Peter Mabbitt

@petermabbitt.bsky.social

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Biochemist based in Aotearoa.

Freshly dug soil
Phalaenopsis Fuller's Sunset
unapologetic cat
Fungus-eating Ladybird Illeis galbula
Sunflower and mantis
Monarch butterfly
Even the garlic is rusty in a Rotorua!
Exploded hot water cylinder element. Assembled by Dale Copeland 2021.
Humblebee and poppy
Manuka "wiri joan" and rose
Toutouwai
Kōwhai
Weeds
Cherry tree
Daffodil (Sir Winston Churchill) and Freesia.
Palmerston North is widely regarded as the cultural capital of New Zealand.
Steelblue ladybird - Halmus chalybeus. Introduced to New Zealand in 1899. https://interestinginsects.landcareresearch.co.nz/taxa/ca63e900-cf50-497b-a84d-9dab1d8be32a
Neighbour trying to steal my wheelbarrow
Wētā
nzsbmb.org/registration
Ngauruhoe
Nine rounds of directed evolution resulted in LcαE7 variants with increased rates of OP-hydrolysis. Three LcαE7 genes (wild-type, G137D and R9) were introduced into the genome of Drosophila. Fluorometric substrate DEUP, and insecticides Diazinon and Paraoxon are shown with the scissile bond indicated in red.
The horoeka in the back is about 40 years old and has lost its juvenile leaves.