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Science Communicator with a PhD in cell & molecular biology + neuroscience. 🎙️ Host of Curiosity Weekly for Discovery 📺 Science Expert on CTV’s The Good Stuff 🌈 she/her/هي bit.ly/CuriosityWeekly instagram.com/science.sam samanthayammine.com

Kirsty Duncan in front of a black chalk board at the perimeter institute, smiling at a podium with her hair in its classic pony tail

Cookies of women in stem in front of gingerbread house with dry ice smoke out the chimney

Four stills from four film reels on the left. Example outputs on the right. For example "Two women are dancing and are laughing with a teenage boy" to describe a film about "Two guys and a well-dressed woman are dancing."

Four stills of a film reel showing some kind of metallic trophy. Below are outputs from the AI over multiple iterations, as described in the post.

Videos on screen are from fifth to first. But will describe videos from first onwards:

First place: Jay McClellan
“Self-pollination in a flower of thymeleaf speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)”
Time lapse, Image Stacking at 5X (Objective Lens Magnification)
Second place: Benedikt Pleyer
“Volvox algae swimming in water drop that has been pipetted into the central opening of a Japanese 50 Yen coin”
Darkfield at 50X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Thurs place: Dr. Eric Vitriol
“Actin and mitochondria in mouse brain tumor cells”
Super-Resolution at 40X (Objective Lens Magnification)

4th place: Penny Fenton
“A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony”
Darkfield at 20X (Objective Lens Magnification)

5th place; Dr. Alvaro Migotto
“A newborn sea urchin walking along the seabed”
Darkfield at 10X (Objective Lens Magnification)

mRNA vaccines show promise for HIV
Two vaccine candidates that use mRNA technology elicit a potent immune response against HIV. These vaccines use mRNA to instruct a cell to make proteins called envelope proteins that are attached to the cell membrane — similar to how they are found in live HIV. In a small trial, some 80% of the participants who received three doses of either of the vaccines went on to produce antibodies that could block that protein from entering cells.

Nature | 5 min read

Three stickers on black background. Leftmost is a friendly brain with the text “I lobe you”, in the middle is a beaker with a mole climbing out and it say 1 mole/L. On the right is a waving friendly brain cartoon and it says brain wave

Full screen clips of Dr. Tiara Moore and split screen of Dr. Tiara Moore (top) and Sam (bottom) recording the Curiosity Weekly podcast

Split screen video with astrobiologist Dr. Lynn Rothschild on the top half of screen and host of Curiosity Weekly Dr. Samantha Yammine on the lower half

Pictures of an egg cut in half prepared, from left to right: raw, hard boiled, soft boiled, sous vide, periodic (their method)

Pictures of an egg cut in half prepared, from left to right: raw, hard boiled, soft boiled, sous vide, periodic (their method)

Grim reaper standing in front of scientists in lab coats on Canadian parliament hill next to a fake coffin representing the dead “body of evidence”

Scientists in lab coats carrying a black coffin with signs saying things like, "no science, no evidence, no truth, no democracy." A photo from July 10, 2012, with a mock funeral through downtown Ottawa marking 'the death of evidence.' These rallies helped renew attention to the role of science in government. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.

Blue and red coloured axons on a black background extending vertically from the top to the bottom and wrapping around from left to right

Fluorescent microscopy image of mouse gut lining, showing tall, finger-like villi structures in vivid colors. On a black background, the villi are outlined in purple, with internal structures glowing in bright yellow, green, and blue, highlighting cellular detail and differentiation. The image emphasizes the intricate architecture and vibrant patterns of the gut tissue.

Emily Calandrelli smiling wide with hands on her heart in her blue space suit the Texan desert after finishing her first space flight. The lower third says her name and NS-28 astronaut.