by Elio — High on the list of ex­cit­ing posts on this blog is one about a pa­per that re­ported the ex­pres­sion of the pro­tein caveolin‑1 in E. coli. Sur­pris­ingly, this pro­ce­dure re­sulted in these bac­te­r­ial cells fill­ing up with vesi­cles to the point where there was al­most no room for any­thing else. When I give talks...