Sound on 🔈— In this video, the sound of a healthy yeast cell has been made visible on the CymaScope instrument, revealing complex geometrical features. The study of the sound of cells is known as #sonocytology—read more below. (Video credit: CymaScope on YouTube) 1/4 Sonocytology (first discovered by Dr. James Gimzewski) uses an atomic force microscope (AFM) to scan over the cell’s surface creating a precise map of its topography. The AFM records the vibrational movements of cell walls, amplifying these vibrations into audible #sound. 2/4

Last year, our sister biotech company @LUCABiologics announced VIRGO, the first comprehensive reference in the gene catalog of the human vaginal #microbiome spearheaded by Chief Scientist Dr. Jacques Ravel. A thread 🧵 This database of nearly 1 million non-redundant genes reveals significant genomic and functional diversity within the vaginal #ecosystem, challenging the widely-held notion that an optimal vaginal microbiome is dominated by one strain. 🧵