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Elena Kazamia

Bring back the dirt?

As the covid pandemic is being reigned-in in the United States, an expectant public is re-educated to share germs again. Writing for the…

4 min readApr 23, 2021

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Bring back the dirt?

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Elena Kazamia

Remembering the future

Four years ago I fell down fifteen steps, backwards, and almost broke my neck. I was sober, it was Sunday lunchtime, and I was wearing…

3 min readApr 3, 2020

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Remembering the future

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Elena Kazamia

Virus

Suddenly the whole world has X-ray vision. I walk into Trader Joe’s, a local supermarket, and the woman in front of me is wiping clean the…

5 min readMar 18, 2020

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Virus

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Elena Kazamia

Aristotle on Safari

“Has the semen soul or not?” I underline the sentence in pencil and close the book with a wry smile. Aristotle is not the only one who has…

5 min readFeb 28, 2020

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Aristotle on Safari

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Elena Kazamia

Liquid sleep

Sleeping is suddenly trendy. Just a decade ago, tracking REM cycles was decidedly un-cool. Sleep was for lethargic sloths, the lazy and…

5 min readJan 20, 2019

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Liquid sleep

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Elena Kazamia

Why did Life get so Big ?

Sometimes it is impossible to understand why something happened. Especially if it only happened once. Especially still, if it happened once…

5 min readJul 5, 2018

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Why did Life get so Big ?

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Elena Kazamia

Sex life

Sex has been on my mind a lot recently. I am trying to figure out if my diatoms are doing it. I know the ones I am growing in the lab are…

5 min readMay 29, 2018

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Elena Kazamia

Surviving winter

Behold the coolest selfie taken this year:

3 min readFeb 27, 2018

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Surviving winter

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Elena Kazamia

The first ménage à trois

Who is the most romantic scientist that has ever lived? No, it is not Sir Isaac Newton. Even though he discovered universal attraction. He…

4 min readFeb 14, 2018

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The first ménage à trois

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Elena Kazamia

Abiogenesis

There is no natural progression from the absence of numbers to “one”. I don’t mean zero. It is possible to get from zero to one; it might…

5 min readFeb 6, 2018

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Abiogenesis

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Elena Kazamia

Elena Kazamia

Scientist / Greek / Citizen of the World/ Here to share my passion for biology. I write about the significance of small things, the ocean, and energy.

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