I know it's one of the greatest sci Fi books ever, this is not a hot take.

The Evolving Mission of Workforce Development in the Community College, 2019 - ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications... A few choice quotes in the thread

In the process of realigning myself with my profile pic. It's not as gruesome as it looks. Just toner

Episode 8 is live to see you through into the new year. How science took over plant breeding - a potted history (sorry couldn't help myself) www.modifiedpod.com/e/how-scienc... #podcast #science #genetics #plants

I'm going to start posting regularly about community college related research and white papers. Buckle up. Starting with this one about workforce education in Community Colleges - ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications.... Continued in thread.

"Wild animals are sentient, can experience pain, suffering and pleasure and should be treated with respect" - quote from the new UK animal welfare strategy document

Do you know what makes something a crop, and not just a plant? Find out in Episode 7 of Modified www.modifiedpod.com/e/what-makes... #podcast #botany #science #scicomm

Come get gooey in the lab with me on Jan 22nd! Extract DNA, drink cocktails, and learn about your genome. Tickets below. It's in Seattle. www.strangertickets.com/events/17446...

Look. You gotta start somewhere. And I'm willing to be excited about 200 downloads

In the meantime here's a picture of a church on King St in Honolulu. I am not Christian but there are some really cool church buildings around the world.

Message to all the legions of Modified listeners out there. I'm taking a Thanksgiving break but there will be a new episode released in 2 weeks. I've not given up. #podcast #genetics #science #GMO #Biotechnology #biotech

Just breezed through TSA at SEATAC. Apparently flying day of Thanksgiving was not the terrible idea I thought it was.

Posting a picture of myself because pictures get more traction. And if you like this, then you'll love listening to my podcast - Modified - your guide to the science and history of GMOs www.modifiedpod.com

Wanna know about Chameleon vines, flower viruses, and how to GMO your way to a mango you can eat like an apple? Check out the latest episode of Modified - www.modifiedpod.com/e/your-quest... #podcast #science #botany #scicomm #gmo

Back again with my old friend the NYT election results tracker. One year on from what feels like a lifetime ago.

Episode 5 out now How Genes Keep Plants Alive www.modifiedpod.com/e/how-genes-... 🦠🌱🧬 #science #podcast #genetics #scicomm

How do a few strings of DNA make a plant? EPISODE 4 of Modified gets into the weeds. www.modifiedpod.com/e/how-genes-... #podcast #science #plants #genetics

Im doing some talks this Fall in Seattle. Cocktails and fun science. What's not to like. Only $10. Our Modified World: Meet the GMOs in Your Life Tickets | The Lab at Ada's | Seattle, WA | November 19, 2025. Doors at 7pm, Presentation at 7:30pm | Stranger Tickets share.google/1QYDlDwUtJV7...

Grading lab reports from a lab you thought was a mess and that all you'd done was confuse all the students, then seeing that they did in fact get it and were doing great work. What a rush. #teaching #science

Another Nobel prize win for Seattle. Congratulations to Mary Brunkow (and Shimon Sakaguchi and Fred Ramsell).

Episode 3 released. The One with Mendel and his Peas www.modifiedpod.com/e/the-one-wi... #podcast #science #genetics #gmo #science_communication

And just as I wonder what middle age has in store for me, the universe enters with the answer... puzzles

Some positive news in the world is really welcome. And amazing to see the many decades of public investment into biotechnology worldwide bearing fruit with a gene therapy against this horrible disease.

As a British American, despite having lived here 10 years there are still some things I can't wrap my little European brain around. And the American health insurance system is one of them.

Bluesky? What are your questions about genetics or plant science? I will research and answer them in an upcoming episode. #plantscience #genetics #botany #podcast #science

Episode 2: What genes are made of. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-3ivci...

www.glofish.com anyone ever owned a Glofish? How was it? My glowing firefly petunia died young - that was a forgetting to water her incident. Not a GMO problem #gmo #gmofish

Love science? Check out the first episode of my soon-to-be hit new science podcast www.modifiedpod.com/e/introducin... #podcast #science #scicomm #genetics

So apparently I totally neglected to remember that hashtags exist. So here we go. My names Orlando and I'm bringing you everything you wanted (and didn't know you wanted) to know about GMO crops in my podcast. #podcast #podcasting #science_podcast #GMO #genetics #science

Try to contain your excitement somehow. The first full episode of Modified (aka my GMO podcast) is gonna drop this weekend

France you MF you've done it again. Chocolate pastry from crappy station shop better than the fanciest offering at the most overpriced Seattle bakery.

Introducing Modified - www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-mx...

Anyone know if there are any GMO biofortified bananas actually out there getting grown at scale for consumption? #gmo#biotechnology#foodscience

I don't agree the British horror of AC is borne of cruelty. But I totally agree that the effect is cruel. And it does boggle my mind how blind folks are to the death toll.

I've been reading a lot of Sci Fi books that feature galactic empires that offer an ideal lifestyle in exchange for a loss of autonomy and identity. Was this all kicked off by Iain M Banks' Culture novels?