Defending my PhD tomorrow 1pm CST on Zoom ... DM me if you'd like a link to it.

I wrote a thing! Read for my thoughts on microbial interactions: biomusings.org/en/home/the-hi… Biomusings gtsciences #scicomm #microbiology

Really happy to get out this work on cross-feeding altering the rate and mechanism of evolution of antibiotic resistance. Great work by Dr. Beth Adamowicz, PhD, Michaela Muza and Jeremy Chacon. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Super thankful to have work Jeremy Anisman, Jeremy Chacon and William Harcombe collaborate on how to use phage cocktails to suppress a cross-feeding pathogen! sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

To my Twin City friends - take this survey to impact where Bus Rapid Transit lines are constructed!

I had my Mom re-line my favorite fall jacket with a fabric poster to celebrate finishing my PhD. Highly suggest.

Please consider signing the petition at the end of this thread. One way to make publishing more inclusive is to recognize the variation in naming conventions around the world.

I'm recruiting a MS or PhD student to work at the intersection of biogeochemistry and environmental justice! Interdisciplinary project in collaboration with several Tribes and tribal organizations to protect wild rice (manoomin) ecosystems and sovereignty. #NSFfunded

BREAKING: Because of LAST MINUTE ruling, Minnesota DO NOT put ballots in mail any more. In the middle of a pandemic, the Republican Party is doing everything to make it hard for you to vote. Stand up for YOUR rights: Vote in-person or take mail-in ballot directly to ballot box

daily moz If on 11/3 the OSS Ballot Tracker does not show that your absentee ballot has been "accepted," then you should go to your assigned polling place. The judges there will assist you.

Congrats! Great milestone!

In case you needed a self-made kitty burrito in your life today.

Is it just me or did anyone else sleep better than they have in a LONG time last night? Feel the collective sigh of relief.

Congrats!!

Do you like sports AND cooking? Maybe just one or the other? Check out this basketball-inspired essay/recipe combo by Matthew B Harren in the Under Review!!! I can honestly say that as follower of anything-else-other-than-sports, this was fun to read! underreviewlit.com/blog-full/2021…

Spring is making an appearance finally! The crocuses are poking up 🙂

My first foray into education research is on bioRxiv! w/ Sehoya Cotner & Cheryl Scott at UMN CBS & Kevin Binning at Pitt. We studied how a brief classroom intervention designed to change social norms & improve sense of belonging can increase performance of underserved students.

Soft spot for corgis? Help Dewey, the cutest 8 year old corgi, with his canine lymphoma treatments. gofundme.com/f/chemotherapy… I've known Dewey since Alex brought him home as a puppy. Updates hosted by Dewey's best doggie friend Teddy on IG (instagram.com/tedfordwoofing…)

Big story in Norway this summer is a walrus we've named Freya has made it to our shores and is touring the country, laying around and sinking boats