links for 2010-07-19

"The research, says the team, could someday help scientists grow other types of crystals, such as those needed to house quantum computers or superconducting materials." Another protein as seed for crystal. Might the same be happening in mollusks?

"By replacing essential genes in a mammalian pathogen with their counterparts from Arctic bacteria, they have created strains that provoke a protective immune response in mice."

Genomics meets microbiology. Cool (so to speak).