State and local officials are investigating a release of hexavalent chromium to the Huron River system, and health official are recommending no contact with downstream waters. EGLE is on the scene conducting testing and analysis. bit.ly/3BC1ABK

Picture proof that I still remember how to hold a pipette! Thanks to Lauren Hart and Laura Reitz for keeping me sane during the MetaT extraction marathon. Excited for the sequencing data!

RT to save a manuscript/ dissertation

The vibe when you get code to work that’s been stumping your all week

Completely agree. Even though we are “lucky” at UM (~$200 max per semester) I have friends that owe more than monthly earnings to student fees 2x a year.

Describe your research in a concise picture:

PSA to all my friends (myself included) facing grant application, job posting, manuscript revisions, and whatever else deadlines: it’s time to have a glass of water and go sit outside for 15 minutes. You’re welcome.

Alright so I thought it was daylight savings every weekend since October 15th… imagine my excitement when I found out it’s actually *this weekend*

GO BLUE

Uploading data to NCBI is masqueraded as both a “simple” but “incredibly detailed” process resulting in “errors” for being too detailed in the wrong attribute category. We can do better than this. Should not take 10+ hours to upload a single project.

These little guys are so invaluable in tracking subtle shifts in bloom composition over very small spatial and temporal scales!

#DYK? From 1973 to 2020, ice cover decreased by 22% on the #GreatLakes and by 35% in #LakeSuperior due to a changing climate. Read more on our State of the Great Lakes microsite: stateofgreatlakes.net/indicators/cli…

Very much deserved! Congrats Greg Dick

Excited to share our newest publication out in Harmful Algae that takes a look at ADA cyanobacteria in Microcystis dominated blooms in Western Lake Erie! Big thanks to stellar undergrad Oliva and Greg Dick doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.…

Excited to announce the newest publication from dissertation work! We know Microcystis can produce microcystins, but what else might they be making in blooms? Greg Dick David H. Sherman Ashu Tripathi journals-asm-org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/doi/full/10.11…

Still feels surreal. Thanks to everyone who made this day possible!

Shoutout to Lauren Hart for this graduation gift! The bandana reads “My mom is a doctor.” Just so all of Millie’s friend know.