First presentation at #AbSciCon24! Finding a Needle in a Haystack Using Microbial Behavior (magnetotaxis) talk. #magnetobacteria #behavior #insights

Twas the night before field courses, and all through the station, not a creature was stirring…wait, everything was stirring. Its spring. Itasca is exploding with life right now. It’s game on UMN CBS

Twas the night before field courses, and with any luck, it’s early to bed, oh wait what the….heavens. Clear skies and 40 F tonight. Sky may dance.

It’s on!

Twas the night before field courses, and throughout my class, all you need for mycology, and a spot for your ass.

Don’t forget collectors’ gear aisle. Complete with ‘don’t spray insect repellent indoors’ note. That’s love.

Field station conversations… youtu.be/dLjNzwEULG8?si…

Ornithology at Itasca with Dr. Beaudry. Nashville warbler. Bear Paw point. ⁦UMN CBS⁩

To the gills

Groovy is May

A spectacular clump of showy lady's-slippers! Minnesota orchid expert Welby Smith notes that large clumps such as this can be well over a hundred years old...

Daughter turned 18 this year, and I am now able to get up inside their heads at Nature of Life first-year student orientations ⁦Itasca Biological Station & Labs⁩

Station just said goodbye to 110 people with Hydrogeology field camp, RIDGSs workshop, Iowa State demming lake research crew, Science of Craft students, and a sustainability retreat group. Still crankin’, and it’s lovely! UMN CBS

Want to glimpse into the life of a field station? Here is a photo gallery - a snapshot --of an incredible season UM Biological Station lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-even…

AND here is the @umbs gallery from May-June: lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-even…

The University of Michigan Biological Station and the University of Minnesota Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories took time this summer to learn from each other. Teams visited their counterpart’s campus as part of a field station exchange program. Itasca Biological Station & Labs UM Biological Station myumi.ch/Q656V

Read about our incredible exchange with Itasca Biological Station & Labs this summer. I was lucky to get to learn from Jonathan Schilling -- thanks to OBFS Tweets for supporting this exchange (highly recommend to other field stations out there)